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inorganic compounds
The cationic uranium complex, [UBr(H2O)8]3+, presents a tricapped trigonal prismatic structure in the solid state, with U-O distances (at T = 150 K) in the range 2.379 (8)-2.455 (8) Å and a U-Br bond length of 2.885 (2) Å, in addition to an extended network of intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions. The title compound is the first octaaqua complex to be structurally characterized for an actinide element.