CHEMISTRY OF THE COMPLEXES OF URANYL AND PLUTONYL IONS WITH ORGANIC LIGANDS

Abstract

A series of complexes of uranyl and plutonyl ions with different organic ligands have been prepared and investigated by infrared spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The uranyl complexes were found to be weakly diamagnetic and the plutonyl complex was found to be paramagnetic. Two ligand series are defined on the basis of the infrared asymmetric stretching frequency of the uranyl and plutonyl groups.