“…25 Very recently, two novel uranium complexes were reported involving the tripodal flexible zwitterion 1,1′,1″-(2,4,6-trimethylbenzene-1,3,5-triyl)-tris(methylene)-tris(pyridine-4-carboxylic acid) trichlorine (H 3 LCl 3 ). 26 This contribution is devoted to the reactivity of a ditopic carboxylate ligand bearing the imidazolium group (i.e., 1,3bis(carboxymethyl)imidazolium; noted imdc) with an aqueous uranyl nitrate solution under mild hydrothermal condition. Actually, this flexible zwitterionic dicarboxylate linker was mainly considered for the preparation of crystalline salts with alkaline-earth cations (Ca, Sr, Ba) 27 or for the formation coordination polymers with transition metals (Cu, Mn, Co, Zn), 28−30 lanthanides (La, Pr, Nd, Er), 31,32 or lead 33 metallic elements.…”