Actinide arene-metalates: ion pairing effects on the electronic structure of unsupported uranium–arenide sandwich complexes
Jesse Murillo, Rina Bhowmick, Katie L. M. Harriman, Alejandra Gómez‐Torres, Joshua Wright, Robert W. Meulenberg, Pere Miró, Alejandro J. Metta‐Magaña, Muralee Murugesu, Bess Vlaisavljevich, Skye Fortier
Abstract
) shows highly polarized uranium-arenide interactions defined by π-type bonds where the metal contributions are primarily comprised by the 6d-orbitals (7.3 ± 0.6%) with minor participation from the 5f-orbitals (1.5 ± 0.5%). These unique complexes provide new insights into actinide-arenide bonding interactions and show the sensitivity of the electronic structures of the uranium atoms to coordination sphere effects.
Topics & Concepts
ActinideUraniumPairingIonChemistryComputational chemistryCrystallographyCombinatorial chemistryMaterials scienceInorganic chemistryPhysicsOrganic chemistryMetallurgyCondensed matter physicsSuperconductivityRadioactive element chemistry and processingNuclear Materials and PropertiesNuclear materials and radiation effects