Materials Data on U(ClO)2 by Materials Project

UO2Cl2 crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pnma space group. The structure is three-dimensional. U6+ is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to three O2- and four equivalent Cl1- atoms. There are a spread of U–O bond distances ranging from 1.78–2.52 Å. There are two shorter (2.73 Å) and two longer (2.78 Å) U–Cl bond lengths. There are two inequivalent O2- sites. In the first O2- site, O2- is bonded in a distorted linear geometry to two equivalent U6+ atoms. In the second O2- site, O2- is bonded in a single-bond geometry to one U6+ atom. Cl1- is bonded in a 2-coordinate geometry to two equivalent U6+ atoms.