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...

May 26, 2023 | nature.com | Stephen Liddle

Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12884, published online 29 September 2016The original version of this Article contained errors in the 31P NMR chemical shifts of compounds 3 and 5, due to an instrument referencing error that has been recognized later.

May 12, 2023 | pubs.rsc.org | Oxford Road |Ashley J. Wooles |Stephen Liddle |David Mills

Comparison of group 4 and thorium M(iv) substituted cyclopentadienyl silanide complexes† We report the synthesis and characterisation of a series of M(IV) substituted cyclopentadienyl hypersilanide complexes of the general formula [M(CpR)2{Si(SiMe3)3}(X)] (M = Hf, Th; CpR = Cp′, {C5H4(SiMe3)} or Cp′′, {C5H3(SiMe3)2-1,3}; X = Cl, C3H5).