Bulmer, Rachel, Spencer, Thomas B., Wilden, Andreas, Modolo, Giuseppe, Vu, Trong-Hung, Simonin, Jean-Pierre and Lewis, Frank (2022) New Route to Amide-Functionalized N-Donor Ligands Enables Improved Selective Solvent Extraction of Trivalent Actinides. Chemical Communications, 58 (76). pp. 10667-10670. ISSN 1359-7345
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Abstract
A new general synthetic route to selective actinide extracting ligands for spent nuclear fuel reprocessing has been established. The amide-functionalized ligands separate Am(III) and Cm(III) from the lanthanides with high selectivities and show rapid rates of metal extraction. The ligands retain the advantages of the analogous unfunctionalized ligands derived from camphorquinone, whilst also negating their main drawback; precipitate formation when in contact with nitric acid. These studies could enable the design of improved solvent extraction processes for closing the nuclear fuel cycle.
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| Additional Information: | Funding information: We thank the EPSRC (EP/P004873/1) and Northumbria University for funding this research, and the Royal Society of Chemistry for awarding a Researcher Mobility Grant (R.B.). We also thank the EPSRC UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility at Swansea University for recording high-resolution mass spectra. |
| Subjects: | F100 Chemistry |
| Department: | Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Elena Carlaw |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2022 13:06 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2022 15:15 |
| URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/49997 |
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