Electronic structure comparisons of isostructural early d- and f-block metal(<scp>iii</scp>) bis(cyclopentadienyl) silanide complexes
Gemma K. Gransbury, Benjamin L. L. Réant, Ashley J. Wooles, Jack Emerson‐King, Nicholas F. Chilton, Stephen T. Liddle, David P. Mills
Abstract
Nd(iii) is found by comparison of their EPR and electronic absorption spectra and magnetic measurements, with calculations indicating that uranium 5f orbitals have weak π-bonding interactions with both the silanide and Cp'' ligands, in addition to weak δ-antibonding with Cp''.
Topics & Concepts
IsostructuralCrystallographyChemistryCyclopentadienyl complexElectron paramagnetic resonanceLanthanideCrystal structureNuclear magnetic resonancePhysicsOrganic chemistryBiochemistryIonCatalysisOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisMagnetism in coordination complexesSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds