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Uranyl(VI) complexes with a diaminobisphenol from eugenol and N-(2-aminoethyl)morpholine: Syntheses, structures and extraction studies

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Abstract The syntheses and structural studies of an [O,N,O,N′]-type phenolic ligand [(N’,N’-bis(2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-(propen-2-yl)benzyl)-N-(2-aminoethyl)morpholine), (H2L) and two new uranyl complexes of this ligand are described. The reaction between uranyl nitrate hexahydrate and H2L in a 1:2 M ratio (M to H2L) results in a uranyl complex of the formula [UO2(HL)(NO3)(H2O)] (1). In the presence of a base (triethylamine), with the same molar ratio, the uranyl complex [UO2(HL)2]·2CH3CN (2) is formed. The molecular structures H2L, 1 and 2 were verified by X-ray crystallography. Both uranyl complexes are zwitterions with a neutral net charge. A comprehensive NMR-structural analyses of all compounds were performed in CDCl3, DMSO-d6 and pyridine-d5. Complex 2 dissociates in all the studied NMR-solvents, forming a 1:1 complex and free ligand, but according to the spectra the formed complexes are not alike. The results of the ability of the ligand to extract the uranyl ion from water into dichloromethane are also presented.