title: The structure and synthesis of plutonium(III) chlorides from aqueous solution.
abstract: The preparation and structure of three trivalent plutonium chloride compounds from aqueous solution is reported. Two of the three are plutonium tetraaquatetrachloro complexes exhibiting a cis and a trans arrangement of Cl about the Pu. The identification of the coordination number of 4 with respect to Cl and the isomerism are both unprecedented in actinide solution chemistry. The third complex is a hexaaquadichloro complex of Pu(III), predicted by available thermodynamic data.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA. rewilson@anl.gov
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Almond
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soderholm