Plutonium coordination and redox chemistry with the CyMe4-BTPhen polydentate N-donor extractant ligand

Sean Reilly, Jing Su, Jason Keith, Ping Yang, Enrique Batista, Andrew Gaunt, Laurence Harwood, Michael Hudson, Frank Lewis, Brian Scott, Clint Sharrad, Daniel Whittaker

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Abstract

Complexation of Pu(IV) with the actinide extractant CyMe4-BTPhen (2,9-bis(5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,2,4-benzotriazin-3-yl)-1,10-phenanthroline) was followed by vis-NIR spectroscopy in acetonitrile solution. The solid-state structure of the crystallized product suggests that Pu(IV) is reduced to Pu(III) upon complexation. Analysis by DFT modeling is consistent with metal-based rather than ligand-based reduction.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12582-12585
JournalChemical Communications
Volume54
Issue number89
Early online date23 Oct 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Nov 2018

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