biostudies-literatureUnknown15(32)Shaw TERecent advances enabled the discovery of heterometallic molecules for many metals: main group, d-block, lanthanides, and some actinides (U, Th). These complexes have at least two different metals joined by bridging ligands or by direct metal-metal bonding interactions. They are attractive because they can enable chemical cooperativity between metals from different parts of the periodic table. Some heterometallics provide access to unique reactivity and others exhibit physical properties that cannot be accessed by homometallic species. We envisioned that transuranic heterometallics might similarly enable new transuranic chemistry, though synthetic routes to such compounds have yet to be developed. Reported here is the first synthesis of a molecular transuranic complex that contains plutoniuChemical science12754-12764https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11323317biostudies-literaturePuCl<sub>3</sub>{CoCp[OP(OEt)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>3</sub>}: transuranic elements entering the field of heterometallic molecular chemistry.PMC11323317Root HDJones ZRRocha FRStein BWAnderson NHBauer EDMacInnes MMAdelman SLShaw TEKlouda JKozimor SAKnope KEWacker JNMocko VThompson JDBowes EGDan DfalsePuCl<sub>3</sub>{CoCp[OP(OEt)<sub>2</sub>]<sub>3</sub>}: transuranic elements entering the field of heterometallic molecular chemistry.Recent advances enabled the discovery of heterometallic molecules for many metals: main group, d-block, lanthanides, and some actinides (U, Th). These complexes have at least two different metals joined by bridging ligands or by direct metal-metal bonding interactions. They are attractive because they can enable chemical cooperativity between metals from different parts of the periodic table. Some heterometallics provide access to unique reactivity and others exhibit physical properties that cannot be accessed by homometallic species. We envisioned that transuranic heterometallics might similarly enable new transuranic chemistry, though synthetic routes to such compounds have yet to be developed. Reported here is the first synthesis of a molecular transuranic complex that contains plutoniu2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Aug2025-04-19T20:38:56.456Z2025-04-19T20:38:56.456ZS-EPMC113233173914876910.1039/d4sc01767f