Abstract

Complexation of An(VI) (An = U, Np, Pu, Am) with 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic (dipicolinic) acid in aqueous solutions was studied. All these actinides form with dipicolinic acid anion, PDC2− 1: 1 and 1: 2 complexes. The PDC2− ion coordinates to actinide(VI) ions in solutions in tridentate fashion. In 1: 2 complexes, the f-f transition bands in the electronic absorption spectra are very weak, which is associated with approximate central symmetry of the coordination polyhedron (CP) of the An atom. The apparent stability constants of Pu(VI) complexes were measured in a wide pH range, and the concentration stability constants of An(VI) (An = U, Np, Pu, Am) were determined. The crystalline complexes [Li2AnO2(PDC)2]·2H2O (An = U, Np, Pu) and [AnO2(PDC)]n (An = Np, Pu) were synthesized, and their structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The X-ray data confirmed the conclusion that CP of An atoms in the complex ions AnO2·(PDC)22− is centrosymmetrical. In the isostructural series of [Li2AnO2(PDC)2]·2H2O, the actinide contraction is manifested in shortening of the An-O distances in the “yl” groups in going from U to Pu.

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