Chemical Characterization of a Volatile Dubnium Compound, DbOCl3

Nadine M. Chiera, Tetsuya K. Sato, Robert Eichler, Tomohiro Tomitsuka, Masato Asai, Sadia Adachi, Rugard Dressler, Kentaro Hirose, Hiroki Inoue, Yuta Ito, Ayuna Kashihara, Hiroyuki Makii, Katsuhisa Nishio, Minoru Sakama, Kaori Shirai, Hayato Suzuki, Katsuyuki Tokoi, Kazuaki Tsukada, Eisuke Watanabe, Yuichiro Nagame

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Abstract

The formation and the chemical characterization of single atoms of dubnium (Db, element 105), in the form of its volatile oxychloride, was investigated using the on-line gas phase chromatography technique, in the temperature range 350–600 °C. Under the exactly same chemical conditions, comparative studies with the lighter homologues of Group 5 in the Periodic Table clearly indicate the volatility sequence being NbOCl3 > TaOCl3 ≥ DbOCl3. From the obtained experimental results, thermochemical data for DbOCl3 were derived. The present study delivers reliable experimental information for theoretical calculations on chemical properties of transactinides.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17871-17874
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume60
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 9 2021
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The authors express their gratitude to the crew of the JAEA tandem accelerator for their assistance in the course of these experiments. We are indebted to Dr. Valeria Pershina for the precious theoretical insights and suggestions. The present work was partly supported by JSPS Grant‐in‐Aid for Young Scientists (B) No. 20740152 and by the JSPS Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research (A) No. 16H02130.

FundersFunder number
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science20740152, 16H02130

    Keywords

    • Group 5 elements
    • dubnium
    • gas chromatography
    • thermochemistry
    • transactinides

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