Evidence for the involvement of 5f orbitals in the bonding and reactivity of organometallic actinide compounds: Thorium(IV) and uranium(IV) bis(hydrazonato) complexes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 51, 2008, Pages 17537-17551

  Cantat, Thibault ^a   Graves, Christopher R ^a   Jantunen, Kimberly C ^a   Burns, Carol J ^a   Scott, Brian L ^a   Schelter, Eric J ^a   Morris, David E ^a   Hay, Jeffrey ^a   Kiplinger, Jaqueline L ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE COMPLEX; ACTINIDE COMPOUND; CARBON BOND; COORDINATION MODES; CYCLOPENTADIENYL; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DFT CALCULATION; ELECTRONIC FACTORS; ENERGY STRUCTURES; ENERGY SURFACE; GROUP 4; GROUP 4 METAL COMPLEXES; HIGH-ENERGY BARRIERS; METAL CENTERS; METALLOCENE; MIGRATORY INSERTION; MODEL COMPLEXES; ORBITALS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEX; REACTION PROFILE; RELATIVE ENERGIES; STERIC FACTOR; TRANSITION STATE;

ACTINIDES; COMPLEXATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HAFNIUM; LIGANDS; METAL COMPLEXES; METALS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; ORGANOMETALLICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE REACTIONS; THORIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ZIRCONIUM;

ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACTINIDE; CYCLOPENTADIENE DERIVATIVE; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; DIPHENYLDIAZOMETHANE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; THORIUM IV (HYDRAZONATO) COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM IV (HYDRAZONATO) COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MOLECULE; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 67749089290     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8067287     Document Type: Article

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