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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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Shafi Z, Gibson JK. Organolanthanide Complexes Containing Ln-CH 3 σ-bonds: Unexpectedly Similar Hydrolysis Rates for Trivalent and Tetravalent Organocerium. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:18399-18413. [PMID: 37910232 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
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We report the gas-phase preparation, isolation, and reactivity of a series of organolanthanides featuring the Ln-CH3 bond. The complexes are formed by decarboxylating anionic lanthanide acetates to form trivalent [LnIII(CH3)(CH3CO2)3]- (Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Tb, Tm, Yb, Lu), divalent [EuII(CH3)(CH3CO2)2]-, and the first examples of tetravalent organocerium complexes featuring CeIV-Calkyl σ-bonds: [CeIV(O)(CH3)(CH3CO2)2]- and [CeIV(O)(CH3)(NO3)2]-. Attempts to isolate PrIV-CH3 and TbIV-CH3 were unsuccessful; however, fragmentation patterns reveal that the oxidation of LnIII to a LnIV-oxo-acetate complex is more favorable for Ln = Pr than for Ln = Tb. The rate of Ln-CH3 hydrolysis is a measure of bond stability, and it decreases from LaIII-CH3 to LuIII-CH3, with increasing steric crowding for smaller Ln stabilizing the harder Ln-CH3 bond against hydrolysis. [EuII(CH3)(CH3CO2)2]- engages in a much faster hydrolysis versus LnIII-CH3. The surprising observation of similar hydrolysis rates for CeIV-CH3 and CeIII-CH3 is discussed with respect to sterics, the oxo ligand, and bond covalency in σ-bonded organolanthanides.
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- Ziad Shafi
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 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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Metzler LJ, Farmen CT, Fry AN, Seibert MP, Massari KA, Corcovilos TA, van Stipdonk MJ. Intrinsic reactivity of [OUCH] + : Apparent synthesis of [OUS] + by reaction with CS 2. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2022; 36:e9260. [PMID: 35040222 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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RATIONALE Building on our report that collision-induced dissociation (CID) can be used to create the highly reactive U-alkylidyne species [O=U≡CH]+ , our goal was to determine whether the species could be as an intermediate for synthesis of [OUS]+ by reaction with carbon disulfide (CS2 ). METHODS Cationic uranyl-propiolate precursor ions were generated by electrospray ionization, and multiple-stage CID in a linear trap instrument was used to prepare [O=U≡CH]+ . Neutral CS2 was admitted into the trap through a modified He inlet and precision leak valves. RESULTS The [O=U≡CH]+ ion reacts with CS2 to generate [OUS]+ . CID of [OUS]+ causes elimination of the axial sulfide ligand to generate [OU]+ . Using isotopically labeled reagent, we found that [OUS]+ reacts with O2 to create [UO2 ]+ . CONCLUSIONS [O=U≡CH]+ proves to be a useful reagent ion for synthesis of [OUS]+ , a species that to date has only been created by gas-phase reactions of U+ and U2+ . Dissociation of [OUS]+ to create [OU]+ , but not [US]+ , and the efficient conversion of the species into [UO2 ]+ , is consistent with the relative differences in U-O and U-S bond energies.
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- Luke J Metzler
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Shan N, Wang Q, Xiao H, Wan L, Gao T. Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study, the Reaction Mechanism and Topological Properties of the Microscopic Interaction of PuO
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- Na Shan
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- The First Sub-Institute Nuclear Power Institute of China Chengdu 610005 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Sichuan University Chengdu 610065 China
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Sergentu DC, Autschbach J. X-ray absorption spectra of f-element complexes: insight from relativistic multiconfigurational wavefunction theory. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:1754-1764. [PMID: 35022645 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt04075h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy, coupled with ab initio calculations, has emerged as the state-of-the-art tool for elucidating the metal-ligand bonding in f-element complexes. This highlight presents recent efforts in calculating XANES spectra of lanthanide and actinide compounds with relativistic multiconfiguration wavefunction approaches that account for differences in donation bonding in the ground state (GS) versus a core-excited state (ES), multiplet effects, and spin-orbit-coupling. With the GS and ES wavefunctions available, including spin-orbit effects, an arsenal of chemical bonding tools that are popular among chemists can be applied to rationalize the observed intensities in terms of covalent bonding.
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- Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
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Theoretical study on the corrosion of thorium nuclear fuel by water: The effect of two-state reaction mechanism. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.139167] [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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Lontchi EM, Vasiliu M, Tatina LM, Caccamo AC, Gomez AN, Gibson JK, Dixon DA. Hydrolysis of Small Oxo/Hydroxo Molecules Containing High Oxidation State Actinides (Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu): A Computational Study. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:6158-6170. [PMID: 34240864 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c04048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The energetics of hydrolysis reactions for high oxidation states of oxo/hydroxo monomeric actinide species (ThIVO2, PaIVO2, UIVO2, PaVO2(OH), UVO2(OH), UVIO3, NpVIO3, NpVIIO3(OH), and PuVIIO3(OH)) were calculated at the CCSD(T) level. The first step is the formation of a Lewis acid/base adduct with H2O (hydration), followed by a proton transfer to form a dihydroxide molecule (hydrolysis); this process is repeated until all oxo groups are hydrolyzed. The physisorption (hydration) for each H2O addition was predicted to be exothermic, ca. -20 kcal/mol. The hydrolysis products are preferred energetically over the hydration products for the +IV and +V oxidation states. The compounds with AnVI are a turning point in terms of favoring hydration over hydrolysis. For AnVIIO3(OH), hydration products are preferred, and only two waters can bind; the complete hydrolysis process is now endothermic, and the oxidation state for the An in An(OH)7 is +VI with two OH groups each having one-half an electron. The natural bond order charges and the reaction energies provide insights into the nature of the hydrolysis/hydration processes. The actinide charges and bond ionicity generally decrease across the period. The ionic character decreases as the oxidation state and coordination number increase so that covalency increases moving to the right in the actinide period.
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- Eddy M Lontchi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, 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 and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, 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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Dau PD, Vasiliu M, Wilson RE, Dixon DA, Gibson JK. Hydrolysis of Metal Dioxides Differentiates d-block from f-block Elements: Pa(V) as a 6d Transition Metal; Pr(V) as a 4f “Lanthanyl”. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:9272-9287. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c08171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Phuong D. Dau
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Maurice R, Dau PD, Hodée M, Renault E, Gibson JK. Controlling Cation‐Cation Interactions in Uranyl Coordination Dimers by Varying the Length of the Dicarboxylate Linker. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Rémi Maurice
- 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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- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720 Berkeley California United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720 Berkeley California United States
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Miyamoto N, Ikeda Y, Tsukahara T. Multinuclear NMR Studies on Lewis Acid-Lewis Base Interactions between Bis(pentafluorophenyl)borinic Acid and Uranyl β-Diketonato Complexes in Toluene. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:11347-11356. [PMID: 32799480 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In order to examine the possibility of Lewis acid-Lewis base (LA-LB) interactions between the boron atom of B(C6F5)2OH and the oxo groups ("yl" oxygen atoms) of uranyl β-diketonato complexes, we have measured the 1H, 11B, 17O, 19F NMR and IR spectra of toluene solutions containing β-diketonato complexes [UO2(acac)2DMSO or UO2(dfh)2DMSO, where acac = 2,4-pentanedionate, dfh = 1,1,1,2,2,6,6,7,7,7-decafluoroheptane-3,5-dionate, and DMSO = dimethyl sulfoxide] and B(C6F5)2OH. 11B and 17O NMR spectra of solutions containing UO2(dfh)2DMSO and B(C6F5)2OH showed no change in their chemical shifts regardless of the [B(C6F5)2OH]/[UO2(dfh)2DMSO] ratio. This indicates that there were no apparent interactions between B(C6F5)2OH and UO2(dfh)2DMSO. On the other hand, in the corresponding NMR spectra of solutions containing UO2(acac)2DMSO and B(C6F5)2OH, new signals were observed at a higher field than signals observed in the solutions containing only B(C6F5)2OH or UO2(acac)2DMSO, and their intensity changed with the [B(C6F5)2OH]/[UO2(acac)2DMSO] ratio. These results reveal that a complex with LA-LB interaction (B···O═U) between the boron atom of B(C6F5)2OH and the "yl" oxygen atom of UO2(acac)2DMSO was formed. IR spectra also supported such complex formation; i.e., the asymmetric O═U═O stretching band of UO2(acac)2DMSO was observed to shift from 897 to 810 cm-1 with the addition of B(C6F5)2OH. Moreover, 19F NMR spectra indicated that 1:1 and 2:1 LA-LB complexes exist in equilibrium, UO{OB(C6F5)2OH}(acac)2DMSO + B(C6F5)2OH = U{OB(C6F5)2OH}2(acac)2DMSO. The thermodynamic parameters for this equilibrium were obtained as K = (2.5 ± 0.6) × 102 M-1 (at 25 °C), ΔH = -42.4 ± 5.2 kJ mol-1, and ΔS = -96.7 ± 19.4 J K-1 mol-1. In 1H NMR spectra, the signal due to -CH groups of UO2(acac)2DMSO disappeared, and three signals due to the corresponding -CH groups newly appeared with an increase in the [B(C6F5)2OH]/[UO2(acac)2DMSO] ratio. From these phenomena, it is proposed that 1:1 and 2:1 LA-LB complexes having interactions between the -CH groups of acac and the -OH group of coordinated B(C6F5)2OH are formed depending on the [B(C6F5)2OH]/[UO2(acac)2DMSO] ratio.
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- Naomi Miyamoto
- Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-N1-6 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-N1-6 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Advanced Nuclear Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-N1-6 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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The oxo exchange reaction mechanism of americyl(VI): a density functional theory study. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07097-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wang Q, Zhu C, Huang X, Yang G. Abiotic reduction of uranium(VI) with humic acid at mineral surfaces: Competing mechanisms, ligand and substituent effects, and electronic structure and vibrational properties. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 254:113110. [PMID: 31479808 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Abiotic reduction represents an attractive technology to control U(VI) contamination. In this work, an abiotic route of U(VI) reduction with humic acid at mineral surfaces is proposed and reaction mechanisms are addressed by periodic density functional theory calculations. Different influencing factors such as ligand effect, content of CO32- ligands and substituent effect are inspected. The coordination chemistry of uranyl(VI) surface complexes relies strongly on substrates and ligands, and the calculated results are in good agreements with experimental observations available. For the OH- ligand, two competitive mechanisms co-exist that respectively produce the U(IV) and U(V) species, and the former is significantly preferred because of lower energy barriers. Instead, the NO3- ligand leads to the formation of U(V) while for the Cl- ligand, the U(VI) surface complex remains very stable and is not likely to be reduced because of very high energy barriers. The U(V) and U(IV) complexes are the predominant products for low and high CO32- contents, respectively. Accordingly, the abiotic reduction processes with humic acid are efficient to manage U(VI) contamination and become preferred under basic conditions or at higher CO32- contents. The U(VI) reduction is further promoted by introduction of electron-donating rather than electron-withdrawing substituents to humic acid. Electronic structure analyses and vibrational frequency assignments are calculated for the various uranium surface complexes of the reduction processes, serving as a guide for future experimental and engineered studies. The molecular-level understanding given in this work offers an abiotic route for efficient reduction of U(VI) and remediation of U(VI)-contaminated sites at ambient conditions.
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- Qian Wang
- College of Resources and Environment & Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soil Multi-scale Interfacial Process, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Resources and Environment & Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soil Multi-scale Interfacial Process, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Resources and Environment & Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soil Multi-scale Interfacial Process, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Resources and Environment & Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soil Multi-scale Interfacial Process, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Jian T, Dau PD, Shuh DK, Vasiliu M, Dixon DA, Peterson KA, Gibson JK. Activation of Water by Pentavalent Actinide Dioxide Cations: Characteristic Curium Revealed by a Reactivity Turn after Americium. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:14005-14014. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tian Jian
- 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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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Tatosian I, Bubas A, Iacovino A, Kline S, Metzler L, Van Stipdonk M. Formation and hydrolysis of gas-phase [UO 2 (R)] + : R═CH 3 , CH 2 CH 3 , CH═CH 2 , and C 6 H 5. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2019; 54:780-789. [PMID: 31426122 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The goals of the present study were (a) to create positively charged organo-uranyl complexes with general formula [UO2 (R)]+ (eg, R═CH3 and CH2 CH3 ) by decarboxylation of [UO2 (O2 C─R)]+ precursors and (b) to identify the pathways by which the complexes, if formed, dissociate by collisional activation or otherwise react when exposed to gas-phase H2 O. Collision-induced dissociation (CID) of both [UO2 (O2 C─CH3 )]+ and [UO2 (O2 C─CH2 CH3 )]+ causes H+ transfer and elimination of a ketene to leave [UO2 (OH)]+ . However, CID of the alkoxides [UO2 (OCH2 CH3 )]+ and [UO2 (OCH2 CH2 CH3 )]+ produced [UO2 (CH3 )]+ and [UO2 (CH2 CH3 )]+ , respectively. Isolation of [UO2 (CH3 )]+ and [UO2 (CH2 CH3 )]+ for reaction with H2 O caused formation of [UO2 (H2 O)]+ by elimination of ·CH3 and ·CH2 CH3 : Hydrolysis was not observed. CID of the acrylate and benzoate versions of the complexes, [UO2 (O2 C─CH═CH2 )]+ and [UO2 (O2 C─C6 H5 )]+ , caused decarboxylation to leave [UO2 (CH═CH2 )]+ and [UO2 (C6 H5 )]+ , respectively. These organometallic species do react with H2 O to produce [UO2 (OH)]+ , and loss of the respective radicals to leave [UO2 (H2 O)]+ was not detected. Density functional theory calculations suggest that formation of [UO2 (OH)]+ , rather than the hydrated UV O2 + , cation is energetically favored regardless of the precursor ion. However, for the [UO2 (CH3 )]+ and [UO2 (CH2 CH3 )]+ precursors, the transition state energy for proton transfer to generate [UO2 (OH)]+ and the associated neutral alkanes is higher than the path involving direct elimination of the organic neutral to form [UO2 (H2 O)]+ . The situation is reversed for the [UO2 (CH═CH2 )]+ and [UO2 (C6 H5 )]+ precursors: The transition state for proton transfer is lower than the energy required for creation of [UO2 (H2 O)]+ by elimination of CH═CH2 or C6 H5 radical.
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- Irena Tatosian
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15282, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 215 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15282, USA
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Hu SX, Jian J, Li J, Gibson JK. Destruction of the Uranyl Moiety in a U(V) “Cation–Cation” Interaction. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:10148-10159. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Shu-Xian Hu
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Vasiliu M, Gibson JK, Peterson KA, Dixon DA. Gas Phase Hydrolysis and Oxo‐Exchange of Actinide Dioxide Cations: Elucidating Intrinsic Chemistry from Protactinium to Einsteinium. Chemistry 2019; 25:4245-4254. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Monica Vasiliu
- Department of Chemistry The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall Tuscaloosa Alabama 35487-0336 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Washington State University Pullman WA 99164-4630 USA
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall Tuscaloosa Alabama 35487-0336 USA
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Sergentu DC, Duignan TJ, Autschbach J. Ab Initio Study of Covalency in the Ground versus Core-Excited States and X-ray Absorption Spectra of Actinide Complexes. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:5583-5591. [PMID: 30180572 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Relativistic multireference ab initio wave function calculations within the restricted active space (RAS) framework were performed to calculate metal and ligand X-ray absorption (XAS) near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) intensities for the metal M4,5 edges of [PuO2(H2O)5]2+, [AnVIO2]2+ (An = U, Np, Pu), and [AmCl6]3- and the Cl K edge of the Am complex. The extent of An(5f)-ligand bonding was determined via natural localized molecular orbital analyses of the relevant spin-orbit coupled multireference states. The calculated spectra are in good agreement with experiments and allow a detailed assignment of the observed spectral features. The XANES M4,5-edge spectra are representative of the actinide orbital covalency in the probed core-excited states, which may be different from the ground-state covalency. An assignment of ground-state An orbital covalency based on XAS spectra should therefore be made with caution.
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- Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu
- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
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Tatosian IJ, Iacovino AC, Van Stipdonk MJ. Collision-induced dissociation of [U VI O 2 (ClO 4 )] + revisited: Production of [U VI O 2 (Cl)] + and subsequent hydrolysis to create [U VI O 2 (OH)] . RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2018; 32:1085-1091. [PMID: 29645301 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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RATIONALE In a previous study [Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2004;18:3028-3034], collision-induced dissociation (CID) of [UVI O2 (ClO4 )]+ appeared to be influenced by the high levels of background H2 O in a quadrupole ion trap. The CID of the same species was re-examined here with the goal of determining whether additional, previously obscured dissociation pathways would be revealed under conditions in which the level of background H2 O was lower. METHODS Water- and methanol-coordinated [UVI O2 (ClO4 )]+ precursor ions were generated by electrospray ionization. Multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (MSn ) for CID and ion-molecule reaction (IMR) studies was performed using a linear ion trap mass spectrometer. RESULTS Under conditions of low background H2 O, CID of [UVI O2 (ClO4 )]+ generates [UVI O2 (Cl)]+ , presumably by elimination of two O2 molecules. Using low isolation/reaction times, we found that [UVI O2 (Cl)]+ will undergo an IMR with H2 O to generate [UVI O2 (OH)]+ . CONCLUSIONS With lower levels of background H2 O, CID experiments reveal that the intrinsic dissociation pathway for [UVI O2 (ClO4 )]+ leads to [UVI O2 (Cl)]+ , apparently by loss of two O2 molecules. We propose that the results reported in the earlier CID study reflected a two-step process: initial formation of [UVI O2 (Cl)]+ by CID, followed by a very rapid hydrolysis reaction to leave [UVI O2 (OH)]+ .
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- Irena J Tatosian
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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Van Stipdonk MJ, Iacovino A, Tatosian I. Influence of Background H 2O on the Collision-Induced Dissociation Products Generated from [UO 2NO 3]<sup/>. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2018; 29:1416-1424. [PMID: 29654536 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-018-1947-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Developing a comprehensive understanding of the reactivity of uranium-containing species remains an important goal in areas ranging from the development of nuclear fuel processing methods to studies of the migration and fate of the element in the environment. Electrospray ionization (ESI) is an effective way to generate gas-phase complexes containing uranium for subsequent studies of intrinsic structure and reactivity. Recent experiments by our group have demonstrated that the relatively low levels of residual H2O in a 2-D, linear ion trap (LIT) make it possible to examine fragmentation pathways and reactions not observed in earlier studies conducted with 3-D ion traps (Van Stipdonk et al. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 14, 1205-1214, 2003). In the present study, we revisited the dissociation of complexes composed of uranyl nitrate cation [UVIO2(NO3)]+ coordinated by alcohol ligands (methanol and ethanol) using the 2-D LIT. With relatively low levels of background H2O, collision-induced dissociation (CID) of [UVIO2(NO3)]+ primarily creates [UO2(O2)]+ by the ejection of NO. However, CID (using He as collision gas) of [UVIO2(NO3)]+ creates [UO2(H2O)]+ and UO2+ when the 2-D LIT is used with higher levels of background H2O. Based on the results presented here, we propose that product ion spectrum in the previous experiments was the result of a two-step process: initial formation of [UVIO2(O2)]+ followed by rapid exchange of O2 for H2O by ion-molecule reaction. Our experiments illustrate the impact of residual H2O in ion trap instruments on the product ions generated by CID and provide a more accurate description of the intrinsic dissociation pathway for [UVIO2(NO3)]+. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Michael J Van Stipdonk
- Department of Chemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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Recent developments in the chemistry of the transuranic elements are surveyed, with particular emphasis on computational contributions. Examples are drawn from molecular coordination and organometallic chemistry, and from the study of extended solid systems. The role of the metal valence orbitals in covalent bonding is a particular focus, especially the consequences of the stabilization of the 5f orbitals as the actinide series is traversed. The fledgling chemistry of transuranic elements in the +II oxidation state is highlighted. Throughout, the symbiotic interplay of experimental and computational studies is emphasized; the extraordinary challenges of experimental transuranic chemistry afford computational chemistry a particularly valuable role at the frontier of the periodic table.
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- Nikolas Kaltsoyannis
- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Gibson JK, de Jong WA, Dau PD, Gong Y. Heptavalent Actinide Tetroxides NpO4– and PuO4–: Oxidation of Pu(V) to Pu(VII) by Adding an Electron to PuO4. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:9156-9162. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b09721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- John K. Gibson
- Chemical
Sciences Division and ‡Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division and ‡Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division and ‡Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division and ‡Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Vitova T, Pidchenko I, Fellhauer D, Bagus PS, Joly Y, Pruessmann T, Bahl S, Gonzalez-Robles E, Rothe J, Altmaier M, Denecke MA, Geckeis H. The role of the 5f valence orbitals of early actinides in chemical bonding. Nat Commun 2017; 8:16053. [PMID: 28681848 PMCID: PMC5504295 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms16053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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One of the long standing debates in actinide chemistry is the level of localization and participation of the actinide 5f valence orbitals in covalent bonds across the actinide series. Here we illuminate the role of the 5f valence orbitals of uranium, neptunium and plutonium in chemical bonding using advanced spectroscopies: actinide M4,5 HR-XANES and 3d4f RIXS. Results reveal that the 5f orbitals are active in the chemical bonding for uranium and neptunium, shown by significant variations in the level of their localization evidenced in the spectra. In contrast, the 5f orbitals of plutonium appear localized and surprisingly insensitive to different bonding environments. We envisage that this report of using relative energy differences between the 5fδ/φ and 5fπ*/5fσ* orbitals as a qualitative measure of overlap-driven actinyl bond covalency will spark activity, and extend to numerous applications of RIXS and HR-XANES to gain new insights into the electronic structures of the actinide elements.
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- T. Vitova
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5017, USA
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, Inst NEEL, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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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: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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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Dau PD, Maurice R, Renault E, Gibson JK. Heptavalent Neptunium in a Gas-Phase Complex: (NpVIIO3+)(NO3–)2. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:9830-9837. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Phuong D. Dau
- Chemical Sciences
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- SUBATECH, UMR CNRS 6457, IN2P3/EMN Nantes/Université de Nantes, 4 rue Alfred
Kastler, BP 20722, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- CEISAM, UMR
CNRS 6230, Université de Nantes, 2 rue de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Chemical Sciences
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Van Stipdonk MJ, Hanley C, Perez E, Pestok J, Mihm P, Corcovilos TA. Collision-induced dissociation of uranyl-methoxide and uranyl-ethoxide cations: Formation of UO2 H(+) and uranyl-alkyl product ions. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:1879-1890. [PMID: 27392274 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Revised: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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RATIONALE The lower levels of adventitious H2 O in a linear ion trap allow the fragmentation reactions of [UO2 OCH3 ](+) and [UO2 OCH2 CH3 ](+) to be examined in detail. METHODS Methanol- and ethanol-coordinated UO2 (2+) -alkoxide precursors were generated by electrospray ionization (ESI). Multiple-stage tandem mass spectrometry (MS(n) ) and collision-induced dissociation (CID) were performed using a linear ion trap mass spectrometer. RESULTS CID of [UO2 OCH3 (CH3 OH)n ](+) and [UO2 OCH2 CH3 (CH3 CH2 OH)n ](+) , n = 3 and 2, causes loss of neutral alcohol ligands, leading ultimately to bare uranyl-alkoxide species. Comparison of 'native' to deuterium-labeled precursors reveals dissociation pathways not previously observed in 3-D ion trap experiments. CONCLUSIONS UO2 H(+) is generated from [UO2 OCH3 ](+) by transfer of H from the methyl group. Variable-energy and variable-time CID experiments suggest that the apparent threshold for production of UO2 H(+) is lower than for UO2 (+) , but the pathway is kinetically less favored for the former than for the latter. CID experiments reveal that [UO2 OCH2 CH3 ](+) dissociates to generate [UO2 CH3 ](+) , a relatively rare species with a U-C bond, and [UO2 (O = CH2 )](+) .
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- Michael J Van Stipdonk
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
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Dau PD, Rios D, Gong Y, Michelini MC, Marçalo J, Shuh DK, Mogannam M, Van Stipdonk MJ, Corcovilos TA, Martens JK, Berden G, Oomens J, Redlich B, Gibson JK. Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Uranyl, Neptunyl, and Plutonyl Gas-Phase Complexes Exhibiting Discrete Actinide–Carbon Bonds. Organometallics 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Phuong D. Dau
- 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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- 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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- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Skyline College, San Bruno, California 94066, United States
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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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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and
Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Kaltsoyannis N. Covalency hinders AnO2(H2O)(+)→ AnO(OH)2(+) isomerisation (An = Pa-Pu). Dalton Trans 2016; 45:3158-62. [PMID: 26781751 DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04317d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The enthalpies of the reactions AnO2(+)→ AnO(+) + O and AnO2(+) + H2O → AnO2(H2O)(+), and those of the isomerisation of the latter to AnO(OH)2(+), have been calculated for An = Pa-Pu. The data match previous experimental and computational values very closely, and the computed enthalpy for the isomerisation of PaO2(H2O)(+) to PaO(OH)2(+), requested by the authors of Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 7474, is found to be 0.8 kJ mol(-1). The NPA, NBO and QTAIM approaches are used to probe covalency in the An-Oyl bond of AnO2(H2O)(+), and all metrics agree that these bonds become increasingly covalent as the 5f series is crossed, providing rationalisation for the increasingly endothermic isomerisation reactions. QTAIM analysis indicates that the An=O and An-OH bonds in the oxide hydroxide isomers also become increasingly covalent as the 5f series is crossed.
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- Nikolas Kaltsoyannis
- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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Yang X, Chai Z, Wang D. Theoretical investigation on the mechanism and dynamics of oxo exchange of neptunyl(VI) hydroxide in aqueous solution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:7537-47. [PMID: 25706188 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04586f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Four types of reaction mechanisms for the oxo ligand exchange of monomeric and dimeric neptunyl(VI) hydroxide in aqueous solution were explored computationally using density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio classical molecular dynamics. The obtained results were compared with previous studies on the oxo exchange of uranyl hydroxide, as well as with experiments. It is found that the stable T-shaped [NpO3(OH)3](3-) intermediate is a key species for oxo exchange in the proton transfer in mononuclear Path I and binuclear Path IV, similar to the case of uranyl(VI) hydroxide. Path I is thought to be the preferred oxo exchange mechanism for neptunyl(VI) hydroxide in our calculations, due to the lower activation energy (22.7 and 13.1 kcal mol(-1) for ΔG(‡) and ΔH(‡), respectively) of the overall reaction. Path II via a cis-neptunyl structure assisted by a water molecule might be a competitive channel against Path I with a mononuclear mechanism, owing to a rapid dynamical process occurring in Path II. In Path IV with the binuclear mechanism, oxo exchange is accomplished via the interaction between [NpO2(OH)4](2-) and T-shaped [NpO3(OH)3](3-) with a low activation energy for the rate-determining step, however, the overall energy required to fulfill the reaction is slightly higher than that in mononuclear Path I, suggesting a possible binuclear process in the higher energy region. The chemical bonding evolution along the reaction pathways was discussed by using topological methodologies of the electron localization function (ELF).
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- Xia Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Techniques, and Multidisciplinary Initiative Center, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Vasiliu M, Peterson KA, Gibson JK, Dixon DA. Reliable Potential Energy Surfaces for the Reactions of H2O with ThO2, PaO2+, UO22+, and UO2+. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:11422-31. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Monica Vasiliu
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630 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, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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Dau PD, Wilson RE, Gibson JK. Elucidating Protactinium Hydrolysis: The Relative Stabilities of PaO2(H2O)+ and PaO(OH)2+. Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Phuong D. Dau
- 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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- Chemical Sciences
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Gong Y, de Jong WA, Gibson JK. Gas Phase Uranyl Activation: Formation of a Uranium Nitrosyl Complex from Uranyl Azide. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:5911-5. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b02420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yu Gong
- Chemical Sciences Division, ‡Computational Research
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, ‡Computational Research
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, ‡Computational Research
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Gibson JK, Hu HS, Van Stipdonk MJ, Berden G, Oomens J, Li J. Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation Spectroscopy of a Gas-Phase Complex of Uranyl and 3-Oxa-Glutaramide: An Extreme Red-Shift of the [O═U═O]2+ Asymmetric Stretch. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:3366-74. [DOI: 10.1021/jp512599e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- John K. Gibson
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes
Avenue, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Institute
for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 7, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute
for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen, 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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- Department of Chemistry & Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- William R.
Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Van Stipdonk MJ, Michelini MDC, Plaviak A, Martin D, Gibson JK. Formation of Bare UO22+ and NUO+ by Fragmentation of Gas-Phase Uranyl–Acetonitrile Complexes. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:7838-46. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5066067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael J. Van Stipdonk
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Li P, Niu W, Gao T, Wang H. Water OH Bond Activation by Gas-Phase Plutonium Atoms: Reaction Mechanisms and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study. Chemphyschem 2014; 15:3078-88. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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La Pierre HS, Meyer K. Activation of Small Molecules by Molecular Uranium Complexes. PROGRESS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/9781118792797.ch05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lucena AF, Odoh SO, Zhao J, Marçalo J, Schreckenbach G, Gibson JK. Oxo-Exchange of Gas-Phase Uranyl, Neptunyl, and Plutonyl with Water and Methanol. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:2163-70. [DOI: 10.1021/ic402824k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ana F. Lucena
- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Environmental
and Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
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- Beijing
Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional
Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Yu HZ, Li C, Chen BH, Yang CT, Wang D, Fu Y, Hu S, Dang Z. Promising density functional theory methods for predicting the structures of uranyl complexes. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra08264h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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By examining the overall accuracy of different theoretical methods in predicting the U–X bond distances (of a series uranyl complexes), we found that both the global-hybrid meta-GGA functional of BB1K and the range-seperated LC-BLYP functional are fairly good (even better than the popular B3LYP method).
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- Hai-Zhu Yu
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing 100083, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry
- CAEP
- Mianyang, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry
- CAEP
- Mianyang, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing 100083, China
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230026, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry
- CAEP
- Mianyang, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing 100083, China
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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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Gong Y, Vallet V, del Carmen Michelini M, Rios D, Gibson JK. Activation of Gas-Phase Uranyl: From an Oxo to a Nitrido Complex. J Phys Chem A 2013; 118:325-30. [DOI: 10.1021/jp4113798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Yu Gong
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Université
Lille 1 (Sciences et Technologies), Laboratoire PhLAM, CNRS UMR 8523,
Bât P5, F-59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France
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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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Huang W, Xu WH, Su J, Schwarz WHE, Li J. Oxidation states, geometries, and electronic structures of plutonium tetroxide PuO4 isomers: is octavalent Pu viable? Inorg Chem 2013; 52:14237-45. [PMID: 24274785 DOI: 10.1021/ic402170q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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In neutral chemical compounds, the highest known oxidation state of all elements in the Periodic Table is +VIII. While PuO4 is viewed as an exotic Pu(+VIII) complex, we have shown here that no stable electronic homologue of octavalent RuO4 and OsO4 exists for PuO4, even though Pu has the same number of eight valence electrons as Ru and Os. Using quantum chemical approaches at the levels of quasi-relativistic DFT, MP2, CCSD(T), and CASPT2, we find the ground state of PuO4 as a quintet (5)C2v-(PuO2)(+)(O2)(-) complex with the leading valence configuration of an (f(3))plutonyl(V) unit, loosely coupled to a superoxido (π*(3))O2(-) ligand. This stable isomer is likely detectable as a transient species, while the previously suggested planar (1)D4h-Pu(VIII)O4 isomer is only metastable. Through electronic structure analyses, the bonding and the oxidation states are explained and rationalized. We have predicted the characteristics of the electronic and vibrational spectra to assist future experimental identification of (PuO2)(+)(O2)(-) by IR, UV-vis, and ionization spectroscopy.
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- Wei Huang
- Department of Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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