Covalent bond shortening and distortion induced by pressurization of thorium, uranium, and neptunium tetrakis aryloxides
oleh: Jacob J. Shephard, Victoria E. J. Berryman, Tatsumi Ochiai, Olaf Walter, Amy N. Price, Mark R. Warren, Polly L. Arnold, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, Simon Parsons
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01 |
Deskripsi
The properties of actinide complexes depend on the ionic versus covalent nature of the bonds. Here, the authors report that pressure can distort actinide-oxygen bonding; differences seen for Th, U and Np result from the decreasing size of the atoms.