2026-08-18 パシフィック・ノースウェスト国立研究所(PNNL)
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- https://www.pnnl.gov/publications/electron-accessibility-controls-actinide-bonding
- https://pubs.rsc.org/cp/article/28/9/5656/887779/Thermodynamic-insight-into-AnO2-bonding-from-ThH
誘導結合プラズマタンデム質量分析法による ThH+/UH +反応からのAnO2+結合 に関する熱力学的考察
Thermodynamic insight into AnO2+ bonding from ThH+/UH+ reactions studied by inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry
Richard M Cox;Amanda R. Bubas;Amanda D. French
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Published:22 January 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cp04417k

The bonding mechanisms of actinides have been a focus of fundamental research over the past few decades. In the present study, reactions of the simplest actinide-containing species, ThH+ and UH+, with O2 and CO2 are investigated by inductively coupled plasma tandem mass spectrometry. The reactions of ThH+ and UH+ with O2 are efficient, and the reactions of ThH+ and UH+ with CO2 display reduced reaction efficiencies. For both reactions involving CO2, ThO2+ and UO2+ are observed; however, there is a clear barrier to ThO2+ formation whereas UO2+ forms through an exothermic, barrierless process. The experimental observations and available thermodynamic information are used to predict the outcomes of reactions involving the later AnH+. The anticipated reaction enthalpies for Pa–Am display a clear correlation with the promotion energy of An+ to a 6d2 electronic configuration, Ep(6d2), although a shift in the slope of the correlation of reaction enthalpies and Ep(6d2) suggests that there is likely a change in bonding mechanism that starts with Np+. Similar shifts have also been noted in previous studies. Beginning with Np+, the 6d orbitals become less accessible than they are for the earlier An+ as measured by Ep(6d2), and this accessibility of the 6d orbitals may drive actinide bonding.

