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Spectrophotometry and Luminescence Spectroscopy of Acetohydroxamate Complexes of Trivalent Lanthanide and Actinide Ions

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The complexation chemistries of acetohydroxamic acid (HA) with the trivalent Eu, Tb and Cm ions have been probed by combinations of Optical Absorbance Spectroscopy (OAS), Time Resolved Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (TRLIFS) and emission spectroscopy, with some rather unexpected trends being observed. The formation of four complexed species was established for all three metal cations by OAS. The magnitudes of the formation constants of the respective M(A) 3−n n complexes suggested a much stronger binding efficiency of HA for the first two complexation steps than the third and fourth steps. Tb(III) and Eu(III) TRLIFS data both suggested a final octadentate tetrakis-hydroxamato complex in which the metal ion is close to being fully dehydrated. Step-wise dehydration of Tb(III) by successive ligands did not appear to proceed as expected for a bidentate ligand. Of the EuA n complexes, only the tetrakis species was found to luminesce, with HA causing an unusually strong quenching effect for all other Eu species. Cm(III) complexation appeared similar to the lanthanide analogs.

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  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 99352, USA

    Sergei I. Sinkov

  2. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4390, USA

    Gregory R. Choppin

  3. Nexia Solutions, British Technology Centre, Sellafield, Seascale, CA20 1PG, UK

    Robin J. Taylor

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Sinkov, S.I., Choppin, G.R. & Taylor, R.J. Spectrophotometry and Luminescence Spectroscopy of Acetohydroxamate Complexes of Trivalent Lanthanide and Actinide Ions. J Solution Chem 36, 815–830 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-007-9149-y

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