Nature Communications (Sep 2019)
Thorium-nitrogen multiple bonds provide evidence for pushing-from-below for early actinides
Abstract
Despite the burgeoning nature of uranium–ligand multiple bonding, analogous thorium complexes remain incredibly rare. Here the authors report evidence for a transient thorium–nitride species, which, together with data on parent imido derivatives, suggests that the pushing-from-below phenomenon may be more widespread than previously thought.