Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding of Actinide-Rhenium Polyhydrides.

The synthesis of actinide tetrarhenate complexes completes a series of iridate, osmate, and rhenate polyhydrides, allowing for structural and bonding comparisons to be made. Computational studies examine the bonding interactions, particularly between metals, in these complexes. Several factors─including metal oxidation state, coordination number, and dispersion effects─affect metal-metal distances and covalency in these actinide tetrametallates. Related osmium and rhenium octametallic U ₂ M ₆ clusters are synthesized and described, and subjected to similar structural and electronic analyses.