Materials Data on U(BO3)2 by Materials Project
UO2B2O4 crystallizes in the monoclinic C2/c space group. The structure is one-dimensional and consists of four pitchblend, uranium(iv) oxide, uranium(iv) dioxide, uranium dioxide molecules and four BO2 ribbons oriented in the (0, 1, 0) direction. In each BO2 ribbon, B3+ is bonded in a trigonal planar geometry to three O2- atoms. There are a spread of B–O bond distances ranging from 1.34–1.40 Å. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a bent 120 degrees geometry to two equivalent B3+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted single-bond geometry to one B3+ atom.