Anne Gorden

About

Organic Synthesis, Catalysis, Supramolecular Chemistry, Molecular Recognition, Actinide Coordination Chemistry Anne “Annie” Gorden, a native of Texas, began her academic journey at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where she completed a double major in Chemistry and Literature. She then returned to Texas to pursue her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from The University of Texas at Austin under the guidance of Prof. Jonathan Sessler. Her collaborative Ph.D. research project required her to spend about half of her graduate research work working with actinides at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. She continued her research with a postdoctoral appointment at The University of California at Berkeley with Prof. Kenneth Raymond. She was later appointed the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Seaborg Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow. In 2005, she began her academic career in Organic Chemistry at Auburn University in Alabama, where she made significant contributions to the field. She has now moved to Texas Tech University in 2020 and was promoted to full professor in 2024. Prof. Gorden’s research, which is at the forefront of supramolecular chemistry, has been instrumental in the design of ligands for rapid identification of actinides like uranium and thorium in the environment. Her research group has also been pioneering in the exploration of transition metal complexes for C-H activation and oxidation reactions in aqueous media. Their current efforts are focused on water-soluble lanthanide complexes for 2 photon upconversion. This impactful work has been consistently supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and the National Science Foundation. Prof. Gorden's affiliation with the American Chemical Society national Women Chemists Committee further underscores her commitment to advancing the field.

Work

Texas Tech University

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Texas Tech University

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Auburn University

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Education

University of Texas System

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PhD

Emory University

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BS

Publications

Uranium Chemistry: Identifying the Next Frontiers

Inorganic Chemistry

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Uranyl Naphthylsalophen and Pyrasal Complexes: Oxo Ligands Acting as Hydrogen Bond Acceptors in the Solid State

Inorganic Chemistry

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Thorium Bis‐Salophen Trimers as Anion Detectors and Binding Agents

Chemistry – A European Journal

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Neptunyl Pyrrophen Complexes: Exploring Schiff Base Chemistry with Multidentate Acyclic Ligands and Transuranics

Chemistry – A European Journal

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Copper(ii) quinoxolinol imidazolium complexes in catalytic oxidation of benzylic and heterocyclic alcohols

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

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Macro‐Acyclic Pyrrophen Ligands for Hexadentate Coordination of Uranyl (UO22+)

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

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Structural and spectroscopic characterization of thorium pyrasal complexes

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Cerium(IV) Pyrasal Complexes: A pH-Dependent 8- to 10-Coordinate Cerium Chelate Switch

Inorganic Chemistry

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Cerium(IV) Pyrasal Complexes: A pH-Dependent 8- to 10-Coordinate Cerium Chelate Switch

Inorganic Chemistry

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Structural and spectroscopic characterization of thorium pyrasal complexes

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Structural and spectroscopic characterization of thorium pyrasal complexes

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of Thorium Pyrasal Complexes

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Solving world problems with pyrrole: 65th birthday tribute to Prof. Jonathan L. Sessler

Chem

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Applications of catalysis in hydroboration of imines, nitriles, and carbodiimides

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

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Applications of catalysis in hydroboration of imines, nitriles, and carbodiimides

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

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Applications of catalysis in hydroboration of imines, nitriles, and carbodiimides

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

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Steric control of mesocate and helicate formation: Bulky pyrrol-2-yl Schiff base complexes of Zn2+

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Steric control of mesocate and helicate formation: Bulky pyrrol-2-yl Schiff base complexes of Zn2+

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Comparing coordination uranyl(vi) complexes with 2-(1H-imidazo[4,5-b]phenazin-2-yl)phenol and derivatives

Dalton Transactions

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Comparing coordination uranyl(vi) complexes with 2-(1H-imidazo[4,5-b]phenazin-2-yl)phenol and derivatives

Dalton Transactions

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Comparing coordination uranyl(vi) complexes with 2-(1: H -imidazo[4,5- b] phenazin-2-yl)phenol and derivatives

Dalton Transactions

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Ensemble effects on allylic oxidation within explicit solvation environments

Dalton Transactions

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Ensemble effects on allylic oxidation within explicit solvation environments

Dalton Transactions

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Ensemble effects on allylic oxidation within explicit solvation environments

Dalton Transactions

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New up-conversion luminescence in molecular cyano-substituted naphthylsalophen lanthanide(iii) complexes

Chemical Communications

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New up-conversion luminescence in molecular cyano-substituted naphthylsalophen lanthanide(iii) complexes

Chemical Communications

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New up-conversion luminescence in molecular cyano-substituted naphthylsalophen lanthanide(iii) complexes

Chemical Communications

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Pyrrophens: Pyrrole-Based Hexadentate Ligands Tailor-Made for Uranyl (UO22+) Coordination and Molecular Recognition

Inorganic Chemistry

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Pyrrophens: Pyrrole-Based Hexadentate Ligands Tailor-Made for Uranyl (UO22+) Coordination and Molecular Recognition

Inorganic Chemistry

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Pyrrophens: Pyrrole-Based Hexadentate Ligands Tailor-Made for Uranyl (UO22+) Coordination and Molecular Recognition

Inorganic Chemistry

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An example of enhanced emission of a pyridine containing schiff base zinc(2+) complex

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Bonding Interactions in Uranyl α-Diimine Complexes: A Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Study of the Impacts of Ligand Electronics and Extended Conjugation

Inorganic Chemistry

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Bonding Interactions in Uranyl α-Diimine Complexes: A Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Study of the Impacts of Ligand Electronics and Extended Conjugation

Inorganic Chemistry

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Bonding Interactions in Uranyl alpha-Diimine Complexes: A Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Study of the Impacts of Ligand Electronics and Extended Conjugation

Inorganic Chemistry

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Oxidative Mannich Reactions of Tertiary Amines Using a Cu(II) 2-Quinoxalinol Salen Catalyst

The Journal of Organic Chemistry

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Oxidative Mannich Reactions of Tertiary Amines Using a Cu(II) 2-Quinoxalinol Salen Catalyst

Journal of Organic Chemistry

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Oxidative Mannich Reactions of Tertiary Amines Using a Cu(II) 2-Quinoxalinol Salen Catalyst

The Journal of Organic Chemistry

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An example of enhanced emission of a pyridine containing schiff base zinc2+ complex

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Mononuclear Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes of bis(naphthalen-2-ol) Schiff base ligands

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Mononuclear Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes of bis(naphthalen-2-ol) Schiff base ligands

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Propargylic C[sbnd]H activation using a Cu(II) 2-quinoxalinol salen catalyst and tert-butyl hydroperoxide

Tetrahedron Letters

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Propargylic C H activation using a Cu(II) 2-quinoxalinol salen catalyst and tert -butyl hydroperoxide

Tetrahedron Letters

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Solid-state structural elucidation and electrochemical analysis of uranyl naphthylsalophen

Chemical Communications

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Solid-state structural elucidation and electrochemical analysis of uranyl naphthylsalophen

Chemical Communications

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Solid-state structural elucidation and electrochemical analysis of uranyl naphthylsalophen

Chemical Communications

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Tunable ligand emission of napthylsalophen triple-decker dinuclear lanthanide(iii) sandwich complexes

Dalton Transactions

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Tunable ligand emission of napthylsalophen triple-decker dinuclear lanthanide(III) sandwich complexes

Dalton Transactions

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Tunable ligand emission of napthylsalophen triple-decker dinuclear lanthanide( iii ) sandwich complexes

Dalton Transactions

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Structural Characterization and Redox Activity of a Uranyl Dimer and Transition-Metal Complexes of a Tetradentate BIAN Ligand

Organometallics

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Structural Characterization and Redox Activity of a Uranyl Dimer and Transition-Metal Complexes of a Tetradentate BIAN Ligand

Organometallics

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Structural Characterization and Redox Activity of a Uranyl Dimer and Transition-Metal Complexes of a Tetradentate BIAN Ligand

Organometallics

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Th(IV) and Ce(IV) napthylsalophen sandwich complexes: characterization of unusual thorium fluorescence in solution and solid-state

Chemical Communications

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Th(iv) and Ce(iv) napthylsalophen sandwich complexes: characterization of unusual thorium fluorescence in solution and solid-state

Chemical Communications

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Th(IV) and Ce(IV) napthylsalophen sandwich complexes: Characterization of unusual thorium fluorescence in solution and solid-state

Chemical Communications

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Th(IV) and Ce(IV) napthylsalophen sandwich complexes: characterization of unusual thorium fluorescence in solution and solid-state

Chemical Communications

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An example of unusual pyridine donor Schiff base uranyl (UO22+) complexes

Chemical Communications

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An example of unusual pyridine donor Schiff base uranyl (UO22+) complexes

Chemical Communications

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An example of unusual pyridine donor Schiff base uranyl (UO 2 2+ ) complexes

Chemical Communications

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Thorium coordination: A comprehensive review based on coordination number

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

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Thorium coordination: A comprehensive review based on coordination number

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

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Computational Study of Reduction Potentials of Th4+ Compounds and Hydrolysis of ThO2(H2O)n, n = 1, 2, 4

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

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Actinide (Th4+ and UO22+) assisted oxidative coupling of ortho-phenylenediamine in the presence of oxygen

Tetrahedron Letters

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Actinide (Th4+ and UO22+) assisted oxidative coupling of ortho-phenylenediamine in the presence of oxygen

Tetrahedron Letters

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Actinide (Th 4+ and UO 2 2+ ) assisted oxidative coupling of ortho -phenylenediamine in the presence of oxygen

Tetrahedron Letters

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Computational Study of Reduction Potentials of Th4+ Compounds and Hydrolysis of ThO2(H2O)(n), n=1, 2, 4

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

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Solid state π-π Stacking and higher order dimensional crystal packing, reactivity, and electrochemical behaviour of salphenazine actinide and transition metal complexes

Dalton Transactions

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Solid state pi-pi stacking and higher order dimensional crystal packing, reactivity, and electrochemical behaviour of salphenazine actinide and transition metal complexes

Dalton Transactions

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Uranyl extractions using a solid supported quinoxalinol based salen ligand

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society

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Characterization of Quinoxolinol Salen Ligands as Selective Ligands for Chemosensors for Uranium

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

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Synthesis, structural characterization, electronic spectroscopy, and microfluidic detection of Cu+2 and UO2+2 [di-tert-butyl-salphenazine] complexes

Dalton Transactions

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Characterization of Quinoxolinol Salen Ligands as Selective Ligands for Chemosensors for Uranium

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

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Synthesis, structural characterization, electronic spectroscopy, and microfluidic detection of Cu+2 and UO2+2 [di-tert-butyl-salphenazine] complexes

Dalton Transactions

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Cu(II) 2-quinoxalinol salen catalyzed oxidation of propargylic, benzylic, and allylic alcohols using tert-butyl hydroperoxide in aqueous solutions

Tetrahedron

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Cu(II) 2-quinoxalinol salen catalyzed oxidation of propargylic, benzylic, and allylic alcohols using tert-butyl hydroperoxide in aqueous solutions

Tetrahedron

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2-Quinoxalinol diamine Cu(II) complex: Facilitating catalytic oxidation through dual mechanisms

Dalton Transactions

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2-Quinoxalinol diamine Cu( ii ) complex: facilitating catalytic oxidation through dual mechanisms

Dalton Transactions

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Actinide cyanometallates

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

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Coordination chemistry with f-element complexes for an improved understanding of factors that contribute to extraction selectivity

Inorganic Chemistry

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Emission, Raman spectroscopy, and structural characterization of actinide tetracyanometallates

Inorganic Chemistry

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Oxidation of propargylic alcohols with a 2-quinoxalinol salen copper(II) complex and tert-butyl hydroperoxide

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

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Allylic C-H activations using Cu(II) 2-quinoxalinol salen and tert-butyl hydroperoxide

Journal of Organic Chemistry

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Copper and uranyl extraction from aqueous solutions using bis-dithiophosphinate ligands have been characterized

Polyhedron

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Actinide tetracyanoplatinates: Synthesis and structural characterization with uncharacteristic Th-NC coordination and thorium fluorescence

Chemical Communications

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Amine templated two- and three-dimensional uranyl sulfates

Dalton Transactions

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An effective method for allylic oxidation of Δ5-steroids using tert-butyl hydroperoxide

Journal of Organic Chemistry

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2-quinoxalinol salen copper complexes for oxidation of aryl Methylenes

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

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One-pot metal templated synthesis for the preparation of 2-quinoxalinol salen metal complexes

Polyhedron

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Synthesis and characterization of 2-quinoxalinol Schiff-base metal complexes

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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2-Quinoxalinol salen ligands incorporated into functionalized resins for selective solid-phase extraction of copper(II)

Tetrahedron Letters

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Actinide selective systems for environmental extraction and sensing applications

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

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Actinide selective systems for environmental extraction and sensing applications

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

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Hydroxy- and alkoxy-bridged dinuclear uranyl-Schiff base complexes: Hydrolysis, transamination and extraction studies

Dalton Transactions

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Surprising coordination geometry differences in CeIV- and PuIV-maltol complexes

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

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Novel dinuclear uranyl complexes with asymmetric Schiff base ligands: Synthesis, structural characterization, reactivity, and extraction studies

Inorganic Chemistry

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An efficient method for solution-phase parallel synthesis of 2-quinoxalinol salen schiff-base ligands

Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry

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Characterization of a mixed salt of 1-hydroxypyridin-2-one Pu(IV) complexes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

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Erratum: Sequestered Plutonium: [PuIV-{5LIO(Me-3,2-HOPO)} 2] - The First Structurally Characterized Plutonium Hydroxypyridonate Complex (Chemistry European Journal 2005 (11))

Chemistry - A European Journal

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Regioselective synthesis of asymmetrically substituted 2-quinoxalinol salen ligands

Journal of Organic Chemistry

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Structural characterization of a plutonium sequestering agent complex by synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

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Structural characterization of a plutonium sequestering agent complex by synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

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Uranyl stabilized Schiff base complex

Chemical Communications

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Sequestered plutonium: [PuIV{5LIO(Me-3,2-HOPO)}2] - The first structurally characterized plutonium hydroxypyridonate complex

Chemistry - A European Journal

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Hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.0.0). A new colorimetric actinide sensor

Tetrahedron

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Hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.0.0). A new colorimetric actinide sensor

Tetrahedron

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Hydroxypyridinone extraction agents for Pu(IV)

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

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Monoprotonated sapphyrin-pertechnetate anion interactions in aqueous media

Supramolecular Chemistry

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Monoprotonated Sapphyrin-Pertechnetate Anion Interactions in Aqueous Media

Supramolecular Chemistry

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Octadentate ligands containing 2,3-dihydroxybenzamide and 2,3-dihydroxyterephthalamide coordinating subunits on a tetrapodal amine backbone for chelation of actinides

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

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Hydroxypyridinone extraction agents for Pu(IV)

Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

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Octadentate ligands containing 2,3-dihydroxybenzamide and 2,3-dihydroxyterephthalamide coordinating subunits on a tetrapodal amine backbone for chelation of actinides

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

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Sequestering agents for plutonium and other actinides: Characterization of coordination properties

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society

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Rational design of sequestering agents for plutonium and other actinides

Chemical Reviews

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Rational design of sequestering agents for plutonium and other actinides

Chemical Reviews

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Actinide coordination chemistry of expanded porphyrin systems

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society

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Characterization of the interactions between neptunyl and plutonyl cations and expanded porphyrins

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Characterization of the interactions between neptunyl and plutonyl cations and expanded porphyrins

Inorganica Chimica Acta

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Hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.0.0): An expanded porphyrin ligand for the actinide cations uranyl (UO2 2+) and Neptunyl (NpO2 +)

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

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Actinide expanded porphyrin complexes

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

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Actinide expanded porphyrin complexes

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

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Actinide expanded porphyrin complexes (vol 216, pg 411, 2001)

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

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Erratum: Actinide expanded porphyrin complexes (Coordination Chemistry Reviews (2001) 216-217 (411-434) PII: SO010854500003957)

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

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Expanded porphyrins: Novel multidentate ligands

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society

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Hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.0.0): An expanded porphyrin ligand for the actinide cations uranyl (UO22+) and neptunyl (NpO2+)

Angewandte Chemie-International Edition

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Hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.0.0): An expanded porphyrin ligand for the actinide cations uranyl (UO2 2+) and Neptunyl (NpO2 +)

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

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NH tautomerization of 2,7,18,23-tetramethyl-3,8,12,13,17,22-hexaethylsapphyrin

Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2

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SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF 3 POLYAZAMACROCYCLES HAVING SULFONATE PENDANT GROUPS - PIPERAZINYL-MONOMETHANESULFONIC ACID, SODIUM-HYDROGEN 1,4,7-TRIAZACYCLONONANE-N,N'-DI(METHANESULFONATE) AND 1,4,7,10-TETRAAZACYCLODODECANE-N,N''-DI(METHANESULFONIC ACID)

Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research

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Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of three polyazamacrocycles having sulfonate pendant groups: Piperazinyl-monomethanesulfonic acid, sodium hydrogen 1,4,7-triazacyclononane-N,N′-di(methanesulfonate) and 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N′-di(methanesulfonic acid)

Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research

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