THE FIVE OBJECTIVES FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS. (1) ESTABLISH OPTIMIZED PROTOCOL FOR SYNTHESIZING AND CHARACTERIZING TRIVALENT AMERICIUM AND CURIUM, BY SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF APPROPRIATE SURROGATE TRIS PYRAZOLYL BORATE LANTHANIDE, NAMELY ND, EU, AND GD, COMPOUNDS WITH THE METALS ON THE SINGLE MILLIGRAM SCALE. (2) ESTABLISH OPTIMIZED PROTOCOL FOR SYNTHESIZING AND CHARACTERIZING TETRAVALENT PLUTONIUM BY SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF APPROPRIATE SURROGATE TRIS PYRAZOLYL BORATE LANTHANIDE, NAMELY CE, COMPOUNDS WITH THE METAL ON THE SINGLE MILLIGRAM SCALE. (3) ESTABLISH OPTIMIZED PROTOCOL FOR SYNTHESIZING AND CHARACTERIZING DIVALENT AMERICIUM BY SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF APPROPRIATE SURROGATE TRIS PYRAZOLYL BORATE LANTHANIDE, NAMELY EU, SM, TM, AND YB, COMPOUNDS WITH THE METALS ON THE SINGLE MILLIGRAM SCALE. (4) SYNTHESIZE AND CHARACTERIZE TRIVALENT AMERICIUM AND CURIUM, DIVALENT AMERICIUM, AND TETRAVALENT PLUTONIUM TRIS PYRAZOLYL BORATE COMPOUNDS. (5) DISCOVER THE SOLUBILITY AND STABILITY OF THE PROPOSED ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR LANTHANIDE ANALOGS.

Michigan State University, East Lansing MI

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