Stephen Liddle

Nov 5, 2024 | chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Stephen Liddle |Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

Introduction Molecular actinide–actinide bonding is a rare phenomenon compared with the widely researched area of metal–metal bonding in transition metal chemistry.1 Examples of experimentally prepared systems featuring actinide–actinide bonds include the gas-phase diatomics U2, U2− and Th2,2 the hydrides U2H2 and U2H4 in frozen matrices,3 the endohedral metallofullerenes U2@Ih(7)-C80 and Th2@Ih(7)-C80,4 and the polymeric tri-thorium cluster5 [{Th(η8-C8H8)(μ3-Cl)2}3{K(THF)2}2]∞ (3, using the...