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Zgrabik J, Lussier DJ, Bhowmick R, Nguyen N, Zacher PA, Elkin T, Gaunt AJ, Goff GS, Mason HE, Murillo J, Scott BL, Vlaisavljevich B, Daly SR. Structural and Theoretical Assessment of Covalency in a Pu(III) Borohydride Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:25943-25948. [PMID: 39283691 PMCID: PMC11440501 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2024] [Revised: 09/05/2024] [Accepted: 09/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/26/2024]
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Despite the discovery of actinide borohydride complexes over 80 years ago, no plutonium borohydride complexes have been structurally validated using single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD). Here we describe Pu2(H3BPtBu2BH3)6, the first example of a Pu(III) borohydride complex authenticated by XRD and NMR spectroscopy. Theoretical calculations (DFT, EDA, and QTAIM) and experimental comparisons of metal-boron distances suggest that metal-borohydride covalency in M2(H3BPtBu2BH3)6 complexes generally decreases in the order M = U(III) > Pu(III) > Ln(III).
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- Joshua
C. Zgrabik
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Iowa, E331 Chemistry Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- University
of South Dakota, 414
E. Clark St, Vermillion South
Dakota 57069, United States
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- University
of South Dakota, 414
E. Clark St, Vermillion South
Dakota 57069, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Iowa, E331 Chemistry Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Iowa, E331 Chemistry Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
- University
of South Dakota, 414
E. Clark St, Vermillion South
Dakota 57069, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Iowa, E331 Chemistry Building, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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Eralie DMT, Ducilon J, Gorden AEV. Uranium Chemistry: Identifying the Next Frontiers†. Inorg Chem 2024. [PMID: 39190695 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/29/2024]
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While uranium is the most extensively studied actinide in terms of chemical properties, there remains much to be explored about its fundamental chemistry. Organometallic and organoactinide chemistry first emerged in the 1950s with research that found inspiration from transition-metal chemistry with the synthesis and characterization of uranocene, expanding new opportunities for organoactinide chemistry. Since then, a significant amount of research has pursued many avenues characterizing the fundamental nature of the f orbitals and their modes of bonding as well as their potential in catalysis. Uranium(III/IV) arene complexes dominate much of uranium organometallic chemistry, with bonding interactions stabilized by δ-back-bonding. Recent additions to this area of chemistry include the first UI and new additions of UII organouranium compounds. Uranium-transition metal complexes are still rare and maintain UIV oxidation states, with variable bond lengths determining the transition-metal oxidation state. Resultant reactivities are discussed as synthetic complexes, and unique bonding and coordination motifs are highlighted. This Viewpoint will focus on significant developments in uranium chemistry from the last 15 years while considering key areas for future research.
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- Dylan M T Eralie
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79401, United States
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Otte K, Niklas JE, Studvick CM, Montgomery CL, Bredar ARC, Popov IA, La Pierre HS. Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at the Pu 5+/4+ Couple. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:21859-21867. [PMID: 39051969 PMCID: PMC11311234 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 07/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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The synthesis and solution and solid-state characterization of [Pu4+(NPC)4], 1-Pu, (NPC = [NPtBu(pyrr)2]-; tBu = C(CH3)3; pyrr = pyrrolidinyl) and [Pu3+(NPC)4][K(2.2.2.-cryptand)], 2-Pu, is described. Cyclic voltammetry studies of 1-Pu reveal a quasi-reversible Pu4+/3+ couple, an irreversible Pu5+/4+ couple, and a third couple evincing a rapid proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reaction occurring after the electrochemical formation of Pu5+. The chemical identity of the product of the PCET reaction was confirmed by independent chemical synthesis to be [Pu4+(NPC)3(HNPC)][B(ArF5)4], 3-Pu, (B(ArF5)4 = tetrakis(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluourophenyl)borate) via two mechanistically distinct transformations of 1-Pu: protonation and oxidation. The kinetics and thermodynamics of this PCET reaction are determined via electrochemical analysis, simulation, and density functional theory. The computational studies demonstrate a direct correlation between the changing nature of 5f and 6d orbital participation in metal-ligand bonding and the electron density on the Nim atom with the thermodynamics of the PCET reaction from Np to Pu, and an indirect correlation with the roughly 5-orders of magnitude faster Pu PCET compared to Np for the An5+ species.
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- Kaitlyn
S. Otte
- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
- Nuclear
and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Program, School of
Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
- Physical
Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Maltsev D, Driscoll DM, Zhang Y, Neuefeind JC, Reinhart B, Agca C, Ray D, Halstenberg PW, Aziziha M, Schorne-Pinto J, Besmann TM, Bryantsev VS, Dai S, Roy S, Ivanov AS. Transient Covalency in Molten Uranium(III) Chloride. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:21220-21224. [PMID: 39042490 PMCID: PMC11311222 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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Uranium is arguably the most essential element in the actinide series, serving as a crucial component of nuclear fuels. While U is recognized for engaging the 5f orbitals in chemical bonds under normal conditions, little is known about its coordination chemistry and the nature of bonding interactions at extreme conditions of high temperature. Here we report experimental and computational evidence for the shrinkage of the average U-ligand distance in UCl3 upon the solid-to-molten phase transition, leading to the formation of a significant fraction of short, transient U-Cl bonds with the enhanced involvement of U 5f valence orbitals. These findings reveal that extreme temperatures create an unusual heterogeneous bonding environment around U(III) with distinct inner- and outer-coordination subshells.
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- Dmitry
S. Maltsev
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Neutron
Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Neutron
Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Advanced
Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Mechanical
Engineering Department, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Mechanical
Engineering Department, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Mechanical
Engineering Department, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Lussier D, Ito E, McClain KR, Smith PW, Kwon H, Rutkauskaite R, Harvey BG, Shuh DK, Long JR. Metal-Halide Covalency, Exchange Coupling, and Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Triangular (Cp iPr5) 3U 3X 6 (X = Cl, Br, I) Clusters. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:21280-21295. [PMID: 39044394 PMCID: PMC11311243 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
Abstract
The actinide elements are attractive alternatives to transition metals or lanthanides for the design of exchange-coupled multinuclear single-molecule magnets. However, the synthesis of such compounds is challenging, as is unraveling any contributions from exchange coupling to the overall magnetism. To date, only a few actinide compounds have been shown to exhibit exchange coupling and single-molecule magnetism. Here, we report triangular uranium(III) clusters of the type (CpiPr5)3U3X (1-X; X = Cl, Br, I; CpiPr5 = pentaisopropylcyclopentadienyl), which are synthesized via reaction of the aryloxide-bridged precursor (CpiPr5)2U2(OPhtBu)4 with excess Me3SiX. Spectroscopic analysis suggests the presence of covalency in the uranium-halide interactions arising from 5f orbital participation in bonding. The dc magnetic susceptibility data reveal the presence of antiferromagnetic exchange coupling between the uranium(III) centers in these compounds, with the strength of the exchange decreasing down the halide series. Ac magnetic susceptibility data further reveal all compounds to exhibit slow magnetic relaxation under zero dc field. In 1-I, which exhibits particularly weak exchange, magnetic relaxation occurs via a Raman mechanism associated with the individual uranium(III) centers. In contrast, for 1-Br and 1-Cl, magnetic relaxation occurs via an Orbach mechanism, likely involving relaxation between ground and excited exchange-coupled states. Significantly, in the case of 1-Cl, magnetic relaxation is sufficiently slow such that open magnetic hysteresis is observed up to 2.75 K, and the compound exhibits a 100-s blocking temperature of 2.4 K. This compound provides the first example of magnetic blocking in a compound containing only actinide-based ions, as well as the first example involving the uranium(III) oxidation state.
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- Daniel
J. Lussier
- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- U.S.
Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, Research Department, Chemistry Division, China Lake, California 93555, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- U.S.
Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, Research Department, Chemistry Division, China Lake, California 93555, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Wang J, Yang L, Yin D, Gao X, Dai X, Li K, Wang S, Wang Y. Semiconductive Behavior and Photoconductivity of Uranyl Dithiophosphinate Single Crystal. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9706-9710. [PMID: 38747511 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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Herein, we detail the synthesis, structure, and photoconductivity of the uranyl dithiophosphinate single crystal UO2[S2P(C6H5)2]2(CH3OH)·CH3OH (denoted as U-DPDPP). The formation of bonds between uranyl ions and sulfur-based ligands endows U-DPDPP with a distinct electronic absorption property with a broadband spectrum spanning from 250 to 550 nm, giving rise to a unique semiconductive property. Under X-ray illumination, U-DPDPP displays a distinctive photoconductivity response, with a charge carrier mobility lifetime (μτ) of 2.78 × 10-4 cm2·V-1 achieved, which contradicts the electronic-silence behavior of uranyl nitrate crystal.
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- Junren Wang
- 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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- 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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Mezyk SP, Baxter M, Celis-Barros C, Grimes TS, Zalupski PR, Rae C, Zarzana CA, Cook AR, Horne GP. Effect of f-element complexation on the radiolysis of 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (HEH[EHP]). Dalton Trans 2024; 53:6881-6891. [PMID: 38407412 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00424h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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A systematic study of the impact on the chemical reactivity of the oxidising n-dodecane radical cation (RH˙+) with f-element complexed 2-ethylhexylphosphonic acid mono-2-ethylhexyl ester (HEH[EHP]) has been undertaken utilizing time-resolved electron pulse radiolysis/transient absorption spectroscopy and high-level quantum mechanical calculations. Lanthanide ion complexed species, [Ln((HEH[EHP])2)3], exhibited vastly increased reactivity (over 10× faster) in comparison to the non-complexed ligand in n-dodecane solvent, whose rate coefficient was k = (4.66 ± 0.22) × 109 M-1 s-1. Similar reactivity enhancement was also observed for the corresponding americium ion complex, k = (5.58 ± 0.30) × 1010 M-1 s-1. The vastly increased reactivity of these f-element complexes was not due to simple increased diffusion-control of these reactions; rather, enhanced hole transfer mechanisms for the complexes were calculated to become energetically more favourable. Interestingly, the observed reactivity trend with lanthanide ion size was not linear; instead, the rate coefficients showed an initial increase (Lu to Yb) followed by a decrease (Tm to Ho), followed by another increase (Dy to La). This behaviour was excellently predicted by the calculated reaction volumes of these complexes. Complementary cobalt-60 gamma irradiations for select lanthanide complexes demonstrated that the measured kinetic differences translated to increased ligand degradation at steady-state timescales, affording ∼38% increase in ligand loss of a 1 : 1 [La((HEH[EHP])2)3] : HEH[EHP] ratio system.
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- Stephen P Mezyk
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90804, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, P.O. Box 1625, 83415, USA.
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, P.O. Box 1625, 83415, USA.
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, P.O. Box 1625, 83415, USA.
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, P.O. Box 1625, 83415, USA.
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, P.O. Box 1625, 83415, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 11973, USA
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, P.O. Box 1625, 83415, USA.
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Ouellette ET, Brackbill IJ, Kynman AE, Christodoulou S, Maron L, Bergman RG, Arnold J. Triple Inverse Sandwich versus End-On Diazenido: Bonding Motifs across a Series of Rhenium-Lanthanide and -Actinide Complexes. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:7177-7188. [PMID: 38598523 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
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While synthesizing a series of rhenium-lanthanide triple inverse sandwich complexes, we unexpectedly uncovered evidence for rare examples of end-on lanthanide dinitrogen coordination for certain heavy lanthanide elements as well as for uranium. We begin our report with the synthesis and characterization of a series of trirhenium triple inverse sandwich complexes with the early lanthanides, Ln[(μ-η5:η5-Cp)Re(BDI)]3(THF) (1-Ln, Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm; Cp = cyclopentadienide, BDI = N,N'-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-3,5-dimethyl-β-diketiminate). However, as we moved across the lanthanide series, we ran into an unexpected result for gadolinium in which we structurally characterized two products for gadolinium, namely, 1-Gd (analogous to 1-Ln) and a diazenido dirhenium double inverse sandwich complex Gd[(μ-η1:η1-N2)Re(η5-Cp)(BDI)][(μ-η5:η5-Cp)Re(BDI)]2(THF)2 (2-Gd). Evidence for analogues of 2-Gd was spectroscopically observed for other heavy lanthanides (2-Ln, Ln = Tb, Dy, Er), and, in the case of 2-Er, structurally authenticated. These complexes represent the first observed examples of heterobimetallic end-on lanthanide dinitrogen coordination. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were utilized to probe relevant bonding interactions and reveal energetic differences between both the experimental and putative 1-Ln and 2-Ln complexes. We also present additional examples of novel end-on heterobimetallic lanthanide and actinide diazenido moieties in the erbium-rhenium complex (η8-COT)Er[(μ-η1:η1-N2)Re(η5-Cp)(BDI)](THF)(Et2O) (3-Er) and uranium-rhenium complex [Na(2.2.2-cryptand)][(η5-C5H4SiMe3)3U(μ-η1:η1-N2)Re(η5-Cp)(BDI)] (4-U). Finally, we expand the scope of rhenium inverse sandwich coordination by synthesizing divalent double inverse sandwich complex Yb[(μ-η5:η5-Cp)Re(BDI)]2(THF)2 (5-Yb), as well as base-free, homoleptic rhenium-rare earth triple inverse sandwich complex Y[(μ-η5:η5-Cp)Re(BDI)]3 (6-Y).
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- Erik T Ouellette
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Zhang Y, Duan W, Yang Y, Zhao Z, Ren G, Zhang N, Zheng L, Chen J, Wang J, Sun T. Are 4f-Orbitals Engaged in Covalent Bonding Between Lanthanides and Triphenylphosphine Oxide? An Oxygen K-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Study. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:2597-2605. [PMID: 38266171 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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The bonding covalency between trivalent lanthanides (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Eu, Gd) and triphenylphosphine oxide (TPPO) is studied by X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations on the LnCl3(TPPO)3 complexes. The O, P, and Cl K-edge XAS for the single crystals of LnCl3(TPPO)3 were collected, and the spectra were interpreted based on DFT calculations. The O and P K-edge XAS spectra showed no significant change across the Ln series in the LnCl3(TPPO)3 complexes, unlike the Cl K-edge XAS spectra. The experimental O K-edge XAS spectra suggest no mixing between the Ln 4f- and the O 2p-orbitals in the LnCl3(TPPO)3 complexes. DFT calculations indicate that the amount of the O 2p character per Ln-O bond is less than 0.1% in the Ln 4f-based orbitals in all of the LnCl3(TPPO)3 complexes. The experimental spectra and theoretical calculations demonstrate that Ln 4f-orbitals are not engaged in the covalent bonding of lanthanides with TPPO, which contrasts the involvement of U 5f-orbitals in covalent bonding in the UO2Cl2(TPPO)2 complex. Results in this work reinforce our previous speculation that bonding covalency is potentially responsible for the extractability of monodentate organophosphorus ligands toward metal ions.
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- Yusheng Zhang
- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an 710065, China
- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Winter MJ. Chemdex: quantification and distributions of valence numbers, oxidation numbers, coordination numbers, electron numbers, and covalent bond classes for the elements. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:493-511. [PMID: 38087991 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03738j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The paper introduces Chemdex, a freely accessible web-based database of over 70 000 compounds characterised by crystallography from across the periodic table. Its software calculates for an atom of interest within each compound classifications including valence number, oxidation number, coordination number, electron number, several covalent bond classifications, and the attached atom set. Users may explore distributions of these classifications by percentages and heat map displays for individual elements or sets of elements, or in several cases for one classification plotted against a second. These properties often display clear periodicity. Based upon distributions across the periodic table of valence numbers, electron numbers, coordination numbers, and attached atom data suggestions are made regarding the placement of hydrogen in the periodic table, membership of group 3 in the periodic table, locations of the early actinoids in the periodic table, and assignments of certain elements as metalloids.
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- Mark J Winter
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK.
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Park S, Walter ED, Soderquist CZ, Sinkov SI, Cho H. Temperature Dependence of Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance and the Observation of Metal-Ligand Covalency in Actinide Complexes: 35Cl in Cs 2UO 2Cl 4. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:8347-8353. [PMID: 37769184 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c04657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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We report a study of the temperature dependence of 35Cl nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) transition energies and spin-lattice relaxation times (T1) for 235U-depleted dicesium uranyl tetrachloride (Cs2UO2Cl4) aimed at elucidating electronic interactions between the uranium center and atoms in the equatorial plane of the UO22+ ion. The transition frequency decreases slowly with temperature below 75 K and with a more rapid linear dependence above this temperature. The spin-lattice relaxation time becomes shorter with temperature, and as temperatures increase, the T1 decrease becomes nearly quadratic. The observed trends are reproduced by a model that assumes phonon-induced fluctuations of the electric field gradient tensor and partial electron delocalization from Cl to U. The fit of the theoretical model to experimental data allows a Debye temperature of 96 K to be estimated. The generalization of this approach to investigations of covalency in actinide-ligand bonding is examined.
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- Sejun Park
- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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Rotermund BM, Sperling JM, Horne GP, Beck NB, Wineinger HB, Bai Z, Celis-Barros C, Gomez Martinez D, Albrecht-Schönzart TE. Co-Crystallization of Plutonium(III) and Plutonium(IV) Diglycolamides with Pu(III) and Pu(IV) Hexanitrato Anions: A Route to Redox Variants of [Pu III,IV(DGA) 3][Pu III,IV(NO 3) 6] x. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:12905-12912. [PMID: 37523261 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl diglycolamide (TMDGA), a methylated variant of the diglycolamide extractants being proposed as curium holdback reagents in advanced used nuclear fuel reprocessing technologies, has been crystallized with plutonium, a transuranic actinide that has multiple accessible oxidation states. Two plutonium TMDGA complexes, [PuIII(TMDGA)3][PuIII(NO3)6] and[PuIV(TMDGA)3][PuIV(NO3)6]2·0.75MeOH, were crystallized through solvent diffusion of a reaction mixture containing plutonium(III) nitrate and TMDGA. The sample was then partially oxidized by air to yield [PuIV(TMDGA)3][PuIV(NO3)6]2·0.75MeOH. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that the multinuclear systems crystallize with hexanitrato anionic species, providing insight into the first solid-state isolation of the elusive trivalent plutonium hexanitrato species. Crystallography data show a change in geometry around the TMDGA metal center from Pu3+ to Pu4+, with the symmetry increasing approximately from C4v to D3h. These complexes provide a rare opportunity to investigate the bond metrics of plutonium in two different oxidation states with similar coordination environments. Further, these new structures provide insight into the potential chemical and structural differences arising from the radiation-induced formation of transient tetravalent curium oxidation states in used nuclear fuel reprocessing streams.
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- Brian M Rotermund
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Center for Radiation Chemistry Research, Idaho National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Chattaraj S, Bhattacharyya A. Bonding of isovalent homologous actinide and lanthanide pairs with chalcogenide donors: effect of metal f-orbital participation and donor softness. Struct Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-022-02094-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Fetrow TV, Zgrabik J, Bhowmick R, Eckstrom FD, Crull G, Vlaisavljevich B, Daly SR. Quantifying the Influence of Covalent Metal-Ligand Bonding on Differing Reactivity of Trivalent Uranium and Lanthanide Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202211145. [PMID: 36097137 PMCID: PMC9828012 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Qualitative differences in the reactivity of trivalent lanthanide and actinide complexes have long been attributed to differences in covalent metal-ligand bonding, but there are few examples where thermodynamic aspects of this relationship have been quantified, especially with U3+ and in the absence of competing variables. Here we report a series of dimeric phosphinodiboranate complexes with trivalent f-metals that show how shorter-than-expected U-B distances indicative of increased covalency give rise to measurable differences in solution deoligomerization reactivity when compared to isostructural complexes with similarly sized lanthanides. These results, which are in excellent agreement with supporting DFT and QTAIM calculations, afford rare experimental evidence concerning the measured effect of variations in metal-ligand covalency on the reactivity of trivalent uranium and lanthanide complexes.
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- Taylor V. Fetrow
- Department of ChemistryThe University of IowaE331 Chemistry BuildingIowa CityIA 52242USA
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of IowaE331 Chemistry BuildingIowa CityIA 52242USA
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of South Dakota414 East Clark StreetVermillionSouth Dakota57069USA
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of IowaE331 Chemistry BuildingIowa CityIA 52242USA
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of IowaE331 Chemistry BuildingIowa CityIA 52242USA
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of South Dakota414 East Clark StreetVermillionSouth Dakota57069USA
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- Department of ChemistryThe University of IowaE331 Chemistry BuildingIowa CityIA 52242USA
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Liu K, Chi XW, Guo Y, Wu QY, Hu KQ, Mei L, Chai ZF, Yu JP, Shi WQ. Synthesis of Trapen Ligand-Based U(IV) and Th(IV) 2-Phosphaethynolate Complexes and Comparison of Covalency with Corresponding Ti(IV) Analogues. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:17993-18001. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kang Liu
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
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Surbella RG, Ducati LC, Schofield MH, McNamara BK, Pellegrini KL, Corbey JF, Schwantes JM, Autschbach J, Cahill CL. Plutonium Hybrid Materials: A Platform to Explore Assembly and Metal–Ligand Bonding. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:17963-17971. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Robert G. Surbella
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes 748, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, The George Washington University, 800 22nd Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20052, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 312 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The George Washington University, 800 22nd Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20052, United States
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Jiang S, Liu Y, Wang L, Chai Z, Shi W. The Coordination Chemistry of f‐Block Elements in Molten Salts. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201145. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Shilin Jiang
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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Berseneva AA, Klepov VV, Pal K, Seeley K, Koury D, Schaeperkoetter J, Wright JT, Misture ST, Kanatzidis MG, Wolverton C, Gelis AV, Zur Loye HC. Transuranium Sulfide via the Boron Chalcogen Mixture Method and Reversible Water Uptake in the NaCu TS 3 Family. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:13773-13786. [PMID: 35861788 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c04783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The behavior of 5f electrons in soft ligand environments makes actinides, and especially transuranium chalcogenides, an intriguing class of materials for fundamental studies. Due to the affinity of actinides for oxygen, however, it is a challenge to synthesize actinide chalcogenides using non-metallic reagents. Using the boron chalcogen mixture method, we achieved the synthesis of the transuranium sulfide NaCuNpS3 starting from the oxide reagent, NpO2. Via the same synthetic route, the isostructural composition of NaCuUS3 was synthesized and the material contrasted with NaCuNpS3. Single crystals of the U-analogue, NaCuUS3, were found to undergo an unexpected reversible hydration process to form NaCuUS3·xH2O (x ≈ 1.5). A large combination of techniques was used to fully characterize the structure, hydration process, and electronic structures, specifically a combination of single crystal, powder, high temperature powder X-ray diffraction, extended X-ray absorption fine structure, infrared, and inductively coupled plasma spectroscopies, thermogravimetric analysis, and density functional theory calculations. The outcome of these analyses enabled us to determine the composition of NaCuUS3·xH2O and obtain a structural model that demonstrated the retention of the local structure within the [CuUS3]- layers throughout the hydration-dehydration process. Band structure, density of states, and Bader charge calculations for NaCuUS3, NaCuUS3·xH2O, and NaCuNpS3 along with X-ray absorption near edge structure, UV-vis-NIR, and work function measurements on ACuUS3 (A = Na, K, and Rb) and NaCuUS3·xH2O samples were carried out to demonstrate that electronic properties arise from the [CuTS3]- layers and show surprisingly little dependence on the interlayer distance.
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- Anna A Berseneva
- 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.,Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Radiochemistry Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Radiochemistry Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, United States
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- Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 14802, United States
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- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
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- Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, New York 14802, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Radiochemistry Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, 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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Woods JJ, Unnerstall R, Hasson A, Abou DS, Radchenko V, Thorek DLJ, Wilson JJ. Stable Chelation of the Uranyl Ion by Acyclic Hexadentate Ligands: Potential Applications for 230U Targeted α-Therapy. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:3337-3350. [PMID: 35137587 PMCID: PMC9382226 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Uranium-230 is an α-emitting radionuclide with favorable properties for use in targeted α-therapy (TAT), a type of nuclear medicine that harnesses α particles to eradicate cancer cells. To successfully implement this radionuclide for TAT, a bifunctional chelator that can stably bind uranium in vivo is required. To address this need, we investigated the acyclic ligands H2dedpa, H2CHXdedpa, H2hox, and H2CHXhox as uranium chelators. The stability constants of these ligands with UO22+ were measured via spectrophotometric titrations, revealing log βML values that are greater than 18 and 26 for the "pa" and "hox" chelators, respectively, signifying that the resulting complexes are exceedingly stable. In addition, the UO22+ complexes were structurally characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Crystallographic studies reveal that all six donor atoms of the four ligands span the equatorial plane of the UO22+ ion, giving rise to coordinatively saturated complexes that exclude solvent molecules. To further understand the enhanced thermodynamic stabilities of the "hox" chelators over the "pa" chelators, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed. The use of the quantum theory of atoms in molecules revealed that the extent of covalency between all four ligands and UO22+ was similar. Analysis of the DFT-computed ligand strain energy suggested that this factor was the major driving force for the higher thermodynamic stability of the "hox" ligands. To assess the suitability of these ligands for use with 230U TAT in vivo, their kinetic stabilities were probed by challenging the UO22+ complexes with the bone model hydroxyapatite (HAP) and human plasma. All four complexes were >95% stable in human plasma for 14 days, whereas in the presence of HAP, only the complexes of H2CHXdedpa and H2hox remained >80% intact over the same period. As a final validation of the suitability of these ligands for radiotherapy applications, the in vivo biodistribution of their UO22+ complexes was determined in mice in comparison to unchelated [UO2(NO3)2]. In contrast to [UO2(NO3)2], which displays significant bone uptake, all four ligand complexes do not accumulate in the skeletal system, indicating that they remain stable in vivo. Collectively, these studies suggest that the equatorial-spanning ligands H2dedpa, H2CHXdedpa, H2hox, and H2CHXhox are highly promising candidates for use in 230U TAT.
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- Joshua J. Woods
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
- Robert F. Smith School for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Program in Quantitative Molecular Therapeutics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Program in Quantitative Molecular Therapeutics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Program in Quantitative Molecular Therapeutics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Life Science Division, TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC Canada
- Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Program in Quantitative Molecular Therapeutics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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Gibson JK. Bond Dissociation Energies Reveal the Participation of d Electrons in f-Element Halide Bonding. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:272-285. [PMID: 35007073 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Bond dissociation energies (BDEs) reported in the literature for lanthanide monofluorides and lanthanide monochlorides LnX, where X = F or Cl, exhibit substantial irregular variations across the Ln series. It is demonstrated here that correlations of these variations with reported experimentally based atomic energies to prepare the Ln constituent for bonding reveal the nature of the bonding. Whereas some molecular characteristics are well understood in the context of highly ionic bonding, with LnX considered to be (Ln+)(X-), some significant variations in BDEs are not well rationalized simply by ionization to convert Ln to Ln+ for bonding. Focusing here on lanthanide monofluorides LnF, a consideration of alternative Ln preparation schemes shows that a particularly good rationalization of BDEs is obtained by invoking the participation of a lanthanide 5d electron in bonding. This 5d participation could be in ionic (Ln+)(F-) via π-donation from F- 2p to empty Ln+ 5d orbitals or in covalent π-bonded Ln:F via polarization from Ln 5d to F 2p, with these ionic and polar covalent perspectives ultimately being equivalent. The inference of lanthanide 5d involvement suggests that the valence 4f and 6s electrons do not effectively participate in some key aspects of the bonding, presumably due to poor spatial overlap with F 2p orbitals. An extension to actinide monofluorides, AnF, assumes analogous ionic or polar covalent bonding involving a valence 6d electron and results in predictions for BDEs that include a general decrease from left to right across the series, except for a distinctive local minimum at AmF. Determining the BDE for AmF would serve to evaluate the predictions and the underlying assumption of 6d bonding. The BDE assessments/predictions for neutral monofluorides, LnF and AnF, are also applied to cationic LnF+ and AnF+, and it is noted that the approach can be directly extended to f-element monochlorides, monobromides, and monoiodides.
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- John K Gibson
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Maria L, Bandeira NAG, Marçalo J, Santos IC, Ferreira ASD, Ascenso JR. Experimental and Computational Study of a Tetraazamacrocycle Bis(aryloxide) Uranyl Complex and of the Analogues {E═U═NR} 2+ (E = O and NR). Inorg Chem 2021; 61:346-356. [PMID: 34898186 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The reaction of [U(κ6-{(t-Bu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam})I][I] (H2{(t-Bu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam} = 1,8-bis(2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butyl)-4,11-dimethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) with 2 equiv of NaNO2 in acetonitrile results in the isolation of the uranyl complex [UO2{(t-Bu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam}] (3) in 31% yield, which was fully characterized, including by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Density functional theory (DFT) computations were performed to evaluate and compare the level of covalency within the U═E bonds in 3 and in the analogous trans-bis(imido) [U(κ4-{(t-Bu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam})(NPh)2] (1) and trans-oxido-imido [U(κ4-{(t-Bu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam})(O)(NPh)] (2) complexes. Natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis allowed us to determine the mixing covalency parameter λ, showing that in 2, where both U-Ooxido and U-Nimido bonds are present, the U-Nimido bond registers more covalency with regard to 1, and the opposite is seen for U-Ooxido with respect to 3. However, the covalency driven by orbital overlap in the U-Nimido bond is slightly higher in 1 than in 2. The 15N-labeled complexes [U(κ4-{(t-Bu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam})(15NPh)2] (1-15N) and [U(κ4-{(t-Bu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam})(O)(15NPh)] (2-15N) were prepared and analyzed by solution 15N NMR spectroscopy. The calculated and experimental 15N chemical shifts are in good agreement, displaying the same trend of δN (1-15N) > δN (2-15N) and reveal that the 15N chemical shift may serve as a probe for the covalency of the U═NR bond.
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- Leonor Maria
- Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal
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- Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal
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- Associate Laboratory i4HB - Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.,UCIBIO - Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry/Department of Life Sciences, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1000-049 Lisboa, Portugal
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Gray NAG, Price JS, Emslie DJH. Uranium(IV) Thio- and Selenoether Complexes: Syntheses, Structures, and Computational Investigation of U-ER 2 Interactions. Chemistry 2021; 28:e202103580. [PMID: 34875126 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Rigid thioether- and selenoether-containing pincer proligands H[AS2 Ph 2 ] (1) and H[ASe2 Ph 2 ] (2) were synthesized, and deprotonation provided the potassium salts [K(AS2 Ph 2 )(dme)] (3) and [K(ASe2 Ph 2 )(dme)2 ] (4). Reaction of two equivalents of 3 or 4 with [UI4 (dioxane)2 ] afforded the uranium thioether complex [(AS2 Ph 2 )2 UI2 ] (5) and the first example of a uranium-selenoether complex, [(ASe2 Ph 2 )2 UI2 ] (6). X-ray structures revealed distorted square antiprismatic geometries in which the AE2 Ph 2 ligands are κ3 -coordinated. The nature of the U-ER2 bonding in 5 and 6, as well as methyl-free analogues of 5 and 6 and a hypothetical ether analogue, was investigated computationally (including NBO, AIM, and ELF calculations) illustrating increasing covalency from O to S to Se.
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- Novan A G Gray
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M1, Canada
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Revisiting UF6, NpF6 and PuF6 for bonding and molecular surface analysis within density functional theory: Comparative study at the different theory levels with the same basis set. Polyhedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kovács A. Theoretical Study of Actinide(III)-DOTA Complexes. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:13321-13330. [PMID: 34056480 PMCID: PMC8158830 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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1,4,7,10-Tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N″,N‴-tetraacetic acid (DOTA) is a prominent chelating ligand used in imaging contrast agents and radiopharmaceuticals. The present study explores the stabilities, structures, and bonding properties of its complexes with trivalent actinides (Ac, U, Np, Pu, Am, Cm, Cf) using density functional theory and relativistic multireference calculations. For reference purposes, the La- and Lu-DOTA complexes are also included. Similar to La3+, the large An3+ ions prefer the TSAP conformer of the ligand. The An-ligand bonding is mainly electrostatic, with minor charge transfer contributions to the An 6d orbitals. For the assessment of the thermodynamic stabilities in aqueous solution, PCM radii to use in conjunction with the SMD solvation model were developed. Basically, the thermodynamic stability of the DOTA complexes increases along the An row but with notable counteracting of spin-orbit coupling.
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- Attila Kovács
- European Commission Joint
Research Centre, P. O. Box 2340, Karlsruhe D-76125, Germany
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