title: Surprising coordination for plutonium in the first plutonium(III) borate.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.
authors.forename: Shuao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Evgeny V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Alekseev
authors.forename: Wulf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Depmeier
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Albrecht-Schmitt
mesh_terms: D001881:Borates / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011005:Plutonium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001881:Borates; D011005:Plutonium