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Zhou D, Yang Y, Weng Z, Wang J, Yan Y, Cheng L, Fan Y, Chen L, Zhang H, Chen L, Wang Y, Wang S. Thorium Cluster Synthesized by a Solvent-Free Flux Approach: The Richest Coordination Diversity and Application Exploration. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:14278-14283. [PMID: 39046370 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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The renaissance of research interests in actinide oxo clusters in the past decade arises from both the concerns of radioactive contamination and their potential utility as nanoscale materials. Compared to the uranium cluster, the thorium (Th) cluster shows less coordination variation. Herein, we presented a unique Th cluster (ThC-1) that exhibits the most diverse coordination chemistry found within a single Th cluster via a solvent-free flux synthesis approach. The melt triazole not only offers a unique solvation environment that may be responsible for the coordination diversity in ThC-1 but also represents the first nitrogen-donor capping ligand in Th clusters. The potential utility of ThC-1 as a heterogeneous catalyst was also explored for a classical CO2 cycloaddition reaction. This work offers a novel approach in synthesizing Th clusters, broadening the realm of the structural diversity of Th.
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- Dan Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Kunming University, Kunming 650214, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Yin JF, Amidani L, Chen J, Li M, Xue B, Lai Y, Kvashnina K, Nyman M, Yin P. Spatiotemporal Studies of Soluble Inorganic Nanostructures with X-rays and Neutrons. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202310953. [PMID: 37749062 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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This Review addresses the use of X-ray and neutron scattering as well as X-ray absorption to describe how inorganic nanostructured materials assemble, evolve, and function in solution. We first provide an overview of techniques and instrumentation (both large user facilities and benchtop). We review recent studies of soluble inorganic nanostructure assembly, covering the disciplines of materials synthesis, processes in nature, nuclear materials, and the widely applicable fundamental processes of hydrophobic interactions and ion pairing. Reviewed studies cover size regimes and length scales ranging from sub-Ångström (coordination chemistry and ion pairing) to several nanometers (molecular clusters, i.e. polyoxometalates, polyoxocations, and metal-organic polyhedra), to the mesoscale (supramolecular assembly processes). Reviewed studies predominantly exploit 1) SAXS/WAXS/SANS (small- and wide-angle X-ray or neutron scattering), 2) PDF (pair-distribution function analysis of X-ray total scattering), and 3) XANES and EXAFS (X-ray absorption near-edge structure and extended X-ray absorption fine structure, respectively). While the scattering techniques provide structural information, X-ray absorption yields the oxidation state in addition to the local coordination. Our goal for this Review is to provide information and inspiration for the inorganic/materials science communities that may benefit from elucidating the role of solution speciation in natural and synthetic processes.
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- Jia-Fu Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF, The European Synchrotron, CS40220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) P.O. Box 510119, 01314, Dresden, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Institute of Advanced Science Facilities, Shenzhen, 518107, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF, The European Synchrotron, CS40220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) P.O. Box 510119, 01314, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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How colloid nature drives the interactions between actinide and carboxylic surfactant in sol: Towards a mesostructured nanoporous actinide oxide material. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 637:207-215. [PMID: 36701866 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.01.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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HYPOTHESIS The key to prepare a mesostructured porous material by a soft-template route coupled to a colloidal sol-gel process is to control the surfactant-colloid interface. In the case of tetravalent actinide ions, their high reactivity in aqueous media always leads to uncontrolled and irreversible condensation. The addition of a complexing agent to the sol may moderate these reactions and enhances the interaction between the colloids and the surfactant to in fine prepare a mesostructured nanoporous actinide oxide material. EXPERIMENTS Several colloidal sols were prepared without and with formic acid as complexing agent by varying the molar ratios between thorium, carboxylic surfactant and pH. Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering were used to characterize the nature of the colloids, their interaction with the surfactant and the final ThO2 materials. FINDINGS Depending on the colloid nature, hexagonal or worm-like hybrid mesophase is formed. The thermal treatment of the worm-like mesophase with a sufficient amount of Th-formic acid hexameric species coated at the surface of surfactant micelles generates micrometric ThO2 nanofibers. This material having an accessible porosity opens new perspectives to be impregnated with minor actinide solutions offering a promising safety method for the fabrication of mixed oxide nuclear fuel and the minor actinide transmutation.
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Colliard I, Brown JC, Nyman M. Metal-Oxo Cluster Formation Using Ammonium and Sulfate to Differentiate M IV (Th, U, Ce) Chemistries. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:1891-1900. [PMID: 35785799 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Isolating isostructural compounds of tetravalent metals MIV (Zr, Hf, Ce, Th, U, Pu, Np) improves our understanding of metal hydrolysis and coordination behavior across the periodic table. These metals form polynuclear clusters typified by the hexamer [MIV6O4(OH)4]12+. Exploiting the ammonium MIV-sulfate (CeIV, ThIV, and UIV) phase space targeting rapid crystallization, we isolate the common hexamer [MIV6(OH)4(O)4]12+ but with different numbers of capping sulfates and water molecules for CeIV, ThIV, and UIV. These phases allowed a direct comparison of bonding trends across the series. Upon cocrystallization with the hexamers, higher complex structures can be identified. Thorium features assemblies with monomer-linked hexamer chains. Uranium features assemblies with sulfate-bridged hexamers and the supramolecular assembly of 14 hexamers into the U84, [U6(OH)4(O)4)14(SO4)120(H2O)42]72-. Last, cerium showcases the isolation from monomers to the Ce62, [Ce62(OH)30(O)58(SO4)71(H2O)33.25]41-. Furthermore, small-angle X-ray scattering (room temperature) shows ammonium-induced cluster assembly for CeIV but minimal reactivity for UIV and ThIV. In this study, because the phases crystallized at elevated temperature demonstrates favorable cluster assembly, these solution phase results were surprising and suggest some other characteristics such as Ce's facile redox behavior, contributes to its solution-phase speciation.
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- Ian Colliard
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Ono R, Kazama H, März J, Tsushima S, Takao K. Crystal Structures of Ce(IV) Nitrates with Bis(2-pyrrolidone) Linker Molecules Deposited from Aqueous Solutions with Different HNO 3 Concentrations. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:454-463. [PMID: 36562197 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We investigated the molecular and crystal structures of Ce(IV) compounds deposited under different [HNO3] with bis(2-pyrrolidone) linker molecules having a trans-1,4-cyclohexyl bridging moiety (L). As a result, we found that, after loading L, Ce(IV) in HNO3(aq) exclusively provides one of different crystalline phases, (HL)2[Ce(NO3)6] or [Ce2(μ-O)-(NO3)6(L)2]n 2D MOF, depending on [HNO3]. The former has been obtained at [HNO3] = 4.70-9.00 M and is isomorphous with the analogous (HL)2[An(NO3)6] we reported previously. In contrast, the deposition of the latter phase at the lower [HNO3] conditions (1.00-4.30 M) demonstrates that hydrolysis and oxolation of Ce4+ proceed even below pH 0 to provide a [Ce-O-Ce]6+ unit included in this compound. These different Ce(IV) phases are exchangeable with each other under soaking in HNO3(aq), implying that chemical equilibria of dissolution/deposition of these crystalline phases and hydrolysis and oxolation of Ce4+ and its complexation with NO3- occur in parallel. Indeed, such coordination chemistry of Ce(IV) in HNO3(aq) was well corroborated by 17O NMR, Raman, and IR spectroscopy.
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- Ryoma Ono
- Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 N1-32, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 N1-32, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, Japan
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstrasse 400, Dresden01328, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstrasse 400, Dresden01328, Germany.,International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 N1-32, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo152-8550, Japan
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Kawakami T, Tamaki S, Shirase S, Tsurugi H, Mashima K. Syntheses and Redox Properties of Carboxylate-Ligated Hexanuclear Ce(IV) Clusters and Their Photoinduced Homolysis of the Ce(IV)–Ligand Covalent Bond. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:20461-20471. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Tomomi Kawakami
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Lu Z, Zemb T, Le Goff X, Clavier N, Khoder H, Lautru J, Rébiscoul D. Facile Preparation of Macro-Microporous Thorium Oxide via a Colloidal Sol-Gel Route toward Safe MOX Fuel Fabrication. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:53165-53173. [PMID: 36383750 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c16384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The identification of new colloidal sol-gel routes for the preparation of actinide oxides, which have a homogeneous and accessible porosity that can easily be impregnated by any concentrated actinide solution, opens new perspectives for the preparation of homogeneous nuclear fuel for minor actinide transmutation. This homogeneity allows us to avoid "hot spot" formation due to the local accumulation of more fissile elements. Here, we report the preparation of macro-microporous ThO2 materials by a colloidal sol-gel route. Using a thorium salt with 6-aminocaproic acid as a complexing agent at a controlled pH, we were able to pilot the condensation of thorium hydroxo species forming colloids of tuned nanometric size and thus the sol stability. After a freeze-drying process to concentrate colloids and a thermal treatment allowing complexing agent removal and macroporosity formation by a brutal gas release during combustion, a loose packing of ThO2 nanoparticles with an ordered distribution of interparticular porosity and a fraction of nanometric crystallites, whose size depends on the initial colloidal size, were obtained. The sols, pastes, and final materials were characterized by small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering to determine the colloidal size and the final structure of the materials, which was also confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. The most promising material was finally successfully impregnated by a simulating minor actinide solution and thermally treated to prepare a mixed actinide oxide material. This safe technology, relying on the colloidal sol-gel process and the formulation of complex fluids forming tunable precursors, opens new perspectives for the reuse of nuclear waste solutions as new fuel.
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- Zijie Lu
- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, CEA, UMR 5257 CEA-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, CEA, UMR 5257 CEA-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, CEA, UMR 5257 CEA-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, CEA, UMR 5257 CEA-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, CEA, UMR 5257 CEA-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, CEA, UMR 5257 CEA-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, CEA, UMR 5257 CEA-CNRS-UM-ENSCM, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Chupin G, Tamain C, Dumas T, Solari PL, Moisy P, Guillaumont D. Characterization of a Hexanuclear Plutonium(IV) Nanostructure in an Acetate Solution via Visible-Near Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy, Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy, and Density Functional Theory. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:4806-4817. [PMID: 35289606 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new hexanuclear plutonium cluster has been stabilized in aqueous media with acetate ligands. To probe the formation of such a complex structure, visible-near infrared (vis-NIR) absorption spectroscopy, extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy, and density functional theory (DFT) were combined. The presence of Pu6O4(OH)4(CH3COO)12 species in solution was first detected by vis-NIR and EXAFS spectroscopy. To confirm unambiguously this structure, EXAFS spectra were simulated from ab initio calculations. Debye-Waller factors and structural parameters were derived from DFT calculations. A large number of 5f electrons were treated as valence or core electrons using small- and large-core relativistic effective pseudopotentials. It is possible to reproduce accurately the EXAFS spectrum of the octahedral hexamer cluster at both levels of calculations. Further DFT and EXAFS calculations were performed on clusters of lower or higher nuclearities and of different geometries using the 5f-core approximation. The result shows that trimer, tetramer, flat hexamer, and even 16-mer clusters exhibit different EXAFS patterns and confirm the very specific octahedral hexanuclear EXAFS signature.
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- Geoffroy Chupin
- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48, St Aubin, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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Wasson MC, Xie H, Wang X, Duncan JS, Farha OK. Structural transformation of metal oxo species within UiO-66 type metal–organic frameworks. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ce00650b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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A rare example of phase transitions within Th-based MOFs is reported, relevant for nuclear energy and waste management. Further investigations into phase transitions in isostructural frameworks (Zr, Hf, Ce) provide a comparison of different hexanuclear clusters' stabilities.
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- Megan C. Wasson
- International Institute for Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Matsuoka M, Tsushima S, Takao K. Fluorite-like hydrolyzed hexanuclear coordination clusters of Zr(IV) and Hf(IV) with syn-syn bridging N,N,N-trimethylglycine in soft crystal structures exhibiting cold-crystallization. Inorganica Chim Acta 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Anker AS, Christiansen TL, Weber M, Schmiele M, Brok E, Kjær ETS, Juhás P, Thomas R, Mehring M, Jensen KMØ. Structural Changes during the Growth of Atomically Precise Metal Oxido Nanoclusters from Combined Pair Distribution Function and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Analysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:20407-20416. [PMID: 34056798 PMCID: PMC8456784 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202103641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The combination of in situ pair distribution function (PDF) analysis and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) enables analysis of the formation mechanism of metal oxido nanoclusters and cluster-solvent interactions as they take place. Herein, we demonstrate the method for the formation of clusters with a [Bi38 O45 ] core. Upon dissolution of crystalline [Bi6 O5 (OH)3 (NO3 )5 ]⋅3 H2 O in DMSO, an intermediate rapidly forms, which slowly grows to stable [Bi38 O45 ] clusters. To identify the intermediate, we developed an automated modeling method, where smaller [Bix Oy ] structures based on the [Bi38 O45 ] framework are tested against the data. [Bi22 O26 ] was identified as the main intermediate species, illustrating how combined PDF and SAXS analysis is a powerful tool to gain insight into nucleation on an atomic scale. PDF also provides information on the interaction between nanoclusters and solvent, which is shown to depend on the nature of the ligands on the cluster surface.
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- Andy S. Anker
- Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science CenterUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 52100Copenhagen EDenmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science CenterUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 52100Copenhagen EDenmark
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- Fakultät für NaturwissenschaftenInstitut für Chemie, Professur KoordinationschemieTechnische Universität ChemnitzStrasse der Nationen 6209111ChemnitzGermany
- Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of, Nanomembranes (MAIN)Rosenbergstrasse 609126ChemnitzGermany
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- Niels Bohr Institute and Nano-Science CenterUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 52100Copenhagen EDenmark
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- Niels Bohr Institute and Nano-Science CenterUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 52100Copenhagen EDenmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science CenterUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 52100Copenhagen EDenmark
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- Computational Science InitiativeBrookhaven National Laboratory98 Rochester StreetUptonNY11973USA
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- Fakultät für NaturwissenschaftenInstitut für Chemie, Professur KoordinationschemieTechnische Universität ChemnitzStrasse der Nationen 6209111ChemnitzGermany
- Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of, Nanomembranes (MAIN)Rosenbergstrasse 609126ChemnitzGermany
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- Fakultät für NaturwissenschaftenInstitut für Chemie, Professur KoordinationschemieTechnische Universität ChemnitzStrasse der Nationen 6209111ChemnitzGermany
- Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of, Nanomembranes (MAIN)Rosenbergstrasse 609126ChemnitzGermany
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science CenterUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 52100Copenhagen EDenmark
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Anker AS, Christiansen TL, Weber M, Schmiele M, Brok E, Kjær ETS, Juhás P, Thomas R, Mehring M, Jensen KMØ. Structural Changes during the Growth of Atomically Precise Metal Oxido Nanoclusters from Combined Pair Distribution Function and Small‐Angle X‐ray Scattering Analysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202103641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Andy S. Anker
- Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 Copenhagen E Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 Copenhagen E Denmark
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- Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften Institut für Chemie, Professur Koordinationschemie Technische Universität Chemnitz Strasse der Nationen 62 09111 Chemnitz Germany
- Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of, Nanomembranes (MAIN) Rosenbergstrasse 6 09126 Chemnitz Germany
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- Niels Bohr Institute and Nano-Science Center University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 Copenhagen E Denmark
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- Niels Bohr Institute and Nano-Science Center University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 Copenhagen E Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 Copenhagen E Denmark
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- Computational Science Initiative Brookhaven National Laboratory 98 Rochester Street Upton NY 11973 USA
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- Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften Institut für Chemie, Professur Koordinationschemie Technische Universität Chemnitz Strasse der Nationen 62 09111 Chemnitz Germany
- Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of, Nanomembranes (MAIN) Rosenbergstrasse 6 09126 Chemnitz Germany
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- Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften Institut für Chemie, Professur Koordinationschemie Technische Universität Chemnitz Strasse der Nationen 62 09111 Chemnitz Germany
- Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of, Nanomembranes (MAIN) Rosenbergstrasse 6 09126 Chemnitz Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano-Science Center University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 2100 Copenhagen E Denmark
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Fichter S, Radoske T, Ikeda-Ohno A. Structure of the {U 13} polyoxo cluster U 13O 8Cl x (MeO) 38-x ( x = 2.3, MeO = methoxide). Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun 2021; 77:847-852. [PMID: 34422313 PMCID: PMC8340969 DOI: 10.1107/s2056989021007623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The structure of a new type of polyoxo cluster complex that contains thirteen uranium atoms, {U13}, is reported. The complex crystallized from methanol containing tetra-valent uranium (UIV) with a basic organic ligand, and was characterized as di-chloridoocta-cosa-μ2-methano-lato-octa-kis-(methano-lato)octa-μ4-oxido-trideca-uranium, [U13(CH3O)35.7Cl2.3O8] or [U13(μ4-Ooxo)8Cl x (MeO)38-x ] (x = 2.3, MeO = methoxide) (I), by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The characterized {U13} polyoxo cluster complex (I) possesses a single cubic uranium polyhedron at the centre of the cluster core. To the best of our knowledge, this is the very first example of a polyoxo actinide complex that bears a single cubic polyhedron in its structure. The cubic polyhedron in I is well comparable in shape with those in bulk UO2. The U-O bonds in the cubic polyhedron of I are, however, significantly shorter than those not only in bulk UO2 but also in another analogue in the {U38} cluster. This shortening of U-O bonds, together with BVS calculations and the overall negative charge (2-) of I, suggests that the central uranium atom in I, which forms the single cubic coordination polyhedron, is presumably oxidized to the penta-valent state (UV) from the original tetra-valent state (UIV). Complex I is, hence, the first example of a polyoxo cluster possessing a single cubic coordination polyhedron of UV.
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- Sebastian Fichter
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, 319-1195 Ibaraki-ken, Japan
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Martin CR, Leith GA, Shustova NB. Beyond structural motifs: the frontier of actinide-containing metal-organic frameworks. Chem Sci 2021; 12:7214-7230. [PMID: 34163816 PMCID: PMC8171348 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc01827b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In this perspective, we feature recent advances in the field of actinide-containing metal-organic frameworks (An-MOFs) with a main focus on their electronic, catalytic, photophysical, and sorption properties. This discussion deviates from a strictly crystallographic analysis of An-MOFs, reported in several reviews, or synthesis of novel structural motifs, and instead delves into the remarkable potential of An-MOFs for evolving the nuclear waste administration sector. Currently, the An-MOF field is dominated by thorium- and uranium-containing structures, with only a few reports on transuranic frameworks. However, some of the reported properties in the field of An-MOFs foreshadow potential implementation of these materials and are the main focus of this report. Thus, this perspective intends to provide a glimpse into the challenges, triumphs, and future directions of An-MOFs in sectors ranging from the traditional realm of gas sorption and separation to recently emerging areas such as electronics and photophysics.
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- Corey R Martin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina 29208 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina 29208 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina Columbia South Carolina 29208 USA
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Amidani L, Vaughan GBM, Plakhova TV, Romanchuk AY, Gerber E, Svetogorov R, Weiss S, Joly Y, Kalmykov SN, Kvashnina KO. The Application of HEXS and HERFD XANES for Accurate Structural Characterisation of Actinide Nanomaterials: The Case of ThO 2. Chemistry 2021; 27:252-263. [PMID: 32956492 PMCID: PMC7839789 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The structural characterisation of actinide nanoparticles (NPs) is of primary importance and hard to achieve, especially for non-homogeneous samples with NPs less than 3 nm. By combining high-energy X-ray scattering (HEXS) and high-energy-resolution fluorescence-detected X-ray absorption near-edge structure (HERFD XANES) analysis, we have characterised for the first time both the short- and medium-range order of ThO2 NPs obtained by chemical precipitation. By using this methodology, a novel insight into the structures of NPs at different stages of their formation has been achieved. The pair distribution function revealed a high concentration of ThO2 small units similar to thorium hexamer clusters mixed with 1 nm ThO2 NPs in the initial steps of formation. Drying the precipitates at around 150 °C promoted the recrystallisation of the smallest units into more thermodynamically stable ThO2 NPs. HERFD XANES analysis at the thorium M4 edge, a direct probe for f states, showed variations that we have correlated with the breakdown of the local symmetry around the thorium atoms, which most likely concerns surface atoms. Together, HEXS and HERFD XANES are a powerful methodology for investigating actinide NPs and their formation mechanism.
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- Lucia Amidani
- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRFThe European SynchrotronCS4022038043Grenoble Cedex 9France
- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), PO Box 51011901314DresdenGermany
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- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State University119991MoscowRussia
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- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRFThe European SynchrotronCS4022038043Grenoble Cedex 9France
- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State University119991MoscowRussia
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”123182MoscowRussia
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- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), PO Box 51011901314DresdenGermany
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- CNRS, Grenoble INPInstitut NéelUniversité Grenoble Alpes38042GrenobleFrance
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- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State University119991MoscowRussia
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- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRFThe European SynchrotronCS4022038043Grenoble Cedex 9France
- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), PO Box 51011901314DresdenGermany
- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State University119991MoscowRussia
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Hu SX, Zhang P, Lu E, Zhang P. Decisive Role of 5f-Orbital Covalence in the Structure and Stability of Pentavalent Transuranic Oxo [M 6O 8] Clusters. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:18068-18077. [PMID: 33287539 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Actinide metal oxo clusters are of vital importance in actinide chemistry, as well as in environmental and materials sciences. They are ubiquitous in both aqueous and nonaqueous phases and play key roles in nuclear materials (e.g., nuclear fuel) and nuclear waste management. Despite their importance, our structural understanding of the actinide metal oxo clusters, particularly the transuranic ones, is very limited because of experimental challenges such as high radioactivity. Herein we report a systematic theoretical study on the structures and stabilities of seven actinide metal oxo-hydroxo clusters [AnIV6O4(OH)4L12] (1-An; An = Th-Cm; L = O2CH-) along with their group 4 (Ti, Zr, Hf, Rf) and lanthanide (Ce) counterparts [MIV6O4(OH)4L12] (1-M). The work shows the Td-symmetric structures of all of the 1-An/M clusters and suggests the positions of the -OH functional groups, which are experimentally challenging to determine. Furthermore, by removing six electrons from 1-An, we found that oxidation could happen on the AnIV metal ions, producing [AnV6O4(OH)4L12]6+ (2-An; An = Pa, U, Np), or on the O2- and OH- ligands, producing [AnIV6(O•-)4(OH•)2(OH)2L12]6+ (3-An; An = Pu, Am, Cm). On the basis of 2-An, we constructed a series of tetravalent and pentavalent actinide metal oxo clusters [AnIV6O14]4- (4-An) and [AnV6O14]2+ (5-An), which proves the feasibility of the highly important pentavalent actinyl clusters, demonstrates the f orbital's structure-directing role in the formation of linear [O≡AnV═O]+ actinyl ions, and expands the concept of actinyl-actinyl interaction into pentavalent transuranic actinyl clusters.
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- Shu-Xian Hu
- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.,Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, U.K
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- Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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Colliard I, Falaise C, Nyman M. Bridging the Transuranics with Uranium(IV) Sulfate Aqueous Species and Solid Phases. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:17049-17057. [PMID: 33211485 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Isolating isomorphic compounds of tetravalent actinides (i.e., ThIV, UIV, NpIV, and PuIV) improve our understanding of the bonding behavior across the series, in addition to their relationship with tetravalent transition metals (Zr and Hf) and lanthanides (Ce). Similarities between these tetravalent metals are particularly illuminated in their hydrolysis and condensation behavior in aqueous systems, leading to polynuclear clusters typified by the hexamer [MIV6O4(OH)4]12+ building block. Prior studies have shown the predominance and coexistence of smaller species for ThIV (monomers, dimers, and hexamers) and larger species for UIV, NpIV, and PuIV (including 38-mers and 70-mers). We show here that aqueous uranium(IV) sulfate also displays behavior similar to that of ThIV (and ZrIV) in its isolated solid-phase and solution speciation. Two single-crystal X-ray structures are described: a dihydroxide-bridged dimer (U2) formulated as U2(OH)2(SO4)3(H2O)4 and a monomer-linked hexamer framework (U-U6) as (U(H2O)3.5)2U6O4(OH)4(SO4)10(H2O)9. These structures are similar to those previously described for ThIV. Moreover, cocrystallization of monomer and dimer and of dimer and monomer-hexamer phases for both ThIV (prior) and UIV (current) indicates the coexistence of these species in solution. Because it was not possible to effectively study the sulfate-rich solutions via X-ray scattering from which U2 and U-U6 crystallized, we provide a parallel solution speciation study in low sulfate conditions, as a function of the pH. Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, and small-angle X-ray scattering of these show decreasing sulfate binding, increased hydrolysis, increased species size, and increased complexity, with increasing pH. This study describes a bridge across the first half the actinide series, highlighting UIV similarities to ThIV, in addition to the previously known similarities to the transuranic elements.
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- Ian Colliard
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Takao K, Ikeda Y. Coordination Chemistry of Actinide Nitrates with Cyclic Amide Derivatives for the Development of the Nuclear Fuel Materials Selective Precipitation (NUMAP) Reprocessing Method. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Koichiro Takao
- Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology (TokyoTech) 2‐12‐1 N1‐32, O‐okayama Meguro‐ku Tokyo 152‐8550 Japan
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- Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy Institute of Innovative Research Tokyo Institute of Technology (TokyoTech) 2‐12‐1 N1‐32, O‐okayama Meguro‐ku Tokyo 152‐8550 Japan
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Colliard I, Nyman M. Building [U IV 70 (OH) 36 (O) 64 ] 4- Oxocluster Frameworks with Sulfate, Transition Metals, and U V. Chemistry 2020; 26:12481-12488. [PMID: 32609912 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Uranium(IV) oxide clusters, colloids, and materials are designed and studied for 1) nuclear materials applications, 2) understanding the environmental fate and transport of actinides, and 3) exploring the complex bonding behavior of open-shell f-elements. UIV -oxyhydroxsulfate clusters are particularly relevant in industrial processes and in nature. Recent studies have shown that counter-cations to these polynuclear anions differentiate rich structural topologies in the solid-state. Herein, we present nine different structures with wheel-shaped [U70 (OH)36 (O)64 (SO4 )60 ]4- (U70 ) linked into one- and two-dimensional frameworks with sulfate, divalent transition metals (CrII , FeII , CoII , NiII ) and UV . Small-angle X-ray scattering of these phases dissolved in butylamine reveals differing supramolecular assembly of U70 clusters, controlled primarily by sulfates. However, observed trends in transition metal linking guide future design of U70 materials with different topologies. Finally, U70 linking via UIV -O-UV -O-UIV bridges presents a rare example of mixed-oxidation-state uranium oxides without disorder.
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- Ian Colliard
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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Hao Y, Alekseev EV, Klepov VV, Yu N. Structural Variations in Complex Sodium Thorium Arsenates. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yucheng Hao
- School of Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering Hefei University 230000 Hefei China
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- Institute of Energy and Climate Research Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52428 Jülich Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Samara National Research University 443086 Samara Russia
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- ShanghaiTech University 200031 Shanghai China
- Institute of Energy and Climate Research Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH 52428 Jülich Germany
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Murray AV, Vanagas NA, Wacker JN, Bertke JA, Knope KE. From Isolated Molecular Complexes to Extended Networks: Synthesis and Characterization of Thorium Furanmono‐ and Dicarboxylates. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Aphra V. Murray
- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37 and O Streets NW Washington D.C. 20057 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37 and O Streets NW Washington D.C. 20057 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37 and O Streets NW Washington D.C. 20057 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37 and O Streets NW Washington D.C. 20057 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37 and O Streets NW Washington D.C. 20057 USA
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Colliard I, Morrison G, Loye HCZ, Nyman M. Supramolecular Assembly of U(IV) Clusters and Superatoms with Unconventional Countercations. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:9039-9047. [PMID: 32319763 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Superatoms are nanometer-sized molecules or particles that form ordered lattices, mimicking their atomic counterparts. Hierarchical assembly of superatoms gives rise to emergent properties in lattices of quantum dots, p-block clusters, and fullerenes. Here, we introduce a family of uranium-oxysulfate cluster anions whose hierarchical assembly in water is controlled by two parameters: acidity and the lanthanide or transition-metal countercation. In acid, larger LnIII (Ln = La-Ho) link hexamer (U6) oxoclusters into body-centered cubic frameworks, while smaller LnIII (Ln = Er-Lu and Y) promote linking of 14 U6 clusters into hollow superclusters (U84 superatoms). U84 assembles into superlattices including cubic-closest packed, body-centered cubic, and interpenetrating networks, bridged by interstitial countercations and U6 clusters. Divalent transition metals (TM = MnII and ZnII) charge-balance and promote the fusion of 10 U6 and 10 U monomers into a wheel-shaped cluster (U70). Dissolution of U70 in organic media reveals (by small-angle X-ray scattering) that differing supramolecular assemblies are accessed, controlled by TMII-linking of U70 clusters. Magnetic measurements of these assemblies reveal Curie-Weiss behavior at high temperatures, without pairing of the 5f2-electrons down to 2 K.
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- Ian Colliard
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Vanagas NA, Higgins RF, Wacker JN, Asuigui DRC, Warzecha E, Kozimor SA, Stoll SL, Schelter EJ, Bertke JA, Knope KE. Mononuclear to Polynuclear U
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Structural Units: Effects of Reaction Conditions on U‐Furoate Phase Formation. Chemistry 2020; 26:5872-5886. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Nicole A. Vanagas
- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20057 United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 United States
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20057 United States
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 United States
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20057 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Florida State University Tallahassee Florida 32306 United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 United States
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20057 United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 United States
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20057 United States
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20057 United States
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Li ZJ, Guo S, Lu H, Xu Y, Yue Z, Weng L, Guo X, Lin J, Wang JQ. Unexpected structural complexity of thorium coordination polymers and polyoxo cluster built from simple formate ligands. Inorg Chem Front 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qi01263j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A simple synthetic approach with [HCOOH]/[Th(iv)] and water controls the yield of six thorium formates with unexpected structural complexity.
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- Zi-Jian Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201800
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201800
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201800
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201800
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201800
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials
- Fudan University
- Shanghai 200433
- China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Washington State University
- Pullman
- USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201800
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 201800
- China
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Wacker JN, Vasiliu M, Colliard I, Ayscue RL, Han SY, Bertke JA, Nyman M, Dixon DA, Knope KE. Monomeric and Trimeric Thorium Chlorides Isolated from Acidic Aqueous Solution. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:10871-10882. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Jennifer N. Wacker
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Oregon State University, Department of Chemistry, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Oregon State University, Department of Chemistry, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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Dufaye M, Martin NP, Duval S, Volkringer C, Ikeda-Ohno A, Loiseau T. Time-controlled synthesis of the 3D coordination polymer U(1,2,3-Hbtc) 2 followed by the formation of molecular poly-oxo cluster {U 14} containing hemimellitate uranium(iv). RSC Adv 2019; 9:22795-22804. [PMID: 35514497 PMCID: PMC9067251 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra03707a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Two coordination compounds bearing tetravalent uranium were synthesized in the presence of tritopic hemimellitic acid in acetonitrile with a controlled amount of water (H2O/U ≈ 8) and structurally characterized. Compound 1, [U(1,2,3-Hbtc)2]·0.5CH3CN is constructed around an eight-fold coordinated uranium cationic unit [UO8] linked by the poly-carboxylate ligands to form dimeric subunits, which are further connected to form infinite corrugated ribbons and a three-dimensional framework. Compound 2, [U14O8(OH)4Cl8(H2O)16(1,2,3-Hbtc)8(ox)4(ac)4] ({U14}) exhibits an unprecedented polynuclear {U14} poly-oxo uranium cluster surrounded by O-donor and chloride ligands. It is based on a central core of [U6O8] type surrounded by four dinuclear uranium-subunits {U2}. Compound 1 was synthesized by a direct reaction of hemimellitic acid with uranium tetrachloride in acetonitrile (+H2O), while the molecular species ({U14} (2)) crystallized from the supernatant solution after one month. The slow hydrolysis reaction together with the partial decomposition of the starting organic reactants into oxalate and acetate molecules induces the generation of such a large poly-oxo cluster with fourteen uranium centers. Structural comparisons with other closely related uranium-containing clusters, such as the {U12} cluster based on the association of inner core [U6O8] with three dinuclear sub-units {U2}, were performed.
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- Maxime Dufaye
- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide F-59000 Lille France +33 320 434 895 +33 3 74 95 13 58
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide F-59000 Lille France +33 320 434 895 +33 3 74 95 13 58
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide F-59000 Lille France +33 320 434 895 +33 3 74 95 13 58
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide F-59000 Lille France +33 320 434 895 +33 3 74 95 13 58
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) 1, rue Descartes 75231 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun Ibaraki 319-1195 Japan
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, ENSCL, Univ. Artois, UMR 8181 - UCCS - Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide F-59000 Lille France +33 320 434 895 +33 3 74 95 13 58
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Nazarchuk EV, Ikhalaynen YA, Charkin DO, Siidra OI, Petrov VG, Kalmykov SN, Borisov AS. Effect of solution acidity on the structure of amino acid-bearing uranyl compounds. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2018-3050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A series of uranyl sulfates and selenates templated by protonated forms of amino acids (glycine, α- and β-alanine, threonine, nicotinic, and isonicotinic acid) has been prepared via isothermal evaporation of strongly acidic solutions. Their structures have been refined by the direct methods and can be classified as inorganic [(UO2)m(TO4)n (H2O)k] (T=S6+, Se6+) moieties combined with the protonated amino acid cations, water molecules and hydronium ions. Their overall motifs demonstrate common features with related structures templated by organic amines. The role of carboxylic acid groups depends on the nature of the corresponding amino acid. They can either link two protonated organic moieties into dimers, or contribute to hydrogen bonding between organic and inorganic parts of the structure. The ammonium ends of the amino acid cations form strong directional bonds to the oxygens of the uranyl and TO4 anions.
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- Evgeny V. Nazarchuk
- Department of Crystallography , Saint-Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg 199034 , Russia
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- Department of Chemistry , Moscow State University , GSP-1 , Moscow 119991 , Russia
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- Department of Chemistry , Moscow State University , GSP-1 , Moscow 119991 , Russia , Tel.: +7(495)9393504
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- Department of Crystallography , Saint-Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg 199034 , Russia
- Nanomaterials Research Center, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences , Apatity, Murmansk Region 184200 , Russia
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- Department of Chemistry , Moscow State University , GSP-1 , Moscow 119991 , Russia
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- Department of Chemistry , Moscow State University , GSP-1 , Moscow 119991 , Russia
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- Department of Crystallography , Saint-Petersburg State University , St. Petersburg 199034 , Russia
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Li P, Goswami S, Otake KI, Wang X, Chen Z, Hanna SL, Farha OK. Stabilization of an Unprecedented Hexanuclear Secondary Building Unit in a Thorium-Based Metal–Organic Framework. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:3586-3590. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Peng Li
- Department of Chemistry and International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Sigmon GE, Hixon AE. Extension of the Plutonium Oxide Nanocluster Family to Include {Pu
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- Ginger E. Sigmon
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame 301 Stinson-Remick Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame 301 Stinson-Remick Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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Chatelain L, Faizova R, Fadaei-Tirani F, Pécaut J, Mazzanti M. Structural Snapshots of Cluster Growth from {U 6 } to {U 38 } During the Hydrolysis of UCl 4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:3021-3026. [PMID: 30602068 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Herein we report the assembly of large uranium(IV) clusters with novel nuclearities and/or shapes from the controlled hydrolysis of UCl4 in organic solution and in the presence of the benzoate ligands. {U6 }, {U13 }, {U16 }, {U24 }, {U38 } oxo and oxo/hydroxo clusters were isolated and crystallographically characterized. These structural snapshots indicate that larger clusters are slowly built from the condensation of octahedral {U6 } building blocks. The uranium/benzoate ligand ratio, the reaction temperature and the presence of base play an important role in determining the structure of the final assembly. Moreover, the isolation of different size cluster {U6 } (few hours), {U16 } (3 days), {U24 } (21 days) from the same solution in a chosen set of conditions shows that the assembly of uranium oxo clusters in hydrolytic conditions is time dependent.
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- Lucile Chatelain
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INAC, SYMMES, UMR 5819 Equipe Chimie Interface Biologie pour l'Environnement la Santé et la Toxicologie, 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Chatelain L, Faizova R, Fadaei‐Tirani F, Pécaut J, Mazzanti M. Structural Snapshots of Cluster Growth from {U6} to {U38} During the Hydrolysis of UCl4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201812509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lucile Chatelain
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEACNRS, INACSYMMES, UMR 5819 Equipe Chimie Interface Biologie pour l'Environnement la Santé et la Toxicologie 17 Rue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Ling J, Lu H, Wang Y, Johnson K, Wang S. One-dimensional chain structures of hexanuclear uranium(iv) clusters bridged by formate ligands. RSC Adv 2018; 8:34947-34953. [PMID: 35547079 PMCID: PMC9087207 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra06330c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Three one-dimensional chain structures of uranium(iv) hexanuclear clusters have been synthesized under hydrothermal/solvothermal conditions. Crystallographic studies disclose that the structures of [U6O4(OH)4(HCOO)12(H2O)]·3H2O (1a), [U6O4(OH)4(HCOO)12(HCOOH)(H2O)]·3H2O (1b) and (H6C5N)2[U6O4(OH)4(HCOO)14(H5C5N)] (2) contain a U(iv) hexanulear core [U6(μ 3-OH)4(μ 3-O)4]12+ which is decorated by terminal HCOO- ligands and water (1a, 1b), HCOOH (1b) or pyridine molecules (2). These hexanuclear U(iv) clusters are further linked into zig-zag 1-D chain structures via bridging HCOO- ligands. UV-vis-NIR spectra, together with bond valence calculations, indicate that all U atoms in three compounds exist as U(iv). Magnetic susceptibility data reveal that compound 2 exhibits paramagnetic characteristics.
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- Jie Ling
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Claflin University Orangeburg SC 29115 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institution, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institution, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Claflin University Orangeburg SC 29115 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institution, Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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Falaise C, Kozma K, Nyman M. Thorium Oxo‐Clusters as Building Blocks for Open Frameworks. Chemistry 2018; 24:14226-14232. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Clément Falaise
- Energy Frontier Research Center, Materials Science of Actinides, Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Gilbert Hall Corvallis Oregon 97331 USA
- Current address: Institut Lavoisier de Versailles, CNRS, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay 45 avenue des Etats-Unis 78035 Versailles France
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- Energy Frontier Research Center, Materials Science of Actinides, Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Gilbert Hall Corvallis Oregon 97331 USA
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- Energy Frontier Research Center, Materials Science of Actinides, Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Gilbert Hall Corvallis Oregon 97331 USA
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Martin NP, Volkringer C, Henry N, Trivelli X, Stoclet G, Ikeda-Ohno A, Loiseau T. Formation of a new type of uranium(iv) poly-oxo cluster {U 38} based on a controlled release of water via esterification reaction. Chem Sci 2018; 9:5021-5032. [PMID: 29938031 PMCID: PMC5994743 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc00752g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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A new strategy for the synthesis of large poly-oxo clusters bearing 38 tetravalent uranium atoms {U38} has been developed by controlling the water release from the esterification reaction between a carboxylic acid and an alcohol. The molecular entity [U38O56Cl40(H2O)2(ipa)20]·(ipa) x (ipa = isopropanol) was crystallized from the solvothermal reaction of a mixture of UCl4 and benzoic acid in isopropanol at temperature ranging from 70 to 130 °C. Its crystal structure reveals the molecular assembly of the UO2 fluorite-like inner core {U14} with oxo groups bridging the uranium centers. The {U14} core is further surrounded by six tetrameric sub-units of {U4} to form the {U38} cluster. Its surface is decorated by either bridging- and terminal chloride anions or terminal isopropanol molecules. Another synthesis using the same reactant mixture at room temperature resulted in the crystallization of a discrete dinuclear complex [U2Cl4(bz)4(ipa)4]·(ipa)0.5 (bz = benzoate), in which each uranium center is coordinated by two chlorine atoms, four oxygen atoms from carboxylate groups and two additional oxygen atoms from isopropanol. The slow production of water released from the esterification of isopropanol allows the formation of the giant cluster with oxo bridges linking the uranium atoms at a temperature above 70 °C, whereas no such oxo groups are present in the dinuclear complex formed at room temperature. The kinetics of {U38} crystallization as well as the ester formation are analyzed and discussed. SAXS experiments indicate that the {U38} species are not dominant in the supernatant, but hexanuclear entities which are closely related to the [U6O8] type are formed.
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- Nicolas P Martin
- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS) , UMR CNRS 8181 , Université de Lille , ENSCL , Bat C7, BP 90108 , 59000 Lille , France . ; ; Tel: +33 3 20 434 122
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS) , UMR CNRS 8181 , Université de Lille , ENSCL , Bat C7, BP 90108 , 59000 Lille , France . ; ; Tel: +33 3 20 434 122
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) , 1 rue Descartes , 756231 Paris Cedex 05 , France
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS) , UMR CNRS 8181 , Université de Lille , ENSCL , Bat C7, BP 90108 , 59000 Lille , France . ; ; Tel: +33 3 20 434 122
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- Université de Lille , CNRS , UMR 8576 , UGSF , Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle , F-59000 , France
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- Unité Matériaux Et Transformations (UMET) , UMR CNRS 8207 , Université de Lille Nord de France , USTL-ENSCL , Bat C7, BP 90108 , 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq , France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , Institute of Resource Ecology , Bautzner Landstrasse 400 , 01328 Dresden , Germany
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS) , UMR CNRS 8181 , Université de Lille , ENSCL , Bat C7, BP 90108 , 59000 Lille , France . ; ; Tel: +33 3 20 434 122
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Vanagas NA, Wacker JN, Rom CL, Glass EN, Colliard I, Qiao Y, Bertke JA, Van Keuren E, Schelter EJ, Nyman M, Knope KE. Solution and Solid State Structural Chemistry of Th(IV) and U(IV) 4-Hydroxybenzoates. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:7259-7269. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nicole A. Vanagas
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- Department of Physics, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th and O Streets Northwest, Washington, D.C. 20057, United States
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Lin J, Yue Z, Silver MA, Qie M, Wang X, Liu W, Lin X, Bao HL, Zhang LJ, Wang S, Wang JQ. In Situ Reduction from Uranyl Ion into a Tetravalent Uranium Trimer and Hexamer Featuring Ion-Exchange Properties and the Alexandrite Effect. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:6753-6761. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Jian Lin
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Shanghai 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China
- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhangheng Road 239, Pudong, Shanghai 201204, China
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- School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, 199 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Shanghai 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Shanghai 201800, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19(A) Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing 100049, China
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- School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, 199 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Shanghai 201800, China
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- School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, 199 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2019 Jia Luo Road, Shanghai 201800, China
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Martin NP, März J, Feuchter H, Duval S, Roussel P, Henry N, Ikeda-Ohno A, Loiseau T, Volkringer C. Synthesis and structural characterization of the first neptunium based metal–organic frameworks incorporating {Np6O8} hexanuclear clusters. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:6979-6982. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03121e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The synthesis of the first transuranium Metal–Organic Frameworks (TRU-MOFs) is reported here.
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- N. P. Martin
- Université de Lille
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
- UMR CNRS 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
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- Université de Lille
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
- UMR CNRS 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
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- Université de Lille
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
- UMR CNRS 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
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- Université de Lille
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
- UMR CNRS 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
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- Université de Lille
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
- UMR CNRS 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
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- Université de Lille
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
- UMR CNRS 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
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- Université de Lille
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
- UMR CNRS 8181-UCCS-Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide
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Martin NP, Volkringer C, Roussel P, März J, Hennig C, Loiseau T, Ikeda-Ohno A. {Np38} clusters: the missing link in the largest poly-oxo cluster series of tetravalent actinides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:10060-10063. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03744b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The poly-oxo clusters of neptunium, {Np38}, fill the gap in the largest poly-oxo cluster series of tetravalent actinides.
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- Nicolas P. Martin
- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS)
- UMR, CNRS 8181
- Université de Lille
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille Centrale Lille
- Université Artois
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS)
- UMR, CNRS 8181
- Université de Lille
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille Centrale Lille
- Université Artois
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS)
- UMR, CNRS 8181
- Université de Lille
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille Centrale Lille
- Université Artois
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- Dresden 01328
- Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- Dresden 01328
- Germany
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS)
- UMR, CNRS 8181
- Université de Lille
- École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille Centrale Lille
- Université Artois
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- Dresden 01328
- Germany
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Kazama H, Tsushima S, Ikeda Y, Takao K. Molecular and Crystal Structures of Uranyl Nitrate Coordination Polymers with Double-Headed 2-Pyrrolidone Derivatives. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:13530-13534. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Hiroyuki Kazama
- Laboratory for Advanced
Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-N1-32 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Advanced
Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-N1-32 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, P.O. Box 510119, 01314 Dresden, Germany
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- Laboratory for Advanced
Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-N1-32 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Advanced
Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-N1-32 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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Falaise C, Neal HA, Nyman M. U(IV) Aqueous Speciation from the Monomer to UO 2 Nanoparticles: Two Levels of Control from Zwitterionic Glycine Ligands. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:6591-6598. [PMID: 28509548 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The fate of U(IV)O2 in the environment in a colloidal form and its dissolution and growth in controlled environments is influenced by organic ligation and redox processes, where both affect solubility, speciation, and transport. Here we investigate U(IV) aqueous speciation from pH 0 to 3 with the glycine (Gly) ligand, the smallest amino acid. We document evolution of the monomeric to the hexameric form from pH 0 to 3 via UV-vis spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Crystals of the hexamer [U6O4(OH)4(H2O)6(HGly)12]·12Cl-·12(H2O) (U6) were isolated at pH 2.15. The structure of U6 is a hexanuclear oxo/hydroxo cluster U6O4(OH)4 decorated by 12 glycine ligands and 6 water molecules. The effect of pH and temperature on U6 conversion to UO2 nanoparticles, or simply reversible aggregation, is detailed by transmission electron microscopy imaging, in addition to SAXS and UV-spectroscopy. Because of the zwitterion behavior of glycine, pH and temperature control over U(IV) speciation is complex. Unexpectedly, stability of the polynuclear cluster actually increases with increased pH. Speciation is sensitive to not only metal-oxo hydrolysis but also ligand lability and hydrophobic ligand-ligand interactions.
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- Clément Falaise
- Energy Frontier Research Center, Materials Science of Actinides Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University , Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Energy Frontier Research Center, Materials Science of Actinides Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University , Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Energy Frontier Research Center, Materials Science of Actinides Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University , Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Tamain C, Dumas T, Hennig C, Guilbaud P. Coordination of Tetravalent Actinides (An=Th IV , U IV , Np IV , Pu IV ) with DOTA: From Dimers to Hexamers. Chemistry 2017; 23:6864-6875. [PMID: 28294439 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201700493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Three tetravalent actinide (AnIV ) hexanuclear clusters with the octahedral core [An6 (OH)4 O4 ]12+ (AnIV =UIV , NpIV , PuIV ) were structurally characterized in the solid state and in aqueous solution by using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption, IR, Raman, and UV/Vis spectroscopy. The observed structure, [An6 (OH)4 O4 (H2 O)8 (HDOTA)4 ]⋅HCl/HNO3 ⋅n H2 O (An=U(I), Np(II), Pu(III)), consists of a AnIV hexanuclear pseudo-octahedral cluster stabilized by DOTA (1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid) ligands. The six actinide atoms are connected through alternate μ3 -O2- and μ3 -OH- groups. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) investigations combined with UV/Vis spectroscopy provide evidence for the same local structure in moderate acidic and neutral aqueous solutions. The synthesis mechanism was partially elucidated and the main physicochemical properties (pH range stability, solubility, and protonation constant) of the cluster were determined. The results underline the importance of: 1) considering such polynuclear species in thermodynamic models, and 2) competing reactions between hydrolysis and complexation. It is interesting to note that the same synthesis route with thorium(IV) led to the formation of a dimer, Th2 (H2 O)10 (H2 DOTA)2 ⋅4 NO3 ⋅x H2 O (IV), which contrasts to the structure of the other AnIV hexamers.
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- Christelle Tamain
- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Research Department on Processes for Mining and Fuel Recycling, SPDS, LILA, CEA Marcoule, BP17171, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Research Department on Processes for Mining and Fuel Recycling, SPDS, LILA, CEA Marcoule, BP17171, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstr. 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Research Department on Processes for Mining and Fuel Recycling, SPDS, LILA, CEA Marcoule, BP17171, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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Martin NP, März J, Volkringer C, Henry N, Hennig C, Ikeda-Ohno A, Loiseau T. Synthesis of Coordination Polymers of Tetravalent Actinides (Uranium and Neptunium) with a Phthalate or Mellitate Ligand in an Aqueous Medium. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:2902-2913. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nicolas P. Martin
- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), UMR, CNRS 8181, Université de Lille, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, Centrale Lille, Université Artois, 59000 Lille, France
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, HDZR - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner
Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), UMR, CNRS 8181, Université de Lille, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, Centrale Lille, Université Artois, 59000 Lille, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 1 rue Descartes, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), UMR, CNRS 8181, Université de Lille, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, Centrale Lille, Université Artois, 59000 Lille, France
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, HDZR - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner
Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, HDZR - Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner
Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), UMR, CNRS 8181, Université de Lille, École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille, Centrale Lille, Université Artois, 59000 Lille, France
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Hennig C, Weiss S, Kraus W, Kretzschmar J, Scheinost AC. Solution Species and Crystal Structure of Zr(IV) Acetate. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:2473-2480. [PMID: 28199091 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Complex formation and the coordination of zirconium with acetic acid were investigated with Zr K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) and single-crystal diffraction. Zr K-edge EXAFS spectra show that a stepwise increase of acetic acid in aqueous solution with 0.1 M Zr(IV) leads to a structural rearrangement from initial tetranuclear hydrolysis species [Zr4(OH)8(OH2)16]8+ to a hexanuclear acetate species Zr6(O)4(OH)4(CH3COO)12. The solution species Zr6(O)4(OH)4(CH3COO)12 was preserved in crystals by slow evaporation of the aqueous solution. Single-crystal diffraction reveals an uncharged hexanuclear cluster in solid Zr6(μ3-O)4(μ3-OH)4(CH3COO)12·8.5H2O. EXAFS measurements show that the structures of the hexanuclear zirconium acetate cluster in solution and the solid state are identical.
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- Christoph Hennig
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology , Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.,The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF , BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology , Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing , Richard-Willstätter-Strasse 11, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology , Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology , Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.,The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF , BP 220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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Two actinide-organic frameworks constructed by a tripodal flexible ligand: Occurrence of infinite {(UO2)O2(OH)3}4n and hexanuclear {Th6O4(OH)4} motifs. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2016.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lin J, Jin GB, Soderholm L. Th3[Th6(OH)4O4(H2O)6](SO4)12(H2O)13: A Self-Assembled Microporous Open-Framework Thorium Sulfate. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:10098-10101. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jian Lin
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering
Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Zanonato PL, Di Bernardo P, Zhang Z, Gong Y, Tian G, Gibson JK, Rao L. Hydrolysis of thorium(iv) at variable temperatures. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:12763-71. [PMID: 27460458 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01868h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Hydrolysis of Th(iv) was studied in tetraethylammonium perchlorate (0.10 mol kg(-1)) at variable temperatures (283-358 K) by potentiometry and microcalorimetry. Three hydrolysis reactions, mTh(4+) + nH2O = Thm(OH)n((4m-n)+) + nH(+), in which (n,m) = (2,2), (8,4), and (15,6), were invoked to describe the potentiometric and calorimetric data for solutions with the [hydroxide]/[Th(iv)] ratio ≤ 2. At higher ratios, the formation of (16,5) cannot be excluded. The hydrolysis constants, *β2,2, *β8,4, and *β15,6, increased by 3, 7, and 11 orders of magnitude, respectively, as the temperature was increased from 283 to 358 K. The enhancement is mainly due to the significant increase of the degree of ionization of water as the temperature rises. All three hydrolysis reactions are endothermic at 298 K, with enthalpies of (118 ± 4) kJ mol(-1), (236 ± 7) kJ mol(-1), and (554 ± 4) kJ mol(-1) for ΔH2,2, ΔH8,4, and ΔH15,6 respectively. The hydrolysis constants at infinite dilution have been obtained with the specific ion interaction approach. The applicability of three approaches for estimating the equilibrium constants at different temperatures, including the constant enthalpy approach, the constant heat capacity approach and the DQUANT equation was evaluated with the data from this work.
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- P L Zanonato
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
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- Glenn T. Seaborg Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Glenn T. Seaborg Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Glenn T. Seaborg Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Glenn T. Seaborg Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Glenn T. Seaborg Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Tamain C, Dumas T, Guillaumont D, Hennig C, Guilbaud P. First Evidence of a Water-Soluble Plutonium(IV) Hexanuclear Cluster. Eur J Inorg Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Christelle Tamain
- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Marcoule; RadioChemistry & Processes Department; 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze France
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Marcoule; RadioChemistry & Processes Department; 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze France
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Marcoule; RadioChemistry & Processes Department; 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf; Institute of Resource Ecology; Bautzner Landstr. 400 01314 Dresden Germany
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Marcoule; RadioChemistry & Processes Department; 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze France
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Zänker H, Weiss S, Hennig C, Brendler V, Ikeda‐Ohno A. Oxyhydroxy Silicate Colloids: A New Type of Waterborne Actinide(IV) Colloids. ChemistryOpen 2016; 5:174-182. [PMID: 27957406 PMCID: PMC5130165 DOI: 10.1002/open.201500207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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At the near-neutral and reducing aquatic conditions expected in undisturbed ore deposits or in closed nuclear waste repositories, the actinides Th, U, Np, and Pu are primarily tetravalent. These tetravalent actinides (AnIV) are sparingly soluble in aquatic systems and, hence, are often assumed to be immobile. However, AnIV could become mobile if they occur as colloids. This review focuses on a new type of AnIV colloids, oxyhydroxy silicate colloids. We herein discuss the chemical characteristics of these colloids and the potential implication for their environmental behavior. The binary oxyhydroxy silicate colloids of AnIV could be potentially more mobile as a waterborne species than the well-known mono-component oxyhydroxide colloids.
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- Harald Zänker
- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfP.O. Box 51 01 1901314DresdenGermany
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- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfP.O. Box 51 01 1901314DresdenGermany
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- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfP.O. Box 51 01 1901314DresdenGermany
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- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfP.O. Box 51 01 1901314DresdenGermany
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- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-RossendorfP.O. Box 51 01 1901314DresdenGermany
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Oxo Clusters of 5f Elements. RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN CLUSTERS OF RARE EARTHS AND ACTINIDES: CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/430_2016_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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