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Birnoschi L, Oakley MS, McInnes EJL, Chilton NF. Relativistic Quantum Chemical Investigation of Actinide Covalency Measured by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:14660-14671. [PMID: 38753552 PMCID: PMC11140756 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c01930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2024] [Revised: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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We investigate actinide covalency effects in two [AnCptt3] (An = Th, U) complexes recently studied with pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, using the Hyperion package to obtain relativistic hyperfine coupling constants from relativistic multiconfigurational wave functions. 1H and 13C HYSCORE simulations using the computed parameters show excellent agreement with the experimental data, highlighting the accuracy of modern relativistic ab initio methods. The extent of covalency indicated from the calculations on [ThCptt3] is in agreement with the original report based on traditional spectral fitting methods, while the covalency in [UCptt3] is found to be previously overestimated. The latter is due to the paramagnetic spin-orbit effect that arises naturally in a relativistic theory of hyperfine coupling and yet was not accounted for in the original study, thus highlighting the necessity of relativistic approaches for the interpretation of magnetic resonance data pertaining to actinides.
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- Letitia Birnoschi
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K.
- Research
School of Chemistry, The Australian National
University, Sullivans
Creek Road, Canberra, Acton 2601, Australia
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Novotný J, Munzarová M, Marek R. Mechanisms of Ligand Hyperfine Coupling in Transition-Metal Complexes: σ and π Transmission Pathways. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:8580-8592. [PMID: 38690843 PMCID: PMC11094796 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Theoretical interpretation of hyperfine interactions was pioneered in the 1950s-1960s by the seminal works of McConnell, Karplus, and others for organic radicals and by Watson and Freeman for transition-metal (TM) complexes. In this work, we investigate a series of octahedral Ru(III) complexes with aromatic ligands to understand the mechanism of transmission of the spin density from the d-orbital of the metal to the s-orbitals of the ligand atoms. Spin densities and spin populations underlying ligand hyperfine couplings are analyzed in terms of π-conjugative or σ-hyperconjugative delocalization vs spin polarization based on symmetry considerations and restricted open-shell vs unrestricted wave function analysis. The transmission of spin density is shown to be most efficient in the case of symmetry-allowed π-conjugative delocalization, but when the π-conjugation is partially or fully symmetry-forbidden, it can be surpassed by σ-hyperconjugative delocalization. Despite a lower spin population of the ligand in σ-hyperconjugative transmission, the hyperfine couplings can be larger because of the direct involvement of the ligand s-orbitals in this delocalization pathway. We demonstrate a quantitative correlation between the hyperfine couplings of aromatic ligand atoms and the characteristics of the metal-ligand bond modulated by the trans substituent, a hyperfine trans effect.
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- Jan Novotný
- CEITEC
− Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno CZ-62500, Czechia
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk
University, Kamenice
5, Brno CZ-62500, Czechia
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk
University, Kamenice
5, Brno CZ-62500, Czechia
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- CEITEC
− Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Brno CZ-62500, Czechia
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk
University, Kamenice
5, Brno CZ-62500, Czechia
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Jennifer G A, Gao Y, Schreckenbach G, Varathan E. Chemical bonding in actinyl(V/VI) dipyriamethyrin complexes for the actinide series from americium to californium: a computational investigation. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:10006-10019. [PMID: 35703365 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01142e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The separation of minor actinides in their dioxocation (i.e., actinyl) form in high-valence oxidation states requires efficient ligands for their complexation. In this work, we evaluate the complexation properties of actinyls including americyl, curyl, berkelyl, and californyl in their pentavalent and hexavalent oxidation states with the dipyriamethyrin ligand (L) using density functional theory calculations. The calculated bond parameters show shorter AnOyl bonds with covalent character and longer An-N bonds with ionic character. The bonding between the actinyl cation and the ligand anion shows a flow of charges from the ligand to actinyl in all [AnV/VIO2-L]1-/0 complexes. However, across the series, backdonation of charges from the metal to the ligand becomes prominent and stabilizes the complexes. The thermodynamic parameters in the gas phase and solution suggest that the complex formation reaction is spontaneous for [CfV/VIO2-L]1-/0 complexes and spontaneous at elevated temperatures (>298.15 K) for all other complexes. Spin-orbit corrections have a quantitative impact while the overall trend remains the same. Energy decomposition analysis (EDA) reveals that the interaction between actinyl and the ligand is mainly due to electrostatic contributions that decrease from Am to Cf along with an increase in orbital contributions due to the backdonation of charges from the actinyl metal center to the ligand that greatly stabilizes the Cf complex. The repulsive Pauli energy contribution is observed to increase in the case of [AnVO2-L]1- complexes from Am to Cf while a decrease is observed among [AnVIO2-L]0 complexes, showing minimum repulsion in [CfVIO2-L]0 complex formation. Overall, the hexavalent actinyl complexes show greater stability (increasing from Am to Cf) than their pentavalent counterparts.
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- Abigail Jennifer G
- Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada. .,Institut National de La Recherche Scientifique (INRS)-Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications, Varennes, QC, J3X 1P7, Canada.,Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610054, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Zhang NX, Wang C, Wu Q, Lan J, Chai Z, Shi W. Highly stable actinide(III) complexes supported by doubly aromatic ligands. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:5921-5928. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05058c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Owing to the electron-deficient nature of boron atom, the structures and properties of boron clusters can be enriched by doping various metal atoms, including lanthanide metal atoms. Nevertheless, the viability...
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Yu X, Sergentu DC, Feng R, Autschbach J. Covalency of Trivalent Actinide Ions with Different Donor Ligands: Do Density Functional and Multiconfigurational Wavefunction Calculations Corroborate the Observed "Breaks"? Inorg Chem 2021; 60:17744-17757. [PMID: 34747167 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A comprehensive ab initio study of periodic actinide-ligand bonding trends for trivalent actinides is performed. Relativistic density functional theory (DFT) and complete active-space (CAS) self-consistent field wavefunction calculations are used to dissect the chemical bonding in the [AnCl6]3-, [An(CN)6]3-, [An(NCS)6]3-, [An(S2PMe2)3], [An(DPA)3]3-, and [An(HOPO)]- series of actinide (An = U-Es) complexes. Except for some differences for the early actinide complexes with DPA, bond orders and excess 5f-shell populations from donation bonding show qualitatively similar trends in 5f n active-space CAS vs DFT calculations. The influence of spin-orbit coupling on donation bonding is small for the tested systems. Along the actinide series, chemically soft vs chemically harder ligands exhibit clear differences in bonding trends. There are pronounced changes in the 5f populations when moving from Pu to Am or Cm, which correlate with previously noted "breaks" in chemical trends. Bonding involving 5f becomes very weak beyond Cm/Bk. We propose that Cm(III) is a borderline case among the trivalent actinides that can be meaningfully considered to be involved in ground-state 5f covalent bonding.
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- Xiaojuan Yu
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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Meng Q, Abella L, Yang W, Yao YR, Liu X, Zhuang J, Li X, Echegoyen L, Autschbach J, Chen N. UCN@ Cs(6)-C 82: An Encapsulated Triangular UCN Cluster with Ambiguous U Oxidation State [U(III) versus U(I)]. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:16226-16234. [PMID: 34553913 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c07519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Understanding the chemical behavior of actinide elements is essential for the effective management and use of actinide materials. In this study, we report an unprecedented η2 (side-on) coordination of U by a cyanide in a UCN cluster, which was stabilized inside a C82 fullerene cage. UCN@Cs(6)-C82 was successfully synthesized and fully characterized by mass spectrometry, single crystal X-ray crystallography, cyclic voltammetry, spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations. The bonding analysis demonstrates significant donation bonding between CN- and uranium, and covalent interactions between uranium and the carbon cage. These effects correlate with an observed elongated cyanide C-N bond, resulting in a rare case where the oxidation state of uranium shows ambiguity between U(III) and U(I). The discovery of this unprecedented triangular configuration of the uranium cyanide cluster provides a new insight in coordination chemistry and highlights the large variety of bonding situations that uranium can have.
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- Qingyu Meng
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, P. R. China
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Qiao Y, Ganguly G, Booth CH, Branson JA, Ditter AS, Lussier DJ, Moreau LM, Russo DR, Sergentu DC, Shuh DK, Sun T, Autschbach J, Minasian SG. Enhanced 5f-δ bonding in [U(C 7H 7) 2] -: C K-edge XAS, magnetism, and ab initio calculations. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:9562-9565. [PMID: 34546232 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03414f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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5f covalency in [U(C7H7)2]- was probed with carbon K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and electronic structure theory. The results revealed U 5f orbital participation in δ-bonding in both the ground- and core-excited states; additional 5f ϕ-mixing is observed in the core-excited states. Comparisons with U(C8H8)2 show greater δ-covalency for [U(C7H7)2]-.
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- Yusen Qiao
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-3000, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Curran DJ, Ganguly G, Heit YN, Wolford NJ, Minasian SG, Löble MW, Cary SK, Kozimor SA, Autschbach J, Neidig ML. Near-infrared C-term MCD spectroscopy of octahedral uranium(V) complexes. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:5483-5492. [PMID: 33908963 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00513h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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C-term magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectroscopy is a powerful method for probing d-d and f-f transitions in paramagnetic metal complexes. However, this technique remains underdeveloped both experimentally and theoretically for studies of U(v) complexes of Oh symmetry, which have been of longstanding interest for probing electronic structure, bonding, and covalency in 5f systems. In this study, C-term NIR MCD of the Laporte forbidden f-f transitions of [UCl6]- and [UF6]- are reported, demonstrating the significant fine structure resolution possible with this technique including for the low energy Γ7 → Γ8 transitions in [UF6]-. The experimental NIR MCD studies were further extended to [U(OC6F5)6]-, [U(CH2SiMe3)6]-, and [U(NC(tBu)(Ph))6]- to evaluate the effects of ligand-type on the f-f MCD fine structure features. Theoretical calculations were conducted to determine the Laporte forbidden f-f transitions and their MCD intensity experimentally observed in the NIR spectra of the U(v) hexahalide complexes, via the inclusion of vibronic coupling, to better understand the underlying spectral fine structure features for these complexes. These spectra and simulations provide an important platform for the application of MCD spectroscopy to this widely studied class of U(v) complexes and identify areas for continued theoretical development.
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- Daniel J Curran
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA.
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Autillo M, Islam MA, Héron J, Guérin L, Acher E, Tamain C, Illy MC, Moisy P, Colineau E, Griveau JC, Berthon C, Bolvin H. Temperature Dependence of 1 H Paramagnetic Chemical Shifts in Actinide Complexes, Beyond Bleaney's Theory: The An VI O 2 2+ -Dipicolinic Acid Complexes (An=Np, Pu) as an Example. Chemistry 2021; 27:7138-7153. [PMID: 33406305 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Actinide +VI complexes ( A n V I = U V I , N p V I and P u V I ) with dipicolinic acid derivatives were synthesized and characterized by powder XRD, SQUID magnetometry and NMR spectroscopy. In addition, N p V I and P u V I complexes were described by first principles CAS based and two-component spin-restricted DFT methods. The analysis of the 1 H paramagnetic NMR chemical shifts for all protons of the ligands according to the X-rays structures shows that the Fermi contact contribution is negligible in agreement with spin density determined by unrestricted DFT. The magnetic susceptibility tensor is determined by combining SQUID, pNMR shifts and Evans' method. The SO-RASPT2 results fit well the experimental magnetic susceptibility and pNMR chemical shifts. The role of the counterions in the solid phase is pointed out; their presence impacts the magnetic properties of the N p V I complex. The temperature dependence of the pNMR chemical shifts has a strong 1 / T contribution, contrarily to Bleaney's theory for lanthanide complexes. The fitting of the temperature dependence of the pNMR chemical shifts and SQUID magnetic susceptibility by a two-Kramers-doublet model for the N p V I complex and a non-Kramers-doublet model for the P u V I complex allows for the experimental evaluation of energy gaps and magnetic moments of the paramagnetic center.
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- Matthieu Autillo
- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques, CNRS, Université Toulouse III, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France
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- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1033, Blindern, 0315, Oslo, Norway
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France.,Planitec, CEA Marcoule, 30207, Bagnols/Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), 76125, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, 30207, Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques, CNRS, Université Toulouse III, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France
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Ganguly G, Ludowieg HD, Autschbach J. Ab Initio Study of Vibronic and Magnetic 5f-to-5f and Dipole-Allowed 5f-to-6d and Charge-Transfer Transitions in [UX6]n− (X = Cl, Br; n = 1, 2). J Chem Theory Comput 2020; 16:5189-5202. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Gaurab Ganguly
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, United States
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Hu SX, Lu E, Liddle ST. Prediction of high bond-order metal-metal multiple-bonds in heterobimetallic 3d-4f/5f complexes [TM-M{N(o-[NCH 2P(CH 3) 2]C 6H 4) 3}] (TM = Cr, Mn, Fe; M = U, Np, Pu, and Nd). Dalton Trans 2019; 48:12867-12879. [PMID: 31389454 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt03086g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Despite continuing and burgeoning interest in f-block complexes and their bonding chemistry in recent years, investigations of the electronic structures and oxidation states of heterobimetallic complexes, and their bonding features between transition-metals (TMs) and f-elements remain relatively less explored. Here, we report a quantum chemical computational study on the series of TM-actinide and -neodymium complexes [TMAn(L)] and [TMNd(L)] [An = U, Np, Pu; TM = Cr, Mn, Fe; L = {N(o-[NCH2P(CH3)2]C6H4)3}3-] in order to explore periodic trend, generalities and differences in the electronic structure and metal-metal bonding between f-block and d-block elements. Based on the calculations, we find up to five-fold covalent multiple bonding between actinide and transition metal ions, which is in sharp contrast with a single bond between neodymium and transition metals. From a comparative study, a general trend of strength of the An-TM interaction emerges in accordance with the atomic number of the actinide metal, which relates to the nature, energy level, and spatial arrangement of their frontier orbitals. The trend presents a valuable insight for future experimental endeavour searching for isolable complexes with strong and multiple An-TM bonding interactions, especially for the experimentally challenging transuranic elements that require targeted research due to their radioactive nature.
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- Shu-Xian Hu
- Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. and Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- School of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Guo F, Chen Y, Tong M, Mansikkamäki A, Layfield RA. Uranocenium: Synthesis, Structure, and Chemical Bonding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201903681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Fu‐Sheng Guo
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9QR UK
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of the Ministry of EducationSchool of ChemistrySun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of the Ministry of EducationSchool of ChemistrySun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience CenterUniversity of Jyväskylä P.O. Box 35 Jyväskylä 40014 Finland
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Guo FS, Chen YC, Tong ML, Mansikkamäki A, Layfield RA. Uranocenium: Synthesis, Structure, and Chemical Bonding. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:10163-10167. [PMID: 31034690 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201903681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Abstraction of iodide from [(η5 -C5 i Pr5 )2 UI] (1) produced the cationic uranium(III) metallocene [(η5 -C5 i Pr5 )2 U]+ (2) as a salt of [B(C6 F5 )4 ]- . The structure of 2 consists of unsymmetrically bonded cyclopentadienyl ligands and a bending angle of 167.82° at uranium. Analysis of the bonding in 2 showed that the uranium 5f orbitals are strongly split and mixed with the ligand orbitals, thus leading to non-negligible covalent contributions to the bonding. Investigation of the dynamic magnetic properties of 2 revealed that the 5f covalency leads to partially quenched anisotropy and fast magnetic relaxation in zero applied magnetic field. Application of a magnetic field leads to dominant relaxation by a Raman process.
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- Fu-Sheng Guo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QR, UK
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä, 40014, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QR, UK
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Su J, Batista ER, Boland KS, Bone SE, Bradley JA, Cary SK, Clark DL, Conradson SD, Ditter AS, Kaltsoyannis N, Keith JM, Kerridge A, Kozimor SA, Löble MW, Martin RL, Minasian SG, Mocko V, La Pierre HS, Seidler GT, Shuh DK, Wilkerson MP, Wolfsberg LE, Yang P. Energy-Degeneracy-Driven Covalency in Actinide Bonding. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:17977-17984. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jing Su
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Bora PL, Novotný J, Ruud K, Komorovsky S, Marek R. Electron-Spin Structure and Metal–Ligand Bonding in Open-Shell Systems from Relativistic EPR and NMR: A Case Study of Square-Planar Iridium Catalysts. J Chem Theory Comput 2018; 15:201-214. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.8b00914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pankaj L. Bora
- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A4, CZ-62500 Brno, Czechia
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A4, CZ-62500 Brno, Czechia
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- Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84536 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A4, CZ-62500 Brno, Czechia
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Sergentu DC, Duignan TJ, Autschbach J. Ab Initio Study of Covalency in the Ground versus Core-Excited States and X-ray Absorption Spectra of Actinide Complexes. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:5583-5591. [PMID: 30180572 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Relativistic multireference ab initio wave function calculations within the restricted active space (RAS) framework were performed to calculate metal and ligand X-ray absorption (XAS) near-edge spectroscopy (XANES) intensities for the metal M4,5 edges of [PuO2(H2O)5]2+, [AnVIO2]2+ (An = U, Np, Pu), and [AmCl6]3- and the Cl K edge of the Am complex. The extent of An(5f)-ligand bonding was determined via natural localized molecular orbital analyses of the relevant spin-orbit coupled multireference states. The calculated spectra are in good agreement with experiments and allow a detailed assignment of the observed spectral features. The XANES M4,5-edge spectra are representative of the actinide orbital covalency in the probed core-excited states, which may be different from the ground-state covalency. An assignment of ground-state An orbital covalency based on XAS spectra should therefore be made with caution.
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- Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu
- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260-3000 , United States
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