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Polarised Covalent Thorium(IV)- and Uranium(IV)-Silicon Bonds
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020.
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Abstract
- We report the synthesis and characterisation of isostructural thorium(IV)- and uranium(IV)- silanide complexes, providing the first structurally authenticated Th-Si bond and a rare example of a molecular U-Si bond. These complexes therefore present the first opportunity to directly compare the chemical bonding of Th-Si and U-Si bonds. Quantum chemical calculations show significant and surprisingly similar 7s, 6d, and 5f orbital contributions from both actinide (An) elements in polarised covalent An-Si bonds
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6fb4d53d9f804963429935d1406185ac