Front Cover: How 5 f Electron Polarisability Drives Covalency and Selectivity in Actinide N‐Donor Complexes (Chem. Eur. J. 72/2021)

N versus O donor: Isostructural complexes [An(pyren)2] (An=Th, U–Pu) with a pyrrole‐based ligand (pyren) were synthesised and compared to the structural relative salen. Solid‐state analysis and quantum chemical calculations reveal an increased bond strength to the imine nitrogen when changing the se...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemistry : a European journal 2021-12, Vol.27 (72), p.17972-17972
Hauptverfasser: Köhler, Luisa, Patzschke, Michael, Schmidt, Moritz, Stumpf, Thorsten, März, Juliane
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Zusammenfassung:N versus O donor: Isostructural complexes [An(pyren)2] (An=Th, U–Pu) with a pyrrole‐based ligand (pyren) were synthesised and compared to the structural relative salen. Solid‐state analysis and quantum chemical calculations reveal an increased bond strength to the imine nitrogen when changing the second donor from the dominant O to the softer N. In the complexes, the overall bond strength of salen exceeds pyren, except for the Pa case. This can be explained by a greater degree of polarizability for the Pa 5 f1 state. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. März et al. (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202102849).
ISSN:0947-6539
1521-3765
DOI:10.1002/chem.202104350