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Photoluminescence of Pentavalent Uranyl Amide Complexes

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posted on 2021-09-20, 15:14 authored by Fabrizio Ortu, Simon Randall, David J Moulding, Adam W Woodward, Andrew Kerridge, Karsten Meyer, Henry S La Pierre, Louise S Natrajan
Pentavalent uranyl species are crucial intermediates in transformations that play a key role for the nuclear industry and have recently been demonstrated to persist in reducing biotic and abiotic aqueous environments. However, due to the inherent instability of pentavalent uranyl, little is known about its electronic structure. Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a series of monomeric and dimeric, pentavalent uranyl amide complexes. These synthetic efforts enable the acquisition of emission spectra of well-defined pentavalent uranyl complexes using photoluminescence techniques, which establish a unique signature to characterize its electronic structure and, potentially, its role in biological and engineered environments via emission spectroscopy.

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J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 33, 13184–13194

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School of Chemistry

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volume

143

Issue

33

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13184 - 13194

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American Chemical Society

issn

0002-7863

eissn

1520-5126

Copyright date

2021

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2021-09-20

Language

English

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