Rare earth carboxylates constitute an enormous group of compounds with various structures
and properties. The carboxylate group may be bonded to the metal cations in several ways …

Carbon and phosphorous are two primary elements common to the bio-geosphere and are
omnipresent in both biotic and abiotic arenas. Phosphonate and carboxylate are considered …

The sorption process of radionuclides, often conducted at ambient temperature, shows
significant sensitivity to the surrounding temperature. Prediction of fate and transport in the …

The denticity, flexibility, and steric hindrance of the ligand are key factors in deciding the
mode and number of coordination around a metal ion on complex formation. The …

Preparation of a stable U (V) complex in an aqueous medium is a challenging task owing to
its disproportionation nature (conversion into more stable U (VI) and U (IV) species) and …

Electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) shows great promise as a rapid method
to identify metal–ligand complexes in solution. However, its application for quantitative …

Phosphonates and carboxylates are two primitive functional groups omnipresent in nature,
and they act as good chelators for metal ion binding. These two functional groups are …

The nuclear decontaminating agents such as ethylenediamminetetraacetic acid (EDTA),
picolinic acid, nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and citric acid are co-disposed with the nuclear …

Hydroxycarboxylic acids, viz., α-hydroxyisobutyric acid (HIBA) and mandelic acid (MA), have
been widely employed as eluents for inner transition metal separation studies. Both …

Complex formation between uranyl and carboxylate ligands (benzoate, nicotinate and
isonicotinate) has been studied extensively by absorption and luminescence spectroscopy …