Journal
MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Volume 118, Issue 19-20, Pages -Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2020.1768314
Keywords
NESCau; actinides; sandwich compounds; local mode analysis; intrinsic bond strength
Funding
- National Science Foundation [CHE 1464906]
- Double First-Class University Construction Project of Northwest University
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The relativistic Hamiltonian Normalised Elimination of the Small Component with atomic unitary transformation (NESCau) was used for the first time to calculate geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies of actinide sandwich compounds (An: Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu; ). In addition, the Local Vibrational Mode analysis, the Natural Bond Orbital analysis, and the Atoms in Molecules analysis were applied to quantitatively assess the intrinsic strength and the nature of the An-ring interactions. Our results show that actinide sandwich compounds prefer strong covalent interactions between actinide and carbon atoms, similar to those found for homologous ferrocene-type complexes . The metal centre rather than the ring size plays a key role in the strength of those interactions.
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