In the last few years, considerable progress has been made in the synthesis and
characterization of complexes containing actinide–ligand multiple bonds, especially in …

Carbide complexes remain a rare class of molecules. Their paucity does not reflect
exceptional instability but is rather due to the generally narrow scope of synthetic …

The chemistry of f-block metal–carbon multiple bonds is underdeveloped compared to well-
established carbene complexes of the d-block transition metals. Herein, we report two new …

Actinide diatomic molecules are ideal models to study elusive actinide multiple bonds, but
most of these diatomic molecules have so far only been studied in solid inert gas matrices …

Despite decades of efforts, the actinide–carbon triple bond has remained an elusive target,
defying synthesis in any isolable compound. Herein, we report the successful synthesis of …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides a brief overview of the multiconfigurational
approach in quantum chemistry. The method has been developed for studies of problems …

We report attempts to prepare uranyl (VI)-and uranium (VI) carbenes utilizing deprotonation
and oxidation strategies. Treatment of the uranyl (VI)-methanide complex [(BIPMH) UO2Cl …

Novel actinide cluster fullerenes, U2C2@ I h (7)-C80 and U2C2@ D 3 h (5)-C78, were
synthesized and fully characterized by mass spectrometry, single-crystal X-ray …

A combination of high-level ab initio calculations and anion photoelectron detachment (PD)
measurements is reported for the UC, UC–, and UC+ molecules. To better compare the …

Abstract Treatment of [Ph3EMe][I] with [Na {N (SiMe3) 2}] affords the ylides [Ph3E= CH2](E=
As, 1As; P, 1P). For 1As this overcomes prior difficulties in the synthesis of this classical …