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Yang X, Xu L, Fang D, Zhang A, Xiao C. Progress in phenanthroline-derived extractants for trivalent actinides and lanthanides separation: where to next? Chem Commun (Camb) 2024. [PMID: 39235311 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc03810j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2024]
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Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) released from reactors possesses significant radioactivity, heat release properties, and high-value radioactive nuclides. Therefore, using chemical methods for reprocessing can enhance economic efficiency and reduce the potential environmental risks of nuclear energy. Due to the presence of relatively diffuse f-electrons, the chemical properties of trivalent lanthanides (Ln(III)) and actinides (An(III)) in SNF solutions are quite similar. Separation methods have several limitations, including poor separation efficiency and the need for multiple stripping agents. The use of novel multi-dental phenanthroline-derived extractants with nitrogen donor atoms to effectively separate An(III) over Ln(III) has been widely accepted. This review first introduces the development history of phenanthroline-derived extractants for extraction and complexation with An(III) over Ln(III). Then, based on structural differences, these extractants are classified into four categories: nitrogen-coordinated, N,O-hybrid coordinated, highly preorganized structure, and unsymmetric structure. Each category's design principles, extraction, and separation performance as well as their advantages and disadvantages are discussed. Finally, we have summarized and compared the unique characteristics of the existing extractants and provided an outlook. This work may offer a reliable reference for the precise identification and selective separation between An(III) and Ln(III), and point the way for future development and exploration.
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- Xiaofan Yang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Science, Key Laboratory of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
- Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
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Stracke J, Weßling P, Sittel T, Meiners P, Geist A, Panak PJ. Extraction and complexation studies with 2,6-bis(5-( tert-butyl)-1 H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine in the presence of 2-bromohexanoic acid. RSC Adv 2024; 14:28415-28422. [PMID: 39239278 PMCID: PMC11376233 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra05630b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2024] [Accepted: 09/02/2024] [Indexed: 09/07/2024] Open
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To improve the understanding of the extraction chemistry of An(iii) and Ln(iii) with N-donor ligands 2,6-bis(5-(tert-butyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine (C4-BPP) in the presence of 2-bromohexanoic acid was investigated. Extraction studies showed an excellent separation factor of SFAm(III)/Eu(III) ≈ 200 and SFAm(III)/Nd(III) ≈ 60 in comparison with the structurally similar ligand 2,6-bis(5-neopentyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridine C5-BPP (SFAm(III)/Eu(III) ≈ 100), even though C5-BPP showed significantly higher stability constants. Time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS) studies revealed the formation of the ternary 1 : 1 and 1 : 2 complexes [Eu(C4-BPP) n (2-bromohexanoate) m ](3-m)+ (n = 1-2) ( and ). [Eu(C4-BPP)2(2-bromohexanoate) m ](3-m)+ was the relevant complex species in solvent extraction. In contrast, Cm(iii) form stable 1 : 3 complexes. The ability of 2-bromohexanoic acid to replace C4-BPP from the inner coordination sphere of Eu(iii) but not from Cm(iii) is due to a more favorable complexation of Cm(iii) over Eu(iii) with C4-BPP. This resulted in a notably more efficient separation of An(iii) and Ln(iii) in comparison with C5-BPP.
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- Jonas Stracke
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
- Heidelberg University, Institut für Physikalische Chemie Im Neuenheimer Feld 253 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Heidelberg University, Institut für Physikalische Chemie Im Neuenheimer Feld 253 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Heidelberg University, Institut für Physikalische Chemie Im Neuenheimer Feld 253 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE) P.O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany
- Heidelberg University, Institut für Physikalische Chemie Im Neuenheimer Feld 253 69120 Heidelberg Germany
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Leung K, Ilgen AG. Modeling separation of lanthanides via heterogeneous ligand binding. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024. [PMID: 39018152 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00880d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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Individual lanthanide elements have physical/electronic/magnetic properties that make each useful for specific applications. Several of the lanthanides cations (Ln3+) naturally occur together in the same ores. They are notoriously difficult to separate from each other due to their chemical similarity. Predicting the Ln3+ differential binding energies (ΔΔE) or free energies (ΔΔG) at different binding sites, which are key figures of merit for separation applications, will help design of materials with lanthanide selectivity. We apply ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations and density functional theory (DFT) to calculate ΔΔG for Ln3+ coordinated to ligands in water and embedded in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and ΔΔE for Ln3+ bonded to functionalized silica surfaces, thus circumventing the need for the computational costly absolute binding (free) energies ΔG and ΔE. Perturbative AIMD simulations of water-inundated simulation cells are applied to examine the selectivity of ligands towards adjacent Ln3+ in the periodic table. Static DFT calculations with a full Ln3+ first coordination shell, while less rigorous, show that all ligands examined with net negative charges are more selective towards the heavier lanthanides than a charge-neutral coordination shell made up of water molecules. Amine groups are predicted to be poor ligands for lanthanide-binding. We also address cooperative ion binding, i.e., using different ligands in concert to enhance lanthanide selectivity.
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- Kevin Leung
- Geochemistry Department, MS 0750, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
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- Geochemistry Department, MS 0750, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA.
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Queffélec C, Pati PB, Pellegrin Y. Fifty Shades of Phenanthroline: Synthesis Strategies to Functionalize 1,10-Phenanthroline in All Positions. Chem Rev 2024; 124:6700-6902. [PMID: 38747613 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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1,10-Phenanthroline (phen) is one of the most popular ligands ever used in coordination chemistry due to its strong affinity for a wide range of metals with various oxidation states. Its polyaromatic structure provides robustness and rigidity, leading to intriguing features in numerous fields (luminescent coordination scaffolds, catalysis, supramolecular chemistry, sensors, theranostics, etc.). Importantly, phen offers eight distinct positions for functional groups to be attached, showcasing remarkable versatility for such a simple ligand. As a result, phen has become a landmark molecule for coordination chemists, serving as a must-use ligand and a versatile platform for designing polyfunctional arrays. The extensive use of substituted phenanthroline ligands with different metal ions has resulted in a diverse array of complexes tailored for numerous applications. For instance, these complexes have been utilized as sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells, as luminescent probes modified with antibodies for biomaterials, and in the creation of elegant supramolecular architectures like rotaxanes and catenanes, exemplified by Sauvage's Nobel Prize-winning work in 2016. In summary, phen has found applications in almost every facet of chemistry. An intriguing aspect of phen is the specific reactivity of each pair of carbon atoms ([2,9], [3,8], [4,7], and [5,6]), enabling the functionalization of each pair with different groups and leading to polyfunctional arrays. Furthermore, it is possible to differentiate each position in these pairs, resulting in non-symmetrical systems with tremendous versatility. In this Review, the authors aim to compile and categorize existing synthetic strategies for the stepwise polyfunctionalization of phen in various positions. This comprehensive toolbox will aid coordination chemists in designing virtually any polyfunctional ligand. The survey will encompass seminal work from the 1950s to the present day. The scope of the Review will be limited to 1,10-phenanthroline, excluding ligands with more intracyclic heteroatoms or fused aromatic cycles. Overall, the primary goal of this Review is to highlight both old and recent synthetic strategies that find applicability in the mentioned applications. By doing so, the authors hope to establish a first reference for phenanthroline synthesis, covering all possible positions on the backbone, and hope to inspire all concerned chemists to devise new strategies that have not yet been explored.
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- Nantes Université, CEISAM UMR 6230, F-44000 Nantes, France
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Cao H, Kang Y, Li B, Liu Y, Bao M, Li H, Zheng Y, Wang L, Weng C, Tang X, Wang L, Xu C. Amine-Terminated Phenanthroline Diimides as Aqueous Masking Agents for Am(III)/Eu(III) Separation: An Alternative Ligand Design Strategy for Water-Soluble Lanthanide/Actinide Chelating Ligands. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:10511-10518. [PMID: 38768636 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Selective actinide coordination (from lanthanides) is critical for both nuclear waste management and sustainable development of nuclear power. Hydrophilic ligands used as masking agents to withhold actinides in the aqueous phase are currently highly pursued, while synthetic accessibility, water solubility, acid resistance, and extraction capability are the remaining problems. Most reported hydrophilic ligands are only effective at low acidity. We recently proved that the phenanthroline diimide skeleton was an efficient building block for the construction of highly efficient acid-resistant hydrophilic lanthanide/actinide separation agents, while the limited water solubility hindered the loading capability of the ligand. Herein, amine was introduced as the terminal solubilizing group onto the phenanthroline diimide backbone, which after protonation in acid showed high water solubility. The positively charged terminal amines enhanced the ligand water solubility to a large extent, which, on the other side, was believed to be detrimental for the coordination and complexation of the metal cations. We showed that by delicately adjusting the alkyl chain spacing, this intuitive disadvantage could be relieved and superior extraction performances could be achieved. This work holds significance for both hydrophilic lanthanide/actinide separation ligand design and, concurrently, offers insights into the development of water-soluble lanthanide/actinide complexes for biomedical and bioimaging applications.
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- Hong Cao
- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Centre for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Haidian District, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
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Dong X, Hao H, Chen J, Wang Z, Xu C. Redox stabilization of Am(v) in a biphasic extraction system boosts americium/lanthanides separation efficiency. Chem Sci 2024; 15:2118-2122. [PMID: 38332823 PMCID: PMC10848673 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc06240f] [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: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Americium (Am) is a key radioactive element in consideration in nuclear waste treatment. Separation of Am from the fission products, lanthanides, is a prerequisite to minimize the hazardous impact of Am and make utilization of rare Am isotopes, but it represents a great challenge due to the chemical similarity between the two groups of elements. Herein, we realize the separation by first oxidizing Am(iii) to high valent Am(vi) and then converting it to Am(v) in situ in a biphasic extraction system with Bi(v) oxidant incorporated in an organic phase. Am(v) is highly stabilized during the separation process and this leads to record high Ln/Am separation factors (>105) in a single contact over a wide range of acidities.
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- Xue Dong
- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University 100084 Beijing China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University 100084 Beijing China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University 100084 Beijing China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University 100084 Beijing China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University 100084 Beijing China
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Liu Y, Kang Y, Bao M, Cao H, Weng C, Dong X, Hao H, Tang X, Chen J, Wang L, Xu C. Hydroxyl-group functionalized phenanthroline diimides as efficient masking agents for Am(III)/Eu(III) separation under harsh conditions. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 462:132756. [PMID: 37866146 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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The separation of Lns(III) from radioactive Ans(III) in high-level liquid waste remains a formidable hydrometallurgical challenge. Water-soluble ligands are believed to be new frontiers in the search of efficient Lns/Ans separation ligands to close the nuclear fuel cycles and dealing with current existing nuclear waste. Currently, the development of hydrophilic ligands far lags behind their lipophilic counterparts due to their complicated synthetic procedures, inferior extraction performances, and acid tolerances. In this paper, we have showed a series of hydroxyl-group functionalized phenanthroline diimides were efficient masking agents for Am(III)/Eu(III) separation under high acidity (˃ 1 M HNO3). Record high SFEu(III)/Am(III) of 162 and 264 were observed for Phen-2DIC2OH and Phen-2DIC4OH in 1.25 M HNO3 which represents the best Eu(III)/Am(III) separation performance at this acidity. UV-vis absorption, NMR and TRLFS titrations were conducted to elucidate the predominant of 1:1 ligand/metal species under extraction conditions. X-ray data of both the ligand and Eu(III) complex together with DFT calculations revealed the superior extraction performances and selectivities. The current reported hydrophilic ligands were easy to prepare and readily to scale-up, acid tolerant and highly efficient, together with their CHON-compatible nature make them promising candidates in the development of advanced separation processes.
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- Yaoyang Liu
- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871 China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, China.
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China.
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Wu Q, Hao H, Liu Y, Sha LT, Wang WJ, Shi WQ, Wang Z, Yan ZY. Selective Separation of Americium(III), Curium(III), and Lanthanide(III) by Aqueous and Organic Competitive Extraction. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:462-473. [PMID: 38141022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Adding hydrophilic ligands into aqueous solutions for the selective binding of actinides(III) is acknowledged as an advanced strategy in Ln(III)/An(III) separation. In view of the recycling and radioactive waste disposal of the minor actinide, there remains an urgent need to design and develop the appropriate ligand for selective separation of An(III) from Ln(III). Herein, four novel hydrophilic ligands with hard-soft hybrid donors, derived from the pyridine and phenanthroline skeletons, were designed and synthesized as masking agents for selective complexation of An(III) in the aqueous phase. The known N,N,N',N'-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA) was used as lipophilic extractant in the organic phase for extraction of Ln(III), and a new strategy for the competitive extraction of An(III) and Ln(III) was developed based on TODGA and the above hydrophilic ligands. The optimal hydrophilic ligand of N,N'-bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-2,9-dicarboxamide-1,10-phenanthroline (2OH-DAPhen) displayed exceptional selectivity toward Am(III) over Ln(III), with the concentrations of HNO3 ranging from 0.05 to 3.0 M. The maximum separation factors were up to 1365 for Eu/Am, 417.66 for Eu/Cm, and 42.38 for La/Am. The coordination mode and bonding property of 2OH-DAPhen with Ln(III) were investigated by 1H NMR titration, UV-vis spectrophotometric titration, luminescence titration, FT-IR, ESI-HRMS analysis, and DFT calculations. The results revealed that the predominant species formed in the aqueous phase was a 1:1 ligand/metal complex. DFT calculations also confirmed that the affinity of 2OH-DAPhen for Am(III) was better than that for Eu(III). The present work using a competitive extraction strategy developed a feasible alternative method for the selective separation of trivalent actinides from lanthanides.
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- Qiang Wu
- Radiochemistry Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100084, China
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- Radiochemistry Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- Radiochemistry Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Radiochemistry Laboratory, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
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Tian D, Liu Y, Kang Y, Zhao Y, Li P, Xu C, Wang L. A Simple yet Efficient Hydrophilic Phenanthroline-Based Ligand for Selective Am(III) Separation under High Acidity. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2023; 9:1642-1649. [PMID: 37637748 PMCID: PMC10451031 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.3c00504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Highly selective hydrophilic ligands were believed to be an efficient way to overcome the massive amount of hazardous organic solvent used in the liquid-liquid extraction process and stood as a new frontier in the Lns(III)/Ans(III) partition. Current reported hydrophilic ligands suffer from harsh preparation conditions, inferior extraction performances, limited available chemical structures, and inability to carry out extraction under high acidity. In this article, we report a simple yet efficient carboxylic group modified phenanthroline-diimide ligand which displayed unexpected Lns(III)/Ans(III) and Ans(III)/Ans(III) separation capabilities in 1.5 M HNO3. Unique dimeric architectures for Eu(III) complexes were observed, which could be the origin of the outperforming selectivity and acid resistance. We believe this crystal engineering approach could inspire a renaissance in searching for new functional groups and coordination modes for efficient, high-acid-tolerance Lns(III)/Ans(III) separation ligands.
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- Deshun Tian
- Department
of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, People’s Republic
of China
- Institute
of Materials for Optoelectronics and New Energy, Hubei Key Laboratory
of Plasma Chemistry and Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430205, People’s
Republic of China
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- Institute
of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua
University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, People’s Republic
of China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, People’s Republic
of China
- CAS
Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory
of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of
Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haidian District, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic
of China
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- Institute
of Materials for Optoelectronics and New Energy, Hubei Key Laboratory
of Plasma Chemistry and Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science
and Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430205, People’s
Republic of China
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- Institute
of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua
University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Haidian District, Beijing 100048, People’s Republic
of China
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Wan YQ, Hao H, Yu L, Wang ZP, Mocilac P. Novel hydrophilic bistriazolyl-phenanthroline ligands with improved solubility and performance in An/Ln separations. RSC Adv 2023; 13:21982-21990. [PMID: 37483667 PMCID: PMC10358317 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02707d] [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: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023] Open
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Two novel bistriazolyl-phenanthroline (BTrzPhen) ligands, bearing benzene-sulphonate (DS-BTrzPhen) and amino-acidic (DAA-BTrzPhen) hydrophilizing moieties were developed and found to be more soluble in aqueous acidic media with improved selectivity for Am(iii) over Eu(iii) in solvent extraction studies having SFEu/Am values reaching >300. The remarkable activities of both ligands suggest that BTrzPhen ligands are generally still worth exploring and improving.
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- Yong Qiang Wan
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University Lanzhou China +86 18719828130
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University Beijing China +86 18111567906
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University Lanzhou China +86 18719828130
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University Beijing China +86 18111567906
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University Lanzhou China +86 18719828130
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Zou Y, Lan JH, Yuan LY, Wang CZ, Wu QY, Chai ZF, Ren P, Shi WQ. Theoretical Insights into the Selectivity of Hydrophilic Sulfonated and Phosphorylated Ligands to Am(III) and Eu(III) Ions. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:4581-4589. [PMID: 36935646 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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The separation of lanthanides and actinides has attracted great attention in spent nuclear fuel reprocessing up to date. In addition, liquid-liquid extraction is a feasible and useful way to separate An(III) from Ln(III) based on their relative solubilities in two different immiscible liquids. The hydrophilic bipyridine- and phenanthroline-based nitrogen-chelating ligands show excellent performance in separation of Am(III) and Eu(III) as reported previously. To profoundly explore the separation mechanism, herein, we first of all designed four hydrophilic sulfonated and phosphorylated ligands L1, L2, L3, and L4 based on the bipyridine and phenanthroline backbones. In addition, we studied the structures of these ligands and their neutral complexes [ML(NO3)3] (M = Am, Eu) as well as the thermodynamic properties of complexing reactions through the scalar relativistic density functional theory. According to the changes of the Gibbs free energy for the back-extraction reactions, the phenanthroline-based ligands L2 and L4 have stronger complexing capacity for both Am(III) and Eu(III) ions while the phosphorylated ligand L3 with the bipyridine framework has the highest Am(III)/Eu(III) selectivity. In addition, the charge decomposition analysis revealed a higher degree of charge transfer from the ligand to Am(III), suggesting stronger donor-acceptor interactions in the Am(III) complexes. This study can provide theoretical insights into the separation of actinide(III)/lanthanide(III) using hydrophilic sulfonated and phosphorylated N-donor ligands.
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- Yao Zou
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry and Instrumentation, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China.,Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry and Instrumentation, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Johnson K, Driscoll DM, Damron JT, Ivanov AS, Jansone-Popova S. Size Selective Ligand Tug of War Strategy to Separate Rare Earth Elements. JACS AU 2023; 3:584-591. [PMID: 36873676 PMCID: PMC9976341 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Separating rare earth elements is a daunting task due to their similar properties. We report a "tug of war" strategy that employs a lipophilic and hydrophilic ligand with contrasting selectivity, resulting in a magnified separation of target rare earth elements. Specifically, a novel water-soluble bis-lactam-1,10-phenanthroline with an affinity for light lanthanides is coupled with oil-soluble diglycolamide that selectively binds heavy lanthanides. This two-ligand strategy yields a quantitative separation of the lightest (e.g., La-Nd) and heaviest (e.g., Ho-Lu) lanthanides, enabling efficient separation of neighboring lanthanides in-between (e.g., Sm-Dy).
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- Katherine
R. Johnson
- Nuclear
Energy and Fuel Cycle Division, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Verma PK, Mahanty B, Sengupta A, Mohapatra PK, Kumar R, Bhattacharyya D, Jha SN, Ali SM. Simple, Fast, and Selective Dissolution of Eu 2O 3 in an Ionic Liquid as a Sustainable Paradigm for Lanthanide-Actinide Separations in Radioactive Waste Remediation. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:87-97. [PMID: 36529981 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) process for lanthanide-actinide separation from the nuclear fuel cycle has several drawbacks such as, the requirement of cooling for decay heat control, the handling of large volumes of toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and secondary waste generation. Alternatively reprocessing without spent fuel cooling is done by pyroprocessing, which uses high-temperature corrosive molten salts and requires elevated temperature, and is an energy-intensive process. In recent years, some of the shortcomings of both LLE and pyroprocessing are overcome by the use of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as the solvents. In the present work, an attempt was made to exploit the potential of the neoteric, less-corrosive, low-VOC RTILs toward direct dissolution-based separations at ambient conditions. The present paper involves the selective dissolution of Eu2O3 in an RTIL, i.e., C4mim·NTf2 containing 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone (HTTA) within ca. 30 min at ambient conditions; while the dissolution of AmO2 and UO2 were found to be very poor, making this an attractive method for lanthanide-actinide separation, a key step in radioactive waste management, i.e., an actinide partitioning and transmutation strategy. The quantitative dissolution of Eu2O3 from simulated spent nuclear fuel with different Eu2O3 loading was also shown. Water plays a crucial role in deciding the kinetics of dissolution and amount of the dissolved oxide. The combination of X-ray absorption, fluorescence, and UV-vis spectroscopic studies suggested the formation of the dehydrated anionic complex Ln(TTA)4- to play pivotal role in the oxide dissolution process. The structure of the complex was analyzed by density functional theory and extended X-ray absorption fine structure. The mechanism of oxide dissolution was proposed and electrochemical studies were performed to understand the possible recovery option using electrodeposition of the dissolved Eu3+.
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai400085, India
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai400085, India
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- Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai400085, India
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- Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai400085, India
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- Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai400085, India
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- Chemical Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai400085, India
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Galluccio F, Macerata E, Weßling P, Adam C, Mossini E, Panzeri W, Mariani M, Mele A, Geist A, Panak PJ. Insights into the Complexation Mechanism of a Promising Lipophilic PyTri Ligand for Actinide Partitioning from Spent Nuclear Fuel. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:18400-18411. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02332] [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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- Francesco Galluccio
- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano20133, Italy
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano20133, Italy
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. Box 3640, Karlsruhe76021, Germany
- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, Heidelberg69120, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. Box 3640, Karlsruhe76021, Germany
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano20133, Italy
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- C.N.R.─Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “G. Natta” (SCITEC), Sezione “U.O.S. Milano Politecnico”, Milan20133, Italy
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- Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano20133, Italy
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- C.N.R.─Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “G. Natta” (SCITEC), Sezione “U.O.S. Milano Politecnico”, Milan20133, Italy
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano20133, Italy
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. Box 3640, Karlsruhe76021, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. Box 3640, Karlsruhe76021, Germany
- Institute for Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, Heidelberg69120, Germany
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Miao Y, Xu L, Yang X, Wang S, Zhang J, Xu C, Xiao C. Separation and Complexation of Trivalent Actinides and Lanthanides by Two Novel Asymmetric N,O-Hybrid Pyridyl Ligands: A Combination of Phosphoryl and Triazinyl Groups. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:17911-17923. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yujie Miao
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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A novel and versatile precursor for the synthesis of highly preorganized tetradentate ligands based on phenanthroline and their binding properties towards lanthanides(III) ions. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ye ZR, Wu QY, Wang CZ, Lan JH, Chai ZF, Wang HQ, Shi WQ. Theoretical Insights into the Selective Separation of Am(III)/Eu(III) Using Hydrophilic Triazolyl-Based Ligands. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:6110-6119. [PMID: 35416038 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Designing ligands with efficient actinide (An(III))/lanthanide (Ln(III)) separation performance is still one of the key issues for the disposal of accumulated radioactive waste and the recovery of minor actinides. Recently, the hydrophilic ligands as promising extractants in the innovative Selective ActiNide Extraction (i-SANEX) process show excellent selectivity for Am(III) over Eu(III), such as hydroxylated-based ligands. In this work, we investigated the selective back-extraction toward Am(III) over Eu(III) with three hydrophilic hydroxylated triazolyl-based ligands (the skeleton of pyridine La, bipyridine Lb, and phenanthroline Lc) using scalar-relativistic density functional theory. The properties of three hydrophilic hydroxylated ligands and the coordination structures, bonding nature, and thermodynamic properties of the Am(III) and Eu(III) complexes with three ligands have been evaluated using multiple theoretical methods. The results of molecular orbitals (MOs), quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIMs), and natural bond orbital (NBO) reveal that Am-N bonds possess more covalent character compared to Eu-N bonds. The thermodynamic results indicate that the complexing ability of Lb and Lc with metal ions is almost the same, which is stronger than that of La. However, La has the best Am(III)/Eu(III) selectivity among three ligands, which is attributed to the largest difference in covalency between Am-Ntrzl and Eu-Ntrzl bonds in MLa(NO3)3. This work provides an in-depth understanding of the preferential selectivity of the hydrophilic hydroxylated ligands with An(III) over Ln(III) and also provides theoretical support for designing potential hydrophilic ligands with excellent separation performance of Am(III)/Eu(III).
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- Zi-Rong Ye
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China.,Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Sun M, Xu L, Yang X, Wang S, Lei L, Xiao C. Complexation Behaviors of a Tridentate Phenanthroline Carboxamide Ligand with Trivalent f-Block Elements in Different Anion Systems: A Thermodynamic and Crystallographic Perspective. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:2824-2834. [PMID: 35104133 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The counteranion has a strong influence on the complexation behavior of tridentate phenanthroline carboxamide ligands with actinides and lanthanides, but the thermodynamic and underlying interaction mechanism at the molecular level is still not clear. In this work, a tridentate ligand, N-ethyl-N-tolyl-2-amide-1,10-phenanthroline (Et-Tol-PTA), was synthesized, and the effects of different anions (Cl-, NO3-, and ClO4-) on the complexation behavior of Et-Tol-PTA with typical lanthanides were thoroughly studied by using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) spectrophotometry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The NMR spectroscopic titration of Lu(III) showed that there were three species (1:1, 2:1, and 3:1 ligand-metal complexes) formed in Cl- solution systems while two species (2:1 and 1:1) were formed in NO3- and ClO4- solution systems. When Et-Tol-PTA was titrated with La(III), two species (2:1 and 1:1) were formed in NO3- systems and only one species (1:1) was formed in Cl- and ClO4- systems. In addition, the stability constant was determined via UV-vis spectroscopic titration, which showed that the complexation strength between Et-Tol-PTA and Eu(III) decreased in the following order: ClO4- > NO3- > Cl-. This indicated that Et-Tol-PTA had the strongest complexation ability with Eu(III) in the ClO4- system. The structures of Et-Tol-PTA complexed with EuCl3, Eu(NO3)3, and Eu(ClO4)3 were further elucidated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and agreed well with the results of UV-vis titration experiments. The results of this work revealed that the mechanisms of complexation of lanthanides with the asymmetric ligand Et-Tol-PTA were strongly affected by different anionic environments in solution and in the solid state. These findings may lead to the improvement of the separation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides in nuclear waste.
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- Mingze Sun
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences of Ministry of Agriculture and Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Stemplinger S, Duvail M, Dufrêche JF. Molecular dynamics simulations of Eu(NO3)3 salt with DMDOHEMA in n-alkanes: Unravelling curvature properties in liquid-liquid extraction. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Sasaki Y, Kaneko M, Matsumiya M, Nakase M, Takeshita K. Mutual Separation of Ln and an Using TODGA and DTBA with High Organic Acid Concentrations. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2021.2024650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
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Lei XP, Wu QY, Wang CZ, Lan JH, Chai ZF, Nie CM, Shi WQ. Theoretical insights into the separation of Am( iii)/Eu( iii): designing ligands based on a preorganization strategy. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:16659-16667. [DOI: 10.1039/d2dt02474h] [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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The extraction behaviors of Am(iii) and Eu(iii) were investigated using phenanthroline and bipyridine ligands based on a preorganization strategy.
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- Xia-Ping Lei
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Impact of Coordination Modes of N‐Donor Ligands on Am(III)/Eu(III) Separation in Nuclear Waste Water Treatment – A DFT Study. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202102543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ye ZR, Wu QY, Wang CZ, Lan JH, Chai ZF, Wang HQ, Shi WQ. Theoretical Insights into the Separation of Am(III)/Eu(III) by Hydrophilic Sulfonated Ligands. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:16409-16419. [PMID: 34632757 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this work, we focused on the separation of Am(III)/Eu(III) with four hydrophilic sulfonated ligands (L) based on the framework of phenanthroline and bipyridine through scalar relativistic density functional theory. We studied the electronic structures of [ML(NO3)3] (M = Am, Eu) complexes and the bonding nature between metal and ligands as well as evaluated the separation selectivity of Am(III)/Eu(III). The tetrasulfonated ligand L2 with a bipyridine framework has the strongest complexing ability for metal ions probably because of the better solubility and flexible skeleton. The disulfonated ligand L1 has the highest Am(III)/Eu(III) selectivity, which is attributed to the covalent difference between the Am-N and Eu-N bonds based on the quantum theory of atoms in the molecule analysis. Thermodynamic analysis shows that the four hydrophilic sulfonated ligands are more selective toward Am(III) over Eu(III). In addition, these hydrophilic sulfonated ligands show better complexing ability and Am(III)/Eu(III) selectivity compared to the corresponding hydrophobic nonsulfonated ones. This work provides theoretical support for the separation of Am(III)/Eu(III) using hydrophilic sulfonated ligands.
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- Zi-Rong Ye
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Engineering Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Distler P, Mindova M, Sebesta J, Gruner B, Bavol D, Egberink RJM, Verboom W, Babain VA, John J. Stability of Different BTBP and BTPhen Extracting or Masking Compounds against γ Radiation. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:26416-26427. [PMID: 34660999 PMCID: PMC8515588 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The radiolytic stability of hydrophobic extracting compounds CyMe4-BTBP and CyMe4-BTPhen and a hydrophilic masking agent (PhSO3H)2-BTPhen, widely employed for trivalent minor actinoid and lanthanoid separation, against γ radiation was tested. Even though the solvent with a promising fluorinated diluent BK-1 provides better extraction properties compared to octan-1-ol, its radiation stability is much lower, and no extraction was observed already after an absorbed dose of 150 kGy (CyMe4-BTBP) or 200 kGy (CyMe4-BTPhen). For the (PhSO3H)2-BTPhen hydrophilic masking agent, the results showed that the rate of radiolytic degradation was significantly higher in 0.25 M HNO3 than in 0.5 M HNO3. For both the hydrophobic and hydrophilic agents, degradation was slower in the presence of both organic and aqueous phases during irradiation.
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- Petr Distler
- Faculty
of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty
of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Faculty
of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences
of the Czech Republic, Hlavni 1001, 250 68 Rez Near Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences
of the Czech Republic, Hlavni 1001, 250 68 Rez Near Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory
of Molecular Nanofabrication, University
of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory
of Molecular Nanofabrication, University
of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory
of Sensors, ITMO University, Lomonosova St. 9, 191002 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
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- Faculty
of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague, Czech Republic
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George Thomas M, Ebenezer C, Solomon RV. Tuning the structure of disulfonated phenanthroline based ligands for effective separation of Am(III)/Eu(III) ions : A DFT investigation. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mason MM, Smith C, Vasiliu M, Carrick JD, Dixon DA. Prediction of An(III)/Ln(III) Separation by 1,2,4-Triazinylpyridine Derivatives. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:6529-6542. [PMID: 34286991 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c01854] [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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The effect of frustrated Lewis donors on metal selectivity between actinides and lanthanides was studied using a series of novel organic ligands. Structures and thermodynamic energies were predicted in the gas phase, in water, and in butanol using 9-coordinate, explicitly solvated (H2O) Eu, Gd, Am, and Cm in the +III oxidation state as reactants in the formation of complexes with 2-(6-[1,2,4]-triazin-3-yl-pyridin-2-yl)-1H-indole (Core 1), 3-[6-(2H-pyrazol-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl]-1,2,4-triazine (Core 2), and several derivatives. These complexations were studied using density functional theory (DFT) incorporating scalar relativistic effects on the actinides and lanthanides using a small core pseudopotential and corresponding basis set. A self-consistent reaction field approach was used to model the effect of water and butanol as solvents. Coordination preferences and metal selectivity are predicted for each ligand. Several ligands are predicted to have a high degree of selectivity, particularly when a low ionization potential in the ligand permits charge transfer to Eu(III), reducing it to Eu(II) and creating a half-filled f7 shell. Reasonable separation is predicted between Cm(III) and Gd(III) with Core 1 ligands, possibly due to ligand donor frustration. This separation is largely absent from Core 2 ligands, which are predicted to lose their frustration due to proton transfer from the 2N to the 3N position of the pyrazole component of the ligands via tautomerization.
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- Marcos M Mason
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, 803 Stadium Drive, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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Mossini E, Macerata E, Boubals N, Berthon C, Charbonnel MC, Mariani M. Effects of Gamma Irradiation on the Extraction Properties of Innovative Stripping Solvents for i-SANEX/GANEX Processes. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Eros Mossini
- Department of Energy—Nuclear Engineering Division, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Department of Energy—Nuclear Engineering Division, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, University of Montpellier, Marcoule, Bagnols-sur-Cèze F-30207, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, University of Montpellier, Marcoule, Bagnols-sur-Cèze F-30207, France
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- Department of Energy—Nuclear Engineering Division, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, Milano 20133, Italy
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Yang XF, Ren P, Yang Q, Geng JS, Zhang JY, Yuan LY, Tang HB, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Strong Periodic Tendency of Trivalent Lanthanides Coordinated with a Phenanthroline-Based Ligand: Cascade Countercurrent Extraction, Spectroscopy, and Crystallography. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:9745-9756. [PMID: 34115461 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phenanthroline-diamide ligands have been reported in the selective separation of actinides over Eu(III); on the contrary, relevant basic coordination chemistry studies are still limited, and extraction under actual application conditions is rarely involved. In this work, N,N'-diethyl-N,N'-ditolyl-2,9-diamide-1,10-phenanthroline [Et-Tol-DAPhen (L)] was applied to explore the coordination performance of lanthanides in simulative high-level liquid waste. For the first time, cascade countercurrent extraction was conducted with Et-Tol-DAPhen as the extractant, which reveals the periodic tendency of the extraction efficiency of lanthanides to decrease gradually as the atomic number increases. Comparison of elements with similar radii verifies the hypothesis that the increase in the atomic number leads to a decrease in the ionic radius, thus reducing the coordination and extraction capacity of ligands. Slope analysis, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and ultraviolet-visible titration results show that the ligand forms 1:1 and 1:2 complexes with lanthanides and the coordination ability follows the tendency of extraction efficiency, and the first crystal structures of Lns(III) with a phenanthroline-diamide ligand, i.e., [LaL(NO3)3(H2O)] and [LaL2(NO3)2][(NO3)], were obtained, which confirms the conclusions described above. This work promises to enhance our comprehension of the chemical properties of Lns(III) and offer new clues for the design and synthesis of novel separation ligands.
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- Xiao-Fan Yang
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Department of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Engineer Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Comparative evaluation of radiolytic stability of aqueous soluble BTP and BTBP derivatives under static gamma irradiation. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-021-07711-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Das D, Joshi M, Kannan S, Kumar M, Ghanty TK, Pente A, Sengupta A, Kaushik C. Exploration of N-oxo pyridine 2-carboxamide ligands towards coordination chemistry, solvent extraction, and DFT investigation for the development of novel solvent for lanthanide and actinide separation. Polyhedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Contribution of nitric acid and alcohol to the radiolytic degradation of TODGA in Isopar-M. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-021-07732-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Leung K, Ilgen AG, Criscenti LJ. Interplay of physically different properties leading to challenges in separating lanthanide cations - an ab initio molecular dynamics and experimental study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:5750-5759. [PMID: 33662085 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00031d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lanthanide elements have well-documented similarities in their chemical behavior, which make the valuable trivalent lanthanide cations (Ln3+) particularly difficult to separate from each other in water. In this work, we apply ab initio molecular dynamics simulations to compare the free energies (ΔGads) associated with the adsorption of lanthanide cations to silica surfaces at a pH condition where SiO- groups are present. The predicted ΔGads for lutetium (Lu3+) and europium (Eu3+) are similar within statistical uncertainties; this is in qualitative agreement with our batch adsorption measurements on silica. This finding is remarkable because the two cations exhibit hydration free energies (ΔGhyd) that differ by >2 eV, different hydration numbers, and different hydrolysis behavior far from silica surfaces. We observe that the similarity in Lu3+ and Eu3+ ΔGads is the result of a delicate cancellation between the difference in Eu3+ and Lu3+ hydration (ΔGhyd), and their difference in binding energies to silica. We propose that disrupting this cancellation at the two end points, either for adsorbed or completely desorbed lanthanides (e.g., via nanoconfinment or mixed solvents), will lead to effective Ln3+ separation.
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- Kevin Leung
- Sandia National Laboratories, MS 1415, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA.
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Theoretical insights into chiral PMAADs coordinated with Am(III)/Eu(III) and separation selectivity enhanced by chiral-at Am(III)/Eu(III) complexes. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-021-07653-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Xu L, Yang X, Wang Z, Wang S, Sun M, Xu C, Zhang X, Lei L, Xiao C. Unfolding the Extraction and Complexation Behaviors of Trivalent f-Block Elements by a Tetradentate N,O-Hybrid Phenanthroline Derived Phosphine Oxide Ligand. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:2805-2815. [PMID: 33502197 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In this work, a tetradentate N,O-hybrid 2,9-bis(diphenylphosphine oxide)-1,10-phenanthroline (Ph2-BPPhen) ligand was studied for the coextraction of trivalent f-block elements from nitric acid media. The extraction as well as the complexation behaviors of Ph2-BPPhen with f-block elements were thoroughly investigated using 31P and 1H NMR spectrometry, UV-vis spectrophotometry, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and density functional theoretical (DFT) calculation. Ph2-BPPhen exhibits remarkably extraction ability for both Am(III) and Eu(III) and more than 99.5% of Am(III) and Eu(III) were extracted from 1.0 M HNO3 solution. Slope analysis suggests that both 2:1 and 1:1 ligand/metal complexes were probably formed during the extraction. The 1:1 and 2:1 Ln(III) complexes with Ph2-BPPhen were also identified in CH3OH solution by NMR spectrometry, and the stability constants were determined via UV-vis spectrophotometry. Structures of the 1:1 Eu(Ph2-BPPhen)(NO3)3 and Am(Ph2-BPPhen)(NO3)3 complexes were further elucidated by single X-ray crystallography and DFT calculations. The higher extractability of Ph2-BPPhen toward trivalent Am(III) and Eu(III) compared with the previously reported phenanthroline-derived amide and phosphonate ligands was attributed to the stronger affinity of the -P═O(R)2 group to metal ions. The results from this work indicate that the N,O-hybrid 1,10-phenanthroline derived phosphine oxide ligand can serve as a new and promising candidate for coextraction of trivalent f-block elements in the treatment of nuclear waste.
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- Lei Xu
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou 324000, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou 324000, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou 324000, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou 324000, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou 324000, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou 324000, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.,Institute of Zhejiang University-Quzhou, 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North, Quzhou 324000, China
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Geist A, Panak PJ. Recent Progress in Trivalent Actinide and Lanthanide Solvent Extraction and Coordination Chemistry with Triazinylpyridine N Donor Ligands. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2020.1831235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Andreas Geist
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Karlsruhe, Germany
- Physikalisch Chemisches Institut (PCI), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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An JH, Kim KD, Lee JH. Highly Chemoselective Deoxygenation of N-Heterocyclic N-Oxides Using Hantzsch Esters as Mild Reducing Agents. J Org Chem 2021; 86:2876-2894. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ju Hyeon An
- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Dongguk University, Gyeongju Campus, Gyeongju 38066, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Dongguk University, Gyeongju Campus, Gyeongju 38066, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry, Dongguk University, Gyeongju Campus, Gyeongju 38066, Republic of Korea
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Matveev P, Mohapatra PK, Kalmykov SN, Petrov V. Solvent extraction systems for mutual separation of Am(III) and Cm(III) from nitric acid solutions. A review of recent state-of-the-art. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2020.1856998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Petr Matveev
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Ren P, Huang PW, Yang XF, Zou Y, Tao WQ, Yang SL, Liu YH, Wu QY, Yuan LY, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Hydrophilic Sulfonated 2,9-Diamide-1,10-phenanthroline Endowed with a Highly Effective Ligand for Separation of Americium(III) from Europium(III): Extraction, Spectroscopy, and Density Functional Theory Calculations. Inorg Chem 2020; 60:357-365. [PMID: 33319556 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The design and development of a water-soluble heterocyclic ligand are believed to be an alternative way for improving the separation efficiency of actinides from lanthanides. Herein, we designed and synthesized a novel hydrophilic multidentate ligand: disulfonated N,N'-diphenyl-2,9-diamide-1,10-phenanthroline (DS-Ph-DAPhen) with soft and hard donor atoms, as a masking agent in aqueous solutions for Am(III) separation. The combination of N,N,N',N'-tetraoctyldiglycolamide in kerosene and DS-Ph-DAPhen in aqueous phases could separate Am(III) from Eu(III) across a range of nitric acid concentrations with very high selectivity. The coordination behaviors of Eu(III) with DS-Ph-DAPhen in aqueous solutions were studied by UV-vis titration, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, and Fourier transform infrared spectra. The results indicated that Eu(III) ions could form both 1:1 and 1:2 complexes with the DS-Ph-DAPhen ligand in aqueous solution. Density functional theory calculation suggests that there are more covalent characters for Am-N bonds than that for Eu-N bonds in the complexes, which supports the better selectivity of the DS-Ph-DAPhen ligand toward Am(III) over Eu(III). This work demonstrates a feasible alternative approach to separating trivalent actinides from lanthanides with high selectivity.
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- Peng Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China.,Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Department of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), Beijing 102413, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), Beijing 102413, China
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- Department of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE), Beijing 102413, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, School of Nuclear Science and Technology, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330013, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Engineer Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Engineer Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, China
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Jose J, Prathibha T, Karthikeyan NS, Venkatesan KA, Sriram S, Seshadri H, Venkatachalapathy B, Ravichandran C. Studies on the separation of Am(III) from trivalent lanthanides in high-level waste solution using modifier-free solvents and aqueous soluble bis-1,2,4-triazines. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07442-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Jose J, Prathibha T, Karthikeyan N, Venkatesan K, Selvan BR, Seshadri H, Venkatachalapathy B, Ravichandran C. Evaluation of selected solvent systems for the single-cycle separation of Am(III) from Eu(III) using aqueous soluble sulphonated bis-triazinylpyridine. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Importance of weak interactions in the formulation of organic phases for efficient liquid/liquid extraction of metals. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2020.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Waters GD, Carrick JD. Convergent access to bis-1,2,4-triazinyl-2,2'-bipyridines (BTBPs) and 2,2'-bipyridines via a Pd-catalyzed Ullman-type reaction. RSC Adv 2020; 10:10807-10815. [PMID: 35492897 PMCID: PMC9050362 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra00673d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Multidentate, soft-Lewis basic, complexant scaffolds have displayed significant potential in the discrete speciation of the minor actinides from the neutron-absorbing lanthanides resident in spent nuclear fuel. Efforts to devise convergent synthetic strategies to targets of interest to improve liquid-liquid separation outcomes continue, but significant challenges to improve solubility in process-relevant diluents to effectively define meaningful structure-activity relationships remain. In the current work, a synthetic method to achieve the challenging 2,2'-bipyridine bond of the bis-1,2,4-triazinyl-2,2'-bipyridine (BTBP) complexant class leveraging a Pd-catalyzed Ullman-type coupling is reported. This convergent strategy improves upon earlier work focused on linear synthetic access to the BTBP complexant moiety. Method optimization, relevant substrate scope and application, as well as a preliminary mechanistic interrogation are reported herein.
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- Gabrielle D Waters
- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University Cookeville TN 38505-0001 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University Cookeville TN 38505-0001 USA
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Chen YM, Wang CZ, Wu QY, Lan JH, Chai ZF, Nie CM, Shi WQ. Theoretical Insights into Modification of Nitrogen-Donor Ligands to Improve Performance on Am(III)/Eu(III) Separation. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:3221-3231. [PMID: 32048832 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nitrogen-donor ligands have been considered to be promising agents for separating trivalent actinides (An(III)) from lanthanides (Ln(III)). Thereinto, how to decorate these ligands for better extraction performance is urgent to design "perfect" separating extractants. In this work, we systematically explored a series of heterocyclic N-donor ligands (L1 = dipyridazino[4,3-c:3',4'-h]acridine, L2 = dipyridazino[3,4-a:4',3'-j]phenazine, L3 = 2,6-di(cinnolin-3-yl)pyridine)), as well as their substituted derivatives, and compared their extraction and complexation ability toward An(III) and Ln(III) ions by using quasi-relativistic density functional theory (DFT). We found that the pyridazine N atoms probably play a notable role in electron donation to metal cations by molecular orbital (MO) and bond order analyses. Besides, the calculated results clearly verified that these N-donor ligands possess higher coordination affinity toward Am(III) over Eu(III). The rigid ligands (L1 and L2) exhibit higher selective abilities for the Am(III)/Eu(III) separation compared with that of the flexible ligand (L3). For each ligand, the 1:2 (metal/ligand) extraction reaction is predicted to be most probable in the separation process. The introduction of an alkyl group on the lateral chain or an electron-donating group on the main chain gives rise to a better extraction performance of the ligands, and the CyMe4 or MeO substituted ligands show higher extraction and separation ability. Simultaneous introduction of CyMe4 and MeO groups can enhance the extraction ability of the ligand to metal ions, but the separating ability depends on the differences of the extraction capacity of An(III) and Ln(III). This work can help to gain a more in-depth understanding the selectivity differences of similar N-donor ligands and provide more theoretical insights into the design of novel extractants for An(III)/Ln(III) separation.
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- Yan-Mei Chen
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.,Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Zsabka P, Hecke KV, Wilden A, Modolo G, Verwerft M, Binnemans K, Cardinaels T. Selective Extraction of Americium from Curium and the Lanthanides by the Lipophilic Ligand CyMe4BTPhen Dissolved in Aliquat-336 Nitrate Ionic Liquid. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2019.1708006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Peter Zsabka
- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK·CEN), Institute for Nuclear Materials Science, Mol, Belgium
- Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK·CEN), Institute for Nuclear Materials Science, Mol, Belgium
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6), Jülich, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6), Jülich, Germany
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- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK·CEN), Institute for Nuclear Materials Science, Mol, Belgium
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- Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK·CEN), Institute for Nuclear Materials Science, Mol, Belgium
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Ding Q, Li M, Sun Y, Yu Y, Baell JB, Huang F. Copper-catalyzed [4 + 2] annulation reaction of β-enaminones and aryl diazonium salts without external oxidant: synthesis of highly functionalized 3H-1,2,4-triazines via homogeneous or heterogeneous strategy. Org Chem Front 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qo01413f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Herein, both homogeneous and heterogeneous strategies were developed to access highly functionalized 3H-1,2,4-triazines using Cu-catalyzed [4 + 2] annulation.
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- Qifeng Ding
- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Normal University
- Nanjing 210023
- China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 211816
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 211816
- China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 211816
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing 211816
- China
- Medicinal Chemistry Theme
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Normal University
- Nanjing 210023
- China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Wang C, Wu QY, Wang CZ, Lan JH, Nie CM, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Theoretical insights into selective separation of trivalent actinide and lanthanide by ester and amide ligands based on phenanthroline skeleton. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:4093-4099. [PMID: 32141457 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt00218f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Phenanthroline based ligands have shown potential performance for partitioning trivalent actinides from lanthanides. In this work, we have explored four ester and amide ligands based on the phenanthroline skeleton and elucidated the separation mechanism between Am(iii) and Eu(iii) ions. The molecular geometries and extraction reactions of the metal-ligand complexes were modeled by using scalar-relativistic density functional theory. The results show that the amide based ligands have stronger coordination ability with the metal ions than the corresponding ester based ligands. According to the thermodynamic results, ligands N,N'-diethyl-N,N'-ditolyl-2,9-diamide-1,10-phenanthroline (L2) and N,N'-(1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-diyl)bis(N-ethyl-P-methyl-N-(p-tolyl)phosphinic amide) (L4) appear to have the strongest complexing ability, which is supported by the result of electrostatic potential (ESP) and the M-OL bond orders. Moreover, ligand L2 has excellent selectivity for Am(iii)/Eu(iii) among the four ligands. Additionally, the bonding properties between the metal ions and the ligands reveal that the Am(iii)/Eu(iii) selectivity stems from the Am-N bonds with more covalent character, which is supported by the analysis of the hardness of the ligands and the bond orders. This work provides useful information for understanding the Am(iii)/Eu(iii) selectivity of phenanthroline derived ligands bearing ester and amide groups.
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- Cui Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China. and Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China. and Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Špadina M, Bohinc K, Zemb T, Dufrêche JF. Synergistic Solvent Extraction Is Driven by Entropy. ACS NANO 2019; 13:13745-13758. [PMID: 31710459 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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In solvent extraction, the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules into an organized structure is the phenomenon responsible for the transfer of the metal ion from the aqueous phase to the organic solvent. Despite their significance for chemical engineering and separation science, the forces driving the solute transfer are not fully understood. Instead of assuming the simple complexation reaction with predefined stoichiometry, we model synergistic extraction systems by a colloidal approach that explicitly takes into account the self-assembly resulting from the amphiphilic nature of the extractants. Contrary to the current paradigm of simple stoichiometry behind liquid-liquid extraction, there is a severe polydispersity of aggregates completely different in compositions, but similar in the free energy. This variety of structures on the nanoscale is responsible for the synergistic transfer of ions to the organic phase. Synergy can be understood as a reciprocal effect of chelation: it enhances extraction because it increases the configurational entropy of an extracted ion. The global overview of the complex nature of a synergistic mixture shows different regimes in self-assembly, and thus in the extraction efficiency, which can be tuned with respect to the green chemistry aspect.
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- Mario Špadina
- ICSM , CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule F-30207 , France
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- Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Ljubljana , 1000 Ljubljana , Slovenia
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- ICSM , CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule F-30207 , France
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Wu P, He Y, Wang H, Zhou YG, Yu Z. Copper(II)-Catalyzed C–H Nitrogenation/Annulation Cascade of Ketene N,S-Acetals with Aryldiazonium Salts: A Direct Access to N2-Substituted Triazole and Triazine Derivatives. Org Lett 2019; 22:310-315. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Ping Wu
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, P.R. China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
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- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P.R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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Huang PW, Wang CZ, Wu QY, Lan JH, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Quantum chemical studies of selective back-extraction of Am(III) from Eu(III) and Cm(III) with two hydrophilic 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-bis-triazolyl ligands. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2019-3197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We theoretically investigated the selective back-extraction towards Am(III) over Eu(III) and Cm(III) with two water-soluble 2,9-bis-triazolyl-1,10-phenanthroline derivatives BTrzPhen1 (with two ethanol side chains) and BTrz-Phen2 (with two 1,2-butanediol side chains) by density functional theory (DFT). The molecular geometries and formation reactions of the metal-ligand complexes were modeled by using M(BTrzPhen)(NO3)3 and [M(BTrzPhen)2(NO3)]2+. Am(III) selectivity over Eu(III) and Cm(III) with BTrzPhen2 was successfully reproduced by back-extraction reaction free energy analysis. Moreover, bonding properties between the metal cations and coordinated ligands (model complexes) were studied in terms of Mayer bond order and quantum theory of atoms in molecule (QTAIM). The difference in covalency between An–N and Eu–N bonds were found to be the key factors for Am(III)/Eu(III) separation, while the Am(III) selectivity over Cm(III) of BTrzPhen2 might be attributed to the competition of donor atoms for cation binding preference toward Am(III) and Cm(III).
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- Pin-Wen Huang
- Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power , Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018 , China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry , Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry , Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry , Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry , Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
- Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Ningbo, Zhejiang 315201 , China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry , Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049 , China
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Zaytsev AV, Bulmer R, Kozhevnikov VN, Sims M, Modolo G, Wilden A, Waddell PG, Geist A, Panak PJ, Wessling P, Lewis FW. Exploring the Subtle Effect of Aliphatic Ring Size on Minor Actinide-Extraction Properties and Metal Ion Speciation in Bis-1,2,4-Triazine Ligands. Chemistry 2019; 26:428-437. [PMID: 31489718 PMCID: PMC7027750 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The synthesis and evaluation of three novel bis-1,2,4-triazine ligands containing five-membered aliphatic rings are reported. Compared to the more hydrophobic ligands 1-3 containing six-membered aliphatic rings, the distribution ratios for relevant f-block metal ions were approximately one order of magnitude lower in each case. Ligand 10 showed an efficient, selective and rapid separation of AmIII and CmIII from nitric acid. The speciation of the ligands with trivalent f-block metal ions was probed using NMR titrations and competition experiments, time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. While the tetradentate ligands 8 and 10 formed LnIII complexes of the same stoichiometry as their more hydrophobic analogues 2 and 3, significant differences in speciation were observed between the two classes of ligand, with a lower percentage of the extracted 1:2 complexes being formed for ligands 8 and 10. The structures of the solid state 1:1 and 1:2 complexes formed by 8 and 10 with YIII , LuIII and PrIII are very similar to those formed by 2 and 3 with LnIII . Ligand 10 forms CmIII and EuIII 1:2 complexes that are thermodynamically less stable than those formed by ligand 3, suggesting that less hydrophobic ligands form less stable AnIII complexes. Thus, it has been shown for the first time how tuning the cyclic aliphatic part of these ligands leads to subtle changes in their metal ion speciation, complex stability and metal extraction affinity.
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- Andrey V Zaytsev
- Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung-Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6), 52428, Jülich, Germany
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung-Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6), 52428, Jülich, Germany
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Kings Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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- Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.,Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany.,Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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