Chemical Communications 2012-10-09

Plutonium(IV) complexation by diglycolamide ligands--coordination chemistry insight into TODGA-based actinide separations.

Sean D Reilly, Andrew J Gaunt, Brian L Scott, Giuseppe Modolo, Mudassir Iqbal, Willem Verboom, Mark J Sarsfield

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 48(78) , 9732-4, (2012)

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Abstract

Complexation of Pu(IV) with TMDGA, TEDGA, and TODGA diglycolamide ligands was followed by vis-NIR spectroscopy. A crystal structure determination reveals that TMDGA forms a 1 : 3 homoleptic Pu(IV) complex with the nitrate anions forced into the outer coordination sphere.