Keywords
americium
europium
N
O-donor ligand
phenanthroline
quantum-chemical calculations.
solvent extraction
Abstract
New piperidine- and 2-(p-tolyl)piperidine-derived phenanthroline diamides were synthesized, and their extraction efficiency toward Eu/Am pair was studied. The introduction of aryl substituent suppresses the extraction efficiency of such ligands from acidic solutions. The experimental results are in good agreement with DFT calculations.