Deciphering the Crystal Structure of a Scarce 1D Polymeric Thorium Peroxo Sulfate

International audience; The preparation and structural characterization of an original Th peroxo sulfate dihydrate, crystallizing at room temperature in the form of stable 1D polymeric microfibres is described. A combination of laboratory and synchrotron techniques allowed solution of the structure of the Th(O2)(SO4)(H2O)2 compound, which crystallizes in a new structure type in the space group Pna21 of the orthorhombic crystal system. Particularly, the peroxide ligand coordinates to the Th cations in an unusual μ3‐η2:η2:η2 bridging mode, forming an infinite 1D chain decorated with sulfato ligands exhibiting simultaneously monodentate and bidentate coordination modes.