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Title: Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of actinyl(VI) tetrahalide coordination compounds containing 2, 2'-bipyridine

Abstract

A series of three new actinide tetrahalide coordination compounds containing 2,2'-bipyridinium (H2bpy) have been synthesized by room temperature evaporation and characterized via single crystal X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and infrared spectroscopy. The solid-state compounds (Np1, U1, and U2) contain the AnO22+ cation coordinated to four halide (chloride or bromide) atoms to form the anionic tetrahalide molecular unit [AnO2X4]2– (X = Cl, Br) and are charge balanced by the 2,2'-bipyridinium cations that engage in electrostatic interactions with the actinyl complex. Np1 (N2C10H10)[NpO2Cl4] contains 2,2'-bipyridine in the cis conformation where both the nitrogen atoms are directed towards the [NpO2Cl4]2– monomer. Within U1 (N2C10H9)[UO2Cl4], the 2,2'-bipyridine is in a trans conformation, and found in the same orientation in the isomorphous structure U2 (N2C10H9)[UO2Br4]. The compounds were further characterized by vibrational spectroscopy with specific interest in the actinyl cation. Raman spectroscopy provided information on the actinyl symmetric stretch (ν1) whereas IR spectroscopy is used to determine the location of the asymmetric stretch (ν3). Here, spectral similarities are observed between the two isomorphous structures, but slight variations across the series of structures are found to be associated with bipyridine bands in the various conformations. Additional analysis of these vibrational features in U1 and U2 providedmore » information on the actinyl force constants, allowing insight into the relative uranyl bond strength that was compared to similar tetrahalide compounds.« less

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  1. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
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Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1668737
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OSTI ID: 1608071
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0013980
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Inorganica Chimica Acta
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 508; Journal ID: ISSN 0020-1693
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Neptunium; coordination compounds; X-ray diffraction; Raman spectroscopy; crystallography; force constants; actinide complex; uranyl; neptunyl

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Pyrch, Mikaela M., Williams, Jay M., Kasperski, Maguire W., Applegate, Lindsey C., and Forbes, Tori Z. Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of actinyl(VI) tetrahalide coordination compounds containing 2, 2'-bipyridine. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ica.2020.119628.
Pyrch, Mikaela M., Williams, Jay M., Kasperski, Maguire W., Applegate, Lindsey C., & Forbes, Tori Z. Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of actinyl(VI) tetrahalide coordination compounds containing 2, 2'-bipyridine. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2020.119628
Pyrch, Mikaela M., Williams, Jay M., Kasperski, Maguire W., Applegate, Lindsey C., and Forbes, Tori Z. Thu . "Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of actinyl(VI) tetrahalide coordination compounds containing 2, 2'-bipyridine". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2020.119628. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1668737.
@article{osti_1668737,
title = {Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of actinyl(VI) tetrahalide coordination compounds containing 2, 2'-bipyridine},
author = {Pyrch, Mikaela M. and Williams, Jay M. and Kasperski, Maguire W. and Applegate, Lindsey C. and Forbes, Tori Z.},
abstractNote = {A series of three new actinide tetrahalide coordination compounds containing 2,2'-bipyridinium (H2bpy) have been synthesized by room temperature evaporation and characterized via single crystal X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, and infrared spectroscopy. The solid-state compounds (Np1, U1, and U2) contain the AnO22+ cation coordinated to four halide (chloride or bromide) atoms to form the anionic tetrahalide molecular unit [AnO2X4]2– (X = Cl, Br) and are charge balanced by the 2,2'-bipyridinium cations that engage in electrostatic interactions with the actinyl complex. Np1 (N2C10H10)[NpO2Cl4] contains 2,2'-bipyridine in the cis conformation where both the nitrogen atoms are directed towards the [NpO2Cl4]2– monomer. Within U1 (N2C10H9)[UO2Cl4], the 2,2'-bipyridine is in a trans conformation, and found in the same orientation in the isomorphous structure U2 (N2C10H9)[UO2Br4]. The compounds were further characterized by vibrational spectroscopy with specific interest in the actinyl cation. Raman spectroscopy provided information on the actinyl symmetric stretch (ν1) whereas IR spectroscopy is used to determine the location of the asymmetric stretch (ν3). Here, spectral similarities are observed between the two isomorphous structures, but slight variations across the series of structures are found to be associated with bipyridine bands in the various conformations. Additional analysis of these vibrational features in U1 and U2 provided information on the actinyl force constants, allowing insight into the relative uranyl bond strength that was compared to similar tetrahalide compounds.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ica.2020.119628},
journal = {Inorganica Chimica Acta},
number = ,
volume = 508,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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