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Obey TJN, Nichol GS, Love JB. Controlled and sequential single-electron reduction of the uranyl dication. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:16229-16240. [PMID: 39302243 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt02367f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
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A flexible tripodal pyrrole-imine ligand (H3L) has been used to facilitate the controlled and sequential single-electron reductions of the uranyl dication from the U(VI) oxidation state to U(V) and further to U(IV), processes that are important to understanding the reduction of uranyl and its environmental remediation. The uranyl(VI) complexes UO2(HL)(sol) (sol = THF, py) were straightforwardly accessed by the transamination reaction of H3L with UO2{N(SiMe3)2}2(THF)2 and adopt 'hangman' structures in which one of the pyrrole-imine arms is pendant. While deprotonation of this arm by LiN(SiMe3)2 causes no change in uranyl oxidation state, single-electron reduction of uranyl(VI) to uranyl(V) occurred on addition of two equivalents of KN(SiMe3)2 to UO2(HL)(sol). The potassium cations of this new [UVO2(K2L)]2 dimer were substituted by transmetalation with the appropriate metal chloride salt, forming the new uranyl(V) tetra-heterometallic complexes, [UVO2Zn(L)(py)2]2 and [UVO2Ln(Cl)(L)(py)2]2 (Ln = Y, Sm, Dy). The dimeric uranyl(V)-yttrium complex underwent further reduction and chloride abstraction to form the tetrametallic U(IV) complex [UIVO2YIII(py)]2, so highlighting the adaptability of this ligand to stabilise a variety of different uranium oxidation states.
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- Tom J N Obey
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK.
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK.
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, UK.
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Srivastava A, Ali SM, Dumpala RMR, Kumar S, Kumar P, Rawat N, Mohapatra PK. Unusual redox stability of pentavalent uranium with hetero-bifunctional phosphonocarboxylate: insight into aqueous speciation. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:7321-7339. [PMID: 38591248 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00173g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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The +5 state is an unusual oxidation state of uranium due to its instability in the aqueous phase. As a result, gaining information about its aqueous speciation is extremely difficult. The present work is an attempt in that direction and it provides insight into the existence of a new pentavalent species in the presence of hetero-bifunctional phosphonocarboxylate (PC) chelators, other than the carbonate ion, in the aqueous medium. The aqueous chemistry of pentavalent uranium species with three environmentally relevant PCs was probed using electrochemical and DFT methods to understand the redox energy and kinetics of conversion of the U(VI)/U(V) couple, stability, structure, stoichiometry, binding modes, etc. Interestingly, pentavalent uranium complexes with PCs are quite persistent over a wide range of pH starting from acidic to alkaline conditions. The PC chelators block the cation-cation interaction (CCI) of U(V) through strong hetero-bidentate chelation and intermolecular hydrogen bonding (IMHB) interactions which stabilize the pentavalent metal ion against disproportionation. For uranyl species in the presence of PCs, acting as chelators, CV plots were obtained at varying pH values from 2 to 8. The obtained results indicate an irreversible single redox peak involving U(VI) to U(V) conversion and association of a coupled chemical reaction with the electron transfer step. ESI-MS studies were performed to understand the speciation effect on the U(VI)/U(V) redox couple with varying pH. Speciation modelling of U(V) with the PC ligands was carried out, which indicated that the U(V) is redox stable in nearly 47% of the pH region in the presence of the PCs as compared to the carboxylate-based chelators. The free energy and reduction potential of the U(V) complexes and the reduction free energy and disproportionation free energy for the U(VI)/U(V) couple were determined by DFT computations in the presence of the PCs. In situ spectroelectrochemical spectra were recorded to provide evidence for the existence of U(V) species with PCs in the aqueous medium and to acquire its absorption spectra. The present study is highly significant for understanding the coordination chemistry of pentavalent uranium species, accurate modelling of uranium, and isolation of U(V).
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- Ashutosh Srivastava
- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India-400085.
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- Chemical Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India-400085
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- Radioanalytical Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India-400085
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- Fuel Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India-400085
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India-400085.
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India-400085.
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Park S, Walter ED, Soderquist CZ, Sinkov SI, Cho H. Temperature Dependence of Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance and the Observation of Metal-Ligand Covalency in Actinide Complexes: 35Cl in Cs 2UO 2Cl 4. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:8347-8353. [PMID: 37769184 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c04657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
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We report a study of the temperature dependence of 35Cl nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) transition energies and spin-lattice relaxation times (T1) for 235U-depleted dicesium uranyl tetrachloride (Cs2UO2Cl4) aimed at elucidating electronic interactions between the uranium center and atoms in the equatorial plane of the UO22+ ion. The transition frequency decreases slowly with temperature below 75 K and with a more rapid linear dependence above this temperature. The spin-lattice relaxation time becomes shorter with temperature, and as temperatures increase, the T1 decrease becomes nearly quadratic. The observed trends are reproduced by a model that assumes phonon-induced fluctuations of the electric field gradient tensor and partial electron delocalization from Cl to U. The fit of the theoretical model to experimental data allows a Debye temperature of 96 K to be estimated. The generalization of this approach to investigations of covalency in actinide-ligand bonding is examined.
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- Sejun Park
- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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van Rees K, Rajeshkumar T, Maron L, Sproules S, Love JB. Role of the Meso Substituent in Defining the Reduction of Uranyl Dipyrrin Complexes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:20424-20432. [PMID: 36472325 PMCID: PMC9768749 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The uranyl complex UVIO2Cl(LMes) of the redox-active, acyclic dipyrrin-diimine anion LMes- [HLMes = 1,9-di-tert-butyl-imine-5-(mesityl)dipyrrin] is reported, and its redox property is explored and compared with that of the previously reported UVIO2Cl(LF) [HLF = 1,9-di-tert-butyl-imine-5-(pentafluorophenyl)dipyrrin] to understand the influence of the meso substituent. Cyclic voltammetry, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and density functional theory studies show that the alteration from an electron-withdrawing meso substituent to an electron-donating meso substituent on the dipyrrin ligand significantly modifies the stability of the products formed after reduction. For UVIO2Cl(LMes), the formation of a diamond-shaped, oxo-bridged uranyl(V) dimer, [UVO2(LMes)]2 is seen, whereas in contrast, for UVIO2Cl(LF), only ligand reduction occurs. Computational modeling of these reactions shows that while ligand reduction followed by chloride dissociation occurs in both cases, ligand-to-metal electron transfer is favorable for UVIO2Cl(LMes) only, which subsequently facilitates uranyl(V) dimerization.
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- Karlotta van Rees
- EaStCHEM
School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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- LPCNO,
INSA, Université de Toulouse, 135, Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex 4 31077, France
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- LPCNO,
INSA, Université de Toulouse, 135, Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse Cedex 4 31077, France
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- WestCHEM
School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, U.K.
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- EaStCHEM
School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K.,
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Vitova T, Faizova R, Amaro-Estrada JI, Maron L, Pruessmann T, Neill T, Beck A, Schacherl B, Tirani FF, Mazzanti M. The mechanism of Fe induced bond stability of uranyl(v). Chem Sci 2022; 13:11038-11047. [PMID: 36320468 PMCID: PMC9517057 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03416f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
Abstract
The stabilization of uranyl(v) (UO2 1 + ) by Fe(ii) in natural systems remains an open question in uranium chemistry. Stabilization of UVO2 1+ by Fe(ii) against disproportionation was also demonstrated in molecular complexes. However, the relation between the Fe(ii) induced stability and the change of the bonding properties have not been elucidated up to date. We demonstrate that U(v) - oaxial bond covalency decreases upon binding to Fe(ii) inducing redirection of electron density from the U(v) - oaxial bond towards the U(v) - equatorial bonds thereby increasing bond covalency. Our results indicate that such increased covalent interaction of U(v) with the equatorial ligands resulting from iron binding lead to higher stability of uranyl(v). For the first time a combination of U M4,5 high energy resolution X-ray absorption near edge structure (HR-XANES) and valence band resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (VB-RIXS) and ab initio multireference CASSCF and DFT based computations were applied to establish the electronic structure of iron-bound uranyl(v).
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- Tonya Vitova
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- LPCNO, University of Toulouse INSA Toulouse 135, Avenue de Rangueil Toulouse Cedex 31077 France
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- LPCNO, University of Toulouse INSA Toulouse 135, Avenue de Rangueil Toulouse Cedex 31077 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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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Hakey BM, Leary DC, Lopez LM, Valerio LR, Brennessel WW, Milsmann C, Matson EM. Synthesis and Characterization of Pyridine Dipyrrolide Uranyl Complexes. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:6182-6192. [PMID: 35420825 PMCID: PMC9044449 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The first actinide complexes of the pyridine dipyrrolide (PDP) ligand class, (MesPDPPh)UO2(THF) and (Cl2PhPDPPh)UO2(THF), are reported as the UVI uranyl adducts of the bulky aryl substituted pincers (MesPDPPh)2- and (Cl2PhPDPPh)2- (derived from 2,6-bis(5-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)pyridine (H2MesPDPPh, Mes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl), and 2,6-bis(5-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-3-phenyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)pyridine (H2Cl2PhPDPPh, Cl2Ph = 2,6-dichlorophenyl), respectively). Following the in situ deprotonation of the proligand with lithium hexamethyldisilazide to generate the corresponding dilithium salts (e.g., Li2ArPDPPh, Ar = Mes of Cl2Ph), salt metathesis with [UO2Cl2(THF)2]2 afforded both compounds in moderate yields. The characterization of each species has been undertaken by a combination of solid- and solution-state methods, including combustion analysis, infrared, electronic absorption, and NMR spectroscopies. In both complexes, single-crystal X-ray diffraction has revealed a distorted octahedral geometry in the solid state, enforced by the bite angle of the rigid meridional (ArPDPPh)2- pincer ligand. The electrochemical analysis of both compounds by cyclic voltammetry in tetrahydrofuran (THF) reveals rich redox profiles, including events assigned as UVI/UV redox couples. A time-dependent density functional theory study has been performed on (MesPDPPh)UO2(THF) and provides insight into the nature of the transitions that comprise its electronic absorption spectrum.
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- Brett M Hakey
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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Uher JM, Steiner MR, Hlina JA. Mono- and Disamarium Azacryptand Complexes: A Platform for Cooperative Rare-Earth Metal Chemistry. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:5539-5546. [PMID: 35343681 PMCID: PMC9006214 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mono- (H3LSm) and disamarium complexes (LSm2) were prepared by
reaction of the azacryptand N[(CH2)2NHCH2-p-C6H4CH2NH(CH2)2]3N (H6L) with
1 or 2 equiv of Sm[N(SiMe3)2]3, respectively.
The disamarium complex features free
coordination sites on both metal centers available for bridging ligands
shielded by phenylenes from tetrahydrofuran (THF) coordination. The
reaction of LSm2 with KCN and 18-crown-6 yielded the adduct
[LSm2-μ-η1:η1-CN][K(18-crown-6)(THF)2] featuring a bridging cyanide. The complexes were characterized
by crystallography, electrochemical analysis, NMR, and optical spectroscopy,
and the effective magnetic moments were determined via the Evans method. First examples of rare-earth metal azacryptand
complexes
are presented in the form of mono- and dinuclear samarium compounds,
which can be prepared selectively. The bridging phenylenes of the
azacryptand ligand prevent THF coordination to the samarium ions and
provide available binding sites within the complexes. We investigated
cyanide coordination using the disamarium complex to demonstrate the
utility of the vacant intermetallic space for binding small molecules.
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- Johanna M Uher
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Grödler D, Weidemann ML, Lichtenberg A, Greven T, Nickstadt R, Haydo M, Wickleder M, Klein A, Johrendt D, Mathur S, Zegke M, Raauf A. Heterobimetallic uranyl(VI) alkoxides of lanthanoids: formation through simple ligand exchange. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 58:835-838. [PMID: 34931647 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc05444a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lanthanoid and actinoid silylamides are versatile starting materials. Herein we show how a simple ligand exchange with tert-butanol leads to the formation of the first trimeric heterobimetallic uranyl(VI)-lanthanoid(III) alkoxide complexes. The μ3 coordination of the endogenous uranyl oxo atom results in a significant elongation of the bond length and a significant deviation from the linear uranyl arrangement.
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- Dennis Grödler
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Butenandtstraße 5-13 (D), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Butenandtstraße 5-13 (D), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany.
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Sergentu DC, Gendron F, Walter ED, Park S, Capan C, Surbella RG, Soderquist CZ, Hall GB, Sinkov SI, Autschbach J, Cho H. Equatorial Electronic Structure in the Uranyl Ion: Cs 2UO 2Cl 4 and Cs 2UO 2Br 4. Inorg Chem 2021; 61:3821-3831. [PMID: 34817159 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Electric field gradient (EFG) tensors in the equatorial plane of the linear UO22+ ion have been measured by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) experiments and computed by relativistic Kohn-Sham methods with and without environment embedding for Cs2UO2Cl4 and Cs2UO2Br4. This approach expands the possibilities for probing the electronic structure in uranyl complexes beyond the strongly covalent U-O bonds. The combined analyses find that one of the two largest principal EFG tensor components at the halogen sites points along the U-X bond (X = Cl, Br), and the second is parallel to the UO22+ ion; in Cs2UO2Cl4, the components are nearly equal in magnitude, whereas in Cs2UO2Br4, due to short-range bromide-cesium interactions, the equatorial component is dominant for one pair of Br sites and the axial component is larger for the second pair. The directions and relative magnitudes of the field gradient principal axes are found to be sensitive to the σ and π electron donation by the ligands and the model of the environment. Chlorine-35 NQR spectra of 235U-depleted and 235U-enriched Cs2UO2Cl4 exhibited no uranium-isotope-dependent shift, but the resonance of the depleted sample displayed a 58% broader line width.
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- Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Washington State University, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- National Security Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, United States
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Lu KT, Zhang Y, Wei T, Wang Z, Oldfield DT, Zheng R. Hydrothermal Syntheses of Uranium Oxide Hydrate Materials with Sm(III) Ions: pH-Driven Diversities in Structures and Morphologies and Sm-Doped Porous Uranium Oxides Derived from Their Thermal Decompositions. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:13233-13241. [PMID: 34445862 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report the hydrothermal syntheses of three uranyl oxide hydroxy-hydrate (UOH) materials containing Sm(III) ions (UOH-Sm) by controlling the solution pH and a new way to make Sm-doped porous uranium oxides with different U-to-Sm atomic ratios via their thermal decompositions. While layer-structured UOH-Sm phases with U-to-Sm atomic ratios of 1 (UOH-Sm1) and 4 (UOH-Sm2) were obtained from the reaction of schoepite and samarium nitrate with final solution pH values of over 4, similar reactions without pH adjustment with final solution pH values of less than 4 led to the formation of a uranyl oxide framework (UOF-Sm) with a U-to-Sm atomic ratio of 5.5. The crystal structure of compound UOF-Sm was revealed with synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction and confirmed with transmission electron microscopy. The two-dimensional uranyl oxide hydroxide layers, similar to that for β-U3O8, are linked by double pentagonal uranyl polyhedra to form a three-dimensional framework with Sm(III) ions in the channels. Scanning electron microscopy characterization revealed nanoplate crystal morphologies for the two UOH-Sm phases, in contrast to the needle morphology for UOF-Sm. Subsequent thermal treatments led to the formation of Sm-doped uranium oxides, maintaining the original crystal shapes and U-to-Sm ratios but with nanopores. This work demonstrated that the hydrothermal synthesis conditions, especially fine-tuning of the solution pH, have a significant impact on the uranium hydrolysis, thus leading to well-defined products. This will facilitate the targeted syntheses of UOH phases with lanthanide (Ln) ions and explore the subsequent applications of these materials and Ln-doped porous uranium oxides as potential nuclear or functional materials.
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- Kimbal T Lu
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, New South Wales 2232, Australia.,School of Physics and Advanced Materials, University of Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, New South Wales 2232, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, New South Wales 2232, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, New South Wales 2232, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, New South Wales 2232, Australia
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- School of Physics and Advanced Materials, University of Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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Li JH, Luo F, Li JQ, Zhang SD. U=O activation in uranyl-organic framework through solid-liquid reaction: A powerful tool to modulate electronic and magnetic structure. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Van Stipdonk MJ, Perez EH, Metzler LJ, Bubas AR, Corcovilos T, Somogyi A. Destruction and reconstruction of UO 22+ using gas-phase reactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:11844-11851. [PMID: 33988189 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01520f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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While the strong axial U[double bond, length as m-dash]O bonds confer high stability and inertness to UO22+, it has been shown that the axial oxo ligands can be eliminated or replaced in the gas-phase using collision-induced dissociation (CID) reactions. We report here tandem mass spectrometry experiments initiated with a gas-phase complex that includes UO22+ coordinated by a 2,6-difluorobenzoate ligand. After decarboxylation to form a difluorophenide coordinated uranyl ion, [UO2(C6F2H3)]+, CID causes elimination of CO, and then CO and C2H2 in sequential dissociation steps, to leave a reactive uranium fluoride ion, [UF2(C2H)]+. Reaction of [UF2(C2H)]+ with CH3OH creates [UF2(OCH3)]+, [UF(OCH3)2]+ and [UF(OCH3)2(CH3OH)]+. Cleavage of C-O bonds within these species results in the elimination of methyl cation (CH3+). Subsequent CID steps convert [UF(OCH3)2]+ to [UO2(F)]+ and similarly, [U(OCH3)3]+ to [UO2(OCH3)]+. Our experiments show removal of both uranyl oxo ligands in "top-down" CID reactions and replacement in "bottom-up" ion-molecule and dissociation steps.
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- Michael J Van Stipdonk
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., 308 Mellon Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., 308 Mellon Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., 308 Mellon Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., 308 Mellon Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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- Campus Chemical Instrument Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Zheng XJ, Bacha RUS, Su DM, Pan QJ. Relativistic DFT Probe for Reaction Energies and Electronic/Bonding Properties of Polypyrrolic Hetero-Bimetallic Actinide Complexes: Effects of Uranyl endo-Oxo Functionalization. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:5747-5756. [PMID: 33826313 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A series of hetero-bimetallic actinide complexes of the Schiff-base polypyrrolic macrocycle (L), featuring cation-cation interactions (CCIs), were systematically investigated using relativistic density functional theory (DFT). The tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvated complex [(THF)(OUVIOUIV)(THF)(L)]2+ has high reaction free energy (ΔrG), and its replacement with electron-donating iodine promotes the reaction thermodynamics to obtain uranyl iodide [(I)(OUVIOUIV)(I)(L)]2+ (UVI-UIV). Retaining this coordination geometry, calculations have been extended to other An(IV) (An = Th, Pa, Np, Pu), i.e., for the substitution of U(IV) to obtain UVI-AnIV. As a consequence, the reaction free energy is appreciably lowered, suggesting the thermodynamic feasibility for the experimental synthesis of these bimetallic complexes. Among all UVI-AnIV, the electron-spin density and high-lying occupied orbitals of UVI-PaIV show a large extent of electron transfer from electron-rich Pa(IV) to electron-deficient U(VI), leading to a more stable UV-PaV oxidation state. Additionally, the shortest bond distance and the comparatively negative Eint of the Pa-Oendo bond suggest more positive and negative charges (Q) of Pa and endo-oxo atoms, respectively. As a result of the enhanced Pa-Oendo bond and strong CCI in UVI-PaIV along with the corresponding lowest reaction free energy among all of the optimized complexes, uranyl species is a better candidate for the experimental synthesis in the ultimate context of environmental remediation.
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- Xiu-Jun Zheng
- Institute of Food and Environmental Engineering, East University of Heilongjiang, Harbin 150066, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- State-Owned Assets Management Division, Harbin University, Harbin 150086, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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Arnold PL, Halliday CJV, Puig-Urrea L, Nichol GS. Instantaneous and Phosphine-Catalyzed Arene Binding and Reduction by U(III) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:4162-4170. [PMID: 33662207 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Neutral arenes such as benzene have never been considered suitable ligands for electropositive actinide cations, yet we find that even simple UIII UX3 aryloxide complexes such as U(ODipp)3 bind and reduce arenes spontaneously at room temperature, forming inverse arene sandwich (IAS) complexes XnU(μ-C6D6)UXm (X = ODipp, n=2, m=3; X = OBMes2 n=m=2 or 3) (ODipp = OC6H3iPr2-2,6; Mes = 2,4,6-Me3-C6H2). In some of these cases, further arene reduction has occured as a result of X ligand redistribution. These unexpected spontaneous reactions explain the anomalous spectra and reported lack of further reactivity of strongly reducing UIII centers of U(ODipp)3. Phosphines that are not considered suitable ligands for actinides can catalyze the formation of the IAS complexes. This enables otherwise inaccessible asymmetric and less congested IAS complexes to be isolated and the bonding in this series compared.
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- Polly L Arnold
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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Faizova R, Fadaei‐Tirani F, Chauvin A, Mazzanti M. Synthesis and Characterization of Water Stable Uranyl(V) Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202016123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Radmila Faizova
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Faizova R, Fadaei‐Tirani F, Chauvin A, Mazzanti M. Synthesis and Characterization of Water Stable Uranyl(V) Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:8227-8235. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202016123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Radmila Faizova
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Metzler LJ, Farmen CT, Corcovilos TA, Van Stipdonk MJ. Intrinsic chemistry of [OUCH] +: reactions with H 2O, CH 3C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N and O 2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:4475-4479. [PMID: 33598672 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00177a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report the first experimental study of the intrinsic chemistry of a U-methylidyne species, focusing on reaction of [OUCH]+ with H2O, O2 and CH3C[triple bond, length as m-dash]N in the gas phase. DFT was also used to determine reaction pathways, and establish the mechanism by which [OUCH]+ is formed through collision-induced dissociation of [UO2(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]CH)]+.
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- Luke J Metzler
- 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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Beach SA, Guillet JL, Lagueux SP, Perfetti M, Livesay BN, Shores MP, Bacon JW, Rheingold AL, Arnold PL, Doerrer LH. Heterotrimetallic {LnOVPt} complexes with antiferromagnetic Ln-V coupling and magnetic memory. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:11062-11065. [PMID: 32812571 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04334f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The new PtVO(SOCR)4 lantern complexes, 1 (R = CH3) and 2 (R = Ph) behave as neutral O-donor ligands to Ln(OR)3 with Ln = Ce, Nd. Four heterotrimetallic complexes with linear {LnOVPt} units were prepared: [Ln(ODtbp)3{PtVO(SOCR)4}] (Ln = Ce, 3Ce (R = CH3), 4Ce (R = Ph); Nd, 3Nd (R = CH3), 4Nd (R = Ph); ODtbp = 2,6-ditertbutylphenolate). Magnetic characterization confirms slow magnetic relaxation behaviour and suggests antiferromagnetic coupling across {Ln-O[double bond, length as m-dash]V} in all four complexes, with variations tunable as a function of Ln and R.
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- Stephanie A Beach
- Boston University, Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Boston University, Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Boston University, Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1872, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1872, USA
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- Boston University, Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- University of California, San Diego Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- University of Edinburgh Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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- Boston University, Department of Chemistry, 590 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Laikov DN. Optimization of atomic density-fitting basis functions for molecular two-electron integral approximations. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:114121. [PMID: 32962362 DOI: 10.1063/5.0014639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A general procedure for the optimization of atomic density-fitting basis functions is designed with the balance between accuracy and numerical stability in mind. Given one-electron wavefunctions and energies, weights are assigned to the product densities, modeling their contribution to the exchange and second-order correlation energy, and a simple weighted error measure is minimized. Generally contracted Gaussian auxiliary basis sets are optimized to match the wavefunction basis sets [D. N. Laikov, Theor. Chem. Acc. 138, 40 (2019)] for all 102 elements in a scalar-relativistic approximation [D. N. Laikov, J. Chem. Phys. 150, 061103 (2019)].
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- Dimitri N Laikov
- Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Boreen MA, Gould CA, Booth CH, Hohloch S, Arnold J. Structure and magnetism of a tetrahedral uranium(iii) β-diketiminate complex. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:7938-7944. [PMID: 32495782 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01599g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We describe the functionalisation of the previously reported uranium(iii) β-diketiminate complex (BDI)UI2(THF)2 (1) with one and two equivalents of a sterically demanding 2,6-diisopropylphenolate ligand (ODipp) leading to the formation of two heteroleptic complexes: [(BDI)UI(ODipp)]2 (2) and (BDI)U(ODipp)2 (3). The latter is a rare example of a tetrahedral uranium(iii) complex, and it shows single-molecule magnet behaviour.
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- Michael A Boreen
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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Petrus E, Segado M, Bandeira NAG, Bo C. Unveiling a Photoinduced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Mechanism via the Concerted Formation of Uranyl Peroxide. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:8353-8360. [PMID: 32496796 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We present a density functional theory study for the photochemical water oxidation reaction promoted by uranyl nitrate upon sunlight radiation. First, we explored the most stable uranyl complex in the absence of light. The reaction in a dark environmen proceeds through the condensation of uranyl monomers to form dimeric hydroxo-bridged species, which is the first step toward a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). We found a triplet-state-driven mechanism that leads to the formation of uranyl peroxide and hydrogen gas. To describe in detail this reaction path, we characterized the singlet and triplet low-lying states of the dimeric hydroxo-bridged species, including minima, transition states, minimal energy crossing points, and adiabatic energies. Our computational results provide mechanistic insights that are in good agreement with the experimental data available.
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- Enric Petrus
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,BioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, C8, Faculty Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Av. Països Catalans 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.,Departament de Química Física I Inorgànica, Universitat Roviri i Virgili, Marcel·lí Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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Assefa MK, Wu G, Hayton TW. Uranyl Oxo Silylation Promoted by Silsesquioxane Coordination. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:8738-8747. [PMID: 32292028 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c00990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Mikiyas K. Assefa
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Adeyiga O, Panthi D, Suleiman O, Stetler D, Long RW, Odoh SO. Activating Water and Hydrogen by Ligand-Modified Uranium and Neptunium Complexes: A Density Functional Theory Study. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:3102-3109. [PMID: 32049500 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Organometallic uranium complexes that can activate small molecules are well-known. In contrast, there are no known organometallic trans-uranium species capable of small-molecule transformations. Using density functional theory, we previously showed that changing actinide-ligand bonds from U-O groups to Np-N- (amide/imido) bonds makes redox small-molecule activation more energetically favorable for Np species. Here, we determine how general this ligand-modulation strategy is for affecting small-molecule activation in Np species. We focus on two reactions, one involving redox transformation of the actinide(s) and the other involving no change in the oxidation state of the actinide(s). Specifically, we considered the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) from H2O by actinide tris-aryloxide species. We also considered H2 capture and hydride transfer by actinide siloxide and silylamide complexes. For the HER, the barriers for Np(III) systems are much higher than those of U(III). The overall reaction energies are also much worse. An-O → An-N substitutions marginally improve the barriers by 1-4 kcal/mol and more substantially improve the reaction energies by 9-15 kcal/mol. For H2 capture and hydride transfer, the reaction energies for the U and Np species are similar. For both actinides, like-for-like An-O → An-N substitutions lead to improved reaction energies. Interestingly, in a recent report, it seemingly appears that U-O (siloxide) → U-N (silylamide) leads to complete shutdown of reactivity for H2 capture and hydride transfer. This observation is reproduced and explained with calculations. The ligand environments of the siloxide and silylamide that were compared are vastly different. The steric environment of the siloxide is conducive for reactivity while the particular silylamide is not. We conclude that small-molecule activation with organometallic neptunium species is achievable with a guided choice of ligands. Additional emphasis should be placed on ligands that can allow for improved transition state barriers.
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- Olajumoke Adeyiga
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 North Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, United States
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Ahmad S, Crawford LE, Bühl M. Palladium-catalysed methoxycarbonylation of ethene with bidentate diphosphine ligands: a density functional theory study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:24330-24336. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04454g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The mechanism and origin of selectivity of Pd-catalysed formation of methyl propionate is elucidated through DFT calculations.
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- Shahbaz Ahmad
- School of Chemistry
- University of St. Andrews
- St. Andrews
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of St. Andrews
- St. Andrews
- UK
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Niklas JE, Hunter KM, Gorden AEV. Bonding Interactions in Uranyl α-Diimine Complexes: A Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Study of the Impacts of Ligand Electronics and Extended Conjugation. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:15088-15100. [PMID: 31689099 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Uranyl complexes of aryl-substituted α-diimine ligands gbha (UO2-1a-f) and phen-BIAN (UO2-2a-f) [gbha (1) = glyoxal bis(2-hydroxyanil); phen-BIAN (2) = N,N'-bis(iminophenol)acenaphthene; R = OMe (a), t-bu (b), H (c), Me (d), F (e), and naphthyl (f)] were designed, prepared, and characterized by X-ray diffraction, FT-IR, NMR, UV-vis, and electrochemical methods. These ligand frameworks contain a salen-type O-N-N-O binding pocket but are redox-noninnocent, leading to unusual metal complex behaviors. Here, we describe three solid-state structures of uranyl complexes UO2-1b, UO2-1c, and UO2-1f and observe manifestations of ligand noninnocence for the U(VI) complexes UO2-1b and UO2-1c. The impacts of accessible π-systems and ligand substitution on the axial uranium-oxo interactions were evaluated spectroscopically via the intraligand charge-transfer (ILCT) processes that dominate the absorption spectra of these complexes and through changes to the asymmetric (ν3) O═U═O stretching frequency. This, in combination with electrochemical data, reveals the effects of the inclusion of the conjugated acenaphthene backbone and the importance of ligand electronic structure on uranyl's bonding interactions.
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- Julie E Niklas
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Auburn University , 179 Chemistry Building , Auburn , Alabama 36849 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Auburn University , 179 Chemistry Building , Auburn , Alabama 36849 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Auburn University , 179 Chemistry Building , Auburn , Alabama 36849 , United States
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Zegke M, Zhang X, Pidchenko I, Hlina JA, Lord RM, Purkis J, Nichol GS, Magnani N, Schreckenbach G, Vitova T, Love JB, Arnold PL. Differential uranyl(v) oxo-group bonding between the uranium and metal cations from groups 1, 2, 4, and 12; a high energy resolution X-ray absorption, computational, and synthetic study. Chem Sci 2019; 10:9740-9751. [PMID: 32055343 PMCID: PMC6993744 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc05717f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Uranyl Pacman takes them all: the bonding of s- and d-block cations to uranyl is compared by experiment, spectroscopy and theory.
The uranyl(vi) ‘Pacman’ complex [(UO2)(py)(H2L)] A (L = polypyrrolic Schiff-base macrocycle) is reduced by Cp2Ti(η2-Me3SiC
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CSiMe3) and [Cp2TiCl]2 to oxo-titanated uranyl(v) complexes [(py)(Cp2TiIIIOUO)(py)(H2L)] 1 and [(ClCp2TiIVOUO)(py)(H2L)] 2. Combination of ZrII and ZrIV synthons with A yields the first ZrIV–uranyl(v) complex, [(ClCp2ZrOUO)(py)(H2L)] 3. Similarly, combinations of Ae0 and AeII synthons (Ae = alkaline earth) afford the mono-oxo metalated uranyl(v) complexes [(py)2(ClMgOUO)(py)(H2L)] 4, [(py)2(thf)2(ICaOUO)(py) (H2L)] 5; the zinc complexes [(py)2(XZnOUO)(py)(H2L)] (X = Cl 6, I 7) are formed in a similar manner. In contrast, the direct reactions of Rb or Cs metal with A generate the first mono-rubidiated and mono-caesiated uranyl(v) complexes; monomeric [(py)3(RbOUO)(py)(H2L)] 8 and hexameric [(MOUO)(py)(H2L)]6 (M = Rb 8b or Cs 9). In these uranyl(v) complexes, the pyrrole N–H atoms show strengthened hydrogen-bonding interactions with the endo-oxos, classified computationally as moderate-strength hydrogen bonds. Computational DFT MO (density functional theory molecular orbital) and EDA (energy decomposition analysis), uranium M4 edge HR-XANES (High Energy Resolution X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure) and 3d4f RIXS (Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering) have been used (the latter two for the first time for uranyl(v) in 7 (ZnI)) to compare the covalent character in the UV–O and O–M bonds and show the 5f orbitals in uranyl(vi) complex A are unexpectedly more delocalised than in the uranyl(v) 7 (ZnI) complex. The Oexo–Zn bonds have a larger covalent contribution compared to the Mg–Oexo/Ca–Oexo bonds, and more covalency is found in the U–Oexo bond in 7 (ZnI), in agreement with the calculations.
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- Markus Zegke
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , David Brewster Road , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44(0) 130 650 5429
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , MB R3T 2N2 , Canada . ; ; Tel: +1-204-474-6261
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- Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , P.O. Box 3640 , 76021 Karlsruhe , Germany .
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , David Brewster Road , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44(0) 130 650 5429
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , David Brewster Road , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44(0) 130 650 5429
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , David Brewster Road , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44(0) 130 650 5429
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , David Brewster Road , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44(0) 130 650 5429
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- Institute for Transuranium Elements , Joint Research Centre , European Commission , PO Box 2340 , 76125 Karlsruhe , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , MB R3T 2N2 , Canada . ; ; Tel: +1-204-474-6261
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- Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) , P.O. Box 3640 , 76021 Karlsruhe , Germany .
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , David Brewster Road , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44(0) 130 650 5429
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , David Brewster Road , Edinburgh EH9 3FJ , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44(0) 130 650 5429
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Cowie BE, Purkis JM, Austin J, Love JB, Arnold PL. Thermal and Photochemical Reduction and Functionalization Chemistry of the Uranyl Dication, [UVIO2]2+. Chem Rev 2019; 119:10595-10637. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Bradley E. Cowie
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- National Nuclear Laboratory, Chadwick House,
Warrington Road, Birchwood Park, Warrington WA3 6AE, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King’s Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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Yang H, Liu SS, Meng YS, Zhang YQ, Pu L, Yu XQ. Magnetic properties and theoretical calculations of mononuclear lanthanide complexes with a Schiff base coordinated to Ln(III) ion in a monodentate coordination mode. Inorganica Chim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2019.04.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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van Stipdonk MJ, Tatosian IJ, Iacovino AC, Bubas AR, Metzler LJ, Sherman MC, Somogyi A. Gas-Phase Deconstruction of UO 22+: Mass Spectrometry Evidence for Generation of [OU VICH] + by Collision-Induced Dissociation of [U VIO 2(C≡CH)] . JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:796-805. [PMID: 30911904 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02179-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Because of the high stability and inertness of the U=O bonds, activation and/or functionalization of UO22+ and UO2+ remain challenging tasks. We show here that collision-induced dissociation (CID) of the uranyl-propiolate cation, [UVIO2(O2C-C≡CH)]+, can be used to prepare [UVIO2(C≡CH)]+ in the gas phase by decarboxylation. Remarkably, CID of [UVIO2(C≡CH)]+ caused elimination of CO to create [OUVICH]+, thus providing a new example of a well-defined substitution of an "yl" oxo ligand of UVIO22+ in a unimolecular reaction. Relative energies for candidate structures based on density functional theory calculations suggest that the [OUVICH]+ ion is a uranium-methylidyne product, with a U≡C triple bond composed of one σ-bond with contributions from the U df and C sp hybrid orbitals, and two π-bonds with contributions from the U df and C p orbitals. Upon isolation, without imposed collisional activation, [OUVICH]+ appears to react spontaneously with O2 to produce [UVO2]+. Graphical Abstract .
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- Michael J van Stipdonk
- 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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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, 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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- Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, Campus Chemical Instrument Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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Over the past 25 years, magnetic actinide complexes have been the object of considerable attention, not only at the experimental level, but also at the theoretical one. Such systems are of great interest, owing to the well-known larger spin–orbit coupling for actinide ions, and could exhibit slow relaxation of the magnetization, arising from a large anisotropy barrier, and magnetic hysteresis of purely molecular origin below a given blocking temperature. Furthermore, more diffuse 5f orbitals than lanthanide 4f ones (more covalency) could lead to stronger magnetic super-exchange. On the other hand, the extraordinary experimental challenges of actinide complexes chemistry, because of their rarity and toxicity, afford computational chemistry a particularly valuable role. However, for such a purpose, the use of a multiconfigurational post-Hartree-Fock approach is required, but such an approach is computationally demanding for polymetallic systems—notably for actinide ones—and usually simplified models are considered instead of the actual systems. Thus, Density Functional Theory (DFT) appears as an alternative tool to compute magnetic exchange coupling and to explore the electronic structure and magnetic properties of actinide-containing molecules, especially when the considered systems are very large. In this paper, relevant achievements regarding DFT investigations of the magnetic properties of actinide complexes are surveyed, with particular emphasis on some representative examples that illustrate the subject, including actinides in Single Molecular Magnets (SMMs) and systems featuring metal-metal super-exchange coupling interactions. Examples are drawn from studies that are either entirely computational or are combined experimental/computational investigations in which the latter play a significant role.
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Nuzzo S, van Leusen J, Twamley B, Platts JA, Kögerler P, Baker RJ. Oxidation of uranium(iv) thiocyanate complexes: cation–cation interactions in mixed-valent uranium coordination chains. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:6704-6708. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01005j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Oxidation of Cs4[U(NCS)8] in different solvents results in two mixed-valent uranium compounds. Spectroscopic, magnetic and computational data support a unique [UIVUVUIV][UVI] oxidation state assignment in [U(DMF)8(μ-O)U(NCS)5(μ-O)U(DMF)7(NCS)][UO2(NCS)5].
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- Stefano Nuzzo
- School of Chemistry
- University of Dublin
- Trinity College
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- RWTH Aachen University
- D-52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Dublin
- Trinity College
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- RWTH Aachen University
- D-52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Dublin
- Trinity College
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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Ahmad S, Lockett A, Shuttleworth TA, Miles-Hobbs AM, Pringle PG, Bühl M. Palladium-catalysed alkyne alkoxycarbonylation with P,N-chelating ligands revisited: a density functional theory study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:8543-8552. [PMID: 30957820 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01471c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A revised in situ base mechanism of alkyne alkoxycarbonylation via a Pd catalyst with hemilabile P,N-ligands (PyPPh2, Py = 2-pyridyl) has been fully characterised at the B3PW91-D3/PCM level of density functional theory. Key intermediates on this route are acryloyl and η3-propen-1-oyl complexes that readily undergo methanolysis. With two hemilabile P,N-ligands and one or both of them protonated, the overall computed barrier is 16.8 kcal mol-1. This new mechanism is consistent with all of the experimental data relating to substituent effects on relative reaction rates and branched/linear selectivities, including new results on the methoxycarbonylation of phenylacetylene using (4-Me2N-Py)PPh2 and (6-Cl-Py)PPh2 ligands. This ligand is found to decrease catalytic activity over PyPPh2, thus invalidating a formerly characterised in situ base mechanism.
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- Shahbaz Ahmad
- School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK.
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Pankhurst JR, Paul S, Zhu Y, Williams CK, Love JB. Polynuclear alkoxy-zinc complexes of bowl-shaped macrocycles and their use in the copolymerisation of cyclohexene oxide and CO 2. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:4887-4893. [PMID: 30896006 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00595a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The reactions between alcohols and the tetranuclear ethyl-Zn complexes of an ortho-phenylene-bridged polypyrrole macrocycle, Zn4Et4(L1) 1 and the related anthracenyl-bridged macrocyclic complex, Zn4Et4(THF)4(L2) 2 have been studied. With long-chain alcohols such as n-hexanol, the clean formation of the tetranuclear hexoxide complex Zn4(OC6H13)4(L1) 3 occurs. In contrast, the use of shorter-chain alcohols such as i-propanol results in the trinuclear complex Zn3(μ2-OiPr)2(μ3-OiPr)(HL1) 4 that arises from demetalation; this complex was characterised by X-ray crystallography. The clean formation of these polynuclear zinc clusters allowed a study of their use as catalysts in the ring-opening copolymerisation (ROCOP) reaction between cyclohexene oxide and CO2. In situ reactions involving the pre-catalyst 1 and n-hexanol formed the desired polymer with the best selectivity for polycarbonate (90%) at 30 atm CO2, whilst the activity and performance of pre-catalyst 2 was poor in comparison.
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- James R Pankhurst
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
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Zheng M, Chen FY, Li L, Guo YR, Pan QJ. Accessibility of Uranyl–Plutonium Complex Supported by a Polypyrrolic Macrocycle: An Implication for Experimental Synthesis. Inorg Chem 2018; 58:950-959. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Ming Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education), School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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Niklas JE, Hardy EE, Gorden AEV. Solid-state structural elucidation and electrochemical analysis of uranyl naphthylsalophen. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:11693-11696. [PMID: 30177989 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc05242e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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A salophen ligand derivative incorporating naphthalene (naphthylsalophen = [H2L]) and the corresponding uranyl (UO22+) complex have been synthesized and characterized both in solution and the solid-state. A hydrogen bonding uranyl tetramer and the electrochemical analysis of [H2L] and UO2[L] are described.
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- Julie E Niklas
- Auburn University, 179 Chemistry Building, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
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Faizova R, White S, Scopelliti R, Mazzanti M. The effect of iron binding on uranyl(v) stability. Chem Sci 2018; 9:7520-7527. [PMID: 30319752 PMCID: PMC6179087 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc02099j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The tripodal heptadentate Schiff base trensal3– ligand allowed the synthesis and characterization of stable uranyl(v) complexes presenting UO2+···K+ or UO2+···Fe2+ cation–cation interactions. The presence of Fe2+ bound to the uranyl(v) oxygen leads to increased stability with respect to proton induced disproportionation and to an increased range of stability of the uranyl(v) species with respect both to oxidation and reduction reactions.
Here we report the effect of UO2+···Fe2+ cation–cation interactions on the redox properties of uranyl(v) complexes and on their stability with respect to proton induced disproportionation. The tripodal heptadentate Schiff base trensal3– ligand allowed the synthesis and characterization of the uranyl(vi) complexes [UO2(trensal)K], 1 and [UO2(Htrensal)], 2 and of uranyl(v) complexes presenting UO2+···K+ or UO2+···Fe2+ cation–cation interactions ([UO2(trensal)K]K, 3, [UO2(trensal)] [K(2.2.2crypt)][K(2.2.2crypt)], 4, [UO2(trensal)Fe(py)3], 6). The uranyl(v) complexes show similar stability in pyridine solution, but the presence of Fe2+ bound to the uranyl(v) oxygen leads to increased stability with respect to proton induced disproportionation through the formation of a stable Fe2+–UO2+–U4+ intermediate ([UO2(trensal)Fe(py)3U(trensal)]I, 7) upon addition of 2 eq. of PyHCl to 6. The addition of 2 eq. of PyHCl to 3 results in the immediate formation of U(iv) and UO22+ compounds. The presence of an additional UO2+ bound Fe2+ in [(UO2(trensal)Fe(py)3)2Fe(py)3]I2, 8, does not lead to increased stability. Redox reactivity and cyclic voltammetry studies also show an increased range of stability of the uranyl(v) species in the presence of Fe2+ with respect both to oxidation and reduction reactions, while the presence of a proton in complex 2 results in a smaller stability range for the uranyl(v) species. Cyclic voltammetry studies also show that the presence of a Fe2+ cation bound through one trensal3– arm in the trinuclear complex [{UO2(trensal)}2Fe], 5 does not lead to increased redox stability of the uranyl(v) showing the important role of UO2+···Fe2+ cation–cation interactions in increasing the stability of uranyl(v). These results provide an important insight into the role that iron binding may play in stabilizing uranyl(v) compounds in the environmental mineral-mediated reduction of uranium(vi).
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- Radmila Faizova
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Faizova R, Scopelliti R, Chauvin AS, Mazzanti M. Synthesis and Characterization of a Water Stable Uranyl(V) Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:13554-13557. [PMID: 30289696 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b07885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have identified a polydentate aminocarboxylate ligand that stabilizes uranyl(V) in water. The mononuclear [UO2(dpaea)]X, (dpaeaH2 = Bis(pyridyl-6-methyl-2-carboxylate)-ethylamine; X = CoCp2*+ or X = K(2.2.2.cryptand) complexes have been isolated from anaerobic organic solution, crystallographically and spectroscopically characterized both in water and organic solution. These complexes disproportionate at pH ≤ 6, but are stable in anaerobic water at pH 7-10 for several days.
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- Radmila Faizova
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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Wang W, Wang X, Zhou S, Xu X, Du J, Zhang L, Mu X, Wei Y, Zhu X, Wang S. Syntheses, Structures, and Catalytic Activities of the Anionic Heterobimetallic Rare-Earth Metal Complexes Supported by Pyrrolyl-Substituted 1,2-Diimino Ligands. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:10390-10400. [PMID: 30074389 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Wei Wang
- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
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- Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials (State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base), College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai 200032, China
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Pižl M, Jankovský O, Guricová M, Hoskovcová I, Sedmidubský D, Bartůněk V. Mixed Yttrium–Ytterbium–Erbium Schiff Base Complex as a Model Precursor for Mixed Nanosized Rare Earths Oxides. J CLUST SCI 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-018-1393-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Direct observation of pure pentavalent uranium in U 2O 5 thin films by high resolution photoemission spectroscopy. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8306. [PMID: 29844333 PMCID: PMC5974404 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26594-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Thin films of the elusive intermediate uranium oxide U2O5 have been prepared by exposing UO3 precursor multilayers to atomic hydrogen. Electron photoemission spectra measured about the uranium 4f core-level doublet contain sharp satellites separated by 7.9(1) eV from the 4f main lines, whilst satellites characteristics of the U(IV) and U(VI) oxidation states, expected respectively at 6.9(1) and 9.7(1) eV from the main 4f lines, are absent. This shows that uranium ions in the films are in a pure pentavalent oxidation state, in contrast to previous investigations of binary oxides claiming that U(V) occurs only as a metastable intermediate state coexisting with U(IV) and U(VI) species. The ratio between the 5f valence band and 4f core-level uranium photoemission intensities decreases by about 50% from UO2 to U2O5, which is consistent with the 5f 2 (UO2) and 5f 1 (U2O5) electronic configurations of the initial state. Our studies conclusively establish the stability of uranium pentoxide.
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Cowie BE, Nichol GS, Love JB, Arnold PL. Double uranium oxo cations derived from uranyl by borane or silane reduction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:3839-3842. [PMID: 29589007 PMCID: PMC5932998 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00341f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new type of double uranium oxo cation [O-U-O-U-O]4+ is prepared by selective oxygen-atom abstraction from macrocyclic uranyl complexes using either boranes or silanes. A significant degree of multiple U[double bond, length as m-dash]O bonding is evident throughout the U2O3 core, but either trans-,cis- or trans-,trans-OUOUO motifs can be isolated as boron- or silicon-capped oxo complexes. Further controlled deoxygenation of the borylated system is also possible.
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- Bradley E Cowie
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
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Zheng M, Chen FY, Tian JN, Pan QJ. Electron-Transfer-Enhanced Cation–Cation Interactions in Homo- and Heterobimetallic Actinide Complexes: A Relativistic Density Functional Theory Study. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:3893-3902. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ming Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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Bell NL, Shaw B, Arnold PL, Love JB. Uranyl to Uranium(IV) Conversion through Manipulation of Axial and Equatorial Ligands. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:3378-3384. [PMID: 29455528 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b13474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The controlled manipulation of the axial oxo and equatorial halide ligands in the uranyl dipyrrin complex, UO2Cl(L), allows the uranyl reduction potential to be shifted by 1.53 V into the range accessible to naturally occurring reductants that are present during uranium remediation and storage processes. Abstraction of the equatorial halide ligand to form the uranyl cation causes a 780 mV positive shift in the UV/UIV reduction potential. Borane functionalization of the axial oxo groups causes the spontaneous homolysis of the equatorial U-Cl bond and a further 750 mV shift of this potential. The combined effect of chloride loss and borane coordination to the oxo groups allows reduction of UVI to UIV by H2 or other very mild reductants such as Cp*2Fe. The reduction with H2 is accompanied by a B-C bond cleavage process in the oxo-coordinated borane.
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- Nicola L Bell
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings, Edinburgh , EH9 3FJ , U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings, Edinburgh , EH9 3FJ , U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings, Edinburgh , EH9 3FJ , U.K
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings, Edinburgh , EH9 3FJ , U.K
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Hohloch S, Garner ME, Parker BF, Arnold J. New supporting ligands in actinide chemistry: tetramethyltetraazaannulene complexes with thorium and uranium. Dalton Trans 2018; 46:13768-13782. [PMID: 28959804 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02682j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report the synthesis, characterization, and preliminary reactivity of new heteroleptic thorium and uranium complexes supported by the macrocyclic TMTAA ligand (TMTAA = Tetramethyl-tetra-aza-annulene). The dihalide complexes Th(TMTAA)Cl2(THF)2 (1), [UCl2(TMTAA)]2 (2) and U(TMTAA)I2 (3) are further functionalized to the Cp* derivatives ThCp*(TMTAA)Cl (4), UCp*(TMTAA)Cl (5) and UCp*(TMTAA)I (6) (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienide). Compounds 4-6 are also obtained through a one-pot reaction from standard thorium(iv) and uranium(iv) starting materials, Li2TMTAA and KCp*. Complexes 1-6 function as valuable starting materials for salt metathesis chemistry. Treatment of precursors 4 or 5 with trimethylsilylmethyllithium (LiCH2TMS) results in the new actinide TMTAA alkyl complexes ThCp*(TMTAA)(CH2TMS) (7) and UCp*(TMTAA)(CH2TMTS) (8), respectively. The TMTAA-derived alkyl complexes (7 and 8) show unexpected stability and are stable for several weeks at room temperature in solution and in the solid-state. Additionally, double substitution of the halide ligands in 1-3 shows a strong dependence on the nucleophile used. While weaker nucleophiles, such as amides, and more sterically demanding nucleophiles, such as Cp (Cp = cyclopenadienide), favour the formation of bis-TMTAA "sandwich" complexes [An(TMTAA)2] (An = Th (9) and An = U (10)), the use of oxygen-functionalized ligands like the ODipp anion (Dipp = diisopropylphenyl) results in the formation of the doubly substituted species Th(ODipp)2TMTAA (11) and U(ODipp)2TMTAA (12). We also describe the divergent reactivity of the TMTAA ligand towards uranium(iii). Unlike the syntheses of actinide(iv) TMTAA complexes, the synthesis of a uranium(iii) TMTAA was not successful and only uranium(iv) species could be obtained.
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- Stephan Hohloch
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Camp C, Toniolo D, Andrez J, Pécaut J, Mazzanti M. A versatile route to homo- and hetero-bimetallic 5f-5f and 3d-5f complexes supported by a redox active ligand framework. Dalton Trans 2018. [PMID: 28650052 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt01993a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The salt-elimination reaction of the complex [Na2U(bis-salophen)] with metal halides provides an entry to the synthesis of well-defined homobimetallic uranium-uranium and rare heterobimetallic uranium-cobalt and uranium-nickel complexes supported by a redox-active dinucleating ligand.
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- Clément Camp
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, INAC-SyMMES, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Single Molecule Magnets (SMMs) based on transition metals and rare earths have been the object of considerable attention for the past 25 years. These systems exhibit slow relaxation of the magnetization, arising from a sizeable anisotropy barrier, and magnetic hysteresis of purely molecular origin below a given blocking temperature. Despite initial predictions that SMMs based on 5f-block elements could outperform most others, the results obtained so far have not met expectations. Exploiting the versatile chemistry of actinides and their favorable intrinsic magnetic properties proved, indeed, to be more difficult than assumed. However, the large majority of studies reported so far have been dedicated to uranium molecules, thus leaving the largest part of the 5f-block practically unexplored. Here, we present a short review of the progress achieved up to now and discuss some options for a possible way forward.
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Chaudhry MT, Lelj F, MacLachlan MJ. Expanded campestarene hosts for tetra- and dinuclear uranyl(vi) complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:11869-11872. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc07269h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Expanded campestarene macrocycles with keto–enamine structures host dinuclear and tetranuclear hydroxo-bridged uranyl(vi) clusters in their interiors.
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- La.M.I. and LaSCAMM INSTM Sezione Basilicata, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università della Basilicata
- 85100 Potenza
- Italy
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Minasian SG, Batista ER, Booth CH, Clark DL, Keith JM, Kozimor SA, Lukens WW, Martin RL, Shuh DK, Stieber SCE, Tylisczcak T, Wen XD. Quantitative Evidence for Lanthanide-Oxygen Orbital Mixing in CeO2, PrO2, and TbO2. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:18052-18064. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Stefan G. Minasian
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Colgate University, Hamilton, New York 13346, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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