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Fletcher LS, Tedder ML, Olayiwola SO, Joyner NA, Mason MM, Oliver AG, Ensor DD, Dixon DA, Carrick JD. Next-Generation 3,3'-AlkoxyBTPs as Complexants for Minor Actinide Separation from Lanthanides: A Comprehensive Separations, Spectroscopic, and DFT Study. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:4819-4827. [PMID: 38437739 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Progress toward the closure of the nuclear fuel cycle can be achieved if satisfactory separation strategies for the chemoselective speciation of the trivalent actinides from the lanthanides are realized in a nonproliferative manner. Since Kolarik's initial report on the utility of bis-1,2,4-triazinyl-2,6-pyridines (BTPs) in 1999, a perfect complexant-based, liquid-liquid separation system has yet to be realized. In this report, a comprehensive performance assessment for the separation of 241Am3+ from 154Eu3+ as a model system for spent nuclear fuel using hydrocarbon-actuated alkoxy-BTP complexants is described. These newly discovered complexants realize gains that contemporary aryl-substituted BTPs have yet to achieve, specifically: long-term stability in highly concentrated nitric acid solutions relevant to the low pH of unprocessed spent nuclear fuel, high DAm over DEu in the economical, nonpolar diluent Exxal-8, and the demonstrated capacity to complete the separation cycle with high efficiency by depositing the chelated An3+ to the aqueous layer via decomplexation of the metal-ligand complex. These soft-N-donor BTPs are hypothesized to function as bipolar complexants, effectively traversing the organic/aqueous interface for effective chelation and bound metal/ligand complex solubility. Complexant design, separation assays, spectroscopic analysis, single-crystal X-ray crystallographic data, and DFT calculations are reported.
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- Lesta S Fletcher
- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46656, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-0001, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee 38505-0001, United States
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Wu S, Li AY. Theoretical investigations into the bonding and separation properties of non-rigid, partially rigid, and rigid ligands derived from Et-Tol-PTA with trivalent lanthanides and actinides. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:2205-2217. [PMID: 38164958 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp04717b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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The separation of trivalent actinide elements from lanthanide elements represents one of the most formidable challenges within the context of nuclear waste partitioning and transmutation (P&T) processes. Consequently, we embarked on a systematic investigation aimed at elucidating the bonding properties and thermodynamic behavior of a N-ethyl-N-tolyl-2-amide-1,10-phenanthroline (Et-Tol-PTA) ligand in conjunction with trivalent actinide and lanthanide elements. This investigation involved the utilization of various density functional theory (DFT) methods and a comparative analysis between small-core pseudopotential basis sets and all-electron basis sets. It was found that well-performing results were achieved using the PBE0 functional in both bond length and thermodynamic energy calculations, with minimal impact being exerted by the basis set on the results. Furthermore, an exploration was carried out into the bonding and thermodynamic properties of trivalent actinides and lanthanides with ligands derived from Et-Tol-PTA, encompassing non-rigid (La), partially rigid (Lb, Lc), and rigid (Ld) ligands. Thermodynamically, advantages in the separation of Am(III)/Eu(III) were exhibited by Lb and Lc ligands, while excellent performance in the separation of Am(III)/Cm(III) was demonstrated by the La ligand. Analyses conducted using quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM), reduced density gradient (RDG), and natural bond orbital (NBO) methodologies revealed the presence of partial covalent character in the bonds between oxygen (O) and metal (M), as well as between nitrogen (N) and metal (M), with a higher degree of covalent character being observed in O-Am and N-Am bonds compared to O-Cm/Eu and N-Cm/Eu interactions.
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- Shouqiang Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China.
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Wu S, Li AY. Theoretical investigation on the ligands constructed from phenanthroline and five-membered N-heterocyclic rings for bonding and separation properties of Am(III) and Eu(III). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:1190-1204. [PMID: 38099645 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05101c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2024]
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The ligands, derived from the combination of phenanthroline and various five-membered N-heterocyclic rings, were subject to a comprehensive investigation for their potential in the extraction and separation of actinides and lanthanides. This study employed DFT methods to thoroughly explore the properties of both phenanthroline (Ph) and the diverse five-membered N-heterocyclic rings (R1-R8). Additionally, tridentate ligands RlPh (l = 1-8) and tetradentate ligands RlPhRr (l, r = 1-8) were analyzed in detail, encompassing their electrostatic potential (ESP), protonation energy, coordination bonding with the metals Am(III) and Eu(III), and the thermodynamics of extraction separation for Am(III) and Eu(III). The findings highlight that the electrostatic potential (ESP) and binding capabilities of the five-membered N-heterocyclic ring units serve as effective predictors for the properties of intricate tridentate and tetradentate ligands, as well as their coordination bonding affinity with metals. The ligands' binding energy is closely associated with their ESP, and notably, the binding energy of tridentate and tetradentate ligands correlates well with the binding energies of their constituent structural units. The computational results reveal that the R2 unit, along with its corresponding tridentate ligand R2Ph and tetradentate ligands R2PhRr, exhibits the highest ESP, superior binding energies, and the strongest coordination bonding affinity with the metals. The theoretical calculations further identify several promising extractants for the effective separation of Am(III) and Eu(III). The tridentate ligands R1Ph, R7Ph, and R4Ph, and the tetradentate ligands R4PhR4, R6PhR6, R2PhR2, R1PhR5 and R3PhR6 were identified as having excellent separation performance for Am(III) and Eu(III). This study would provide insights for the design of extractants for the separation of Am(III) and Eu(III) by use of five-membered N-heterocyclic rings as structural units.
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- Shouqiang Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, P. R. China.
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McElhany SJ, Summers TJ, Shiery RC, Cantu DC. Analysis of the First Ion Coordination Sphere: A Toolkit to Analyze the Coordination Sphere of Ions. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:2699-2706. [PMID: 37083437 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c00294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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Rapid and accurate approaches to characterizing the coordination structure of an ion are important for designing ligands and quantifying structure-property trends. Here, we introduce AFICS (Analysis of the First Ion Coordination Sphere), a tool written in Python 3 for analyzing the structural and geometric features of the first coordination sphere of an ion over the course of molecular dynamics simulations. The principal feature of AFICS is its ability to quantify the distortion a coordination geometry undergoes compared to uniform polyhedra. This work applies the toolkit to analyze molecular dynamics simulations of the well-defined coordination structure of aqueous Cr3+ along with the more ambiguous structure of aqueous Eu3+ chelated to ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. The tool is targeted for analyzing ions with fluxional or irregular coordination structures (e.g., solution structures of f-block elements) but is generalized such that it may be applied to other systems.
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- Stuart J McElhany
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States
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Gao Y, Jennifer G A, Varathan E, Schreckenbach G. Understanding the Coordination Chemistry of Am III/Cm III in the DOTA Cavity: Insights from Energetics and Electronic Structure Theory. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:3229-3237. [PMID: 36748113 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The minor actinides Am/Cm show multiple possibilities for coordination, providing great opportunities for their extraction and adsorption separation. Herein, we report complexation in an aqueous medium of AmIII/CmIII in the DOTA (H4DOTA = 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid) cavity with axial ligands (OH-, F-, and H2O), based on the energetics and electronic structure properties using density functional theory (DFT). The formation and substitution reactions of OH--capped complexes are more likely to occur due to their enhanced hydration Gibbs free energies, followed by F-, and then H2O. Both the longer An-ODOTA bond lengths and the larger bite angle (∠O-An-O) in the OH--capped complexes reflect the enhanced coordination provided by the axial ligand, slightly less so for F-. Energy decomposition analysis based on the electronic structure supports the preference for OH--capped complexes with a near-perfect balance between attractive and repulsive contributions toward the interaction. Furthermore, molecular orbital analysis revealed that the frontier molecular orbitals of Am and Cm complexes are substantially different; that is, the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) compositions of the Am complexes are all contributed by 5f, while the HOMO and LUMO compositions of the Cm complexes are derived from 5f and 6d, respectively. Finally, the metal-exchange reactions demonstrate competitive complexation of DOTA toward AmIII over CmIII for the OH--capped system. These results imply the importance of coordination chemistry in actinide chemistry in general and specifically in AmIII/CmIII solution chemistry.
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- Yang Gao
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China.,National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Nuclear Technology Medical Transformation, Mianyang Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Mianyang 621000, China.,Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur 603203, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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Tomeček J, Li C, Schreckenbach G. Actinium coordination chemistry: A density functional theory study with monodentate and bidentate ligands. J Comput Chem 2023; 44:334-345. [PMID: 35668552 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.26929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In the current study, the coordination chemistry of nine-coordinate Ac(III) complexes with 35 monodentate and bidentate ligands was investigated using density functional theory (DFT) in terms of their geometries, charges, reaction energies, and bonding interactions. The energy decomposition analysis with naturals orbitals for chemical valence (EDA-NOCV) and the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) were employed as analysis methods. Trivalent Ac exhibits the highest affinities toward hard acids (such as charged oxophilic donors, fluoride), so its classification as a hard acid is justified. Natural population analysis quantified the involvement of 5f orbitals on Ac to be about 30% of total valence electron natural configuration indicating that Ac is a member of the actinide series. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to study the pairwise correlations among the bond lengths, ΔG reaction energies, charges on Ac and donor atoms, and data from EDA-NOCV and QTAIM. Strong correlations and anticorrelations were found between Voronoi charges on donor atoms with ΔG, EDA-NOCV interaction energies and QTAIM bond critical point densities.
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- Josef Tomeček
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Wu S, Zhang Y, Li AY. Effects of Electron‐Withdrawing and ‐Donating Substituents in N‐Donor Scorpionate Ligands and the Metal 5
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Orbitals on Am(III)/Eu(III) Complexation and Separation. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202203622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Shouqiang Wu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southwest University Chongqing 400715 P.R.China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southwest University Chongqing 400715 P.R.China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Southwest University Chongqing 400715 P.R.China
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Yakunin SN, Novikova NN, Rogachev AV, Trigub AL, Kuzmicheva GM, Stepina ND, Rozenberg OA, Yurieva EA, Kovalchuk MV. Spectral-Selective X-Ray Studies at the “Langmuir” Beamline of the Kurchatov Synchrotron Radiation Source. CRYSTALLOGR REP+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1063774522060293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Matsuda S, Yokoyama K, Yaita T, Kobayashi T, Kaneta Y, Simonnet M, Sekiguchi T, Honda M, Shimojo K, Doi R, Nakashima N. Marking actinides for separation: Resonance-enhanced multiphoton charge transfer in actinide complexes. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabn1991. [PMID: 35584222 PMCID: PMC9116592 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Precise separation and purification of f-block elements are important and challenging especially for the reduction of nuclear waste and the recycling of rare metals but are practically difficult mainly because of their chemical similarity. A promising way to overcome this difficulty is controlling their oxidation state by nonchemical processes. Here, we show resonance-enhanced multiphoton charge transfer in actinide complexes, which leads to element-specific control of their oxidation states owing to the distinct electronic spectra arising from resonant transitions between f orbitals. We observed oxidation of trivalent americium in nitric acid. In addition, we found that the coordination of nitrates is essential for promoting the oxidation reaction, which is the first finding ever relevant to the primary process of photoexcitation via resonant transitions of f-block elements. The resonance-enhanced photochemical process could be used in the nuclear waste management, as it would facilitate the mutual separation of actinides, such as americium and curium.
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- Shohei Matsuda
- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Materials Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
- Institute for Laser Technology, 1-8-4 Utsubo-honmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0004, Japan
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Hu A, Brown V, MacMillan SN, Radchenko V, Yang H, Wharton L, Ramogida CF, Wilson JJ. Chelating the Alpha Therapy Radionuclides 225Ac 3+ and 213Bi 3+ with 18-Membered Macrocyclic Ligands Macrodipa and Py-Macrodipa. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:801-806. [PMID: 34965102 PMCID: PMC9372718 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The radionuclides 225Ac3+ and 213Bi3+ possess favorable physical properties for targeted alpha therapy (TAT), a therapeutic approach that leverages α radiation to treat cancers. A chelator that effectively binds and retains these radionuclides is required for this application. The development of ligands for this purpose, however, is challenging because the large ionic radii and charge-diffuse nature of these metal ions give rise to weaker metal-ligand interactions. In this study, we evaluated two 18-membered macrocyclic chelators, macrodipa and py-macrodipa, for their ability to complex 225Ac3+ and 213Bi3+. Their coordination chemistry with Ac3+ was probed computationally and with Bi3+ experimentally via NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Furthermore, radiolabeling studies were conducted, revealing the efficient incorporation of both 225Ac3+ and 213Bi3+ by py-macrodipa that matches or surpasses the well-known chelators macropa and DOTA. Incubation in human serum at 37 °C showed that ∼90% of the 225Ac3+-py-macrodipa complex dissociates after 1 d. The Bi3+-py-macrodipa complex possesses remarkable kinetic inertness reflected by an EDTA transchelation challenge study, surpassing that of Bi3+-macropa. This work establishes py-macrodipa as a valuable candidate for 213Bi3+ TAT, providing further motivation for its implementation within new radiopharmaceutical agents.
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- Aohan Hu
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Life Sciences Division, TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Life Sciences Division, TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Life Sciences Division, TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
- Life Sciences Division, TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 2A3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Zhang Y, Wu S, Li A. Theoretically investigating the ability of phenanthroline derivatives to separate transuranic elements and their bonding properties. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj02160a] [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 bonding and separation properties of actinide Np3+, Pu3+, Am3+, and Cm3+ complexes formed with phenanthroline derivatives were studied using the DFT method.
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- Yiying Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, P. R. China
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Gainanova AA, Kuz’micheva GM, Terekhova RP, Pashkin II, Trigub AL, Malysheva NE, Svetogorov RD, Alimguzina AR, Koroleva AV. New antimicrobial materials with cerium ions in the composition of salts, solutions, and composite systems based on Ce 3+(NO 3) 3 × 6H 2O. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj03691f] [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 antimicrobial property against different bacteria with cerium oxide formation mainly depends on the content of Ce3+ ions.
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- Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevsky, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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Deblonde GJP, Zavarin M, Kersting AB. The coordination properties and ionic radius of actinium: A 120-year-old enigma. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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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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Tollefson AD, Smith CM, Carpenter MH, Croce MP, Fassbender ME, Koehler KE, Lilley LM, O'Brien EM, Schmidt DR, Stein BW, Ullom JN, Yoho MD, Mercer DJ. Measurement of 227Ac impurity in 225Ac using decay energy spectroscopy. Appl Radiat Isot 2021; 172:109693. [PMID: 33774323 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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225Ac is a valuable medical radionuclide for targeted α therapy, but 227Ac is an undesirable byproduct of an accelerator-based synthesis method under investigation. Sufficient detector sensitivity is critical for quantifying the trace impurity of 227Ac, with the 227Ac/225Ac activity ratio predicted to be approximately 0.15% by end-of-bombardment (EOB). Superconducting transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeters offer high resolution energy spectroscopy using the normal-to-superconducting phase transition to measure small changes in temperature. By embedding 225Ac production samples in a gold foil thermally coupled to a TES microcalorimeter we can measure the decay energies of the radionuclides embedded with high resolution and 100% detection efficiency. This technique, known as decay energy spectroscopy (DES), collapses several peaks from α decays into single Q-value peaks. In practice there are more complex factors in the interpretation of data using DES, which we will discuss herein. Using this technique we measured the EOB 227Ac impurity to be (0.142 ± 0.005)% for a single production sample. This demonstration has shown that DES is a useful tool for quantitative measurements of complicated spectra.
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- A D Tollefson
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- NIST Boulder Laboratories, Boulder, CO 80305, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- NIST Boulder Laboratories, Boulder, CO 80305, USA; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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Jones ZR, Livshits MY, White FD, Dalodière E, Ferrier MG, Lilley LM, Knope KE, Kozimor SA, Mocko V, Scott BL, Stein BW, Wacker JN, Woen DH. Advancing understanding of actinide(iii) (Ac, Am, Cm) aqueous complexation chemistry. Chem Sci 2021; 12:5638-5654. [PMID: 34168798 PMCID: PMC8179631 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00233c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The positive impact of having access to well-defined starting materials for applied actinide technologies - and for technologies based on other elements - cannot be overstated. Of numerous relevant 5f-element starting materials, those in complexing aqueous media find widespread use. Consider acetic acid/acetate buffered solutions as an example. These solutions provide entry into diverse technologies, from small-scale production of actinide metal to preparing radiolabeled chelates for medical applications. However, like so many aqueous solutions that contain actinides and complexing agents, 5f-element speciation in acetic acid/acetate cocktails is poorly defined. Herein, we address this problem and characterize Ac3+ and Cm3+ speciation as a function of increasing acetic acid/acetate concentrations (0.1 to 15 M, pH = 5.5). Results obtained via X-ray absorption and optical spectroscopy show the aquo ion dominated in dilute acetic acid/acetate solutions (0.1 M). Increasing acetic acid/acetate concentrations to 15 M increased complexation and revealed divergent reactivity between early and late actinides. A neutral Ac(H2O)6 (1)(O2CMe)3 (1) compound was the major species in solution for the large Ac3+. In contrast, smaller Cm3+ preferred forming an anion. There were approximately four bound O2CMe1- ligands and one to two inner sphere H2O ligands. The conclusion that increasing acetic acid/acetate concentrations increased acetate complexation was corroborated by characterizing (NH4)2M(O2CMe)5 (M = Eu3+, Am3+ and Cm3+) using single crystal X-ray diffraction and optical spectroscopy (absorption, emission, excitation, and excited state lifetime measurements).
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- Zachary R Jones
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington D.C. 20057 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University 37th and O Streets NW Washington D.C. 20057 USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos New Mexico 87545 USA
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Huang PW, Wang CZ, Wu QY, Lan JH, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Enhancing the Am 3+/Cm 3+ separation ability by weakening the binding affinity of N donor atoms: a comparative theoretical study of N, O combined extractants. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:3559-3567. [PMID: 33605961 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt04266h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mutual separation of trivalent americium (Am3+) and curium (Cm3+) ions through liquid-liquid extraction is challenging due to the similarity in their chemical properties. Three N, O combined extractants 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid di(N-ethyl-4-fluoroanilide) (Et(pFPh)DPA), diphenyl(2-pyridyl)phosphine oxide (Ph2PyPO), and alkyldiamide amine with 2-ethylhexylalkyl chains (ADAAM(EH)) have been identified to exhibit selectivity for Am3+ over Cm3+. In this work, the structures, bonding nature, and thermodynamic behaviors of a series of representative Am- and Cm-complexes with these ligands have been systematically investigated using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Based on our calculations, the ONO angle formed by three donor atoms of the ligand in the Am-complex is slightly larger than that in its Cm-analogue. The studied ligands show their preference toward Am3+ by opening their "mouths" slightly wider. According to the Mayer bond order and the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) analyses, the interactions between the O donor atoms of these ligands and Am3+ and Cm3+ ions show some weak partial covalent character, and compared to the Am-O bond, there is relatively more covalency in the Cm-O bond in the corresponding complex. However, opposite results can be found in the Am-N and Cm-N bonding for the first two ligands. Particularly, for the better separation ligand ADAAM(EH), the Am-N and Cm-N interactions are extremely weak and no covalent character exists in the bonding. Nevertheless, the difference between the very weak Am-N and Cm-N interactions still leads to a better performance of ADAAM(EH). Based on the comparison of these ligands, we can find that weakening the binding ability of N atoms in the ligand may increase the difference between the Am-N and Cm-N interactions, thus enhancing the Am3+/Cm3+ separation ability of the ligand. Our study might provide new insights into understanding the selectivity of these three N, O combined ligands toward minor actinides and pave the way for designing efficient Am3+/Cm3+ extraction and separation ligands.
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- Pin-Wen Huang
- Zhejiang University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. and Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials, Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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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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Gao Y, Grover P, Schreckenbach G. Stabilization of hydrated Ac III cation: the role of superatom states in actinium-water bonding. Chem Sci 2021; 12:2655-2666. [PMID: 34164034 PMCID: PMC8179294 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02342f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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225Ac-based radiopharmaceuticals have the potential to become invaluable in designated cancer therapy. However, the limited understanding of the solution chemistry and bonding properties of actinium has hindered the development of existing and emerging targeted radiotherapeutics, which also poses a significant challenge in the discovery of new agents. Herein, we report the geometric and electronic structural properties of hydrated AcIII cations in the [AcIII(H2O) n ]3+ (n = 4-11) complexes in aqueous solution and gas-phase using density functional theory. We found that nine water molecules coordinated to the AcIII cation is the most stable complex due to an enhanced hydration Gibbs free energy. This complex adopts a closed-shell 18-electron configuration (1S 21P 61D 10) of a superatom state, which indicates a non-negligible covalent character and involves H2O → AcIII σ donation interaction between s-/p-/d-type atomic orbitals of the Ac atom and 2p atomic orbitals of the O atoms. Furthermore, potentially existing 10-coordinated complexes need to overcome an energy barrier (>0.10 eV) caused by hydrogen bonding to convert to 9-coordination. These results imply the importance of superatom states in actinide chemistry generally, and specifically in AcIII solution chemistry, and highlight the conversion mechanism between different coordination numbers.
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- Yang Gao
- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chengdu Sichuan 610054 China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada
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Morgenstern A, Lilley LM, Stein BW, Kozimor SA, Batista ER, Yang P. Computer-Assisted Design of Macrocyclic Chelators for Actinium-225 Radiotherapeutics. Inorg Chem 2020; 60:623-632. [PMID: 33213142 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Actinium-225 (225Ac) is an excellent candidate for targeted radiotherapeutic applications for treating cancer, because of its 10-day half-life and emission of four high-energy α2+ particles. To harness and direct the energetic potential of actinium, strongly binding chelators that remain stable in vivo during biological targeting must be developed. Unfortunately, controlling chelation for actinium remains challenging. Actinium is the largest +3 cation on the periodic table and has a 6d05f0 electronic configuration, and its chemistry is relatively unexplored. Herein, we present theoretical work focused on improving the understanding of actinium bonding with macrocyclic chelating agents as a function of (1) macrocycle ring size, (2) the number and identity of metal binding functional groups, and (3) the length of the tether linking the metal binding functional group to the macrocyclic backbone. Actinium binding by these chelators is presented within the context of complexation with DOTA4-, the most relevant Ac3+ binding agent for contemporary radiopharmaceutical applications. The results enabled us to develop a new strategy for actinium chelator design. The approach is rooted in our identification that Ac3+-chelation chemistry is dominated by ionic bonding interactions and relies on (1) maximizing electrostatic interactions between the metal binding functional group and the Ac3+ cation and (2) minimizing electronic repulsion between negatively charged actinium binding functional groups. This insight will provide a foundation for future innovation in developing the next generation of multifunctional actinium chelators.
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- Amanda Morgenstern
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Apostolidis C, Kovács A, Walter O, Colineau E, Griveau J, Morgenstern A, Rebizant J, Caciuffo R, Panak PJ, Rabung T, Schimmelpfennig B, Perfetti M. Tris-{hydridotris(1-pyrazolyl)borato}actinide Complexes: Synthesis, Spectroscopy, Crystal Structure, Bonding Properties and Magnetic Behaviour. Chemistry 2020; 26:11293-11306. [PMID: 32519790 PMCID: PMC7497007 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The isostructural compounds of the trivalent actinides uranium, neptunium, plutonium, americium, and curium with the hydridotris(1-pyrazolyl)borato (Tp) ligand An[η3 -HB(N2 C3 H3 )3 ]3 (AnTp3 ) have been obtained through several synthetic routes. Structural, spectroscopic (absorption, infrared, laser fluorescence) and magnetic characterisation of the compounds were performed in combination with crystal field, density functional theory (DFT) and relativistic multiconfigurational calculations. The covalent bonding interactions were analysed in terms of the natural bond orbital (NBO) and quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) models.
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- European Commission, Joint Research CentrePostfach 234076125KarlsruheGermany
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- European Commission, Joint Research CentrePostfach 234076125KarlsruheGermany
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- European Commission, Joint Research CentrePostfach 234076125KarlsruheGermany
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- European Commission, Joint Research CentrePostfach 234076125KarlsruheGermany
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- European Commission, Joint Research CentrePostfach 234076125KarlsruheGermany
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- European Commission, Joint Research CentrePostfach 234076125KarlsruheGermany
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- Institut für Nukleare EntsorgungForschungszentrum KarlsruhePostfach 364076021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institut für Nukleare EntsorgungForschungszentrum KarlsruhePostfach 364076021KarlsruheGermany
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- Institut für Nukleare EntsorgungForschungszentrum KarlsruhePostfach 364076021KarlsruheGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of CopenhagenUniversitetsparken 52100CopenhagenDenmark
- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” and INSTM Research UnitUniversity of FlorenceVia della Lastruccia 350019Sesto FiorentinoItaly
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Open questions in transplutonium coordination chemistry. Commun Chem 2020; 3:103. [PMID: 36703310 PMCID: PMC9814350 DOI: 10.1038/s42004-020-00338-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Over the past decade, momentous progress has been made in the characterization of late actinide compounds. Here the authors highlight how advances in spectroscopic and computational tools have developed our understanding of fundamental transplutonium bonding interactions, and discuss whether covalency and heterogeneity changes in 5f-orbital bonding could be harnessed in environmentally and industrially relevant systems.
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Woen DH, Eiroa-Lledo C, Akin AC, Anderson NH, Bennett KT, Birnbaum ER, Blake AV, Brugh M, Dalodière E, Dorman EF, Ferrier MG, Hamlin DK, Kozimor SA, Li Y, Lilley LM, Mocko V, Thiemann SL, Wilbur DS, White FD. A Solid-State Support for Separating Astatine-211 from Bismuth. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:6137-6146. [PMID: 32302134 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Increasing access to the short-lived α-emitting radionuclide astatine-211 (211At) has the potential to advance targeted α-therapeutic treatment of disease and to solve challenges facing the medical community. For example, there are numerous technical needs associated with advancing the use of 211At in targeted α-therapy, e.g., improving 211At chelates, developing more effective 211At targeting, and characterizing in vivo 211At behavior. There is an insufficient understanding of astatine chemistry to support these efforts. The chemistry of astatine is one of the least developed of all elements on the periodic table, owing to its limited supply and short half-life. Increasing access to 211At could help address these issues and advance understanding of 211At chemistry in general. We contribute here an extraction chromatographic processing method that simplifies 211At production in terms of purification. It utilizes the commercially available Pre-Filter resin to rapidly (<1.5 h) isolate 211At from irradiated bismuth targets (Bi decontamination factors ≥876 000), in reasonable yield (68-55%) and in a form that is compatible for subsequent in vivo study. We are excited about the potential of this procedure to address 211At supply and processing/purification problems.
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- David H Woen
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Aldrich KE, Lam MN, Eiroa-Lledo C, Kozimor SA, Lilley LM, Mocko V, Stein BW. Preparation of an Actinium-228 Generator. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:3200-3206. [PMID: 32062965 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Advances in targeted α-therapies have increased the interest in actinium (Ac), whose chemistry is poorly defined due to scarcity and radiological hazards. Challenges associated with characterizing Ac3+ chemistry are magnified by its 5f06d0 electronic configuration, which precludes the use of many spectroscopic methods amenable to small amounts of material and low concentrations (like EPR, UV-vis, fluorescence). In terms of nuclear spectroscopy, many actinium isotopes (225Ac and 227Ac) are equally "unfriendly" because the actinium α-, β-, and γ-emissions are difficult to resolve from the actinium daughters. To address these issues, we developed a method for isolating an actinium isotope (228Ac) whose nuclear properties are well-suited for γ-spectroscopy. This four-step procedure isolates 228Ra from naturally occurring 232Th. The relatively long-lived 228Ra (t1/2 = 5.75(3) years) radioisotope subsequently decays to 228Ac. Because the 228Ac decay rate [t1/2 = 6.15(2) h] is fast, 228Ac rapidly regenerates after being harvested from the 228Ra parent. The resulting 228Ac generator provides frequent and long-term access (of many years) to the spectroscopically "friendly" 228Ac radionuclide. We have demonstrated that the 228Ac product can be routinely "milked" from this generator on a daily basis, in chemically pure form, with high specific activity and in excellent yield (∼95%). Hence, in the same way that developing synthesis routes to new starting materials has advanced coordination chemistry for many metals by broadening access, this 228Ac generator has the potential to broaden actinium access for the inorganic community, facilitating the characterization of actinium chemical behavior.
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- Kelly E Aldrich
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States of America
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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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Stein BW, Morgenstern A, Batista ER, Birnbaum ER, Bone SE, Cary SK, Ferrier MG, John KD, Pacheco JL, Kozimor SA, Mocko V, Scott BL, Yang P. Advancing Chelation Chemistry for Actinium and Other +3 f-Elements, Am, Cm, and La. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19404-19414. [PMID: 31794205 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A major chemical challenge facing implementation of 225Ac in targeted alpha therapy-an emerging technology that has potential for treatment of disease-is identifying an 225Ac chelator that is compatible with in vivo applications. It is unclear how to tailor a chelator for Ac binding because Ac coordination chemistry is poorly defined. Most Ac chemistry is inferred from radiochemical experiments carried out on microscopic scales. Of the few Ac compounds that have been characterized spectroscopically, success has only been reported for simple inorganic ligands. Toward advancing understanding in Ac chelation chemistry, we have developed a method for characterizing Ac complexes that contain highly complex chelating agents using small quantities (μg) of 227Ac. We successfully characterized the chelation of Ac3+ by DOTP8- using EXAFS, NMR, and DFT techniques. To develop confidence and credibility in the Ac results, comparisons with +3 cations (Am, Cm, and La) that could be handled on the mg scale were carried out. We discovered that all M3+ cations (M = Ac, Am, Cm, La) were completely encapsulated within the binding pocket of the DOTP8- macrocycle. The computational results highlighted the stability of the M(DOTP)5- complexes.
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- Benjamin W Stein
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Stanford University , Stanford , California 94305 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545 , United States of America
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Nielsen LG, Sørensen TJ. Including and Declaring Structural Fluctuations in the Study of Lanthanide(III) Coordination Chemistry in Solution. Inorg Chem 2019; 59:94-105. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Lea Gundorff Nielsen
- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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- Nano-Science Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 5, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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Cheisson T, Kersey KD, Mahieu N, McSkimming A, Gau MR, Carroll PJ, Schelter EJ. Multiple Bonding in Lanthanides and Actinides: Direct Comparison of Covalency in Thorium(IV)- and Cerium(IV)-Imido Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9185-9190. [PMID: 31117665 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A series of thorium(IV)-imido complexes was synthesized and characterized. Extensive experimental and computational comparisons with the isostructural cerium(IV)-imido complexes revealed a notably more covalent bonding arrangement for the Ce═N bond compared with the more ionic Th═N bond. The thorium-imido moieties were observed to be 3 orders of magnitude more basic than their cerium congeners. More generally, these results provide unique experimental evidence for the larger covalent character of 4f05d0 Ce(IV) multiple bonds compared to its 5f06d0 Th(IV) actinide congener.
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- Thibault Cheisson
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States.,Département de Chimie, ENS Paris-Saclay , Université Paris-Saclay , 94235 Cachan , France
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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Ferrier MG, Radchenko V, Wilbur DS. Radiochemical aspects of alpha emitting radionuclides for medical application. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2019-0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The use of α-emitting radionuclides in targeted alpha therapy (TAT) holds great potential for treatment of human diseases, such as cancer, due to the short pathlength and high potency of the α particle, which can localize damage to targeted cells while minimizing effects to healthy surrounding tissues. In this review several potential α-emitting radionuclides having emission properties applicable to TAT are discussed from a radiochemical point of view. Overviews of production, radiochemical separation and chelation aspects relative to developing TAT radiopharmaceuticals are provided for the α-emitting radionuclides (and their generator systems) 211At, 224Ra/212Pb/212Bi, 225Ac/213Bi, 227Th/223Ra, 230U/226Th, 149Tb and 255Fm.
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- Maryline G. Ferrier
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiochemistry Division , University of Washington , Seattle, WA , USA
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- Life Sciences Division, TRIUMF , Vancouver, BC , Canada
- Department of Chemistry , University of British Columbia , Vancouver, BC , Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Radiochemistry Division , University of Washington , Seattle, WA , USA
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Bennett K, Bone SE, Akin AC, Birnbaum ER, Blake AV, Brugh M, Daly SR, Engle JW, Fassbender ME, Ferrier MG, Kozimor SA, Lilley LM, Martinez CA, Mocko V, Nortier FM, Stein BW, Thiemann SL, Vermeulen C. Large-Scale Production of 119mTe and 119Sb for Radiopharmaceutical Applications. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2019; 5:494-505. [PMID: 30937377 PMCID: PMC6439462 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Radionuclides find widespread use in medical technologies for treating and diagnosing disease. Among successful and emerging radiotherapeutics, 119Sb has unique potential in targeted therapeutic applications for low-energy electron-emitting isotopes. Unfortunately, developing 119Sb-based drugs has been slow in comparison to other radionuclides, primarily due to limited accessibility. Herein is a production method that overcomes this challenge and expands the available time for large-scale distribution and use. Our approach exploits high flux and fluence from high-energy proton sources to produce longer lived 119mTe. This parent isotope slowly decays to 119Sb, which in turn provides access to 119Sb for longer time periods (in comparison to direct 119Sb production routes). We contribute the target design, irradiation conditions, and a rapid procedure for isolating the 119mTe/119Sb pair. To guide process development and to understand why the procedure was successful, we characterized the Te/Sb separation using Te and Sb K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The procedure provides low-volume aqueous solutions that have high 119mTe-and consequently 119Sb-specific activity in a chemically pure form. This procedure has been demonstrated at large-scale (production-sized, Ci quantities), and the product has potential to meet stringent Food and Drug Administration requirements for a 119mTe/119Sb active pharmaceutical ingredient.
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- Kevin
T. Bennett
- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1294, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- University
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Spezia R, Migliorati V, D’Angelo P. Response to “Comment on ‘On the development of polarizable and Lennard-Jones force fields to study hydration structure and dynamics of actinide(III) ions based on effective ionic radii’” [J. Chem. Phys. 150, 097101 (2019)]. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:097102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5087193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Riccardo Spezia
- LAMBE, Université d’Evry Val d’Essonne, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, F-91025 Evry, France
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy
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Pappalardo RR, Caralampio DZ, Martínez JM, Marcos ES. Hydration Structure of the Elusive Ac(III) Aqua Ion: Interpretation of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) Spectra on the Basis of Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:2777-2783. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Departmento de Química Física, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
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Kaneko M, Suzuki H, Matsumura T. Theoretical Elucidation of Am(III)/Cm(III) Separation Mechanism with Diamide-type Ligands Using Relativistic Density Functional Theory Calculation. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:14513-14523. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Masashi Kaneko
- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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Moon J, Nilsson M. Coordination chemistry of lanthanides in a AOT–CMPO solvent extraction system: UV-Vis and XAFS studies. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:15424-15438. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt02957a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Synergistic extraction systems using AOT and CMPO were investigated at the molecular level for improved understanding of the lanthanide coordination environment.
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- Jisue Moon
- Department of Chemical engineering and Materials Science
- University of California
- Irvine
- USA
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- Department of Chemical engineering and Materials Science
- University of California
- Irvine
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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