Hexafluorouranate

Hexafluorouranate

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{{Short description|Class of anions with the chemical formula UF6−}}
[[Image:Uranium-hexafluoride-2D.png|thumb|upright=0.75|[[Uranium hexafluoride]], the building block of hexafluorouranates.]]

'''Hexafluorouranate''' is an octahedral{{Cite journal |last=Scheibe |first=Benjamin |last2=Wassermann |first2=Tobias B. |last3=Kraus |first3=Florian |date=2025-09-15 |title=Syntheses, Single-Crystal Structures, and Structural Chemistry of Hexafluoridouranates(V), MUF6 (M = Li-Cs, Ag, Tl, H3O), and the Dodecafluoridodiuranate(V) Ba[U2F12]·1.36HF |url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12442095/ |journal=Inorganic Chemistry |volume=64 |issue=36 |pages=18432–18446 |doi=10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c03005 |issn=1520-510X |pmc=12442095 |pmid=40904026}} anion made of six [[fluorine]] atoms and one [[uranium]] atom. It is most commonly found in the +4 or +5 oxidation states. It can be produced by combining cations with [[uranium hexafluoride]].

== Examples of hexafluorouranates ==
=== [[Alkali metal]] hexafluorouranates ===
* [[Lithium hexafluorouranate]]
* [[Sodium hexafluorouranate]]
* [[Potassium hexafluorouranate]]
* [[Rubidium hexafluorouranate]]
* [[Cesium hexafluorouranate]]
=== Nitrogen-oxygen hexafluorouranates ===
* [[Nitrosonium hexafluorouranate]]
* [[Nitronium hexafluorouranate]]
=== Other hexafluorouranates ===
* [[Oxonium hexafluorouranate]]
* [[Silver hexafluorouranate]]
* [[Thallium hexafluorouranate]]

== References ==
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