Multiple Bonding in Lanthanides and Actinides: Direct Comparison of Covalency in Thorium(IV)- and Cerium(IV)-Imido Complexes
Multiple Bonding in Lanthanides and Actinides: Direct Comparison of Covalency in Thorium(IV)- and Cerium(IV)-Imido Complexes
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DOI:
10.1021/jacs.9b04061
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发表时间:
2019-06-12
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15
通讯作者:
Schelter, Eric J.
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作者:
Cheisson, Thibault;Kersey, Kyle D.;Schelter, Eric J.
A series of thorium(IV)-imido complexes was synthesized and characterized. Extensive experimental and computational comparisons with the isostructural cerium(IV)-imido complexes revealed a notably more covalent bonding arrangement for the Ce=N bond compared with the more ionic Th=N bond. The thorium-imido moieties were observed to be 3 orders of magnitude more basic than their cerium congeners. More generally, these results provide unique experimental evidence for the larger covalent character of 4f degrees 5d degrees Ce(IV) multiple bonds compared to its 5f degrees 6d degrees Th(IV) actinide congener.