Surprising coordination for plutonium in the first plutonium(III) borate

Shuao Wang; Evgeny V Alekseev; Wulf Depmeier; Thomas E Albrecht-Schmitt

doi:10.1021/ic200064n

Surprising coordination for plutonium in the first plutonium(III) borate

Inorg Chem. 2011 Mar 21;50(6):2079-81. doi: 10.1021/ic200064n. Epub 2011 Feb 22.

Authors

Shuao Wang¹, Evgeny V Alekseev, Wulf Depmeier, Thomas E Albrecht-Schmitt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.

PMID: 21341700
DOI: 10.1021/ic200064n

Abstract

The first plutonium(III) borate, Pu(2)[B(12)O(18)(OH)(4)Br(2)(H(2)O)(3)]·0.5H(2)O, has been prepared by reacting plutonium(III) with molten boric acid under strictly anaerobic conditions. This compound contains a three-dimensional polyborate network with triangular holes that house the plutonium(III) sites. The plutonium sites in this compound are 9- and 10-coordinate and display atypical geometries.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Borates / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Plutonium / chemistry*

Substances

Borates
Plutonium