Complexes of uranyl in aqueous solution that are of interest in environmental chemistry, have been examined computationally. A scalar relativistic density functional approach together with a polarizable continuum model for solvation effects was used to determine structures and energies. It has been shown for the first time that uranyl monohydroxide is four-coordinate, at variance with earlier suggestions. Various five-coordinate isomers are slightly less stable. Uranyl monocarboxylates of acetate and aromatic carboxylic acids have been examined as models of uranyl humate complexes. Bidentate coordination of carboxyl is the preferred coordination mode and aromatic ligands yield slightly weaker binding than aliphatic ones. Ternary uranyl-hydroxo-acetate complexes were investigated to study complexation at about neutral pH. Uranyl monohydroxide was calculated to bind acetate weaker than uranyl, at variance with experimental results for uranyl humates.
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Complexes of uranyl in aqueous solution that are of interest in environmental chemistry, have been examined computationally. A scalar relativistic density functional approach together with a polarizable continuum model for solvation effects was used to determine structures and energies. It has been shown for the first time that uranyl monohydroxide is four-coordinate, at variance with earlier suggestions. Various five-coordinate isomers are slightly less stable. Uranyl monocarboxylates of acetat...
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