The vitality of uranium molecular chemistry at the dawn of the XXIst century

The Cambridge Structural Database: a quarter of a million crystal structures and rising

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A Linear, O-Coordinated η 1 -CO 2 Bound to Uranium

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Chemistry of Tris(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) f-Element Complexes, (C5Me5)3M

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Actinyl Peroxide Nanospheres

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Theoretical Studies of the Properties and Solution Chemistry of AnO22+ and AnO2+ Aquo Complexes for An = U, Np, and Pu

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Synthesis of Imido Analogs of the Uranyl Ion

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The Coordination of Uranyl in Water: A Combined Quantum Chemical and Molecular Simulation Study

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Intermolecular Hydroamination of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by Organoactinide Complexes. Scope and Mechanistic Studies

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Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Ketimide Complexes Prepared by Nitrile Insertion into Actinide−Alkyl and −Aryl Bonds

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Hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.0.0): An Expanded Porphyrin Ligand for the Actinide Cations Uranyl (UO22+) and Neptunyl (NpO2+)

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A Monometallic f Element Complex of Dinitrogen: (C5Me5)3U(η-N2)

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Recognition of Alkali Metal Halide Contact Ion Pairs by Uranyl−Salophen Receptors Bearing Aromatic Sidearms. The Role of Cation−π Interactions

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Comparative Reactivity of Sterically Crowded nf 3 (C 5 Me 5 ) 3 Nd and (C 5 Me 5 ) 3 U Complexes with CO: Formation of a Nonclassical Carbonium Ion versus an f Element Metal Carbonyl Complex

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Structural and Density Functional Studies of Uranium(III) and Lanthanum(III) Complexes with a Neutral Tripodal N-Donor Ligand Suggesting the Presence of a U−N Back-Bonding Interaction

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Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Behavior of a Series of Trinuclear Schiff Base Complexes of 5f (U IV , Th IV ) and 3d (Cu II , Zn II ) Ions

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A New Mode of Reactivity for Pyridine N-Oxide: C−H Activation with Uranium(IV) and Thorium(IV) Bis(alkyl) Complexes

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Quantum Chemistry Study of Actinide(III) and Lanthanide(III) Complexes with Tridentate Nitrogen Ligands

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Lanthanide( III )/Actinide( III ) Differentiation in the Cerium and Uranium Complexes [M(C5Me5)2(L)]0,+ (L=2,2′‐Bipyridine, 2,2′:6′,2′′‐Terpyridine): Structural, Magnetic, and Reactivity Studies

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A Trigonal Bipyramidal Uranyl Amido Complex: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of [Na(THF)2][UO2(N(SiMe3)2)3]

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Selective complexation of uranium(iii) over cerium(iii) by 2,6-bis(5,6-dialkyl-1,2,4-triazin-3-yl)pyridines: 1H NMR and X-ray crystallography studies

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Multiple Syntheses of (C5Me5)3U

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Isolation of a Uranyl [UO2]+ Species: Crystallographic Comparison of the Dioxouranium( V ) and ( VI ) Compounds [UO2(OPPh3)4](OTf)n (n=1, 2)

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Lanthanide( iii )/actinide( iii ) differentiation in coordination of azine molecules to tris(cyclopentadienyl) complexes of cerium and uranium

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Recent advances in f element reduction chemistry

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The remarkable efficiency of N-heterocyclic carbenes in lanthanide(iii)/actinide(iii) differentiation

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Lanthanide(III)/Actinide(III) Differentiation in Mixed Cyclopentadienyl/Dithiolene Compounds from X-ray Diffraction and Density Functional Theory Analysis

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A Molecular Actinide–Tellurium Bond and Comparison of Bonding in [MIII{N(TePiPr2)2}3] (M=U, La)

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Unique crown thioether complexes of f elements: the crystal structure of U(iii) and La(iii) complexes of 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane

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A Molecular Actinide–Tellurium Bond and Comparison of Bonding in [MIII{N(TePiPr2)2}3] (M=U, La)

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Surprising Activity of Organoactinide Complexes in the Polymerization of Cyclic Mono- and Diesters

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Organometallic Derivatives of Diamidosilyl Ether Thorium(IV) and Uranium(IV) Halide Complexes

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C−H and C−S Bond Cleavage in Uranium(III) Thiolato Complexes

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Synthesis and crystal structure of 1:2 mixed uranyl/alkali metal ions (Li + , Na + , K + , Cs + ) complexes of p-tert-butyltetrahomodioxacalix[4]arene

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Comparative Structural Studies of Iodide Complexes of Uranium(III) and Lanthanide(III) with Hexadentate Tetrapodal Neutral N-Donor Ligands

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Selective complexation of uranium( iii ) over lanthanide( iii ) triflates by 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine. X-Ray crystal structures of [M(OTf) 3 (terpy) 2 ] and [M(OTf) 2 (terpy) 2 (py)][OTf] (M = Nd, Ce, U) and of polynuclear µ-oxo uranium( iv ) complexes resulting from hydrolysis

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The distinct affinity of cyclopentadienyl ligands towards trivalent uranium over lanthanide ions. Evidence for cooperative ligation and back-bonding in the actinide complexes

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Homoleptic Tris(dithiolene) and Tetrakis(dithiolene) Complexes of Uranium(IV)

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A Comparison of Analogous 4f‐ and 5f‐Element Compounds: Syntheses and X‐ray Crystal Structures of the Mixed Sandwich Complexes [M(η‐C8H8)(L){OP(NMe2)3}] (M = Nd or U; L = η‐C5Me5 or η‐C4Me4P)

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Triamidotriazacyclononane Complexes of Group 3 Metals. Synthesis and Crystal Structures

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Electronic Structure of M(BH4)4, M = Zr, Hf, and U, by Variable Photon-Energy Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional Calculations

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Versatile new uranyl(vi) dihalide complexes supported by tunable organic amide ligands

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The uranium–nitrogen bond in U(iv) complexes supported by the hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate ligand

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Uranium(V) and uranium(IV/V) mixed valence complexes with p-tert-butylhomocalix[n]arenes (n=4, 6)

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Towards uranium catalysts

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Recent Developments in Synthesis and Structural Chemistry of Nonaqueous Actinide Complexes

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New Mechanism for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones? Uranyl Aryloxide-Induced Intermolecular Catalysis

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