Incorporation of neptunium(VI) into a uranyl selenite

Inorg Chem. 2012 Oct 15;51(20):10480-2. doi: 10.1021/ic301682b. Epub 2012 Oct 2.

Abstract

The incorporation of neptunium(VI) into the layered uranyl selenite Cs[(UO(2))(HSeO(3))(SeO(3))] has yielded the highest level of neptunium uptake in a uranyl compound to date with an average of 12(±3)% substitution of Np(VI) for U(VI). Furthermore, this is the first case in nearly 2 decades of dedicated incorporation studies in which the oxidation state of neptunium has been determined spectroscopically in a doped uranyl compound and also the first time in which neptunium incorporation has resulted in a structural transformation.