Electronic–vibrational mechanism of the reactivity and feasibility of laser control of chemical processes involving complex uranyl compounds

An analysis is made of the nature of the reactivity of complex uranyl compounds. Perturbation theory is used to estimate the enthalpy of activation reactions of dissociation and substitution of equatorial ligands. It is shown that feasibility of selective action of 10-μ CO₂ laser radiation on these processes is due to the transfer of energy of vibrational excitation of the uranyl bond to the equatorial plane of a complex.