Elucidating Actinide–Pertechnetate and Actinide–Perrhenate Bonding via a Family of Th–TcO4 and Th–ReO4 Frameworks and Solutions

M Shohel, J Bustos, GD Stroscio, A Sarkar… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Technetium-99, a β-emitter produced from 235U fission, poses a challenge for the nuclear
industry due to co-extraction of pertechnetate (TcO4–) with the actinides (An) during nuclear …

Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at the Pu5+/4+ Couple

KS Otte, JE Niklas, CM Studvick… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and solution and solid-state characterization of [Pu4+ (NPC) 4], 1-
Pu,(NPC=[NP t Bu (pyrr) 2]−; t Bu= C (CH3) 3; pyrr= pyrrolidinyl) and [Pu3+ (NPC) 4][K (2.2 …

Formation of fully stoichiometric, oxidation-state pure neptunium and plutonium dioxides from molecular precursors

A Peterson, SN Kelly, T Arino, SO Gunther… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Amidate-based ligands (N-(tert-butyl) isobutyramide, ITA) bind κ2 to form homoleptic, 8-
coordinate complexes with tetravalent 237Np (Np (ITA) 4, 1-Np) and 242Pu (Pu (ITA) 4, 1 …

Reactivity of a Chloride Decorated, Mixed Valent CeIII/IV38–Oxo Cluster

JN Wacker, AS Ditter, SK Cary, AV Murray… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A cerium–oxo nanocluster capped by chloride ligands,[CeIV38–n CeIII n O56–(n+ 1)(OH) n+
1Cl51 (H2O) 11] 10–(n= 1–24), has been isolated from acidic chloride solutions by using …

Effect of magnetic field on thorium ions electrochemical behavior in LiCl-KCl-CsCl low-temperature molten salt

J Xu, Y Sun, P Xing, Z Yi, D Ma, X Tan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of high efficiency and low-temperature molten salt electrolysis methods
can solve the difficulties of poor operation, high equipment requirements, and high cost of …

Mononuclear to Polynuclear UIV Structural Units: Effects of Reaction Conditions on U‐Furoate Phase Formation

NA Vanagas, RF Higgins, JN Wacker… - … A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Uranium (IV) complexation by 2‐furoic acid (2‐FA) was examined to better
understand the effects of ligand identity and reaction conditions on species formation and …

Controlling the reduction of chelated uranyl to stable tetravalent uranium coordination complexes in aqueous solution

KP Carter, KF Smith, T Tratnjek, GJP Deblonde… - Inorganic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The solution-state interactions between octadentate hydroxypyridinone (HOPO) and
catecholamide (CAM) chelating ligands and uranium were investigated and characterized …

Coordination of trivalent lanthanum and cerium, and tetravalent cerium and actinides (An= Th (iv), U (iv), Np (iv)) by a 4-phosphoryl 1 H-pyrazol-5-olate ligand in …

J Zhang, M Wenzel, K Schnaars, F Hennersdorf… - Dalton …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Structural investigations of three actinide (IV) 4-phosphoryl 1H-pyrazol-5-olate complexes
(An= Th (IV), U (IV), Np (IV)) and their cerium (IV) analogue display the same metal …

Aqueous Speciation of Tetravalent Actinides in the Presence of Chloride and Nitrate Ligands

R Bhattacharjee, P Miró - Inorganic Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
Speciation of hexachloride tetravalent uranium, neptunium, and plutonium species in
aqueous media has been investigated using density functional theory in the presence of …

Structural chemistry of penta-and hexanitrato thorium (iv) complexes isolated using N–H donors

MC Shore, AD Nicholas, M Vasiliu, KC Edwards… - …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of fifteen tetravalent thorium phases were prepared. The compounds were isolated
from acidic aqueous nitrate solutions using protonated nitrogen heterocycles of varying …