Actinide Organometallic Complexes with π‐Ligands. Issue 12 (18th December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Walter, Olaf
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 25:Issue 12(2019)
• Page Start: 2927
• Page End: 2934
• Publication Date: 2018-12-18
• Subjects: actinides -- f-block elements -- neptunium -- organometallic -- plutonium; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803413
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

Abstract: Recent developments and results from the organometallic chemistry of the actinides are reviewed. In the last one and a half years the structural data of about 15 organometallic complexes of transuranium actinides (Np or Pu) have been published, all involving π‐ligands in the coordination sphere of the metal ion. On the basis of these data, a comparison of these molecules is presented. Depending on the steric demands of the ligands, effects like the actinide contraction seem to be stronger or weaker in the structural features. This indicates that the interplay between the actinide ion and the π‐ligand is rather flexible, enabling the formation of stable bonds over a broad range of actinide ion oxidation states. Abstract : In the past one and a half years, structural data on about 15 organometallic complexes of transuranium elements (Np or Pu) have been published all involving π‐ligands in the coordination sphere of the metal ion. Recent developments in the organometallic chemistry of the actinides is reviewed here.