Abstract
Hydrothermal reactions of CeCl3 and PuCl3 with MoO3 and Cs2CO3 yield surprisingly different results. Ce3Mo6O24(H2O)4 crystallizes as bright yellow plates (space group C2/c, a = 12.7337(7) Å, b = 22.1309(16) Å, c = 7.8392(4) Å, β = 96.591(4), V = 2194.6(2) Å3), whereas CsPu3Mo6O 24(H2O) crystallizes as semiconducting black-red plates (space group C2/c, a = 12.633(5) Å, b = 21.770(8) Å, c = 7.743(7) Å, β = 96.218(2), V = 2117(2) Å3). The topologies of the two compounds are similar, with channel structures built from disordered Mo(VI) square pyramids and (RE)O8 square antiprisms (RE = Ce(IV), Pu(IV)). However, the Pu(IV) compound contains Cs+ in its channels, while the channels in Ce3Mo6O24(H 2O)4 contain water molecules. Disorder and an ambiguous oxidation state of Mo lead to the formula CsPu3Mo6O 24(H2O), where one Mo site is Mo(V) and the rest are Mo(VI). X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) experiments were performed to investigate the source of the black color of CsPu3Mo 6O24(H2O). These experiments revealed Pu to be tetravalent, while the strong pre-edge absorption from the distorted molybdate anions leaves the oxidation state ambiguous between Mo(V) and Mo(VI).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2769-2775 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 135 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 20 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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From yellow to black : Dramatic changes between cerium(IV) and plutonium(IV) molybdates. / Cross, Justin N.; Duncan, Patrick M.; Villa, Eric; Polinski, Matthew J.; Babo, Jean Marie; Alekseev, Evgeny V.; Booth, Corwin H.; Albrecht-Schmitt, Thomas E.
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 135, No. 7, 20.02.2013, p. 2769-2775.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - From yellow to black
T2 - Dramatic changes between cerium(IV) and plutonium(IV) molybdates
AU - Cross, Justin N.
AU - Duncan, Patrick M.
AU - Villa, Eric
AU - Polinski, Matthew J.
AU - Babo, Jean Marie
AU - Alekseev, Evgeny V.
AU - Booth, Corwin H.
AU - Albrecht-Schmitt, Thomas E.
PY - 2013/2/20
Y1 - 2013/2/20
N2 - Hydrothermal reactions of CeCl3 and PuCl3 with MoO3 and Cs2CO3 yield surprisingly different results. Ce3Mo6O24(H2O)4 crystallizes as bright yellow plates (space group C2/c, a = 12.7337(7) Å, b = 22.1309(16) Å, c = 7.8392(4) Å, β = 96.591(4), V = 2194.6(2) Å3), whereas CsPu3Mo6O 24(H2O) crystallizes as semiconducting black-red plates (space group C2/c, a = 12.633(5) Å, b = 21.770(8) Å, c = 7.743(7) Å, β = 96.218(2), V = 2117(2) Å3). The topologies of the two compounds are similar, with channel structures built from disordered Mo(VI) square pyramids and (RE)O8 square antiprisms (RE = Ce(IV), Pu(IV)). However, the Pu(IV) compound contains Cs+ in its channels, while the channels in Ce3Mo6O24(H 2O)4 contain water molecules. Disorder and an ambiguous oxidation state of Mo lead to the formula CsPu3Mo6O 24(H2O), where one Mo site is Mo(V) and the rest are Mo(VI). X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) experiments were performed to investigate the source of the black color of CsPu3Mo 6O24(H2O). These experiments revealed Pu to be tetravalent, while the strong pre-edge absorption from the distorted molybdate anions leaves the oxidation state ambiguous between Mo(V) and Mo(VI).
AB - Hydrothermal reactions of CeCl3 and PuCl3 with MoO3 and Cs2CO3 yield surprisingly different results. Ce3Mo6O24(H2O)4 crystallizes as bright yellow plates (space group C2/c, a = 12.7337(7) Å, b = 22.1309(16) Å, c = 7.8392(4) Å, β = 96.591(4), V = 2194.6(2) Å3), whereas CsPu3Mo6O 24(H2O) crystallizes as semiconducting black-red plates (space group C2/c, a = 12.633(5) Å, b = 21.770(8) Å, c = 7.743(7) Å, β = 96.218(2), V = 2117(2) Å3). The topologies of the two compounds are similar, with channel structures built from disordered Mo(VI) square pyramids and (RE)O8 square antiprisms (RE = Ce(IV), Pu(IV)). However, the Pu(IV) compound contains Cs+ in its channels, while the channels in Ce3Mo6O24(H 2O)4 contain water molecules. Disorder and an ambiguous oxidation state of Mo lead to the formula CsPu3Mo6O 24(H2O), where one Mo site is Mo(V) and the rest are Mo(VI). X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) experiments were performed to investigate the source of the black color of CsPu3Mo 6O24(H2O). These experiments revealed Pu to be tetravalent, while the strong pre-edge absorption from the distorted molybdate anions leaves the oxidation state ambiguous between Mo(V) and Mo(VI).
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