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Otte KS, Niklas JE, Studvick CM, Boggiano AC, Bacsa J, Popov IA, La Pierre HS. Divergent Stabilities of Tetravalent Cerium, Uranium, and Neptunium Imidophosphorane Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306580. [PMID: 37327070 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The study of the redox chemistry of mid-actinides (U-Pu) has historically relied on cerium as a model, due to the accessibility of trivalent and tetravalent oxidation states for these ions. Recently, dramatic shifts of lanthanide 4+/3+ non-aqueous redox couples have been established within a homoleptic imidophosphorane ligand framework. Herein we extend the chemistry of the imidophosphorane ligand (NPC=[N=Pt Bu(pyrr)2 ]- ; pyrr=pyrrolidinyl) to tetrahomoleptic NPC complexes of neptunium and cerium (1-M, 2-M, M=Np, Ce) and present comparative structural, electrochemical, and theoretical studies of these complexes. Large cathodic shifts in the M4+/3+ (M=Ce, U, Np) couples underpin the stabilization of higher metal oxidation states owing to the strongly donating nature of the NPC ligands, providing access to the U5+/4+ , U6+/5+ , and to an unprecedented, well-behaved Np5+/4+ redox couple. The differences in the chemical redox properties of the U vs. Ce and Np complexes are rationalized based on their redox potentials, degree of structural rearrangement upon reduction/oxidation, relative molecular orbital energies, and orbital composition analyses employing density functional theory.
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- Kaitlyn S Otte
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3601, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 44325-3601, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA
- Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0400, USA
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Bacha RUS, Su DM, Pan QJ. Nitrogen reduction to ammonia triggered by heterobimetallic uranium-group 10 metal complexes of phosphinoaryl oxides: A relativistic DFT study. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cossard A, Casassa S, Gatti C, Desmarais JK, Erba A. Topology of the Electron Density and of Its Laplacian from Periodic LCAO Calculations on f-Electron Materials: The Case of Cesium Uranyl Chloride. Molecules 2021; 26:4227. [PMID: 34299502 PMCID: PMC8303866 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The chemistry of f-electrons in lanthanide and actinide materials is yet to be fully rationalized. Quantum-mechanical simulations can provide useful complementary insight to that obtained from experiments. The quantum theory of atoms in molecules and crystals (QTAIMAC), through thorough topological analysis of the electron density (often complemented by that of its Laplacian) constitutes a general and robust theoretical framework to analyze chemical bonding features from a computed wave function. Here, we present the extension of the Topond module (previously limited to work in terms of s-, p- and d-type basis functions only) of the Crystal program to f- and g-type basis functions within the linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) approach. This allows for an effective QTAIMAC analysis of chemical bonding of lanthanide and actinide materials. The new implemented algorithms are applied to the analysis of the spatial distribution of the electron density and its Laplacian of the cesium uranyl chloride, Cs2UO2Cl4, crystal. Discrepancies between the present theoretical description of chemical bonding and that obtained from a previously reconstructed electron density by experimental X-ray diffraction are illustrated and discussed.
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- Alessandro Cossard
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Torino, Via Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy; (A.C.); (S.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Torino, Via Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy; (A.C.); (S.C.)
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- CNR-SCITEC, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta”, Via C. Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Torino, Via Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy; (A.C.); (S.C.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Torino, Via Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy; (A.C.); (S.C.)
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Cossard A, Desmarais JK, Casassa S, Gatti C, Erba A. Charge Density Analysis of Actinide Compounds from the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules and Crystals. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:1862-1868. [PMID: 33577336 PMCID: PMC8028320 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The nature of chemical bonding in actinide compounds (molecular complexes and materials) remains elusive in many respects. A thorough analysis of their electron charge distribution can prove decisive in elucidating bonding trends and oxidation states along the series. However, the accurate determination and robust analysis of the charge density of actinide compounds pose several challenges from both experimental and theoretical perspectives. Significant advances have recently been made on the experimental reconstruction and topological analysis of the charge density of actinide materials [Gianopoulos et al. IUCrJ, 2019, 6, 895]. Here, we discuss complementary advances on the theoretical side, which allow for the accurate determination of the charge density of actinide materials from quantum-mechanical simulations in the bulk. In particular, the extension of the Topond software implementing Bader's quantum theory of atoms in molecules and crystals (QTAIMAC) to f- and g-type basis functions is introduced, which allows for an effective study of lanthanides and actinides in the bulk and in vacuo, on the same grounds. Chemical bonding of the tetraphenyl phosphate uranium hexafluoride cocrystal [PPh4+][UF6-] is investigated, whose experimental charge density is available for comparison. Crystal packing effects on the charge density and chemical bonding are quantified and discussed. The methodology presented here allows reproducing all subtle features of the topology of the Laplacian of the experimental charge density. Such a remarkable qualitative and quantitative agreement represents a strong mutual validation of both approaches-experimental and computational-for charge density analysis of actinide compounds.
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- Alessandro Cossard
- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università di Torino, via Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università di Torino, via Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università di Torino, via Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- CNR-SCITEC,
Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche “Giulio Natta”, via C. Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica, Università di Torino, via Giuria 5, 10125 Torino, Italy
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Talha Yassia K, Belkhiri L, Costuas K, Boucekkine A. How the Ancillary Ligand X Drives the Redox Properties of Biscyclopentadienyl Pentavalent Uranium Cp 2U(═N-Ar)X Complexes. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:2203-2218. [PMID: 33481573 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Relativistic zero order regular approximation (ZORA) density functional theory computations, coupled with the conductor-like screening model for solvation effects, are used to investigate the redox properties of a series of biscyclopentadienyl pentavalent uranium(V) complexes Cp2U(═N-Ar)X (Ar = 2,6-Me2-C6H3; X = OTf, C6F5, SPh, C═CPh, NPh2, Ph, Me, OPh, N(TMS)2, N═CPh2). Regarding the UV/UIV and UVI/UV couple systems, a linear correlation (R2 ∼ 0.99) is obtained at the ZORA/BP86/TZP level, between the calculated ionization energies and the measured experimental E1/2 half-wave oxidation potentials (UVI/UV) and between the electron affinities and the reduction potentials E1/2 (UV/UIV). The study brings to light the importance of solvation effects that are needed in order to achieve a good agreement between the theory and experiment. Introducing spin-orbit coupling corrections slightly improves this agreement. Both the singly occupied molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital of the neutral UV complexes exhibit a majority 5f orbital character. The frontier molecular orbitals show a substantial ancillary ligand X σ and/or π character that drives the redox properties. Moreover, our investigations allow estimating the redox potentials of the X = Ph, X = C6F5, and N(TMS)2 UV complexes for which no experimental electrochemical data exist.
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- Khadidja Talha Yassia
- Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique LPMS, Département de Chimie, Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, 25017 Constantine, Algeria
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- Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique LPMS, Département de Chimie, Université des Frères Mentouri Constantine 1, 25017 Constantine, Algeria
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- Univ Rennes, ISCR UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Univ Rennes, ISCR UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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Zhang Y, Guan R, Chen M, Shen Y, Pan Q, Lian Y, Yang S. Favorite Orientation of the Carbon Cage and a Unique Two-Dimensional-Layered Packing Model in the Cocrystals of Nd@C82(I,II) Isomers with Decapyrrylcorannulene. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:1462-1471. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yu Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Anhui Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Su DM, Cai HX, Zheng XJ, Niu S, Pan QJ. Theoretical design and exploration of low-valent uranium metallocenes via manipulating cyclopentadienyl substituent. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2020.113107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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