Highly efficient separation of actinides from lanthanides by a phenanthroline-derived bis-triazine ligand

Lewis, F. W., Harwood, L. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-7380, Hudson, M. J., Drew, M. G. B., Desreux, J. F., Vidick, G., Bouslimani, N., Modolo, G., Wilden, A., Sypula, M., Vu, T.-H. and Simonin, J.-P. (2011) Highly efficient separation of actinides from lanthanides by a phenanthroline-derived bis-triazine ligand. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (33). pp. 13093-13102. ISSN 0002-7863 doi: 10.1021/ja203378m

Abstract/Summary

The synthesis, lanthanide complexation, and solvent ex- traction of actinide(III) and lanthanide(III) radiotracers from nitric acid solutions by a phenanthroline-derived quadridentate bis-triazine ligand are described. The ligand separates Am(III) and Cm(III) from the lanthanides with remarkably high efficiency, high selectivity, and fast extraction kinetics compared to its 2,2'-bipyridine counterpart. Structures of the 1:2 bis-complexes of the ligand with Eu(III) and Yb(III) were elucidated by X-ray crystallography and force field calculations, respec-tively. The Eu(III) bis-complex is the first 1:2 bis-complex of a quadridentate bis-triazine ligand to be characterized by crystallography. The faster rates of extraction were verified by kinetics measurements using the rotating membrane cell technique in several diluents. The improved kinetics of metal ion extraction are related to the higher surface activity of the ligand at the phase interface. The improvement in the ligand's properties on replacing the bipyridine unit with a phenanthroline unit far exceeds what was anticipated based on ligand design alone.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/22560
Identification Number/DOI	10.1021/ja203378m
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF)
Publisher	American Chemical Society
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