Effective separation of the actinides Am(iii) and Cm(iii) by electronic modulation of bis-(1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)phenanthrolines†
Abstract
It has been shown that modification of the phenanthroline backbone of CyMe4-BTPhen leads to subtle electronic modulation, permitting differential ligation of Am(III) and Cm(III) resulting in separation factors up to 7.