Theoretical Prediction of Divalent Actinide Borozene Complexes
Naixin Zhang, Qunyan Wu, Jianhui Lan, Weiqun Shi, Congzhi Wang, Igor B Sivaev · 2024
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Naixin Zhang and four co-authors predict new actinide boron complexes in a 2024 paper. A ring-shaped boron cluster bonds much like benzene and has already stabilized unusual low-valence metals. Low-valence actinide complexes are rare, so the team computed what happens when four actinide metals each sit in such a cluster. Each pairing could take a half-sandwich shape or a chair-like shape.
For three of the four metals, the sandwich form won on energy and counted as a true divalent complex. The boron ring showed a double aromatic character in those forms. Bonding analyses found strong shared-electron links that stabilize the clusters, with high energies needed to break them apart.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Naixin Zhang, Qunyan Wu, Jianhui Lan, Weiqun Shi, Congzhi Wang, Igor B Sivaev |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |