Investigation of astatine(III) hydrolyzed species: experiments and relativistic calculations.
This work aims to resolve some controversies about astatine(III) hydroxide species present in oxidant aqueous solution. AtO(+) is the dominant species existing under oxidizing and acidic pH conditions. This is consistent with high-performance ion-exchange chromatography data showing the existence of one species holding one positive charge. A change in speciation occurs as the pH changes from 1 to 4, while remaining under oxidizing conditions. Dynamic experiments with ion-exchange resins evidence the existence of a neutral species witnessed by its elution in the void volume. Batch-experiments using a competition method show the exchange of one proton indicating the formation of the AtO(OH) species. The hydrolysis thermodynamic constant, extrapolated to zero ionic strength, was determined to be 10(-1.9). This value is supported by two-component relativistic quantum calculations and therefore allows disclosing unambiguously the structure of the formed species.
SUBATECH, UMR CNRS 6457, IN2P3/Ecole des Mines de Nantes/LUNAM Université, 4 rue A. Kastler, 44307 Nantes Cedex, France.
Julie
J
Champion
Andréa
A
Sabatié-Gogova
Fadel
F
Bassal
Tahra
T
Ayed
Cyrille
C
Alliot
Nicolas
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Galland
Gilles
G
Montavon