Actinocene

Actinocenes are a family of organoactinide compounds consisting of metallocenes containing elements from the actinide series. They typically have a sandwich structure with two dianionic cyclooctatetraenyl ligands (COT2-, which is C
8H2−
8) bound to an actinide-metal center (An) in the oxidation state IV, resulting in the general formula An(C8H8)2.[1][2]

Skeletal formula
Ball-and-stick
Space-filling
Uranocene molecular representations showing the U atom sandwiched between 2 COT2- ligands

Characterised actinocenes
Name Formula AnIV centre First synthesis Crystal colour An–COT distance (Å) Space group
Thorocene Th(C8H8)2 Th 1969 bright yellow 2.004 P21/n
Protactinocene Pa(C8H8)2 Pa 1974 yellowish – P21/n
Uranocene U(C8H8)2 U 1968 deep green 1.926 P21/n
Neptunocene Np(C8H8)2 Np 1970 yellow-brown 1.909 P21/n
Plutonocene Pu(C8H8)2 Pu 1970 dark red 1.898 I2/m

The most studied actinocene is uranocene, U(C8H8)2, which in 1968 was the first member of this family to be synthesised and is still viewed as the archetypal example.[2][3] Other actinocenes that have been synthesised are protactinocene[4] (Pa(C8H8)2), thorocene[5] (Th(C8H8)2), neptunocene[6] (Np(C8H8)2), and plutonocene[7][8] (Pu(C8H8)2). Especially the latter two, neptunocene and plutonocene, have not been extensively studied experimentally since the 1980s because of the radiation hazard they pose.[7][8]

Bonding

The actinide-cyclooctatetraenyl bonding has been of interest for multiple theoretical studies.[8][9] Computational chemistry methods indicate bonding with a large covalent character resulting mainly from the mixing of actinide 6d orbitals with ligand π-orbitals, with a smaller interaction involving the actinide 5f and ligand π-orbitals.[9] The covalent component is characterised by donation of electron density to the actinide.

Analogous sandwiched M(C8H8)2 compounds also exist for lanthanides M = Nd, Tb, and Yb, but therein the bonding is mostly ionic rather than covalent (see lanthanocenes).[3]

See also

References
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  9. Kerridge, Andrew (2014). "f-Orbital covalency in the actinocenes (An = Th–Cm): multiconfigurational studies and topological analysis" (PDF). RSC Advances. 4 (24): 12078–12086. Bibcode:2014RSCAd...412078K. doi:10.1039/C3RA47088A.
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