Nature Communications (Dec 2021)
Creation of an unexpected plane of enhanced covalency in cerium(III) and berkelium(III) terpyridyl complexes
- Alyssa N. Gaiser,
- Cristian Celis-Barros,
- Frankie D. White,
- Maria J. Beltran-Leiva,
- Joseph M. Sperling,
- Sahan R. Salpage,
- Todd N. Poe,
- Daniela Gomez Martinez,
- Tian Jian,
- Nikki J. Wolford,
- Nathaniel J. Jones,
- Amanda J. Ritz,
- Robert A. Lazenby,
- John K. Gibson,
- Ryan E. Baumbach,
- Dayán Páez-Hernández,
- Michael L. Neidig,
- Thomas E. Albrecht-Schönzart
Affiliations
- Alyssa N. Gaiser
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Cristian Celis-Barros
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Frankie D. White
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Maria J. Beltran-Leiva
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Joseph M. Sperling
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Sahan R. Salpage
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Todd N. Poe
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Daniela Gomez Martinez
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Tian Jian
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Nikki J. Wolford
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester
- Nathaniel J. Jones
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Amanda J. Ritz
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- Robert A. Lazenby
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- John K. Gibson
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Ryan E. Baumbach
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
- Dayán Páez-Hernández
- Center for Applied Nanosciences, Universidad Andres Bello
- Michael L. Neidig
- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester
- Thomas E. Albrecht-Schönzart
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27576-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Studying how the ligand design influences the bonding of f-block complexes is crucial to control their properties. Here, the authors report the preparation of Bk(III) and Ce(III) complexes featuring a terpyridyl ligand; structural, spectroscopic, electrochemical, and theoretical analysis reveal that the ligand induces unusual bonding by creating a plane of enhanced bond covalency.
