Synthesis and structural characterization of a molecular plutonium(IV) compound constructed from dimeric building blocks

Wolfgang Runde; Lia F Brodnax; George S Goff; Shane M Peper; Felicia L Taw; Brian L Scott

doi:10.1039/b617878b

Synthesis and structural characterization of a molecular plutonium(IV) compound constructed from dimeric building blocks

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 May 7:(17):1728-9. doi: 10.1039/b617878b. Epub 2007 Feb 6.

Authors

Wolfgang Runde¹, Lia F Brodnax, George S Goff, Shane M Peper, Felicia L Taw, Brian L Scott

Affiliation

¹ Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA. runde@lanl.gov

PMID: 17457422
DOI: 10.1039/b617878b

Abstract

Single crystals of Na(8)Pu(2)(O(2))(2)(CO(3))(6) x 12H(2)O, exhibiting bridging mu(2),eta(2)-O(2) ligands in unprecedented Pu(IV) dimeric units, were obtained at ambient temperature from an aqueous Pu(IV) peroxide carbonate solution.