Influence of a Heterocyclic Nitrogen-Donor Group on the Coordination of Trivalent Actinides and Lanthanides by Aminopolycarboxylate Complexants

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02792

Title: Influence of a Heterocyclic Nitrogen-Donor Group on the Coordination of Trivalent Actinides and Lanthanides by Aminopolycarboxylate Complexants

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Here, the novel metal chelator – N-2-pyridylmethyl-diethylenetriamine- N,N',N'',N''-tetraacetic acid, DTTA-PyM – was designed to replace a single O-donor acetate group of the well-known aminopolycarboxylate complexant diethylenetriamine- N,N,N',N'',N''-pentaacetic acid (DTPA) with an N-donor 2-pyridylmethyl. Potentiometric, spectroscopic, computational, and radioisotope distribution methods show distinct differences for the 4f and 5f coordination environments and enhanced actinide binding due to the nitrogen bearing heterocyclic moiety. The Am ³⁺, Cm ³⁺, Ln ³⁺ complexation studies for DTTA-PyM reveal an enhanced preference, relative to DTPA, for trivalent actinide binding. Fluorescence studies indicate no changes to the octadentate coordination of trivalent curium, while evidence of heptadentate complexation of trivalent europium is found in mixtures containing EuHL _(aq) complexes at the same aqueous acidity. The denticity change observed for Eu ³⁺ suggests that complex protonation occurs on the pyridyl nitrogen. Formation of the CmHL(aq) complex is likely due to the protonation of an available carboxylate group since the carbonyl oxygen can maintain octadentate coordination through a rotation. The observed suppressed protonation of the pyridyl nitrogen in the Cm complexes may be attributed to stronger trivalent actinide binding by DTTA-PyM. Density functional theory calculations indicate that added stabilization of the actinide complexes with DTTA-PyM may originate from p back-bondingmore »« less

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Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: 2018-01-05

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1477508

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-17-43766-Rev000
Journal ID: ISSN 0020-1669

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

Resource Type:: Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Inorganic Chemistry

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 57; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0020-1669

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; Actinide Complexation; f-Element Coordination; Trivalent Lanthanide/Actinide Separation

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                    Grimes, Travis S., Heathman, Colt R., Jansone-Popova, Santa, Ivanov, Alexander S., Roy, Santanu, Bryantsev, Vyacheslav S., and Zalupski, Peter R. Influence of a Heterocyclic Nitrogen-Donor Group on the Coordination of Trivalent Actinides and Lanthanides by Aminopolycarboxylate Complexants.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Grimes, Travis S., Heathman, Colt R., Jansone-Popova, Santa, Ivanov, Alexander S., Roy, Santanu, Bryantsev, Vyacheslav S., & Zalupski, Peter R. Influence of a Heterocyclic Nitrogen-Donor Group on the Coordination of Trivalent Actinides and Lanthanides by Aminopolycarboxylate Complexants.  United States.  doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02792.

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                    Grimes, Travis S., Heathman, Colt R., Jansone-Popova, Santa, Ivanov, Alexander S., Roy, Santanu, Bryantsev, Vyacheslav S., and Zalupski, Peter R. Fri .  
        "Influence of a Heterocyclic Nitrogen-Donor Group on the Coordination of Trivalent Actinides and Lanthanides by Aminopolycarboxylate Complexants".  United States.  doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02792.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1477508.

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@article{osti_1477508,

  title        = {Influence of a Heterocyclic Nitrogen-Donor Group on the Coordination of Trivalent Actinides and Lanthanides by Aminopolycarboxylate Complexants},

  author       = {Grimes, Travis S. and Heathman, Colt R. and Jansone-Popova, Santa and Ivanov, Alexander S. and Roy, Santanu and Bryantsev, Vyacheslav S. and Zalupski, Peter R.},

  abstractNote = {Here, the novel metal chelator – N-2-pyridylmethyl-diethylenetriamine-N,N',N'',N''-tetraacetic acid, DTTA-PyM – was designed to replace a single O-donor acetate group of the well-known aminopolycarboxylate complexant diethylenetriamine-N,N,N',N'',N''-pentaacetic acid (DTPA) with an N-donor 2-pyridylmethyl. Potentiometric, spectroscopic, computational, and radioisotope distribution methods show distinct differences for the 4f and 5f coordination environments and enhanced actinide binding due to the nitrogen bearing heterocyclic moiety. The Am3+, Cm3+, Ln3+ complexation studies for DTTA-PyM reveal an enhanced preference, relative to DTPA, for trivalent actinide binding. Fluorescence studies indicate no changes to the octadentate coordination of trivalent curium, while evidence of heptadentate complexation of trivalent europium is found in mixtures containing EuHL(aq) complexes at the same aqueous acidity. The denticity change observed for Eu3+ suggests that complex protonation occurs on the pyridyl nitrogen. Formation of the CmHL(aq) complex is likely due to the protonation of an available carboxylate group since the carbonyl oxygen can maintain octadentate coordination through a rotation. The observed suppressed protonation of the pyridyl nitrogen in the Cm complexes may be attributed to stronger trivalent actinide binding by DTTA-PyM. Density functional theory calculations indicate that added stabilization of the actinide complexes with DTTA-PyM may originate from p back-bonding interactions between singly occupied 5f orbitals of Am3+ and the pyridyl nitrogen. The differences between the stability of trivalent actinide chelates (Am3+, Cm3+) and trivalent lanthanide chelates (La3+-Lu3+) are observed in liquid-liquid extraction systems, yielding unprecedented 4f/5f differentiation when using DTTA-PyM as an aqueous holdback reagent. In addition, the enhanced N-donor softness of the new DTTA-PyM chelator was perturbed by adding a fluorine onto the pyridine group. The comparative characterization of N-(3-fluoro-2-pyridylmethyl)-diethylenetriamine-N,N',N'',N''-tetraacetic acid, DTTA-3-F-PyM, showed subdued 4f/5f differentiation due to the presence of this electron-withdrawing group.},

  doi          = {10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02792},

  journal      = {Inorganic Chemistry},

  issn         = {0020-1669},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 57,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {1}

}

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Figure 1: Synthetic scheme for the preparation of N-2-pyridylmethyl-diethylenetriamine-N,N′,N′′,N′′-tetraacetic acid, DTTA-PyM (structure 3a) and N-(3-fluoro-2 pyridylmethyl)-diethylenetriamine-N,N′,N′′,N′′-tetraacetic acid, DTTA-3-F-PyM (structure 3b).

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