Uranium: the nuclear fuel cycle and beyond

BMT Costa Peluzo, E Kraka - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review summarizes the recent developments regarding the use of uranium as nuclear
fuel, including recycling and health aspects, elucidated from a chemical point of view, ie …

Accessing five oxidation states of uranium in a retained ligand framework

C Deng, J Liang, R Sun, Y Wang, PX Fu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding and exploiting the redox properties of uranium is of great importance
because uranium has a wide range of possible oxidation states and holds great potential for …

Geminal dianions stabilized by main group elements

M Fustier-Boutignon, N Nebra, N Mézailles - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This review is dedicated to the chemistry of stable and isolable species that bear two lone
pairs at the same C center, ie, geminal dianions, stabilized by main group elements. Three …

A perspective on sustainable computational chemistry software development and integration

R Di Felice, ML Mayes, RM Richard… - Journal of chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The power of quantum chemistry to predict the ground and excited state properties of
complex chemical systems has driven the development of computational quantum chemistry …

13 C carbene nuclear magnetic resonance chemical shift analysis confirms Ce IV [double bond, length as m-dash] C double bonding in cerium (iv) …

CF Baker, JA Seed, RW Adams, D Lee, ST Liddle - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Diphosphonioalkylidene dianions have emerged as highly effective ligands for lanthanide
and actinide ions, and the resulting formal metal–carbon double bonds have challenged …

On the origin of low-valent uranium oxidation state

CL Silva, L Amidani, M Retegan, S Weiss… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The significant interest in actinide bonding has recently focused on novel compounds with
exotic oxidation states. However, the difficulty in obtaining relevant high-quality experimental …

Two‐Electron Redox Reactivity of Thorium Supported by Redox‐Active Tripodal Frameworks

FC Hsueh, D Chen, T Rajeshkumar… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The high stability of the+ IVoxidation state limits thorium redox reactivity. Here we report the
synthesis and the redox reactivity of two Th (IV) complexes supported by the arene‐tethered …

The synthesis and versatile reducing power of low-valent uranium complexes

MA Boreen, J Arnold - Dalton Transactions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This Perspective provides a detailed overview of the chemistry of low-valent (di-and
trivalent) uranium. The reactivity of uranium (II) and uranium (III) complexes is discussed …

Carbene complexes of plutonium: structure, bonding, and divergent reactivity to lanthanide analogs

J Murillo, JA Seed, AJ Wooles, MS Oakley… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Organoplutonium chemistry was established in 1965, yet structurally authenticated
plutonium–carbon bonds remain rare being limited to π-bonded carbocycle and σ-bonded …

Catalytic recycling of a Th–H bond via single or double hydroboration of inactivated imines or nitriles

S Saha, MS Eisen - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
The catalytic activity of the metallacycle thorium amide [(Me3Si) 2N] 2Th [κ2–(N, C)–CH2Si
(CH3) 2N (SiMe3)](Th1) is presented for the selective dihydroboration of nitriles (—C≡ N) …