NUCL 141 |
| The discovery of Zn(I)2(η5-C5Me5)2 has fundamentally changed the definition of metallocene by introducing dimetallic units to the middle of the classic sandwich complex. Since actinide metallocenes employing COT (COT = [C8H8]2-) rings are well known, it occurred to us that actinoid dimers may be stabilized by the new dimetallocene bonding motif. Scalar-relativistic density functional theory calculations were employed to investigate the isomers of [An(n)2(COT)2]2n-4 where n = 2 or 3. |
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Symposium in Honor of P. Jeffrey Hay
8:30 AM-12:15 PM, Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Renaissance Washington -- Room 8 - 9, Oral
Division of Nuclear Chemistry & Technology |