Temperature-dependent luminescence spectroscopic investigations of uranyl(vi) complexation with the halides F- and Cl.

In the present study we have investigated the complexation of uranyl(vi) with chloride and fluoride using luminescence spectroscopy (TRLFS, time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy). At 25 °C (298.15 K), in the presence of 0-0.175 M fluoride, the first single-component emission spectra for all four uranyl(vi)-fluoride complexes, i.e. UO2F+, UO2F2, UO2F3-, and UO2F42- could be extracted. Based on the aqueous speciation derived from the TRLFS data, log K* values at I = 1 M were calculated for all these complexes and extrapolated to infinite dilution using the SIT approach. In the case of chloride, however, quenching of the uranyl(vi)-luminescence hampered the experiments. Thus, uranyl(vi)-complexation was studied with TRLFS at liquid nitrogen temperatures. Samples were prepared at 25 °C (298.15 K) with chloride concentrations ranging from 0 to 1.0 M followed by instantaneous freezing and subsequent luminescence spectroscopic measurements at -120 °C (153.15 K). This allowed for the determination of the first luminescence spectra for the UO2Cl+ complex with the TRLFS method. The chloride quench reaction was further studied in the temperature range 1-45 °C (274.15-318.15 K) using Stern-Volmer analysis. By applying the Arrhenius and the Eyring equations we obtained the first thermodynamic parameters for the dynamic quench process, i.e. the activation energy (Ea = 55.0 ± 12.9 kJ mol-1), enthalpy (ΔH‡ = 52.5 ± 13.0 kJ mol-1), and entropy (ΔS‡ = 103.9 ± 42.8 J mol-1 K-1).

Technetium complexes with arylselenolato and aryltellurolato ligands.

Reactions of (NBu4)[TcOCl4] or [TcCl3(PPh3)2(CH3CN)] with in situ-prepared lithium arylselenolates and -tellurolates give (NBu4)[TcVO(ArE)4] (E = Se, Te; Ar = phenyl) and [TcIII(ArE)3(PPh3)(CH3CN)] (E = Se, Te; Ar = phenyl, 2,6-Me2phenyl, mesityl) complexes, respectively. The products contain square-pyramidal (TcV compounds) and trigonal bipyramidal (TcIII complexes) coordinated technetium atoms. Density functional theory calculations indicate that the Tc-chalcogen bonds in the TcIII compounds have a greater bond order than those in the TcV compounds.