A charged diatomic triple-bonded U≡N species trapped in C82 fullerene cages

Qingyu Meng; Laura Abella; Yang-Rong Yao; Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu; Wei Yang; Xinye Liu; Jiaxin Zhuang; Luis Echegoyen; Jochen Autschbach; Ning Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34651-5

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

A charged diatomic triple-bonded U≡N species trapped in C82 fullerene cages

Qingyu Meng,
Laura Abella,
Yang-Rong Yao,
Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu,
Wei Yang,
Xinye Liu,
Jiaxin Zhuang,
Luis Echegoyen,
Jochen Autschbach,
Ning Chen

Affiliations

Qingyu Meng: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University
Laura Abella: Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Natural Sciences Complex
Yang-Rong Yao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Dumitru-Claudiu Sergentu: A.I. Cuza University of Iași, RA-03 Laboratory (RECENT AIR)
Wei Yang: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University
Xinye Liu: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University
Jiaxin Zhuang: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University
Luis Echegoyen: Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Avenue
Jochen Autschbach: Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Natural Sciences Complex
Ning Chen: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34651-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Diatomic actinide molecules are ideal models for studying rare multiple-bond motifs. Here, the authors report host-guest structures of metastable charged U≡N diatoms confined in fullerene cages and stabilized by coordinative electron transfer.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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