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Synthesis and Characterization of the First Sandwich Complex of Trivalent Thorium: A Structural Comparison with the Uranium Analogue

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posted on 2023-06-07, 19:16 authored by Julian S Parry, Geoff Cloke, Simon J Coles, Michael B Hursthouse
Reduction of the bulky 8-annulene thorium complex [Th{COT(TBS)2}2] (COT(TBS)2 =¿-C8H6(tBuMe2Si)2-1,4) by potassium yields the anionic compound {Th[COT(TBS)2]2}(DME)2, which was crystallographically characterized and is the first sandwich complex of Th(III). EPR spectroscopy indicates that the molecule possesses a 6d1 ground state. A structural comparison is made with the isostructural uranium(III) complex and the thorium(IV) parent compound.

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

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00027863

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Journal of the American Chemical Society

Issue

29

Volume

121

Page range

6867 - 6871

ISBN

0002-7863

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2012-02-06

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