“Supramolecular” Solid-State Chemistry: Interpenetrating Diamond-Type Frameworks of U4+ Ions Linked byS,S′-Bidentate P2S62− Molecular Rods in UP4S12

Inseparably interwoven are three independent polymeric diamond-type U(P2S6)2 frameworks in the structure of the title compound (see picture). The linear P2S6 units act as molecular rods linking the pseudotetrahedral U4+ centers. U(P2S6)2 may be viewed as a coordination polymer which is formed from U/P/S melts by the solid-state equivalent of the self-assembly reactions in solution.