Studies with transuranium elements have become more popular in recent years, with a major focus being on the reactivity of these rare elements compared to the early actinide counterparts. This work has been essential in understanding basic reactivity trends across the actinide series, which is important for fundamental studies related to spent nuclear fuel processing.  In our laboratory, we have embarked on studying low-valent neptunium complexes as halide derivatives.  These new species have been fully characterized using spectroscopic and structural techniques to assess the electronic structures.  A comparison of these neptunium compounds to their uranium derivatives to determine how general the reactivity is across the actinide series will also be presented.

Comparison of neptunium halide complexes with their early actinide counterparts

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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