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Recent progress in the development of supercritical carbon dioxide-soluble metal ion extractants: Solubility enhancement through silicon functionalization

  • Mark L. Dietz
  • , Daniel R. McAlister
  • , Dominique Stepinski
  • , Peter R. Zalupski
  • , Julie A. Dzielawa
  • , Richard E. Barrans
  • , J. N. Hess
  • , Audris V. Rubas
  • , Renato Chiarizia
  • , Christopher Lubbers
  • , Aaron M. Scurto
  • , Joan F. Brennecke
  • , Albert W. Herlinger

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Abstract

Efforts to employ partially-esterified alkylenediphosphonic acids (DPAs) in the supercritical fluid extraction of actinides have been hampered by their modest solubility in unmodified supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO 2). In an effort to design DPAs that are soluble in SC-CO 2, various silicon-substituted alkylenediphosphonic acids have been prepared and characterized, and their behavior compared with that of conventional alkyl-substituted reagents. Silicon substitution is shown to enhance the CO 2-philicity of the reagents, while other structural features (e.g., alkylene bridge length) determine their aggregation and extraction properties. The identification of DPAs combining desirable extraction properties with adequate solubility in SC-CO 2 is shown to be facilitated by the use of molecular connectivity indices.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNuclear Waste Management Acconplishments of the Environmental Management Science Program
EditorsPaul Wang, Tiffany Zachry
Pages250-267
Number of pages18
StatePublished - 2006

Publication series

NameACS Symposium Series
Volume943
ISSN (Print)0097-6156

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