Effective separation of the actinides Am(III) and Cm(III) by electronic modulation of bis-(1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)phenanthrolines.
It has been shown that modification of the phenanthroline backbone of CyMe4-BTPhen leads to subtle electronic modulation, permitting differential ligation of Am(III) and Cm(III) resulting in separation factors up to 7.
School of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, Berkshire RG6 6AD, UK. l.m.harwood@reading.ac.uk.
Ashfaq
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Afsar
Laurence M
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Harwood
Michael J
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Hudson
James
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Westwood
Andreas
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Geist