Molecular and electronic structure of terminal and alkali metal-capped uranium(V) nitride complexes

Actinide electronic structure determination is fundamentally challenging. Here, the authors assemble a family of uranium(V)-nitrides and quantify the electronic structure of the molecules, defining the relative importance of spin orbit coupling and crystal field interactions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David M. King, Peter A. Cleaves, Ashley J. Wooles, Benedict M. Gardner, Nicholas F. Chilton, Floriana Tuna, William Lewis, Eric J. L. McInnes, Stephen T. Liddle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13773