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Burrow TG, Alcock NM, Huzan MS, Dunstan MA, Seed JA, Detlefs B, Glatzel P, Hunault MOJY, Bendix J, Pedersen KS, Baker ML. Determination of Uranium Central-Field Covalency with 3 d4 f Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:22570-22582. [PMID: 39083620 PMCID: PMC11328134 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
Abstract
Understanding the nature of metal-ligand bonding is a major challenge in actinide chemistry. We present a new experimental strategy for addressing this challenge using actinide 3d4f resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS). Through a systematic study of uranium(IV) halide complexes, [UX6]2-, where X = F, Cl, or Br, we identify RIXS spectral satellites with relative energies and intensities that relate to the extent of uranium-ligand bond covalency. By analyzing the spectra in combination with ligand field density functional theory we find that the sensitivity of the satellites to the nature of metal-ligand bonding is due to the reduction of 5f interelectron repulsion and 4f-5f spin-exchange, caused by metal-ligand orbital mixing and the degree of 5f radial expansion, known as central-field covalency. Thus, this study furthers electronic structure quantification that can be obtained from 3d4f RIXS, demonstrating it as a technique for estimating actinide-ligand covalency.
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- Timothy G Burrow
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
- The University of Manchester at Harwell, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, OX11 0DE, U.K
- Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
- The University of Manchester at Harwell, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, OX11 0DE, U.K
- Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
- The University of Manchester at Harwell, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, OX11 0DE, U.K
- Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
- Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, 1172 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
- The University of Manchester at Harwell, Diamond Light Source, Harwell Campus, OX11 0DE, U.K
- Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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Ramanathan A, Kaplan J, Sergentu DC, Branson JA, Ozerov M, Kolesnikov AI, Minasian SG, Autschbach J, Freeland JW, Jiang Z, Mourigal M, La Pierre HS. Chemical design of electronic and magnetic energy scales of tetravalent praseodymium materials. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3134. [PMID: 37253731 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38431-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Lanthanides in the trivalent oxidation state are typically described using an ionic picture that leads to localized magnetic moments. The hierarchical energy scales associated with trivalent lanthanides produce desirable properties for e.g., molecular magnetism, quantum materials, and quantum transduction. Here, we show that this traditional ionic paradigm breaks down for praseodymium in the tetravalent oxidation state. Synthetic, spectroscopic, and theoretical tools deployed on several solid-state Pr4+-oxides uncover the unusual participation of 4f orbitals in bonding and the anomalous hybridization of the 4f1 configuration with ligand valence electrons, analogous to transition metals. The competition between crystal-field and spin-orbit-coupling interactions fundamentally transforms the spin-orbital magnetism of Pr4+, which departs from the Jeff = 1/2 limit and resembles that of high-valent actinides. Our results show that Pr4+ ions are in a class on their own, where the hierarchy of single-ion energy scales can be tailored to explore new correlated phenomena in quantum materials.
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- Arun Ramanathan
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- University of Rennes, CNRS ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) - UMR 6226, F-35000, Rennes, France
- A. I. Cuza University of Iași, RA-03 Laboratory (RECENT AIR), Iași, 700506, Romania
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260-3000, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260-3000, USA
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
- Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Program, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA.
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Zhai F, Li B, Yang L, Dai X, Liang C, Xia C, Chai Z, Wang Y, Wang S. Charge Transport and Photoconductivity in a Hybrid Uranium(IV) Halide Perovskite. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:13256-13260. [PMID: 35969238 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hybrid metal halide perovskites are extensively synthesized using p- and d-elements. However, the properties of hybrid halide perovskites involving 5f-elements are still elusive. Herein, we first report the semiconductive property of a uranium-bearing hybrid halide perovskite, [N(C2H5)4]2UCl6 (EAUCl). Single crystal X-ray crystallography demonstrates that EAUCl adopts a zero-dimensional molecular structure consisting of isolated [UCl6]2- anions and organic cations. The intrinsically semiconductive property endows EAUCl with obvious charge transport and photoconductivity, with a high carrier mobility lifetime (μτ) product of 9.91 × 10-4 cm2/V and a photocurrent on-off ratio of 380 under X-ray excitation. Theoretical calculations corroborate that the U 5f orbitals are involved in electron transitions and the formation of band structure.
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- Fuwan Zhai
- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics & Technology, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610064, China.,State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics & Technology, Ministry of Education, Chengdu 610064, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Anomalous magnetism of uranium(IV)-oxo and -imido complexes reveals unusual doubly degenerate electronic ground states. Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Zhang J, Wenzel M, Schnaars K, Hennersdorf F, Schwedtmann K, März J, Rossberg A, Kaden P, Kraus F, Stumpf T, Weigand JJ. Coordination of trivalent lanthanum and cerium, and tetravalent cerium and actinides (An = Th(IV), U(IV), Np(IV)) by a 4-phosphoryl 1 H-pyrazol-5-olate ligand in solution and the solid state. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:3550-3558. [PMID: 33605972 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00365h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Structural investigations of three actinide(iv) 4-phosphoryl 1H-pyrazol-5-olate complexes (An = Th(iv), U(iv), Np(iv)) and their cerium(iv) analogue display the same metal coordination in the solid state. The mononuclear complexes show the metal centre in a square antiprismatic coordination geometry composed by the two O-donor atoms of four deprotonated ligands. Detailed solid state analysis of the U(iv) complex shows that dependent on the solvent used altered arrangements are observable, resulting in a change in the coordination polyhedron of the U(iv) metal centre to bi-capped trigonal prismatic. Further, single crystal analyses of the La(iii) and Ce(iii) complexes show that the ligand can also act as a neutral ligand by protonation of the pyrazolyl moiety. All complexes were comprehensively characterized by NMR, IR and Raman spectroscopy. A single resonance in each of the 31P NMR spectra for the La(iii), Ce(iii), Ce(iv), Th(iv) and Np(iv) complex indicates the formation of highly symmetric complex species in solution. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) investigations provide evidence for the same local structure of the U(iv) and Np(iv) complex in toluene solution, confirming the observations made in the solid state.
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- Jianfeng Zhang
- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany and The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
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Joly F, Simon P, Trivelli X, Arab M, Morel B, Solari PL, Paul JF, Moisy P, Volkringer C. Direct conversion of uranium dioxide UO 2 to uranium tetrafluoride UF 4 using the fluorinated ionic liquid [Bmim][PF 6]. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:274-278. [PMID: 31803888 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt04327f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The industrial fluorination of UO2 to UF4 is based on a complex process involving the manipulation of a large amount of HF, a very toxic and corrosive gas. We present here a safer way to accomplish this reaction utilizing ionic liquid [Bmim][PF6] as a unique reaction medium and fluoride source.
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- Florian Joly
- Unité de Catalyse et Chimie du Solide (UCCS), UMR CNRS 8181, Université de Lille, ENSC-Lille, Bat. C7, Avenue Mendeleïev, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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