Abstract
We report a new family of preorganized bis-lactam-1,10-phenanthroline (BLPhen) complexants that possess both hard and soft donor atoms within a convergent cavity and show unprecedented extraction strength for the trivalent f-block metal ions. BLPhen ligands with saturated and unsaturated δ-lactam rings have notable differences in their affinity and selectivity for Am(III) over Eu(III), with the latter being the most selective mixed N,O-donor extractant of Am(III) reported to date. Saturated BLPhen was crystallized with five Ln(III) nitrates to form charge-neutral 1:1 complexes in the solid state. DFT calculations further elaborate on the variety of effects that dictate the performance of these preorganized compounds.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5911-5917 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Inorganic Chemistry |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 15 2017 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program, Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy and used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, a DOE office of Science, User Facility supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DEAC01-05CH11231.
Funders | Funder number |
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Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program | |
U.S. Department of Energy | |
Office of Science | DEAC01-05CH11231 |
Office of Nuclear Energy |