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JOURNAL OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 211-225Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10953-012-9940-2
Keywords
Am(III); Nd(III); 1,10-Phenanthroline-2,9-diacetic acid; Stability constants; Ligand preorganization
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- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Nuclear Energy
- Nuclear Energy Research Initiative Consortium (NERI-C) program [DE-FG07-07ID14896]
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The complexant 1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dicarboxylic acid (PDA) is a planar tetradentate ligand that is more preorganized for metal complexation than its unconstrained analogue ethylendiiminodiacetic acid (EDDA). Furthermore, the backbone nitrogen atoms of PDA are aromatic, hence are softer than the aliphatic amines of EDDA. It has been hypothesized that PDA will selectively bond to trivalent actinides over lanthanides. In this report, the results of spectrophotometric studies of the complexation of Nd(III) and Am(III) by PDA are reported. Because the complexes are moderately stable, it was necessary to conduct these titrations using competitive equilibrium methods, competitive cation complexing between PDA and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, and competition between ligand protonation and complex formation. Stability constants and ligand protonation constants were determined at 0.1 mol center dot L-1 ionic strength and at 0.5 mol center dot L-1 ionic strength nitrate media at 21 +/- A 1 A degrees C. The stability constants are lower than those predicted from first principles and speciation calculations indicate that Am3+ selectivity over Nd3+ is less than that exhibited by 1,10-phenanthroline.
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