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Inside Cover: The Structures and Optical Spectra of Hydrated Transplutonium Ions in the Solid State and in Solution (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 6/2007)
Author(s) -
LindqvistReis Patric,
Apostolidis Christos,
Rebizant Jean,
Morgenstern Alfred,
Klenze Reinhardt,
Walter Olaf,
Fanghänel Thomas,
Haire Richard G.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200790014
Subject(s) - trifluoromethanesulfonate , ion , salt (chemistry) , luminescence , aqueous solution , crystallography , chemistry , spectroscopy , methyl orange , diffraction , solid state , crystal structure , inorganic chemistry , materials science , optics , physics , organic chemistry , photocatalysis , catalysis , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics
The coordination geometries of the aqua ions of Am III and Cm III are strikingly similar to those of the highly symmetric nona‐hydrated species in their triflate salts [M(H 2 O) 9 ](CF 3 SO 3 ) 3 . These findings are supported by single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction, EXAFS, and optical spectroscopy and are discussed by P. Lindqvist‐Reis and co‐workers in their Communication on page 919ff. The picture shows the characteristic orange luminescence from Cm III in aqueous solution and in the triflate salt, together with the molecular structure of the salt.