Electrochemical properties of uranium(VI) complexes with multidentate ligands in -dimethylformamide

Kim, S.-Y.; Asakura, Toshihide; Morita, Yasuji; Ikeda, Yasuhisa*

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 408-412, p.1291 - 1295, 2006/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.04.123

The electrochemical reactions of UO(-diketonato)DMF, UO(trop)DMF and UO(sap)(DMF), (DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide, -diketonate = thenoyltrifluoroacetonate (ttfa), benzoyltrifluoroacetonate (btfa), and dibenzoylmethanate(dbm), trop = tropolonate, and sap = 2-salicylidenaminophenolate) complexes in DMF solution containing tetrabutyl ammonium perchlorate as a supporting electrolyte have been studied with cyclic voltammetry. These uranyl(VI) complexes were found to be quasi-reversibly reduced to U(V) species. The formal redox potentials (E, . ferrocene/ferrocenium) for U(VI)/U(V) couples were determined to be -1.18 V for UO(ttfa)DMF, -1.18 V for UO(btfa)DMF, -1.46 V for UO (dbm)DMF, -1.46 V for UO(trop)DMF, and -1.59 V for UO(sap)(DMF).