Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes

  • Matthew Gregson,
  • Erli Lu,
  • David P. Mills,
  • Floriana Tuna,
  • Eric J. L. McInnes,
  • Christoph Hennig,
  • Andreas C. Scheinost,
  • Jonathan McMaster,
  • William Lewis,
  • Alexander J. Blake,
  • Andrew Kerridge,
  • Stephen T. Liddle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14137
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The inverse-trans-influence has been shown to operate in high oxidation state actinide complexes. Here, the authors report tetravalent cerium, uranium and thorium bis(carbene) complexes with trans C=M=C cores where experimental and theoretical data also suggest the presence of an inverse-trans-effect.