(1) V. I. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 19 ul. Kosygina, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract:
Correlations between the extraction capacities and molecular structures of organophosphorus compounds (reagents for extraction
of transplutonium elements from spent nuclear fuel) were studied using a quantum chemical approach. The results of calculations
are in qualitative agreement with experimental data. The approach proposed can be used for analysis of the extraction properties
of all classes of organophosphorus compounds and also for prediction of the most efficient organophosphorus extragents with
preset properties.
Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 609–615, April, 2006.