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Dutra FR, Vasiliu M, Gomez AN, Xia D, Dixon DA. Prediction of Redox Potentials for U, Np, Pu, and Am in Aqueous Solution. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:5612-5626. [PMID: 38959054 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c02902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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The redox properties of the actinides in aqueous solution are important for fuel production/reprocessing and understanding the environmental impact of nuclear waste. The redox potentials for U, Np, Pu, and Am in oxidation states from 0 up to VII (as appropriate) in aqueous solutions have been predicted at the density functional theory level with the B3LYP functional, Stuttgart small core pseudopotential basis sets for the actinides, and explicit (30H2O molecules)/implicit treatment of the aqueous solvent using the self-consistent reaction field COSMO and SMD approaches for the implicit solvation. The predictions of the structural parameters of clusters incorporating first and second solvation shells are consistent with the available experimental data. Our results are typically within 0.2 V of the available experimental data using two explicit solvation shells with an implicit solvent model. The use of the PW91 functional substantially improved the prediction of the Pu(VI/V) redox couple. The redox couples for An(VI/IV) and An(V/IV) which involve the addition of protons and removal of the actinyl oxygens led to slightly larger differences from an experiment. The An(IV/0) and An(III/0) couples were reliably predicted with our approach. Predictions of the unknown An(II/I) redox potentials were negative, consistent with expectations, and predictions for unknown An(VII/VI), An(III/II), and An(II/0) redox couples improve prior estimates.
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- Felipe R Dutra
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Barão Geraldo, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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Li XB, Wu QY, Wang CZ, Lan JH, Zhang M, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Unveiling the Reduction Mechanism of Pu(IV) by Acetaldoxime. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:7479-7486. [PMID: 37668451 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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The separation of plutonium (Pu) from spent nuclear fuel was achieved by effectively adjusting the oxidation state of Pu from +IV to +III in the plutonium uranium reduction extraction (PUREX) process. Acetaldoxime (CH3CHNOH) as a free salt reductant can rapidly reduce Pu(IV), but the reduction mechanism remains indistinct. Herein, we explore the reduction mechanism of two Pu(IV) ions by one CH3CHNOH molecule, where the second Pu(IV) reduction is the rate-determining step with the energy barrier of 19.24 kcal mol-1, which is in line with the experimental activation energy (20.95 ± 2.34 kcal mol-1). Additionally, the results of structure and spin density analyses demonstrate that the first and second Pu(IV) reduction is attributed to hydrogen atom transfer and hydroxyl ligand transfer, respectively. Analysis of localized molecular orbitals unveils that the reduction process is accompanied by the breaking of the Pu-OOH bond and the formation of the OOH-H and C-OOH bonds. The reaction energies confirm that the reduction of Pu(IV) by acetaldoxime is both thermodynamically and kinetically accessible. In this work, we elucidate the reduction mechanism of Pu(IV) with CH3CHNOH, which provides a theoretical understanding of the rapid reduction of Pu(IV).
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- Xiao-Bo Li
- Fundamental Science on Nuclear Safety and Simulation Technology Laboratory, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Fundamental Science on Nuclear Safety and Simulation Technology Laboratory, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Ryzhkov MV, Enyashin AN, Delley B. Plutonium complexes in water: new approach to ab initio modeling. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2020-0091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Geometry optimization and the electronic structure calculations of Pu
Z+ complexes (Z = 3–6) in water solution have been performed, within the framework of the DMol3 and Relativistic Discrete-Variational (RDV) methods. For the simulation of Pu
Z+ molecular environment in aqueous solution we used 22 and 32 water molecules randomly distributed around cation. To model the effect of bulk solvent environment we used COSMO (Conductor-like Screening Model) potential for water (ε = 78.54). The obtained results showed that this approach allows the modeling of water dissociation and the formation of hydrolysis products. Our previously suggested scheme for the calculation of interaction energies between selected fragments of multi-molecular systems provides the quantitative estimation of the interaction strengths between plutonium in various oxidation states and each ligand in the first and second coordination shells in water solution.
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- Mikhail V. Ryzhkov
- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Science , Ekaterinburg , Russia
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- Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Science , Ekaterinburg , Russia
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- Paul Scherrer Institut WHGA 123 , CH-5232 , Villigen PSI , Switzerland
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Failali A, Acher E, Vallet V, Réal F, Guillaumont D. Insights from quantum chemical calculations into inner and outer-sphere complexation of plutonium(IV) by monoamide and carbamide extractants. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:2229-2237. [PMID: 33439157 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05363e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The strong influence of the structure of amide derivatives on their extraction properties has been demonstrated in several studies in the literature. To investigate and rationalize the influence of the nature and length of the monoamide alkyl chains on Pu(iv) extraction/complexation, a theoretical study was performed using the Density Functional Theory (DFT) method in the scalar relativistic framework. For that, the geometries for the inner/outer-sphere complexes and interaction energies of [Pu(NO3)4] and [Pu(NO3)6]2- with different ligands have been calculated. For both inner and outer-sphere complexes, it is found that the introduction of a bulky alkyl group on the carbonyl side strongly diminishes the complexation energy. This is fully consistent with monamide extraction properties. The influence of the bulkiness of the alkyl group is as or even more important for outer than for inner-sphere interactions. This result was unexpected when considering that there are less flexibility and stronger steric constraints in the inner sphere compared to the outer one. However, this can be attributed to specific electrostatic interactions between the two outer-sphere amide ligands and two nitrate ions of [Pu(NO3)6]2-. By increasing the polarity of the solution, such interactions diminish and the outer-sphere ligands move away from [Pu(NO3)6]2-. Consequently, the solvent effects were found to be very significant for outer-sphere complexation while rather small for inner-sphere complexation. This gives the key possibility to tune the substituent effect by changing the polarity of the solution. As for carbamide ligands, it was found that the weak interactions (dispersion) have remarkable effects on both inner and outer-sphere complexations.
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- Abdelmounaim Failali
- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze Cedex, France.
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An analysis of the hydrolytic polymerization of Pu(IV) and its reaction paths in nitric acid solution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07494-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Jeong K, Woo SM, Park J, Bae S. Detection of hydrolyzed plutonium chloride compounds generated by moisture intrusion of pyroprocessing hot cell using density functional theory. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07211-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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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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Adeyiga O, Suleiman O, Dandu NK, Odoh SO. Ground-state actinide chemistry with scalar-relativistic multiconfiguration pair-density functional theory. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:134102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5099373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Olajumoke Adeyiga
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada 89557-0216, USA
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Bender WM, Becker U. Resolving the kinetics of individual aqueous reaction steps of actinyl (AnO2
+ and AnO2
2+; An=U, Np, and Pu) tricarbonate complexes with ferrous iron and hydrogen sulfide from first principles. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2018-3083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The solubility and mobility of actinides (An), like uranium, neptunium, and plutonium, in the environment largely depends on their oxidation states. Actinyls (AnV,VIO2
+/2+
(aq)) form strong complexes with available ligands, like carbonate (CO3
2−), which may inhibit reduction to relatively insoluble AnIVO2(s). Here we use quantum-mechanical calculations to explore the kinetics of aqueous homogeneous reaction paths of actinyl tricarbonate complexes ([AnO2(CO3)3]5−/4−) with two different reductants, [Fe(OH)2(H2O)4]0 and [H2S(H2O)6]0. Energetically-favorable outer-sphere complexes (OSC) are found to form rapidly, on the order of milliseconds to seconds over a wide actinyl concentration range (pM to mM). The systems then encounter energy barriers (E
a), some of which are prohibitively high (>100 kJ/mol for some neptunyl and plutonyl reactions with Fe2+ and H2S), that define the transition from outer- to inner-sphere complex (ISC; for example, calculated E
a of ISC formation between UO2
+ and UO2
2+ with Fe2+ are 35 and 74 kJ/mol, respectively). In some reactions, multiple OSCs are observed that represent different hydrogen bonding networks between solvent molecules and carbonate. Even when forming ISCs, electron transfer to reduce An6+ and An5+ is not observed (no change in atomic spin values or lengthening of An–Oax bond distances). Proton transfer from bicarbonate and water to actinyl O was tested as a mechanism for electron transfer from Fe2+ to U6+ and Pu6+. Not all proton transfer reactions yielded reduction of An6+ to An5+ and only a few pathways were energetically-favorable (e. g. H+ transfer from H2O to drive Pu6+ reduction to Pu5+ with ΔE = −5 kJ/mol). The results suggest that the tricarbonate complex serves as an effective shield against actinide reduction in the tested reactions and will maintain actinyl solubility at elevated pH conditions. The results highlight reaction steps, such as inner-sphere complex formation and electron transfer, which may be rate-limiting. Thus, this study may serve as the basis for future research on how they can be catalyzed by a mineral surface in a heterogeneous process.
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- Will M. Bender
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences , University of Michigan , Room 2534, 1100 N University Ave , Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 , USA
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences , University of Michigan , Room 2534, 1100 N University Ave , Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005 , USA
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Acher E, Dumas T, Tamain C, Boubals N, Solari PL, Guillaumont D. Inner to outer-sphere coordination of plutonium(iv) with N,N-dialkyl amide: influence of nitric acid. Dalton Trans 2018; 46:3812-3815. [PMID: 28239724 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt00031f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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N,N-Dialkylamides are extensively studied as alternative organic ligands to achieve the extraction and separation of uranium(vi) and plutonium(iv). We report here the coordination structures of the plutonium(iv) ion with N,N-di(2-ethylhexyl)-n-butanamide as a function of nitric acid concentration in the aqueous phase. The coordination structure of Pu(iv) evolves gradually with increasing nitric acid concentration from an inner-sphere with two coordinated amide ligands toward an outer-sphere hexanitrate complex with only nitrate ions in the first coordination sphere and protonated amide ligands in the outer shell.
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- Eléonor Acher
- CEA Marcoule, Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, DRCP 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France Bagnols sur Cèze, France.
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- CEA Marcoule, Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, DRCP 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France Bagnols sur Cèze, France.
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- CEA Marcoule, Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, DRCP 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France Bagnols sur Cèze, France.
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- CEA Marcoule, Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, DRCP 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France Bagnols sur Cèze, France.
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, BP 48, St Aubin, 91192 Gif sur Yvette, France
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- CEA Marcoule, Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, DRCP 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France Bagnols sur Cèze, France.
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Boguslawski K, Réal F, Tecmer P, Duperrouzel C, Gomes ASP, Legeza Ö, Ayers PW, Vallet V. On the multi-reference nature of plutonium oxides: PuO 22+, PuO 2, PuO 3 and PuO 2(OH) 2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:4317-4329. [PMID: 28116368 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05429c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Actinide-containing complexes present formidable challenges for electronic structure methods due to the large number of degenerate or quasi-degenerate electronic states arising from partially occupied 5f and 6d shells. Conventional multi-reference methods can treat active spaces that are often at the upper limit of what is required for a proper treatment of species with complex electronic structures, leaving no room for verifying their suitability. In this work we address the issue of properly defining the active spaces in such calculations, and introduce a protocol to determine optimal active spaces based on the use of the Density Matrix Renormalization Group algorithm and concepts of quantum information theory. We apply the protocol to elucidate the electronic structure and bonding mechanism of volatile plutonium oxides (PuO3 and PuO2(OH)2), species associated with nuclear safety issues for which little is known about the electronic structure and energetics. We show how, within a scalar relativistic framework, orbital-pair correlations can be used to guide the definition of optimal active spaces which provide an accurate description of static/non-dynamic electron correlation, as well as to analyse the chemical bonding beyond a simple orbital model. From this bonding analysis we are able to show that the addition of oxo- or hydroxo-groups to the plutonium dioxide species considerably changes the π-bonding mechanism with respect to the bare triatomics, resulting in bent structures with a considerable multi-reference character.
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- Katharina Boguslawski
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland. and Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Torun, Poland
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Grudziadzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland.
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France. and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Strongly Correlated Systems "Lendület" Research Group, Wigner Research Center for Physics, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, L8S 4M1, Canada
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8523 - PhLAM - Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Sladkov V, Bessonov AA, Roques J, Charushnikova IA, Fedosseev AM. Complexation of An(vi) with succinic acid in aqueous acid solutions: uranyl vs. plutonyl. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj04061j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Due to stronger electrostatic interaction in a uranyl–succinate system, complex species of U(vi) with succinate are more stable than the ones of Pu(vi).
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- V. Sladkov
- Institut de Physique Nucléaire
- IN2P3-CNRS
- Université Paris-Sud
- Université Paris-Saclay
- F-91406 Orsay Cedex
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCE RAS)
- 199071 Moscow
- Russia
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- Institut de Physique Nucléaire
- IN2P3-CNRS
- Université Paris-Sud
- Université Paris-Saclay
- F-91406 Orsay Cedex
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCE RAS)
- 199071 Moscow
- Russia
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- A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCE RAS)
- 199071 Moscow
- Russia
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Di Pietro P, Kerridge A. Ligand size dependence of U–N and U–O bond character in a series of uranyl hexaphyrin complexes: quantum chemical simulation and density based analysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:7546-7559. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08783c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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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A quantum chemical and density based analysis of bonding in uranyl hexaphyrin complexes, looking for trends in stability and covalency.
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Du J, Sun X, Jiang G. Exploring the Interaction Natures in Plutonyl (VI) Complexes with Topological Analyses of Electron Density. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:414. [PMID: 27077844 PMCID: PMC4848887 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17040414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2015] [Revised: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The interaction natures between Pu and different ligands in several plutonyl (VI) complexes are investigated by performing topological analyses of electron density. The geometrical structures in both gaseous and aqueous phases are obtained with B3LYP functional, and are generally in agreement with available theoretical and experimental results when combined with all-electron segmented all-electron relativistic contracted (SARC) basis set. The Pu- O y l bond orders show significant linear dependence on bond length and the charge of oxygen atoms in plutonyl moiety. The closed-shell interactions were identified for Pu-Ligand bonds in most complexes with quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) analyses. Meanwhile, we found that some Pu-Ligand bonds, like Pu-OH(-), show weak covalent. The interactive nature of Pu-ligand bonds were revealed based on the interaction quantum atom (IQA) energy decomposition approach, and our results indicate that all Pu-Ligand interactions is dominated by the electrostatic attraction interaction as expected. Meanwhile it is also important to note that the quantum mechanical exchange-correlation contributions can not be ignored. By means of the non-covalent interaction (NCI) approach it has been found that some weak and repulsion interactions existed in plutonyl(VI) complexes, which can not be distinguished by QTAIM, can be successfully identified.
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- Jiguang Du
- College of Physical Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- College of Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China.
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- Institutes of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Clark AE, Samuels A, Wisuri K, Landstrom S, Saul T. Sensitivity of Solvation Environment to Oxidation State and Position in the Early Actinide Period. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:6216-25. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Aurora E. Clark
- Department of Chemistry and the Materials
Science and Engineering Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials
Science and Engineering Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the Materials
Science and Engineering Program, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- Department of Physics, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania 19530, United States
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- Moscow High School, Moscow, Idaho 83843, United States
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Dau PD, Gibson JK. Halide Abstraction from Halogenated Acetate Ligands by Actinyls: A Competition between Bond Breaking and Bond Making. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:3218-24. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b00952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Phuong D. Dau
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Maurice R, Renault E, Gong Y, Rutkowski PX, Gibson JK. Synthesis and Structures of Plutonyl Nitrate Complexes: Is Plutonium Heptavalent in PuO3(NO3)2– ? Inorg Chem 2015; 54:2367-73. [DOI: 10.1021/ic502969w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Rémi Maurice
- SUBATECH, UMR CNRS
6457, IN2P3/EMN Nantes/Université de Nantes, 4 rue Alfred Kastler, BP 20722, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- CEISAM, UMR CNRS 6230,
Université de Nantes, 2 rue
de la Houssinière, BP 92208, 44322 Nantes Cedex 3, France
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Kumar N, Seminario JM. Solvation of Actinide Salts in Water Using a Polarizable Continuum Model. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:689-703. [DOI: 10.1021/jp507613a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Narendra Kumar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, ‡Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and §Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, ‡Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and §Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Nguyen TN, Duvail M, Villard A, Molina JJ, Guilbaud P, Dufrêche JF. Multi-scale modelling of uranyl chloride solutions. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:024501. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4905008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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- Thanh-Nghi Nguyen
- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM), UMR 5257, CEA-CNRS-Université Montpellier 2-ENSCM, Site de Marcoule, Bâtiment 426, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM), UMR 5257, CEA-CNRS-Université Montpellier 2-ENSCM, Site de Marcoule, Bâtiment 426, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM), UMR 5257, CEA-CNRS-Université Montpellier 2-ENSCM, Site de Marcoule, Bâtiment 426, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano-Nishihiraki-cho 34-4, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- CEA/DEN/DRCP/SMCS/LILA, Marcoule, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM), UMR 5257, CEA-CNRS-Université Montpellier 2-ENSCM, Site de Marcoule, Bâtiment 426, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze Cedex, France
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Wu QY, Lan JH, Wang CZ, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Understanding the interactions of neptunium and plutonium ions with graphene oxide: scalar-relativistic DFT investigations. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:10273-80. [PMID: 25302669 DOI: 10.1021/jp5069945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Due to the vast application potential of graphene oxide (GO)-based materials in nuclear waste processing, it is of pivotal importance to investigate the interaction mechanisms between actinide cations such as Np(V) and Pu(IV, VI) ions and GO. In this work, we have considered four types of GOs modified by hydroxyl, carboxyl, and carbonyl groups at the edge and epoxy group on the surface, respectively. The structures, bonding nature, and binding energies of Np(V) and Pu(IV, VI) complexes with GOs have been investigated systematically using scalar-relativistic density functional theory (DFT). Geometries and harmonic frequencies suggest that Pu(IV) ions coordinate more easily with GOs compared to Np(V) and Pu(VI) ions. NBO and electron density analyses reveal that the coordination bond between Pu(IV) ions and GO possesses more covalency, whereas for Np(V) and Pu(VI) ions electrostatic interaction dominates the An-OG bond. The binding energies in aqueous solution reveal that the adsorption abilities of all GOs for actinide ions follow the order of Pu(IV) > Pu(VI) > Np(V), which is in excellent agreement with experimental observations. It is expected that this study can provide useful information for developing more efficient GO-based materials for radioactive wastewater treatment.
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- Qun-Yan Wu
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, China
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Šulka M, Cantrel L, Vallet V. Theoretical study of plutonium(IV) complexes formed within the PUREX process: a proposal of a plutonium surrogate in fire conditions. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:10073-80. [PMID: 25290588 DOI: 10.1021/jp507684f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
We present a relativistic quantum chemical study to determine the best surrogate for plutonium(IV) to be used in experimental investigations of the behavior of plutonium-nitrate-TBP in fire conditions that might occur in the nuclear fuel refining process known as PUREX. In this study geometries and stabilities of Pu(NO3)6(2-) and Pu(NO3)4(TBP)2 complexes were compared to that of equivalent complexes of selected elements from the lanthanide and actinide series (Ce, Th, U) chosen on the basis of similar ionic radii and stability as tetravalent species. PBE and PBE0 DFT functionals have proven to be sufficient and affordable for qualitative studies, performing as good as the wave function based correlated method MP2. On the basis of our results, cerium(IV) appears to be a good surrogate for plutonium(IV).
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- Martin Šulka
- PSN-RES, SAG, LETR, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) , St Paul Lez Durance 13115, France
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Gendron F, Pritchard B, Bolvin H, Autschbach J. Magnetic Resonance Properties of Actinyl Carbonate Complexes and Plutonyl(VI)-tris-nitrate. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:8577-92. [DOI: 10.1021/ic501168a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Frédéric Gendron
- 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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- Laboratoire
de Physique et de Chimie Quantiques, Universite Toulouse 3, 118 Route
de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France
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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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Verma PK, Kumari N, Pathak PN, Sadhu B, Sundararajan M, Aswal VK, Mohapatra PK. Investigations on preferential Pu(IV) extraction over U(VI) by N,N-dihexyloctanamide versus tri-n-butyl phosphate: evidence through small angle neutron scattering and DFT studies. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:3996-4004. [PMID: 24815040 DOI: 10.1021/jp503037q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Straight chain amide N,N-dihexyloctanamide (DHOA) has been found to be a promising alternative extractant to tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) for the reprocessing of irradiated uranium- and thorium-based fuels. Unlike TBP, DHOA displays preferential extraction of Pu(IV) over U(VI) at higher acidities (≥3 M HNO3) and poor extraction at lower acidities. Density functional theory (DFT) based calculations have been carried out on the structures and relative binding energies of U(VI) and Pu(IV) with the extractant molecules. These calculations suggest that the differential hardness of the two extractants is responsible for the preferential binding/complexation of TBP to uranyl, whereas the softer DHOA and the bulky nature of the extractant lead to stronger binding/complexation of DHOA to Pu(IV). In conjunction with quantum chemical calculations, small angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements have also been performed for understanding the stoichiometry of the complex formed that leads to relatively lower extraction of Th(IV) (a model for Pu(IV)) as compared to U(VI) using DHOA and TBP as the extractants. The combined experimental and theoretical studies helped us to understand the superior complexation/extraction behavior of Pu(IV) over U(VI) with DHOA.
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- P K Verma
- Radiochemistry Division, ‡Radiation Safety Systems Division, §Theoretical Chemistry Section, and ∥Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai-400085, India
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Lucena AF, Odoh SO, Zhao J, Marçalo J, Schreckenbach G, Gibson JK. Oxo-Exchange of Gas-Phase Uranyl, Neptunyl, and Plutonyl with Water and Methanol. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:2163-70. [DOI: 10.1021/ic402824k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Ana F. Lucena
- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Environmental
and Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
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- Beijing
Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional
Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Centro
de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Odoh SO, Bylaska EJ, de Jong WA. Coordination and hydrolysis of plutonium ions in aqueous solution using Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics free energy simulations. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:12256-67. [PMID: 24168210 DOI: 10.1021/jp4096248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics (CPMD) simulations have been used to examine the hydration structures, coordination energetics, and the first hydrolysis constants of Pu(3+), Pu(4+), PuO2(+), and PuO2(2+) ions in aqueous solution at 300 K. The coordination numbers and structural properties of the first shell of these ions are in good agreement with available experimental estimates. The hexavalent PuO2(2+) species is coordinated to five aquo ligands while the pentavalent PuO2(+) complex is coordinated to four aquo ligands. The Pu(3+) and Pu(4+) ions are both coordinated to eight water molecules. The first hydrolysis constants obtained for Pu(3+) and PuO2(2+) are 6.65 and 5.70, respectively, all within 0.3 pH unit of the experimental values (6.90 and 5.50, respectively). The hydrolysis constant of Pu(4+), 0.17, disagrees with the value of -0.60 in the most recent update of the Nuclear Energy Agency Thermochemical Database (NEA-TDB) but supports recent experimental findings. The hydrolysis constant of PuO2(+), 9.51, supports the experimental results of Bennett et al. [Radiochim. Acta 1992, 56, 15]. A correlation between the pKa of the first hydrolysis reaction and the effective charge of the plutonium center was found.
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- Samuel O Odoh
- Environmental and Molecular Science Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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Odoh SO, Schreckenbach G. DFT Study of Uranyl Peroxo Complexes with H2O, F–, OH–, CO32-, and NO3–. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:5590-602. [DOI: 10.1021/ic400652b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Samuel O. Odoh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R3T 2N2
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R3T 2N2
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Odoh SO, Schreckenbach G. DFT Study of Oxo-Functionalized Pentavalent Dioxouranium Complexes: Structure, Bonding, Ligand Exchange, Dimerization, and U(V)/U(IV) Reduction of OUOH and OUOSiH3 Complexes. Inorg Chem 2012; 52:245-57. [DOI: 10.1021/ic301762g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Samuel O. Odoh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2
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Huang P, Zavarin M, Kersting AB. Ab initio structure and energetics of Pu(OH)4 and Pu(OH)4(H2O)n clusters: Comparison between density functional and multi-reference theories. Chem Phys Lett 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2012.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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