Technetium chemistry, oxidation states and species

New oxidation states and defect chemistry in the pyrochlore structure.

Extraction of moderate oxidation state technetium species between 30 % tri-n-butyl phosphate and H2SO4/HNO3

The extraction of technetium species at oxidation state lower than +7 has been examined in sulfuric and sulfuric/nitric acid solutions using UV-Vis spectroscopy and optically transparent thin layer cell (RVC-OTTLE). Soluble Tc(III), TcO2+ and [Tc2O2]3+ species with absorption bands at 420-450, 400, and 502 nm, respectively, were detected as products of pertechnetates electroreduction. The distr...

Gas-phase chemistry of technetium carbonyl complexes.

Gas-phase chemical behaviors of short-lived technetium carbonyl complexes were studied using a low temperature isothermal chromatograph (IC) coupled with a (252)Cf spontaneous fission (SF) source. Fission products recoiled from the (252)Cf SF source were thermalized in a mixed gas containing CO, and then technetium carbonyl complexes were formed from reactions between CO gas and various technet...

Technetium and Rhenium - Coordination Chemistry and Nuclear Medical Applications

Compostos de coordenação do elemento radioativo tecnécio são empregados para diagnóstico em medicina nuclear, sendo vários complexos do nuclídeo emissor de radiação γ Tc usados rotineiramente na obtenção de imagens de órgãos. As tendências modernas da química radiofarmacêutica concentram-se na marcação de moléculas biologicamente ativas tais como peptídeos, esteróides ou outras espécies com rec...

Background Reading: Chemistry: Oxidation states of Sulfur Biochemistry: Sulfur containing biomolecules Physiology: Midpoint Potentials and Respirations

Why is it that different organisms do so many different things with sulfur?  Sulfur exists in many different oxidation states  Reduced sulfur is required for many biomolecules  Sulfur forms can serve as an electron sources or as electron acceptors  Oxidation states of sulfur  Sulfur assimilation in bacteria and yeasts  Sulfur-containing biomolecules  Sulfide Oxidation  Sulfate Reduction...