Emergence of comparable covalency in isostructural cerium(IV)- and uranium(IV)-carbon multiple bonds
(2016)
Journal Article
Gregson, M., Lu, E., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J. L., Hennig, C., Scheinost, A. C., …Liddle, S. T. (2016). Emergence of comparable covalency in isostructural cerium(IV)- and uranium(IV)-carbon multiple bonds. Chemical Science, 7(5), 3286-3297. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SC00278A
We report comparable levels of covalency in cerium- and uranium-carbon multiple bonds in the isostructural carbene complexes [M(BIPMTMS)(ODipp)2] [M = Ce (1), U (2), Th (3); BIPMTMS = C(PPh2NSiMe3)2; Dipp = C6H3-2,6-Pri2] whereas for M = Th the M=C b... Read More about Emergence of comparable covalency in isostructural cerium(IV)- and uranium(IV)-carbon multiple bonds.