M. Kelley, N. Bessen, Jing Su
Sep 18, 2018
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Chemical communications
Abstract
Literature casts einsteinium as a departure from earlier transplutonium actinides, with a decrease in stability constants with aminopolycarboxylate ligands. This report studies transplutonium chemistry - including Am, Bk, Cf, and Es - with aminopolycarboxylate ligands. Es complexation follows similar thermodynamic and structural trends established by the earlier actinides, consistent with first-principle calculations.