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Bubas AR, Tatosian IJ, Iacovino A, Corcovilos TA, van Stipdonk MJ. Reactions of gas-phase uranyl formate/acetate anions: reduction of carboxylate ligands to aldehydes by intra-complex hydride attack. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:12753-12763. [PMID: 38619367 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00823e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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In a previous study, electrospray ionization, collision-induced dissociation (CID), and gas-phase ion-molecule reactions were used to create and characterize ions derived from homogeneous precursors composed of a uranyl cation (UVIO22+) coordinated by either formate or acetate ligands [E. Perez, C. Hanley, S. Koehler, J. Pestok, N. Polonsky and M. Van Stipdonk, Gas phase reactions of ions derived from anionic uranyl formate and uranyl acetate complexes, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2016, 27, 1989-1998]. Here, we describe a follow-up study of anionic complexes that contain a mix of formate and acetate ligands, namely [UO2(O2C-CH3)2(O2C-H)]- and [UO2(O2C-CH3)(O2C-H)2]-. Initial CID of either anion causes decarboxylation of a formate ligand to create carboxylate-coordinated U-hydride product ions. Subsequent CID of the hydride species causes elimination of acetaldehyde or formaldehyde, consistent with reactions that include intra-complex hydride attack upon bound acetate or formate ligands, respectively. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reproduce the experimental observations, including the favored elimination of formaldehyde over acetaldehyde by hydride attack during CID of [UO2(H)(O2C-CH3)(O2C-H)]-. We also discovered that MSn CID of the acetate-formate complexes leads to generation of the oxyl-methide species, [UO2(O)(CH3)]-, which reacts with H2O to generate [UO2(O)(OH)]-. DFT calculations support the observation that formation of [UO2(O)(OH)]- by elimination of CH4 is favored over H2O addition and rearrangement to create [UO2(OH)2(CH3)]-.
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- Amanda R Bubas
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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Rodriguez VG, Culbertson HJ, Sigmon GE, Burns PC. Electrochemistry of Uranyl Peroxide Solutions during Electrospray Ionization. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:4456-4466. [PMID: 36888551 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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The ionization of uranyl triperoxide monomer, [(UO2)(O2)3]4- (UT), and uranyl peroxide cage cluster, [(UO2)28(O2)42 - x(OH)2x]28- (U28), was studied with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Experiments including tandem mass spectrometry with collision-induced dissociation (MS/CID/MS), use of natural water and D2O as solvent, and use of N2 and SF6 as nebulizer gases, provide insight into the mechanisms of ionization. The U28 nanocluster under MS/CID/MS with collision energies ranging from 0 to 25 eV produced the monomeric units UOx- (x = 3-8) and UOxHy- (x = 4-8, y = 1, 2). UT under ESI conditions yielded the gas-phase ions UOx- (x = 4-6) and UOxHy- (x = 4-8, y = 1-3). Mechanisms that produce the observed anions in the UT and U28 systems are: (a) gas-phase combinations of uranyl monomers in the collision cell upon fragmentation of U28, (b) reduction-oxidation resulting from the electrospray process, and (c) ionization of surrounding analytes, creating reactive oxygen species that then coordinate to uranyl ions. The electronic structures of anions UOx- (x = 6-8) were investigated using density functional theory (DFT).
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- Virginia G Rodriguez
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Renault E, Jian J, Maurice R, van Stipdonk MJ, Tatosian IJ, Bubas AR, Martens J, Berden G, Oomens J, Gibson JK. Characterization of Uranyl Coordinated by Equatorial Oxygen: Oxo in UO 3 versus Oxyl in UO 3. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:5544-5555. [PMID: 34138571 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c03818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Uranium trioxide, UO3, has a T-shaped structure with bent uranyl, UO22+, coordinated by an equatorial oxo, O2-. The structure of cation UO3+ is similar but with an equatorial oxyl, O•-. Neutral and cationic uranium trioxide coordinated by nitrates were characterized by collision induced dissociation (CID), infrared multiple-photon dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy, and density functional theory. CID of uranyl nitrate, [UO2(NO3)3]- (complex A1), eliminates NO2 to produce nitrate-coordinated UO3+, [UO2(O•)(NO3)2]- (B1), which ejects NO3 to yield UO3 in [UO2(O)(NO3)]- (C1). Finally, C1 associates with H2O to afford uranyl hydroxide in [UO2(OH)2(NO3)]- (D1). IRMPD of B1, C1, and D1 confirms uranyl equatorially coordinated by nitrate(s) along with the following ligands: (B1) radical oxyl O•-; (C1) oxo O2-; and (D1) two hydroxyls, OH-. As the nitrates are bidentate, the equatorial coordination is six in A1, five in B1, four in D1, and three in C1. Ligand congestion in low-coordinate C1 suggests orbital-directed bonding. Hydrolysis of the equatorial oxo in C1 epitomizes the inverse trans influence in UO3, which is uranyl with inert axial oxos and a reactive equatorial oxo. The uranyl ν3 IR frequencies indicate the following donor ordering: O2-[best donor] ≫ O•-> OH-> NO3-.
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- Eric Renault
- CEISAM UMR 6230, CNRS, Université de Nantes, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- SUBATECH, UMR CNRS 6457, IN2P3/IMT Atlantique/Université de Nantes, 4 rue Alfred Kastler, BP 20722, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Bubas AR, Perez E, Metzler LJ, Rissler SD, Van Stipdonk MJ. Collision-induced dissociation of [UO 2 (NO 3 )(O 2 )] - and reactions of product ions with H 2 O and O 2. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2021; 56:e4720. [PMID: 33813763 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We recently reported a detailed investigation of the collision-induced dissociation (CID) of [UO2 (NO3 )3 ]- and [UO2 (NO3 )2 (O2 )]- in a linear ion trap mass spectrometer (J. Mass Spectrom. DOI:10.1002/jms.4705). Here, we describe the CID of [UO2 (NO3 )(O2 )]- which is created directly by ESI, or indirectly by simple elimination of O2 from [UO2 (NO3 )(O2 )2 ]- . CID of [UO2 (NO3 )(O2 )]- creates product ions as at m/z 332 and m/z 318. The former may be formed directly by elimination of O2 , while the latter required decomposition of a nitrate ligand and elimination of NO2 . DFT calculations identify a pathway by which both product ions can be generated, which involves initial isomerization of [UO2 (NO3 )(O2 )]- to create [UO2 (O)(NO2 )(O2 )]- , from which elimination of NO2 or O2 will leave [UO2 (O)(O2 )]- or [UO2 (O)(NO2 )]- , respectively. For the latter product ion, the composition assignment of [UO2 (O)(NO2 )]- rather than [UO2 (NO3 )]- is supported by ion-molecule reaction behavior, and in particular, the fact that spontaneous addition of O2 , which is predicted to be the dominant reaction pathway for [UO2 (NO3 )]- is not observed. Instead, the species reacts with H2 O, which is predicted to be the favored pathway for [UO2 (O)(NO2 )]- . This result in particular demonstrates the utility of ion-molecule reactions to assist the determination of ion composition. As in our earlier study, we find that ions such as [UO2 (O)(NO2 )]- and [UO2 (O)(O2 )]- form H2 O adducts, and calculations suggest these species spontaneously rearrange to create dihydroxides.
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- Amanda R Bubas
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Bubas AR, Perez E, Metzler LJ, Rissler SD, Van Stipdonk MJ. Collision-induced dissociation of [UO 2 (NO 3 ) 3 ] - and [UO 2 (NO 3 ) 2 (O 2 )] - and reactions of product ions with H 2 O and O 2. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2021; 56:e4705. [PMID: 33569852 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Electrospray ionization (ESI) can produce a wide range of gas-phase uranyl (UO2 2+ ) complexes for tandem mass spectrometry studies of intrinsic structure and reactivity. We describe here the formation and collision-induced dissociation (CID) of [UO2 (NO3 )3 ]- and [UO2 (NO3 )2 (O2 )]- . Multiple-stage CID experiments reveal that the complexes dissociate in reactions that involve elimination of O2 , NO2 , or NO3 , and subsequent reactions of interesting uranyl-oxo product ions with (neutral) H2 O and/or O2 were investigated. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations reproduce experimental results and show that dissociation of nitrate ligands, with ejection of neutral NO2 , is favored for both [UO2 (NO3 )3 ]- and [UO2 (NO3 )2 (O2 )]- . DFT calculations also suggest that H2 O adducts to products such as [UO2 (O)(NO3 )]- spontaneously rearrange to create dihydroxides and that addition of O2 is favored over addition of H2 O to formally U(V) species.
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- Amanda R Bubas
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Hou G, Faragó E, Buzsáki D, Nyulászi L, Höltzl T, Janssens E. Observation of the Reaction Intermediates of Methanol Dehydrogenation by Cationic Vanadium Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202011109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Gao‐Lei Hou
- Quantum Solid-State Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200D 3001 Leuven Belgium
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry MTA-BME Computer Driven Chemistry Research Group Budapest University of Technology and Economics Szent Gellért tér 4 1111 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry MTA-BME Computer Driven Chemistry Research Group Budapest University of Technology and Economics Szent Gellért tér 4 1111 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry MTA-BME Computer Driven Chemistry Research Group Budapest University of Technology and Economics Szent Gellért tér 4 1111 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry MTA-BME Computer Driven Chemistry Research Group Budapest University of Technology and Economics Szent Gellért tér 4 1111 Budapest Hungary
- Furukawa Electric Institute of Technology Késmárk utca 28/A 1158 Budapest Hungary
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- Quantum Solid-State Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200D 3001 Leuven Belgium
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Hou G, Faragó E, Buzsáki D, Nyulászi L, Höltzl T, Janssens E. Observation of the Reaction Intermediates of Methanol Dehydrogenation by Cationic Vanadium Clusters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:4756-4763. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Gao‐Lei Hou
- Quantum Solid-State Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200D 3001 Leuven Belgium
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry MTA-BME Computer Driven Chemistry Research Group Budapest University of Technology and Economics Szent Gellért tér 4 1111 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry MTA-BME Computer Driven Chemistry Research Group Budapest University of Technology and Economics Szent Gellért tér 4 1111 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry MTA-BME Computer Driven Chemistry Research Group Budapest University of Technology and Economics Szent Gellért tér 4 1111 Budapest Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry MTA-BME Computer Driven Chemistry Research Group Budapest University of Technology and Economics Szent Gellért tér 4 1111 Budapest Hungary
- Furukawa Electric Institute of Technology Késmárk utca 28/A 1158 Budapest Hungary
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- Quantum Solid-State Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200D 3001 Leuven Belgium
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AbstractThe past decade has been very productive in the field of actinide (An) oxides containing high-valent An. Novel gas-phase experimental and an impressive number of theoretical studies have been performed, mostly on pure oxides or oxides extended with other ligands. The review covers the structural properties of molecular An oxides with high (An≥V) oxidation states. The presented compounds include the actinide dioxide cations [AnO2]+ and [AnO2]2+, neutral and ionic AnOx (x = 3–6), oxides with more than one An atom like neutral dimers, trimers and dimers from cation–cation interactions, as well as large U-oxide clusters observed very recently in the gaseous phase.
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González-Navarrete P, Andrés J, Calatayud M. Can Supported Reduced Vanadium Oxides form H 2 from CH 3OH? A Computational Gas-Phase Mechanistic Study. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:1104-1113. [PMID: 29286673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b11264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A detailed density functional theory study is presented to clarify the mechanistic aspects of the methanol (CH3OH) dehydrogenation process to yield hydrogen (H2) and formaldehyde (CH2O). A gas-phase vanadium oxide cluster is used as a model system to represent reduced V(III) oxides supported on TiO2 catalyst. The theoretical results provide a complete scenario, involving several reaction pathways in which different methanol adsorption sites are considered, with presence of hydride and methoxide intermediates. Methanol dissociative adsorption process is both kinetically and thermodynamically feasible on V-O-Ti and V═O sites, and it might lead to form hydride species with interesting catalytic reactivity. The formation of H2 and CH2O on reduced vanadium sites, V(III), is found to be more favorable than for oxidized vanadium species, V(V), taking place along energy barriers of 29.9 and 41.0 kcal/mol, respectively.
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- Departament de Química Física i Analítica, Universitat Jaume I , Av. Sos Baynat S/N, 12071 Castelló, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique CC 137, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS , 4, place Jussieu F, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.,Institut Universitaire de France , Paris, France
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de Jong WA, Dau PD, Wilson RE, Marçalo J, Van Stipdonk MJ, Corcovilos TA, Berden G, Martens J, Oomens J, Gibson JK. Revealing Disparate Chemistries of Protactinium and Uranium. Synthesis of the Molecular Uranium Tetroxide Anion, UO4–. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:3686-3694. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Wibe A. de Jong
- Computational Research
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela Loures, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department of
Physics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- van ‘t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science
Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Perez E, Hanley C, Koehler S, Pestok J, Polonsky N, Van Stipdonk M. Gas Phase Reactions of Ions Derived from Anionic Uranyl Formate and Uranyl Acetate Complexes. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:1989-1998. [PMID: 27604237 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1481-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 08/06/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The speciation and reactivity of uranium are topics of sustained interest because of their importance to the development of nuclear fuel processing methods, and a more complete understanding of the factors that govern the mobility and fate of the element in the environment. Tandem mass spectrometry can be used to examine the intrinsic reactivity (i.e., free from influence of solvent and other condensed phase effects) of a wide range of metal ion complexes in a species-specific fashion. Here, electrospray ionization, collision-induced dissociation, and gas-phase ion-molecule reactions were used to create and characterize ions derived from precursors composed of uranyl cation (UVIO22+) coordinated by formate or acetate ligands. Anionic complexes containing UVIO22+ and formate ligands fragment by decarboxylation and elimination of CH2=O, ultimately to produce an oxo-hydride species [UVIO2(O)(H)]-. Cationic species ultimately dissociate to make [UVIO2(OH)]+. Anionic complexes containing acetate ligands exhibit an initial loss of acetyloxyl radical, CH3CO2•, with associated reduction of uranyl to UVO2+. Subsequent CID steps cause elimination of CO2 and CH4, ultimately to produce [UVO2(O)]-. Loss of CH4 occurs by an intra-complex H+ transfer process that leaves UVO2+ coordinated by acetate and acetate enolate ligands. A subsequent dissociation step causes elimination of CH2=C=O to leave [UVO2(O)]-. Elimination of CH4 is also observed as a result of hydrolysis caused by ion-molecule reaction with H2O. The reactions of other anionic species with gas-phase H2O create hydroxyl products, presumably through the elimination of H2. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Evan Perez
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
- Sto-Rox High School, McKees Rocks, PA, 15136, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 04240, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA.
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Su J, Li WL, Lopez GV, Jian T, Cao GJ, Li WL, Schwarz WHE, Wang LS, Li J. Probing the Electronic Structure and Chemical Bonding of Mono-Uranium Oxides with Different Oxidation States: UOx(-) and UOx (x = 3-5). J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:1084-96. [PMID: 26825216 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b11354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Uranium oxide clusters UOx(-) (x = 3-5) were produced by laser vaporization and characterized by photoelectron spectroscopy and quantum theory. Photoelectron spectra were obtained for UOx(-) at various photon energies with well-resolved detachment transitions and vibrational resolution for x = 3 and 4. The electron affinities of UOx were measured as 1.12, 3.60, and 4.02 eV for x = 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The geometric and electronic structures of both the anions and the corresponding neutrals were investigated by quasi-relativistic electron-correlation quantum theory to interpret the photoelectron spectra and to provide insight into their chemical bonding. For UOx clusters with x ≤ 3, the O atoms appear as divalent closed-shell anions around the U atom, which is in various oxidation states from U(II)(fds)(4) in UO to U(VI)(fds)(0) in UO3. For x > 3, there are no longer sufficient valence electrons from the U atom to fill the O(2p) shell, resulting in fractionally charged and multicenter delocalized valence states for the O ligands as well as η(1)- or η(2)-bonded O2 units, with unusual spin couplings and complicated electron correlations in the unfilled poly oxo shell. The present work expands our understanding of both the bonding capacities of actinide elements with extended spdf valence shells as well as the multitude of oxygen's charge and bonding states.
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- Jing Su
- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China.,Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 201800, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China.,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Siegen , Siegen 57068, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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Zhao YX, Liu QY, Zhang MQ, He SG. Reactions of metal cluster anions with inorganic and organic molecules in the gas phase. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:11471-95. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01246a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Progress on the activation and transformation of important inorganic and organic molecules by negatively charged bare metal clusters as well as ligated systems with oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, among others.
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- Yan-Xia Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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Sui H, Zhang F, Hou F, Zhao L, Guo W, Yao J. Theoretical Investigation of the Methanol Decomposition by Fe+)and Fe(C2H4)+: A π-Type Ligand Effect. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:10204-11. [PMID: 26377371 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Density functional theory has been used to probe the mechanism of gas-phase methanol decomposition by bare Fe(+) and ligated Fe(C(2)H(4))(+) in both quartet and sextet states. For the Fe(+)/methanol system, Fe(+) could directly attach to the O and methyl-H atoms of methanol, respectively, forming two encounter isomers. The methanol reaction with Fe(+) prefers initial C-O bond activation to yield methyl with slight endothermicity, whereas CH(4) elimination is hindered by the strong endothermicity and high-energy barrier of hydroxyl-H shift. For the Fe(C(2)H(4))(+)/methanol system, the major product of H(2)O is formed through six elementary steps: encounter complexation, C-O bond activation, C-C coupling, β-H shift, hydride H shift, and nonreactive dissociation. Both ligand exchange and initial C-O bond activation mechanisms could account for ethylene elimination with the ion products Fe(CH(3)OH)(+) and (CH(3))Fe(OH)(+), respectively. With the assistance of a π-type C(2)H(4) ligand, the metal center in the Fe(C(2)H(4))(+)/CH(3)OH system avoids formation of unfavorable multi-σ-type bonding and thus greatly enhances the reactivity compared to that of bare Fe(+).
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- Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University , Qingdao, Shandong 266003, People's Republic of China
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Li WL, Su J, Jian T, Lopez GV, Hu HS, Cao GJ, Li J, Wang LS. Strong electron correlation in UO2−: A photoelectron spectroscopy and relativistic quantum chemistry study. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:094306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4867278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry of Rare Earths and Actinides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63256-2.00263-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Ivanova B, Spiteller M. Uranyl-water-containing complexes: solid-state UV-MALDI mass spectrometric and IR spectroscopic approach for selective quantitation. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:1548-1563. [PMID: 23942998 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1892-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Since primary environmental concept for long storage of nuclear waste involved assessment of water in uranium complexes depending on migration processes, the paper emphasized solid-state matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometric (MS) and IR spectroscopic determination of UO2(NO3)2·6H2O; UO2(NO3)2·3H2O, α-, β-, and γ-UO3 modifications; UO3·xH2O (x = 1 or 2); UO3·H2O, described chemically as UO2(OH)2, β- and γ-UO2(OH)2 modifications; and UO4·2H2O, respectively. Advantages and limitation of vibrational spectroscopic approach are discussed, comparing optical spectroscopic data and crystallographic ones. Structural similarities occurred in α-γ modifications of UO3, and UO2(OH)2 compositions are analyzed. Selective speciation achieved by solid-state mass spectrometry is discussed both in terms of its analytical contribution for environmental quality assurance and assessment of radionuclides, and fundamental methodological interest related the mechanistic complex water exchange of UO3·H2O forms in the gas phase. In addition to high selectivity and precision, UV-MALDI-MS, employing an Orbitrap analyzer, was a method that provided fast steps that limited sample pretreatment techniques for direct analysis including imaging. Therefore, random and systematic errors altering metrology and originating from the sample pretreatment stages in the widely implemented analytical protocols for environmental sampling determination of actinides are significantly reduced involving the UV-MALDI-Orbitrap-MS method. The method of quantum chemistry is utilized as well to predict reliably the thermodynamics and nature of U-O bonds in uranium species in gas and condensed phases.
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- Bojidarka Ivanova
- Lehrstuhl für Analytische Chemie, Institut für Umweltforschung, Fakultät für Chemie, Universität Dortmund, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44227, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany,
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Odoh SO, Govind N, Schreckenbach G, de Jong WA. Cation–Cation Interactions in [(UO2)2(OH)n]4–n Complexes. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:11269-79. [DOI: 10.1021/ic4015338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Samuel O. Odoh
- Environmental
Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Environmental
Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
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- Environmental
Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Zhang Y, Bu C, Wang Y, Wang Z, Lu X, Liu X. Electrochemical Investigation for Cu2+ Oscillatory Phenomena at the Liquid/Liquid Interface with a Specific Adsorption of Ion Pair Model. ELECTROANAL 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201200170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Rios D, Michelini MC, Lucena AF, Marçalo J, Bray TH, Gibson JK. Gas-Phase Uranyl, Neptunyl, and Plutonyl: Hydration and Oxidation Studied by Experiment and Theory. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:6603-14. [DOI: 10.1021/ic3001625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Daniel Rios
- Chemical Sciences Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720,
United States
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università
della Calabria, 87030 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
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- Unidade de Ciências Químicas
e Radiofarmacêuticas, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear,
Instituto Superior Técnico, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal
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- Unidade de Ciências Químicas
e Radiofarmacêuticas, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear,
Instituto Superior Técnico, 2686-953 Sacavém, Portugal
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- Chemical Sciences Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720,
United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720,
United States
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Liu X, Zhang Y, He Y, Ji D, Wang Y, Wang Z, Lu X. Investigation of current oscillatory phenomena based on Fe3+/Fe2+ at the liquid/liquid interface. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2012.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Gong Y, Andrews L. Matrix Infrared Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigations of Uranium Atom and Methanol Reaction Products. Inorg Chem 2011; 50:7099-105. [DOI: 10.1021/ic200618x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Tecmer P, Gomes ASP, Ekström U, Visscher L. Electronic spectroscopy of UO22+, NUO+ and NUN: an evaluation of time-dependent density functional theory for actinides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:6249-59. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02534h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Sokalska M, Prussakowska M, Hoffmann M, Gierczyk B, Frański R. Unusual ion UO(4)(-) formed upon collision induced dissociation of [UO(2)(NO(3))(3)](-), [UO(2)(ClO(4))(3)](-), [UO(2)(CH(3)COO)(3)](-) ions. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2010; 21:1789-1794. [PMID: 20678945 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2010.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2010] [Revised: 06/22/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The following ions [UO(2)(NO(3))(3)](-), [UO(2)(ClO(4))(3)](-), [UO(2)(CH(3)COO)(3)](-) were generated from respective salts (UO(2)(NO(3))(2), UO(2)(ClO(4))(3), UO(2)(CH(3)COO)(2)) by laser desorption/ionization (LDI). Collision induced dissociation of the ions has led, among others, to the formation of UO(4)(-) ion (m/z 302). The undertaken quantum mechanical calculations showed this ion is most likely to possess square planar geometry as suggested by MP2 results or strongly deformed geometry in between tetrahedral and square planar as indicated by DFT results. Interestingly, geometrical parameters and analysis of electron density suggest it is an U(VI) compound, in which oxygen atoms bear unpaired electron and negative charge.
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- Marzena Sokalska
- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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