The d. c. and a. c. polarography and cyclic voltammetry were applied to the study of uranyl-salicylate and uranyl-phthalate complexes. The study was limited to the pH range <5, because insoluble uranyl-hydroxydes are formed above this pH value. Uranyl-salicylate and -phthalate are irreversibly reduced. The electrode process is preceded by the chemical reaction of the complex with protons. By th...

Previous in vivo studies have shown that the presystemic clearance of p.o.-administered levo-isomer of propranolol is inhibited in rats with uranyl nitrate-induced acute renal failure. A series of steady-state single-pass rat liver perfusion studies were performed to explore the probable mechanism of the observed metabolic inhibition. When livers from normal rats were perfused with blood perfus...

The mediated transport of citrate in Aerobacter aerogenes was studied. According to data obtained by examining the distribution of radioactive citrate at room temperature and at 0 C, a carrier system appears to be located on the membrane. The carrier system is inducible and very specific, not acting on the related compounds isocitrate and cis-aconitate. Induction required synthesis of both ribo...

Uranyl-carboxyl-ate hybrid materials dominate the catalog of uranyl compounds owing in part to the affinity between COO(-) functional groups and UO2 (2+). Polycarboxyl-ate organic ligands may present a degree of steric hindrance and could thus influence the resulting uranyl topology. Single crystals of the title compound, {(NH4)2[(UO2)2(C12O12)(H2O)2]} n , were synthesized hydro-thermally as a ...

A new method for synthesis of uranium oxide microspheres (diameter <100 μm) has been developed. It is a variant of our patented Complex Sol-Gel Process, which has been used to synthesize high-quality powders of a wide variety of complex oxides. Starting uranyl-nitrate-ascorbate sols were prepared by addition of ascorbic acid to uranyl nitrate hexahydrate solution and alkalizing by aqueous ammon...

The aim of the study is to better understand where uranium deposits in mice kidneys. The spatial distribution of uranium was examined in the kidneys of C57BL/6 mice using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Mice were exposed to varying levels of uranyl nitrate in their drinking water. Calibration standards were developed to allow for semi-quantitative measur...

The development of durable anion selective CHEMFET micro sensors is described. Selectivity in these sensors is either obtained from differences in hydration energy of the anions (the Hlofmeister series, giving nitrate selectivity) or by introduction of a new class of uranyl salophene ionophores (bicarbonate selectivity). The durability of the nitrate sensor was enhanced by using polysiloxane me...

Uranium trioxide, UO3, has a T-shaped structure with bent uranyl, UO22+, coordinated by an equatorial oxo, O2–. The of cation UO3+ is similar but oxyl, O•–. Neutral and cationic uranium trioxide nitrates were characterized collision induced dissociation (CID), infrared multiple-photon (IRMPD) spectroscopy, density functional theory. CID uranyl nitrate, [UO2(NO3)3]– (complex A1), eliminates NO2 ...

The uranyl aryloxide, [UO2(OAr)2(THF)2], and uranyl chloride, [UO2Cl2(THF)3] or [UO2Cl2(THF)2]2 act as pre-catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of propylene oxide and cyclohexene oxide. Coordination of the monomers has been investigated using H EXSY spectroscopy and kinetic and thermodynamic parameters reported. NMR analyses of the polymers suggest a bimetallic mechanism for the polyme...