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Title: Aqueous uranium complexes. 2. Raman spectroscopic study of the complex formation of the dioxouranium(VI) ion with a variety of inorganic and organic ligands

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00051a021· OSTI ID:6837031
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

The Raman spectra of the aqueous dioxouranium(VI) ion have been measured as a function of ligand and uranyl concentrations at various constant pH values. The ligands investigated were F[sup [minus]], Cl[sup [minus]], Br[sup [minus]], SO[sub 4][sup 2[minus]], HSO[sub 4][sup [minus]], NO[sub 3][sup [minus]], ClO[sub 4][sup [minus]], CH[sub 3]CO[sub 2][sup [minus]], and C[sub 2]O[sub 4][sup 2[minus]]. A linear correlation between the frequency of the O=U=O symmetrical stretching vibration ([nu][sub 1], cm[sup [minus]1]) and the average number [bar n] of ligand coordinated equatorially to the central uranium atom in the given species has been established for the above-mentioned ligands according to the following equation: [nu][sub 1] (cm[sup [minus]1]) = -A[bar n] + 870, where A is a characteristic coefficient (cm[sup [minus]1]) representing the shift in the [nu][sub 1] band for the addition of each ligand to the uranyl(VI) center relative to 870 cm[sup [minus]1] for UO[sub 2][sup 2+](aq). Except for the case of ClO[sub 4][sup [minus]] (A = -15 cm[sup [minus]1]), the values of A are positive and vary in the range 0-15. The preceding equation was derived earlier for OH[sup [minus]] anions with A = 21.5 [+-] 1.0 cm[sup [minus]1]. Results obtained elsewhere for CO[sub 3][sup 2[minus]] also fit this equation with A = 19.0 [+-] 1.0 cm[sup [minus]1]. This linear correlation provides a convenient, nondestructive method of identifying the possible stoichiometry of uranyl(VI) complexes in solution and a means for estimating their stability fields with respect to ligand concentration and pH.

DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
6837031
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 31:25; ISSN 0020-1669
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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