摘要:
                                A UV-Vis spectrophotometric and colorimetric screening method was developed for the selection of powerful and selective ligands for the uranyl ion in sulfuric acid media. The coordinating properties of a series of molecules (mono and bisphosphonate) toward UO22+ were examined through ligand displacement reactions observed by UV-visible from the {ArzH(4)-UO2}(2-) reference complex where Na(2)ArzH(6) is a chromogenic molecule displaying a strong affinity for uranium. Uranium/iron selectivity was evaluated by recovering the screening data from two independent sets of experiments using two different chromogenic chelates: arsenazo III for uranium(VI) and BrPADAP for iron(III). As a result, two bisphosphonate ligands among a set of more than 50 phosphonate molecules were found to display a good affinity for UO22+ and relevant U/Fe selectivity at pH = 2.1. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.