Abstract
(Figure Presented) Playing with a full deck: Single-crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction data show that the Th center in the title complex 1 (see structure; Th orange, B beige, N purple, C black, H blue) forms bonds with 15 H atoms, thus making 1 the first crystallographically characterized example of a complex with a Werner coordination number of fifteen. DFT calculations suggest that 1 adopts the fully symmetric 16-coordinate structure in the gas phase.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3379-3381 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Angewandte Chemie - International Edition |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 19 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 26 2010 |
Keywords
- Actinides
- Boron
- Coordination numbers
- Density functional calculations
- Neutron diffraction