title: Symmetry and optical spectra: a "silent" 1 : 2 Np(V)-oxydiacetate complex.
abstract: The 1 : 2 Np(V)-oxydiacetate complex, NpO(2)(ODA)(2)(3-), identified by single-crystal X-ray diffractometry for the first time, is centrosymmetric around the Np atom so that the f-f transitions of Np(V) are forbidden, resulting in the "silence" of the absorption and diffuse reflectance spectra of this complex in solution and the solid state in the near-IR and visible regions.
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Guoxin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Linfeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliver