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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]
Abstract
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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Shaw TE, Jones ZR, Adelman SL, Anderson NH, Bowes EG, Bauer ED, Dan D, Klouda J, Knope KE, Kozimor SA, MacInnes MM, Mocko V, Rocha FR, Root HD, Stein BW, Thompson JD, Wacker JN. PuCl 3{CoCp[OP(OEt) 2] 3}: transuranic elements entering the field of heterometallic molecular chemistry. Chem Sci 2024; 15:12754-12764. [PMID: 39148769 PMCID: PMC11323317 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01767f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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Recent advances enabled the discovery of heterometallic molecules for many metals: main group, d-block, lanthanides, and some actinides (U, Th). These complexes have at least two different metals joined by bridging ligands or by direct metal-metal bonding interactions. They are attractive because they can enable chemical cooperativity between metals from different parts of the periodic table. Some heterometallics provide access to unique reactivity and others exhibit physical properties that cannot be accessed by homometallic species. We envisioned that transuranic heterometallics might similarly enable new transuranic chemistry, though synthetic routes to such compounds have yet to be developed. Reported here is the first synthesis of a molecular transuranic complex that contains plutonium (Pu) and cobalt (Co). Our analyses of PuCl3{CoCp[OP(OEt)2]3} showed Pu(iv) and Co(iii) were present and suggested that the Pu(iv) oxidation state was stabilized by the electron donating phosphite ligands. This synthetic method - and the demonstration that Pu(iv) can be stabilized in a heterobimetallic molecular setting - provides a foundation for further exploration of transuranic multimetallic chemistry.
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- Thomas E Shaw
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20057 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P. O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington, D.C. 20057 USA
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Gunther SO, Qiao Y, Smith PW, Ciccone SR, Ditter AS, Huh DN, Moreau LM, Shuh DK, Sun T, Arnold PL, Booth CH, de Jong WA, Evans WJ, Lukens WW, Minasian SG. 4f-Orbital mixing increases the magnetic susceptibility of Cp' 3Eu. Chem Sci 2024; 15:12667-12675. [PMID: 39148767 PMCID: PMC11322928 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01300j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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Traditional models of lanthanide electronic structure suggest that bonding is predominantly ionic, and that covalent orbital mixing is not an important factor in determining magnetic properties. Here, 4f orbital mixing and its impact on the magnetic susceptibility of Cp'3Eu (Cp' = C5H4SiMe3) was analyzed experimentally using magnetometry and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) methods at the C K-, Eu M5,4-, and L3-edges. Pre-edge features in the experimental and TDDFT-calculated C K-edge XAS spectra provided unequivocal evidence of C 2p and Eu 4f orbital mixing in the π-antibonding orbital of a' symmetry. The charge-transfer configurations resulting from 4f orbital mixing were identified spectroscopically by using Eu M5,4-edge and L3-edge XAS. Modeling of variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility data showed excellent agreement with the XAS results and indicated that increased magnetic susceptibility of Cp'3Eu is due to removal of the degeneracy of the 7F1 excited state due to mixing between the ligand and Eu 4f orbitals.
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- S Olivia Gunther
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University Pullman WA 99164 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 P. R. China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine CA 92697 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Lussier D, Ito E, McClain KR, Smith PW, Kwon H, Rutkauskaite R, Harvey BG, Shuh DK, Long JR. Metal-Halide Covalency, Exchange Coupling, and Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Triangular (Cp iPr5) 3U 3X 6 (X = Cl, Br, I) Clusters. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:21280-21295. [PMID: 39044394 PMCID: PMC11311243 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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The actinide elements are attractive alternatives to transition metals or lanthanides for the design of exchange-coupled multinuclear single-molecule magnets. However, the synthesis of such compounds is challenging, as is unraveling any contributions from exchange coupling to the overall magnetism. To date, only a few actinide compounds have been shown to exhibit exchange coupling and single-molecule magnetism. Here, we report triangular uranium(III) clusters of the type (CpiPr5)3U3X (1-X; X = Cl, Br, I; CpiPr5 = pentaisopropylcyclopentadienyl), which are synthesized via reaction of the aryloxide-bridged precursor (CpiPr5)2U2(OPhtBu)4 with excess Me3SiX. Spectroscopic analysis suggests the presence of covalency in the uranium-halide interactions arising from 5f orbital participation in bonding. The dc magnetic susceptibility data reveal the presence of antiferromagnetic exchange coupling between the uranium(III) centers in these compounds, with the strength of the exchange decreasing down the halide series. Ac magnetic susceptibility data further reveal all compounds to exhibit slow magnetic relaxation under zero dc field. In 1-I, which exhibits particularly weak exchange, magnetic relaxation occurs via a Raman mechanism associated with the individual uranium(III) centers. In contrast, for 1-Br and 1-Cl, magnetic relaxation occurs via an Orbach mechanism, likely involving relaxation between ground and excited exchange-coupled states. Significantly, in the case of 1-Cl, magnetic relaxation is sufficiently slow such that open magnetic hysteresis is observed up to 2.75 K, and the compound exhibits a 100-s blocking temperature of 2.4 K. This compound provides the first example of magnetic blocking in a compound containing only actinide-based ions, as well as the first example involving the uranium(III) oxidation state.
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- Daniel
J. Lussier
- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- U.S.
Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, Research Department, Chemistry Division, China Lake, California 93555, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- U.S.
Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, Research Department, Chemistry Division, China Lake, California 93555, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Zhou D, Yang Y, Weng Z, Wang J, Yan Y, Cheng L, Fan Y, Chen L, Zhang H, Chen L, Wang Y, Wang S. Thorium Cluster Synthesized by a Solvent-Free Flux Approach: The Richest Coordination Diversity and Application Exploration. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:14278-14283. [PMID: 39046370 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
Abstract
The renaissance of research interests in actinide oxo clusters in the past decade arises from both the concerns of radioactive contamination and their potential utility as nanoscale materials. Compared to the uranium cluster, the thorium (Th) cluster shows less coordination variation. Herein, we presented a unique Th cluster (ThC-1) that exhibits the most diverse coordination chemistry found within a single Th cluster via a solvent-free flux synthesis approach. The melt triazole not only offers a unique solvation environment that may be responsible for the coordination diversity in ThC-1 but also represents the first nitrogen-donor capping ligand in Th clusters. The potential utility of ThC-1 as a heterogeneous catalyst was also explored for a classical CO2 cycloaddition reaction. This work offers a novel approach in synthesizing Th clusters, broadening the realm of the structural diversity of Th.
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- Dan Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Kunming University, Kunming 650214, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Tricoire M, Jori N, Fadaei Tirani F, Scopelliti R, Z Ivković I, Natrajan LS, Mazzanti M. A trinuclear metallasilsesquioxane of uranium(III). Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 60:55-58. [PMID: 38015470 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05390c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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The silsesquioxane ligand (iBu)7Si7O9(OH)3 (iBuPOSSH3) is revealed as an attractive system for the assembly of robust polynuclear complexes of uranium(III) and allowed the isolation of the first example of a trinuclear U(III) complex ([U3(iBuPOSS)3]) that exhibits magnetic communication and promotes dinitrogen reduction in the presence of reducing agent.
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- Maxime Tricoire
- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland.
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland.
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- X-ray Diffraction and Surface Analytics Platform, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- X-ray Diffraction and Surface Analytics Platform, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Centre for Radiochemistry Resesarch, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland.
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Keener M, Maria L, Mazzanti M. Progress in the chemistry of molecular actinide-nitride compounds. Chem Sci 2023; 14:6493-6521. [PMID: 37350843 PMCID: PMC10283502 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01435e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
Abstract
The chemistry of actinide-nitrides has witnessed significant advances in the last ten years with a large focus on uranium and a few breakthroughs with thorium. Following the early discovery of the first terminal and bridging nitride complexes, various synthetic routes to uranium nitrides have since been identified, although the range of ligands capable of stabilizing uranium nitrides still remains scarce. In particular, both terminal- and bridging-nitrides possess attractive advantages for potential reactivity, especially in light of the recent development of uranium complexes for dinitrogen reduction and functionalization. The first molecular thorium bridged-nitride complexes have also been recently identified, anticipating the possibility of expanding nitride chemistry not only to low-valent thorium, but also to the transuranic elements.
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- Megan Keener
- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering - ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa 2695-066 Bobadela Portugal
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering - ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Ray D, Oakley MS, Sarkar A, Bai X, Gagliardi L. Theoretical Investigation of Single-Molecule-Magnet Behavior in Mononuclear Dysprosium and Californium Complexes. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:1649-1658. [PMID: 36652606 PMCID: PMC9890484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
Early-actinide-based (U, Np, and Pu) single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have yet to show magnetic properties similar to those of highly anisotropic lanthanide-based ones. However, there are not many studies exploring the late-actinides (more than half-filled f shells) as potential candidates for SMM applications. We computationally explored the electronic structure and magnetic properties of a hypothetical Cf(III) complex isostructural to the experimentally synthesized Dy(dbm)3(bpy) complex (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine; dbm = dibenzoylmethanoate) via multireference methods and compared them to those of the Dy(III) analogue. This study shows that the Cf(III) complex can behave as a SMM and has a greater magnetic susceptibility compared to other experimentally and computationally studied early-actinide-based (U, Np, and Pu) magnetic complexes. However, Cf spontaneously undergoes α-decay and converts to Cm. Thus, we also explored the isostructural Cm(III)-based complex. The computed magnetic susceptibility and g-tensor values show that the Cm(III) complex has poor SMM behavior in comparison to both the Dy(III) and Cf(III) complexes, suggesting that the performance of Cf(III)-based magnets may be affected by α-decay and can explain the poor performance of experimentally studied Cf(III)-based molecular magnets in the literature. Further, this study suggests that the ligand field is dominant in Cf(III), which helps to increase the magnetization blocking barrier by nearly 3 times that of its 4f congener.
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- Debmalya Ray
- Department
of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing
Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota55455, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing
Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota55455, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, James Franck
Institute, Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois60637, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing
Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota55455, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, James Franck
Institute, Chicago Center for Theoretical Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois60637, United States,
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Liu K, Guo Y, Yu J, Shi W. Research Progress of Actinide Single Molecule Magnets. ACTA CHIMICA SINICA 2023. [DOI: 10.6023/a22110471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Facile Solvent-Free Mechanochemical Synthesis of UI3 and Lanthanoid Iodides. CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/chemistry4040108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Lewis base-free lanthanoid (Ln) and actinoid (An) iodides are difficult to obtain, as standard protocols describe syntheses in solutions of donor solvents which are ultimately hard to remove. We have now established a mechanochemical approach towards the synthesis of Lewis base-free f-block metal iodides with excellent yields. In particular, we describe herein the synthesis of EuI2 as an example of a divalent lanthanoid iodide, of CeI3 as an example of a trivalent lanthanoid iodide, and of UI3 as the most important actinoid iodide. Each can be obtained in high yield with minimal work-up, presenting the most efficient and simple synthetic route to access these materials to date.
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Ghosh TK, Maity S, Ghosh S, Gomila RM, Frontera A, Ghosh A. Role of Redox-Inactive Metal Ions in Modulating the Reduction Potential of Uranyl Schiff Base Complexes: Detailed Experimental and Theoretical Studies. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:7130-7142. [PMID: 35467851 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A mononuclear uranyl complex, [UO2L] (1), has been synthesized with the ligand N,N'-bis(3-methoxy-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-1,6-diamino-3-azahexane (H2L). The complex showed a reversible U(VI)/U(V) redox couple in cyclic voltammetric measurements. The reduction potential of this couple showed a positive shift upon the addition of redox-inactive alkali- and alkaline-earth Lewis acidic metal ions (Li+, Na+, K+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+) to an acetonitrile solution of complex 1. The positive shift of the reduction potential has been explained on the basis of the Lewis acidity and internal electric-field effect of the respective metal ions. The bimetallic complexes [UO2LLi(NO3)] (2), [UO2LNa(BF4)]2 (3), [UO2LK(PF6)]2 (4), [(UO2L)2Ca]·(ClO4)2·CH3CN (5), [(UO2L)2Sr(H2O)2]·(ClO4)2·CH3CN (6), and [(UO2L)2Ba(ClO4)]·(ClO4) (7) have also been isolated in the solid state by reacting complex 1 with the corresponding metal ions and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Density functional theory calculations of the optimized [UO2LM]n+ complexes have been used to rationalize the experimental reduction and electric-field potentials imposed by the non-redox-active cations.
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- Tanmoy Kumar Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Departament de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carta de Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carta de Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University College of Science, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata 700009, India.,Rani Rashmoni Green University, Tarakeswar, Hooghly 712410, West Bengal, India
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Shao D, Moorthy S, Zhou Y, Wu ST, Zhu JY, Yang J, Wu D, Tian Z, Singh SKK. Field-induced slow magnetic relaxation behaviours in binuclear cobalt(II) metallocycle and exchange-coupled cluster. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:9357-9368. [DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01620f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Precise control of structures and magnetic properties of a molecular material constitutes an important challenge to realize the tailor-made magnetic function. Herein, we reported that the ligand-directed coordination self-assembly of...
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Modder DK, Batov MS, Rajeshkumar T, Sienkiewicz A, Zivkovic I, Scopelliti R, Maron L, Mazzanti M. Assembling Diuranium Complexes in Different States of Charge with a Bridging Redox-Active Ligand. Chem Sci 2022; 13:11294-11303. [PMID: 36320571 PMCID: PMC9533398 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03592h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Radical-bridged diuranium complexes are desirable for their potential high exchange coupling and single molecule magnet (SMM) behavior, but remain rare. Here we report for the first time radical-bridged diuranium(iv) and diuranium(iii) complexes. Reaction of [U{N(SiMe3)2}3] with 2,2′-bipyrimidine (bpym) resulted in the formation of the bpym-bridged diuranium(iv) complex [{((Me3Si)2N)3UIV}2(μ-bpym2−)], 1. Reduction with 1 equiv. KC8 reduces the complex, affording [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][{((Me3Si)2N)3U}2(μ-bpym)], 2, which is best described as a radical-bridged UIII–bpym˙−–UIII complex. Further reduction of 1 with 2 equiv. KC8, affords [K(2.2.2-cryptand)]2[{((Me3Si)2N)3UIII}2(μ-bpym2−)], 3. Addition of AgBPh4 to complex 1 resulted in the oxidation of the ligand, yielding the radical-bridged complex [{((Me3Si)2N)3UIV}2(μ-bpym˙−)][BPh4], 4. X-ray crystallography, electrochemistry, susceptibility data, EPR and DFT/CASSCF calculations are in line with their assignments. In complexes 2 and 4 the presence of the radical-bridge leads to slow magnetic relaxation. Convenient routes to dinuclear complexes of uranium where two uranium centers are bridged by the redox-active ligand bpym were identified resulting in unique and stable radical-bridged dimetallic complexes of U(iii) and U(iv) showing SMM behaviour.![]()
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- Dieuwertje K Modder
- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Cedex 4 31077 Toulouse France
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
- ADSresonances Sàrl Route de Genève 60B 1028 Préverenges Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Cedex 4 31077 Toulouse France
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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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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Ortu F, Randall S, Moulding DJ, Woodward AW, Kerridge A, Meyer K, La Pierre HS, Natrajan LS. Photoluminescence of Pentavalent Uranyl Amide Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:13184-13194. [PMID: 34387466 PMCID: PMC8397311 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Pentavalent uranyl species are crucial intermediates in transformations that play a key role for the nuclear industry and have recently been demonstrated to persist in reducing biotic and abiotic aqueous environments. However, due to the inherent instability of pentavalent uranyl, little is known about its electronic structure. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a series of monomeric and dimeric, pentavalent uranyl amide complexes. These synthetic efforts enable the acquisition of emission spectra of well-defined pentavalent uranyl complexes using photoluminescence techniques, which establish a unique signature to characterize its electronic structure and, potentially, its role in biological and engineered environments via emission spectroscopy.
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- Fabrizio Ortu
- Centre for Radiochemistry Resesarch, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.,School of Chemistry, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K
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- Centre for Radiochemistry Resesarch, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Centre for Radiochemistry Resesarch, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Centre for Radiochemistry Resesarch, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.,Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, U.K
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- Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Egerlandstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.,School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States.,Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics Program, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0400, United States
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- Centre for Radiochemistry Resesarch, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.,Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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Takeyama T, Tsushima S, Takao K. Effects of Substituents on the Molecular Structure and Redox Behavior of Uranyl(V/VI) Complexes with N 3O 2-Donating Schiff Base Ligands. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:11435-11449. [PMID: 34278786 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Uranyl(VI) complexes with pentadentate N3O2-donating Schiff base ligands having various substituents at the ortho (R1) and/or para (R2) positions on phenolate moieties, R1,R2-Mesaldien2-, were synthesized and thoroughly characterized by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, elemental analysis, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Molecular structures of UO2(R1,R2-Mesaldien) are more or less affected by the electron-donating or -withdrawing nature of the substituents. The redox behavior of all UO2(R1,R2-Mesaldien) complexes was investigated to understand how substituents introduced onto the ligand affect the redox behavior of these uranyl(VI) complexes. As a result, the redox potentials of UO2(R1,R2-Mesaldien) in dimethyl sulfoxide increased from -1.590 to -1.213 V with an increase in the electron-withdrawing nature of the substituents at the R1 and R2 positions. The spectroelectrochemical measurements and theoretical calculation [density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT calculations] revealed that the center U6+ of each UO2(R1,R2-Mesaldien) complex undergoes one-electron reduction to afford the corresponding uranyl(V) complex, [UO2(R1,R2-Mesaldien)]-, regardless of the difference in the substituents. Consequently, the redox active center of uranyl(VI) complexes seems not to be governed by the redox potentials but to be determined by whether the LUMO is centered on a U 5f orbital or on one π* orbital of a surrounding ligand.
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- Tomoyuki Takeyama
- Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 N1-32, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.,Tokyo Tech World Research Hub Initiative (WRHI), Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 N1-32, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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Lu JB, Cantu DC, Xu CQ, Nguyen MT, Hu HS, Glezakou VA, Rousseau R, Li J. Norm-Conserving Pseudopotentials and Basis Sets to Explore Actinide Chemistry in Complex Environments. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:3360-3371. [PMID: 34032441 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We have developed a new set of norm-conserving pseudopotentials and companion Gaussian basis sets for the actinide (An) series (Ac-Lr) using the Goedecker, Teter, and Hutter (GTH) formalism with the Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof (PBE) exchange-correlation functional of generalized gradient approximation. To test the accuracy and reliability of the newly parameterized An-GTH pseudopotentials and basis sets, a variety of benchmarks on actinide-containing molecules were carried out and compared to all-electron and available experimental results. The new pseudopotentials include both medium- ([Xe]4f14) and large-core ([Xe]4f145d10) options that successfully reproduce the structures and energetics, particularly redox processes. The medium-core size set, in particular, reproduces all-electron calculations over multiple oxidation states from 0 to VII, whereas the large-core set is suitable only for the early series elements and low oxidation states. The underlying reason for these transferability issues is discussed in detail. This work fills a critical void in the literature for studying the chemistry of 5f-block elements in the condensed phase.
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- Jun-Bo Lu
- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Basic and Applied Molecular Foundations, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Basic and Applied Molecular Foundations, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Basic and Applied Molecular Foundations, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.,Department of Chemistry, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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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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Antkowiak M, Majee MC, Maity M, Mondal D, Kaj M, Lesiów M, Bieńko A, Kronik L, Chaudhury M, Kamieniarz G. Generalized Heisenberg-Type Magnetic Phenomena in Coordination Polymers with Nickel–Lanthanide Dinuclear Units. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 2021; 125:11182-11196. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c01947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/19/2023]
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- Michał Antkowiak
- Faculty of Physics, A. Mickiewicz University, ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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- Banwarilal Bhalotia College, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal-713303, India
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Government General Degree College Mangalkote, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal-713143, India
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, 14 F. Joliot-Curie, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, 14 F. Joliot-Curie, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, 14 F. Joliot-Curie, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth 7610000, Israel
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Faculty of Physics, A. Mickiewicz University, ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovoth 7610000, Israel
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Zhang M, Liang C, Cheng GD, Chen J, Wang Y, He L, Cheng L, Gong S, Zhang D, Li J, Hu SX, Diwu J, Wu G, Wang Y, Chai Z, Wang S. Intrinsic Semiconducting Behavior in a Large Mixed-Valent Uranium(V/VI) Cluster. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:9886-9890. [PMID: 33590695 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202017298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We disclose the intrinsic semiconducting properties of one of the largest mixed-valent uranium clusters, [H3 O+ ][UV (UVI O2 )8 (μ3 -O)6 (PhCOO)2 (Py(CH2 O)2 )4 (DMF)4 ] (Ph=phenyl, Py=pyridyl, DMF=N,N-dimethylformamide) (1). Single-crystal X-ray crystallography demonstrates that UV center is stabilized within a tetraoxo core surrounded by eight uranyl(VI) pentagonal bipyramidal centers. The oxidation states of uranium are substantiated by spectroscopic data and magnetic susceptibility measurement. Electronic spectroscopy and theory corroborate that UV species serve as electron donors and thus facilitate 1 being a n-type semiconductor. With the largest effective atomic number among all reported radiation-detection semiconductor materials, charge transport properties and photoconductivity were investigated under X-ray excitation for 1: a large on-off ratio of 500 and considerable charge mobility lifetime product of 2.3×10-4 cm2 V-1 , as well as a high detection sensitivity of 23.4 μC Gyair -1 cm-2 .
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- Mingxing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China.,Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China
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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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Zhang M, Liang C, Cheng G, Chen J, Wang Y, He L, Cheng L, Gong S, Zhang D, Li J, Hu S, Diwu J, Wu G, Wang Y, Chai Z, Wang S. Intrinsic Semiconducting Behavior in a Large Mixed‐Valent Uranium(V/VI) Cluster. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202017298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Mingxing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility Shanghai Advanced Research Institute Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201210 China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201800 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection School for Radiological and interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of, Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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Xia J, Guo J, Zhang X, Lan M, Wen J, Wang S, He Y, Xiang G, Corrias A, Boi FS. Anomalous stepped-hysteresis and T-induced unit-cell-volume reduction in carbon nanotubes continuously filled with faceted Fe3C nanowires. NANO EXPRESS 2021. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-959x/abe605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ferromagnetically-filled carbon nanotubes have been recently considered important candidates for application into data recording quantum disk devices. Achievement of high filling rates of the ferromagnetic materials is particularly desirable for applications. Here we report the novel observation of carbon nanotubes continuously filled along the capillary with unusual μm-long faceted Fe3C nanowires. Anomalous magnetic features possibly due to strain effects of the crystal facets are reported. Magnetization measurements revealed unusual stepped magnetic hysteresis-loops at 300 K and at 2 K together with an anomalous decrease in the coercivity at low temperature. The observed unusual shape of the hysteresis is ascribed to the existence of an antiferromagnetic transition within or at the boundary of the ferromagnetic facets. The collapse in the coercivity value as the temperature decreases and the characteristic width-enhancement of the hysteresis with the field increasing appear to indicate the existence of layered antiferromagnetic phases, possibly in the strain-rich regions of the nanowire facets. Zero field cooled (ZFC) and field cooled (FC) magnetic curves evidenced presence of magnetic irreversibilities, an indicator of a possible spin-glass-like behavior induced by competing antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic interactions. Characterization performed with low temperature XRD measurements, further revealed a slight variation in the average Fe3C unit cell parameters, suggesting the absence of additional unit-cell volume induced ferromagnetic transitions at low temperature.
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Wang J, Li Q, Wu S, Chen Y, Wan R, Huang G, Liu Y, Liu J, Reta D, Giansiracusa MJ, Wang Z, Chilton NF, Tong M. Opening Magnetic Hysteresis by Axial Ferromagnetic Coupling: From Mono‐Decker to Double‐Decker Metallacrown. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202014993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Jin Wang
- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Center Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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Wang J, Li QW, Wu SG, Chen YC, Wan RC, Huang GZ, Liu Y, Liu JL, Reta D, Giansiracusa MJ, Wang ZX, Chilton NF, Tong ML. Opening Magnetic Hysteresis by Axial Ferromagnetic Coupling: From Mono-Decker to Double-Decker Metallacrown. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:5299-5306. [PMID: 33216437 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Combining Ising-type magnetic anisotropy with collinear magnetic interactions in single-molecule magnets (SMMs) is a significant synthetic challenge. Herein we report a Dy[15-MCCu -5] (1-Dy) SMM, where a DyIII ion is held in a central pseudo-D5h pocket of a rigid and planar Cu5 metallacrown (MC). Linking two Dy[15-MCCu -5] units with a single hydroxide bridge yields the double-decker {Dy[15-MCCu -5]}2 (2-Dy) SMM where the anisotropy axes of the two DyIII ions are nearly collinear, resulting in magnetic relaxation times for 2-Dy that are approximately 200 000 times slower at 2 K than for 1-Dy in zero external field. Whereas 1-Dy and the YIII -diluted Dy@2-Y analogue do not show remanence in magnetic hysteresis experiments, the hysteresis data for 2-Dy remain open up to 6 K without a sudden drop at zero field. In conjunction with theoretical calculations, these results demonstrate that the axial ferromagnetic Dy-Dy coupling suppresses fast quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM). The relaxation profiles of both complexes curiously exhibit three distinct exponential regimes, and hold the largest effective energy barriers for any reported d-f SMMs up to 625 cm-1 .
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- Jin Wang
- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Wuhan National High Magnetic Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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Zheng XJ, Bacha RUS, Su DM, Pan QJ. Main-Group Metals Stabilized Polypyrrolic Uranyl(V) Complexes via Cation-Cation Interaction with the Uranyl exo-Oxo Atom: A Relativistic Density Functional Theory Study. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:18018-18026. [PMID: 33300783 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To explore the innovative uranyl(V) complexes by deeply understanding their coordination stability, relativistic density functional theory calculations have been performed to investigate the experimentally reported [(py)(R2AlOUVO)(py)(H2L)] [R = Me (1), iBu (2)] and [{(py)3MOUVO}(py)(H2L)] [M = Li (3), Na (4), K (5)] and their uranyl(VI) counterparts. Structural and topological analyses along with transformation-reaction energies and redox potentials were systematically studied. Geometrical and quantum theory of atoms in molecules analyses implied a linear U-Oexo-M feature in 1-3 and a bent one in 4 and 5. The calculated free energies (ΔrG) of reactions transforming 1/2 into 3/4/5 confirmed a higher stability of the latter ones, which were further corroborated by their reduction potentials (E0). The E0 value of 5 versus uranyl(VI) is close to its experimental value, particularly in solvation with spin-orbit coupling. The highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals of uranyl(V) and uranyl(VI) have predominant U(5fδ) character. Compared to mononuclear uranyl(VI), the coordination of aluminum and alkali metals to uranyl exo-oxo significantly contributes to the stabilization of uranyl(V) by altering the E0 value from -1.59 to -0.85, -0.91, -1.33, -1.50, and -1.46 V, respectively. The calculation results show a more positive E0 than that of the precursor 6VI/6 without exo-oxo coordination. The calculated E0 values of 3-5 are certainly more negative than those of 1 and 2. The alkali metals were found to activate U═O bonds more easily/readily than aluminum by coordination to the exo-oxo atom. In brief, the uranyl exo-oxo cation-cation-interaction enhanced the reduction ability from its uranyl(VI) analogue and raised the stability of the UV center.
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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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Hu SX, Zhang P, Lu E, Zhang P. Decisive Role of 5f-Orbital Covalence in the Structure and Stability of Pentavalent Transuranic Oxo [M 6O 8] Clusters. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:18068-18077. [PMID: 33287539 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Actinide metal oxo clusters are of vital importance in actinide chemistry, as well as in environmental and materials sciences. They are ubiquitous in both aqueous and nonaqueous phases and play key roles in nuclear materials (e.g., nuclear fuel) and nuclear waste management. Despite their importance, our structural understanding of the actinide metal oxo clusters, particularly the transuranic ones, is very limited because of experimental challenges such as high radioactivity. Herein we report a systematic theoretical study on the structures and stabilities of seven actinide metal oxo-hydroxo clusters [AnIV6O4(OH)4L12] (1-An; An = Th-Cm; L = O2CH-) along with their group 4 (Ti, Zr, Hf, Rf) and lanthanide (Ce) counterparts [MIV6O4(OH)4L12] (1-M). The work shows the Td-symmetric structures of all of the 1-An/M clusters and suggests the positions of the -OH functional groups, which are experimentally challenging to determine. Furthermore, by removing six electrons from 1-An, we found that oxidation could happen on the AnIV metal ions, producing [AnV6O4(OH)4L12]6+ (2-An; An = Pa, U, Np), or on the O2- and OH- ligands, producing [AnIV6(O•-)4(OH•)2(OH)2L12]6+ (3-An; An = Pu, Am, Cm). On the basis of 2-An, we constructed a series of tetravalent and pentavalent actinide metal oxo clusters [AnIV6O14]4- (4-An) and [AnV6O14]2+ (5-An), which proves the feasibility of the highly important pentavalent actinyl clusters, demonstrates the f orbital's structure-directing role in the formation of linear [O≡AnV═O]+ actinyl ions, and expands the concept of actinyl-actinyl interaction into pentavalent transuranic actinyl clusters.
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- Shu-Xian Hu
- School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.,Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, U.K
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- Laboratory of Computational Physics, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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Synthesis and magnetic property of a cobalt complex constructed by a linear Co–NNN–Co unit. Inorganica Chim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.119804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Dong Shao
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing Jiangsu 210023 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing Jiangsu 210023 China
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Singh SK, Cramer CJ, Gagliardi L. Correlating Electronic Structure and Magnetic Anisotropy in Actinide Complexes [An(COT) 2], An III/IV = U, Np, and Pu. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:6815-6825. [PMID: 32368906 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The electronic structures and magnetic anisotropies for compounds [An(COT)2] (An = UIII/UIV, NpIII/NpIV and PuIII/PuIV, COT = cyclooctatetraene) are characterized using scalar relativistic density functional theory calculations and second-order perturbation theory based on a complete active space self-consistent field reference including spin-orbit coupling. The degree of participation of 5f orbitals in actinide-ligand bonding and the associated metal-ligand covalency is found to trend as U > Np ≥ Pu for both the tetra-positive and tripositive An complexes. A spin-Hamiltonian analysis indicates only weak single-molecule magnet (SMM) characteristics for [U(COT)2]- and [Np(COT)2] complexes and no significant SMM behavior for the other complexes. The weak SMM behavior in [U(COT)2]- and [Np(COT)2] is attributed to a subtle interplay between local symmetry and ligand-field splitting. Such a result suggests that magnetic anisotropy in 5f3 ions can be modulated in general by electrostatic ligand field design. In particular, σ-donor ligands oriented 180 degrees relative to one another will have a maximal influence on the 5f-orbital ligand field splitting, while π donors like cyclopentadiene and COT generate ligand field influences that have more acute angles associated with corresponding atoms on the individual ligands. These observations rationalize the differences in SMM characteristics for [U(BcMe)3] (BcMe- = dihydrobis(methylimidazolyl)borate) and [U(BpMe)3] (BpMe- = dihydrobis(methylpyrazolyl)borate) and indicate strategies to design new actinide-based SMMs with high magnetic relaxation barriers.
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- Saurabh Kumar Singh
- Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
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Thorarinsdottir AE, Bjornsson R, Harris TD. Insensitivity of Magnetic Coupling to Ligand Substitution in a Series of Tetraoxolene Radical-Bridged Fe 2 Complexes. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:4634-4649. [PMID: 32196317 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The elucidation of magnetostructural correlations between bridging ligand substitution and strength of magnetic coupling is essential to the development of high-temperature molecule-based magnetic materials. Toward this end, we report the series of tetraoxolene-bridged FeII2 complexes [(Me3TPyA)2Fe2(RL)]n+ (Me3TPyA = tris(6-methyl-2-pyridylmethyl)amine; n = 2: OMeLH2 = 3,6-dimethoxy-2,5-dihydroxo-1,4-benzoquinone, ClLH2 = 3,6-dichloro-2,5-dihydroxo-1,4-benzoquinone, Na2[NO2L] = sodium 3,6-dinitro-2,5-dihydroxo-1,4-benzoquinone; n = 4: SMe2L = 3,6-bis(dimethylsulfonium)-2,5-dihydroxo-1,4-benzoquinone diylide) and their one-electron-reduced analogues. Variable-temperature dc magnetic susceptibility data reveal the presence of weak ferromagnetic superexchange between FeII centers in the oxidized species, with exchange constants of J = +1.2(2) (R = OMe, Cl) and +0.3(1) (R = NO2, SMe2) cm-1. In contrast, X-ray diffraction, cyclic voltammetry, and Mössbauer spectroscopy establish a ligand-centered radical in the reduced complexes. Magnetic measurements for the radical-bridged species reveal the presence of strong antiferromagnetic metal-radical coupling, with J = -57(10), -60(7), -58(6), and -65(8) cm-1 for R = OMe, Cl, NO2, and SMe2, respectively. The minimal effects of substituents in the 3- and 6-positions of RLx-• on the magnetic coupling strength is understood through electronic structure calculations, which show negligible spin density on the substituents and associated C atoms of the ring. Finally, the radical-bridged complexes are single-molecule magnets, with relaxation barriers of Ueff = 50(1), 41(1), 38(1), and 33(1) cm-1 for R = OMe, Cl, NO2, and SMe2, respectively. Taken together, these results provide the first examination of how bridging ligand substitution influences magnetic coupling in semiquinoid-bridged compounds, and they establish design criteria for the synthesis of semiquinoid-based molecules and materials.
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- Department of Inorganic Spectroscopy, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion, Mülheim an der Ruhr 45470, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston 60208, Illinois, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720, California, United States
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Ghosh TK, Mahapatra P, Drew MGB, Franconetti A, Frontera A, Ghosh A. The Effect of Guest Metal Ions on the Reduction Potentials of Uranium(VI) Complexes: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations. Chemistry 2020; 26:1612-1623. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Tanmoy Kumar Ghosh
- Department of ChemistryUniversity College of ScienceUniversity of Calcutta 92 A.P.C. Road Kolkata 700 009 India
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity College of ScienceUniversity of Calcutta 92 A.P.C. Road Kolkata 700 009 India
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- School of ChemistryThe University of Reading P.O. Box 224, Whiteknights Reading RG6 6AD United Kingdom
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- Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de les Illes Balears Crta de Valldemossa km 7.5 07122 Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- Departament de QuímicaUniversitat de les Illes Balears Crta de Valldemossa km 7.5 07122 Palma de Mallorca Spain
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity College of ScienceUniversity of Calcutta 92 A.P.C. Road Kolkata 700 009 India
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Pedersen KS, Meihaus KR, Rogalev A, Wilhelm F, Aravena D, Amoza M, Ruiz E, Long JR, Bendix J, Clérac R. [UF
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: A Molecular Hexafluorido Actinide(IV) Complex with Compensating Spin and Orbital Magnetic Moments. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201905056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Kasper S. Pedersen
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
- Department of Chemistry Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- ESRF–The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
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- ESRF–The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble Cedex 9 France
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales Facultad de Química y Biología Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) Casilla 40, Correo 33 Santiago Chile
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 645 08028 Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Copenhagen 2100 Copenhagen Denmark
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031 33600 Pessac France
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Zorina LV, Simonov SV, Sasnovskaya VD, Talantsev AD, Morgunov RB, Mironov VS, Yagubskii EB. Slow Magnetic Relaxation, Antiferromagnetic Ordering, and Metamagnetism in Mn II (H 2 dapsc)-Fe III (CN) 6 Chain Complex with Highly Anisotropic Fe-CN-Mn Spin Coupling. Chemistry 2019; 25:14583-14597. [PMID: 31361924 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Reactions of [Mn(H2 dapsc)Cl2 ]⋅H2 O (dapsc=2,6- diacetylpyridine bis(semicarbazone)) with K3 [Fe(CN)6 ] and (PPh4 )3 [Fe(CN)6 ] lead to the formation of the chain polymeric complex {[Mn(H2 dapsc)][Fe(CN)6 ][K(H2 O)3.5 ]}n ⋅1.5n H2 O (1) and the discrete pentanuclear complex {[Mn(H2 dapsc)]3 [Fe(CN)6 ]2 (H2 O)2 }⋅4 CH3 OH⋅3.4 H2 O (2), respectively. In the crystal structure of 1 the high-spin [MnII (H2 dapsc)]2+ cations and low-spin hexacyanoferrate(III) anions are assembled into alternating heterometallic cyano-bridged chains. The K+ ions are located between the chains and are coordinated by oxygen atoms of the H2 dapsc ligand and water molecules. The magnetic structure of 1 is built from ferrimagnetic chains, which are antiferromagnetically coupled. The complex exhibits metamagnetism and frequency-dependent ac magnetic susceptibility, indicating single-chain magnetic behavior with a Mydosh-parameter φ=0.12 and an effective energy barrier (Ueff /kB ) of 36.0 K with τ0 =2.34×10-11 s for the spin relaxation. Detailed theoretical analysis showed highly anisotropic intra-chain spin coupling between [FeIII (CN)6 ]3- and [MnII (H2 dapsc)]2+ units resulting from orbital degeneracy and unquenched orbital momentum of [FeIII (CN)6 ]3- complexes. The origin of the metamagnetic transition is discussed in terms of strong magnetic anisotropy and weak AF interchain spin coupling.
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- Leokadiya V Zorina
- Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Ossipyan Str. 2, Chernogolovka MD, Russia
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Ossipyan Str. 2, Chernogolovka MD, Russia
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- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Semenov's av. 1, Chernogolovka, MD, Russia
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- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Semenov's av. 1, Chernogolovka, MD, Russia
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- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Semenov's av. 1, Chernogolovka, MD, Russia
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- Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research, Centre "Crystallography and Photonics", Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii av. 59, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Semenov's av. 1, Chernogolovka, MD, Russia
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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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Palumbo CT, Barluzzi L, Scopelliti R, Zivkovic I, Fabrizio A, Corminboeuf C, Mazzanti M. Tuning the structure, reactivity and magnetic communication of nitride-bridged uranium complexes with the ancillary ligands. Chem Sci 2019; 10:8840-8849. [PMID: 31803458 PMCID: PMC6853081 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02149c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The reactivity of the nitride ligand is increased in complexes of uranium(iv) when bound by the OSi(OtBu)3 ligand as opposed to N(SiMe3)2, but magnetic exchange coupling is decreased.
Molecular uranium nitride complexes were prepared to relate their small molecule reactivity to the nature of the U
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U bonding imposed by the supporting ligand. The U4+–U4+ nitride complexes, [NBu4][{((tBuO)3SiO)3U}2(μ-N)], [NBu4]-1, and [NBu4][((Me3Si)2N)3U}2(μ-N)], 2, were synthesised by reacting NBu4N3 with the U3+ complexes, [U(OSi(OtBu)3)2(μ-OSi(OtBu)3)]2 and [U(N(SiMe3)2)3], respectively. Oxidation of 2 with AgBPh4 gave the U4+–U5+ analogue, [((Me3Si)2N)3U}2(μ-N)], 4. The previously reported methylene-bridged U4+–U4+ nitride [Na(dme)3][((Me3Si)2)2U(μ-N)(μ-κ2-C,N-CH2SiMe2NSiMe3)U(N(SiMe3)2)2] (dme = 1,2-dimethoxyethane), [Na(dme)3]-3, provided a versatile precursor for the synthesis of the mixed-ligand U4+–U4+ nitride complex, [Na(dme)3][((Me3Si)2N)3U(μ-N)U(N(SiMe3)2)(OSi(OtBu)3)], 5. The reactivity of the 1–5 complexes was assessed with CO2, CO, and H2. Complex [NBu4]-1 displays similar reactivity to the previously reported heterobimetallic complex, [Cs{((tBuO)3SiO)3U}2(μ-N)], [Cs]-1, whereas the amide complexes 2 and 4 are unreactive with these substrates. The mixed-ligand complexes 3 and 5 react with CO and CO2 but not H2. The nitride complexes [NBu4]-1, 2, 4, and 5 along with their small molecule activation products were structurally characterized. Magnetic data measured for the all-siloxide complexes [NBu4]-1 and [Cs]-1 show uncoupled uranium centers, while strong antiferromagnetic coupling was found in complexes containing amide ligands, namely 2 and 5 (with maxima in the χ versus T plot of 90 K and 55 K). Computational analysis indicates that the U(μ-N) bond order decreases with the introduction of oxygen-based ligands effectively increasing the nucleophilicity of the bridging nitride.
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- Chad T Palumbo
- 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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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism , Institute of Physics , 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) , 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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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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Pedersen KS, Meihaus KR, Rogalev A, Wilhelm F, Aravena D, Amoza M, Ruiz E, Long JR, Bendix J, Clérac R. [UF 6 ] 2- : A Molecular Hexafluorido Actinide(IV) Complex with Compensating Spin and Orbital Magnetic Moments. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:15650-15654. [PMID: 31290580 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The first structurally characterized hexafluorido complex of a tetravalent actinide ion, the [UF6 ]2- anion, is reported in the (NEt4 )2 [UF6 ]⋅2 H2 O salt (1). The weak magnetic response of 1 results from both UIV spin and orbital contributions, as established by combining X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectroscopy and bulk magnetization measurements. The spin and orbital moments are virtually identical in magnitude, but opposite in sign, resulting in an almost perfect cancellation, which is corroborated by ab initio calculations. This work constitutes the first experimental demonstration of a seemingly non-magnetic molecular actinide complex carrying sizable spin and orbital magnetic moments.
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- Kasper S Pedersen
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031, 33600, Pessac, France.,Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs., Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, 38000, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71, Avenue des Martyrs, 38000, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Departamento de Química de los Materiales, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica and Institut de Química Teòrica i Computacional, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, UMR 5031, 33600, Pessac, France
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Teyar B, Boucenina S, Belkhiri L, Le Guennic B, Boucekkine A, Mazzanti M. Theoretical Investigation of the Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Oxo-Bridged Uranyl(V) Dinuclear and Trinuclear Complexes. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:10097-10110. [PMID: 31287673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The uranyl(V) complexes [UO2(dbm)2K(18C6)]2 (dbm = dibenzoylmethanate) and [UO2(L)]3(L = 2-(4-tolyl)-1,3-bis(quinolyl)malondiiminate), exhibiting diamond-shaped U2O2 and triangular-shaped U3O3 cores respectively with 5f1-5f1 and 5f1-5f1-5f1 configurations, have been investigated using relativistic density functional theory (DFT). The bond order and QTAIM analyses reveal that the covalent contribution to the bonding within the oxo cores is slightly more important for U3O3 than for U2O2, in line with the shorter U-O distances existing in the trinuclear complex in comparison to those in the binuclear complex. Using the broken symmetry (BS) approach combined with the B3LYP functional for the calculation of the magnetic exchange coupling constants (J) between the magnetic centers, the antiferromagnetic (AF) character of these complexes was confirmed, the estimated J values being respectively equal to -24.1 and -7.2 cm-1 for the dioxo and trioxo species. It was found that the magnetic exchange is more sensitive to small variations of the core geometry of the dioxo species in comparison to the trioxo species. Although the robust AF exchange coupling within the UxOx cores is generally maintained when small variations of the UOU angle are applied, a weak ferromagnetic character appears in the dioxo species when this angle is higher than 114°, its value for the actual structure being equal to 105.9°. The electronic factors driving the magnetic coupling are discussed.
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- Billel Teyar
- Faculté des Sciences Exactes , Université des Frères Mentouri , Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique LPMS, 25017 Constantine , Algeria.,Université Ziane Achour de Djelfa , 17000 Djelfa , Algeria
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- Faculté des Sciences Exactes , Université des Frères Mentouri , Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique LPMS, 25017 Constantine , Algeria
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- Faculté des Sciences Exactes , Université des Frères Mentouri , Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique LPMS, 25017 Constantine , Algeria
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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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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Xémard M, Cordier M, Molton F, Duboc C, Le Guennic B, Maury O, Cador O, Nocton G. Divalent Thulium Crown Ether Complexes with Field-Induced Slow Magnetic Relaxation. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:2872-2880. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Mathieu Xémard
- LCM, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Université
Paris-Saclay, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- LCM, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Université
Paris-Saclay, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS UMR 5250, DCM, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ Grenoble Alpes, CNRS UMR 5250, DCM, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) - UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France
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- Univ Lyon, ENS Lyon, CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR 5182, Laboratoire de Chimie, 69342 Lyon, France
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- Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) - UMR 6226, 35000 Rennes, France
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- LCM, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Université
Paris-Saclay, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Wang Y, Wang Y, Dai X, Liu W, Yin X, Chen L, Zhai F, Diwu J, Zhang C, Zhou R, Chai Z, Liu N, Wang S. Inorganic X-ray Scintillators Based on a Previously Unnoticed but Intrinsically Advantageous Metal Center. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:2807-2812. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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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- Yaxing Wang
- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China
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Chatelain L, Faizova R, Fadaei-Tirani F, Pécaut J, Mazzanti M. Structural Snapshots of Cluster Growth from {U 6 } to {U 38 } During the Hydrolysis of UCl 4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:3021-3026. [PMID: 30602068 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Herein we report the assembly of large uranium(IV) clusters with novel nuclearities and/or shapes from the controlled hydrolysis of UCl4 in organic solution and in the presence of the benzoate ligands. {U6 }, {U13 }, {U16 }, {U24 }, {U38 } oxo and oxo/hydroxo clusters were isolated and crystallographically characterized. These structural snapshots indicate that larger clusters are slowly built from the condensation of octahedral {U6 } building blocks. The uranium/benzoate ligand ratio, the reaction temperature and the presence of base play an important role in determining the structure of the final assembly. Moreover, the isolation of different size cluster {U6 } (few hours), {U16 } (3 days), {U24 } (21 days) from the same solution in a chosen set of conditions shows that the assembly of uranium oxo clusters in hydrolytic conditions is time dependent.
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- Lucile Chatelain
- 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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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INAC, SYMMES, UMR 5819 Equipe Chimie Interface Biologie pour l'Environnement la Santé et la Toxicologie, 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Chatelain L, Faizova R, Fadaei‐Tirani F, Pécaut J, Mazzanti M. Structural Snapshots of Cluster Growth from {U6} to {U38} During the Hydrolysis of UCl4. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201812509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Lucile Chatelain
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEACNRS, INACSYMMES, UMR 5819 Equipe Chimie Interface Biologie pour l'Environnement la Santé et la Toxicologie 17 Rue des Martyrs 38000 Grenoble France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie ChimiquesEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Coutinho JT, Perfetti M, Baldoví JJ, Antunes MA, Hallmen PP, Bamberger H, Crassee I, Orlita M, Almeida M, van Slageren J, Pereira LCJ. Spectroscopic Determination of the Electronic Structure of a Uranium Single-Ion Magnet. Chemistry 2019; 25:1758-1766. [PMID: 30403293 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Early actinide ions have large spin-orbit couplings and crystal field interactions, leading to large anisotropies. The success in using actinides as single-molecule magnets has so far been modest, underlining the need for rational strategies. Indeed, the electronic structure of actinide single-molecule magnets and its relation to their magnetic properties remains largely unexplored. A uranium(III) single-molecule magnet, [UIII {SiMe2 NPh}3 -tacn)(OPPh3 )] (tacn=1,4,7-triazacyclononane), has been investigated by means of a combination of magnetic, spectroscopic and theoretical methods to elucidate the origin of its static and dynamic magnetic properties.
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- Joana T Coutinho
- Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA-EMFL, 25 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, CNRS-UGA-UPS-INSA-EMFL, 25 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France.,Institute of Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116, Praha 2, Czech Republic
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- Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Estrada Nacional 10, 2695-066, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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Ion association with tetra-n-alkylammonium cations stabilizes higher-oxidation-state neptunium dioxocations. Nat Commun 2019; 10:59. [PMID: 30610189 PMCID: PMC6320366 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07982-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Extended-coordination sphere interactions between dissolved metals and other ions, including electrolyte cations, are not known to perturb the electrochemical behavior of metal cations in water. Herein, we report the stabilization of higher-oxidation-state Np dioxocations in aqueous chloride solutions by hydrophobic tetra-n-alkylammonium (TAA+) cations—an effect not exerted by fully hydrated Li+ cations under similar conditions. Experimental and molecular dynamics simulation results indicate that TAA+ cations not only drive enhanced coordination of anionic Cl– ligands to NpV/VI but also associate with the resulting Np complexes via non-covalent interactions, which together decrease the electrode potential of the NpVI/NpV couple by up to 220 mV (ΔΔG = −22.2 kJ mol−1). Understanding the solvation-dependent interplay between electrolyte cations and metal–oxo species opens an avenue for controlling the formation and redox properties of metal complexes in solution. It also provides valuable mechanistic insights into actinide separation processes that widely use quaternary ammonium cations as extractants or in room temperature ionic liquids. The electrochemical behaviour of redox-active metal cations foremost depends on the metal centre’s inner-sphere coordination environment. Here the authors show that electrolyte cations unexpectedly stabilize higher-oxidation-state neptunium dioxocations in water through extended-coordination sphere interactions.
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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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Higgins RF, Tatebe CJ, Bart SC, Shores MP. Excited-state effects on magnetic properties of U( iii) and U( iv) pyrazolylborate complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:10611-10614. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc04800f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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For a family of uranium pyrazolylborate complexes, we observe correlations between excited-state mixing and slow relaxation of magnetization for U(iii) complexes, and U⋯B distances in U(iv) complexes.
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Purdue University
- West Lafayette
- USA
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- Purdue University
- West Lafayette
- USA
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Rad-Yousefnia N, Shaabani B, Korabik M, Weselski M, Zahedi M, Englert U, Bikas R, Szeliga D, Otręba M, Lis T. Magnetic dimensionality and the crystal structure of two copper(ii) coordination polymers containing Cu6 and Cu2 building units. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:11421-11432. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01728c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The preparation, structural characterization, EPR spectroscopy and magnetic structural correlation of two Cu(ii) coordination polymers are reported.
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- Negar Rad-Yousefnia
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Tabriz
- Tabriz
- Iran
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Tabriz
- Tabriz
- Iran
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Wroclaw
- Wroclaw 50-383
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Wroclaw
- Wroclaw 50-383
- Poland
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry
- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Tabriz
- Tabriz
- Iran
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- RWTH Aachen University
- 52074 Aachen
- Germany
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Imam Khomeini International University
- Qazvin
- Iran
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Wroclaw
- Wroclaw 50-383
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Wroclaw
- Wroclaw 50-383
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry
- University of Wroclaw
- Wroclaw 50-383
- Poland
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Schöne S, März J, Stumpf T, Ikeda-Ohno A. Mixed-valent neptunium oligomer complexes based on cation–cation interactions. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:6700-6703. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt01056d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mixing Np(iv) and Np(v) (as neptunyl(v)) results in the formation of tri- and tetranuclear oligomer complexes based on cation–cation interactions (CCIs), indicating the potential of CCIs to expand the oligomer/cluster chemistry of actinides.
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- Sebastian Schöne
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Institute of Resource Ecology
- 01328 Dresden
- Germany
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