Uranyl complexes of rigid aromatic carboxylates were synthesized and their solid-state structures characterized by X-ray crystallography. The new ligands create cavities lined with endohedral functions to encapsulate the uranyl ion.

In uranyl nitrate (UN)-induced acute renal failure (ARF) glomerular ultrafiltration coefficient (K(f)) decreases because of unknown reasons. Since transport of water across the glomerular capillary wall occurs predominantly extracellularly through the endothelial fenestrae (EF), a reduction in the diameter and/or the density of EF can reduce the extracellular filtration area and the glomerular ...

Two complexes, [R,S-Me6cyclamH2][(UO2)3(thftc)2] (1) and [(UO2)3(thftc)2Cu(R,S-Me6cyclam)]⋅2H2O (2), have been obtained from reaction of uranyl nitrate with (2R*,3R*,4S*,5S*)-tetrahydrofurantetracarboxylic acid (H4thftc) under solvo-hydrothermal conditions in the presence either R,S-Me6cyclam⋅4HNO3 or [Cu(R,S-Me6cyclam)(NO3)2] (R,S-Me6cyclam = 7(R),14(S)-5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetra...

Fluorescent recognition of uranyl ions was achieved using a phosphorylated cyclic peptide, which can be used as a fluorescent sensor for the detection of uranyl ions with high selectivity and sensitivity.

Expansion of a Schiff-base polypyrrolic macrocycle allows the formation of a binuclear uranyl complex with co-linear uranyl ions and a very short oxo-oxo distance.

The geometries, relative energies and spectroscopic properties of a range of α-isosaccharinate complexes of uranyl(VI) are studied computationally using ground state and time-dependent density functional theory. The effect of pH is accommodated by varying the number of water and hydroxide ligands accompanying isosaccharinate in the equatorial plane of the uranyl unit. For 1 : 1 complexes, the c...

A series of novel hexadentate enterobactin analogues, which contain three catechol chelating moieties attached to different molecular scaffolds with flexible alkyl chain lengths, were prepared. The solution thermodynamic stabilities of the complexes with uranyl, ferric(III), and zinc(II) ions were then investigated. The hexadentate ligands demonstrate effective binding ability to uranyl ion, an...

By controlling the extent of hydrolysis during the self-assembly process of a zwitterionic-based ligand with uranyl cations, we observed a structural evolution from the neutral uranyl-organic framework [(UO2)2(TTTPC)(OH)O(COOH)]·1.5DMF·7H2O (SCU-6) to the first cationic uranyl-organic framework with the formula of [(UO2)(HTTTPC)(OH)]Br·1.5DMF·4H2O (SCU-7). The crystal structures of SCU-6 and SC...