{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Conour CS"],"funding":["Office of Science, Government of Western Australia"],"pagination":["280"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12475471"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["8(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["The study of actinide electronic structure and bonding within rigorously controlled environments is fundamental to advancing nuclear applications. Here, we report a new set of isostructural actinide organometallics; An(COT<sup>big</sup>)<sub>2</sub>, (An = Th, U, Np, and Pu), where COT<sup>big</sup> is the bulky 1,4-bis(triphenylsilyl)-substituted cyclooctatetraenyl dianion (1,4-(Ph<sub>3</sub>Si)<sub>2</sub>C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>6</sub>)<sup>2-</sup>. The actinide(IV) metallocene sandwiches have a clam-shell structure, offering a new molecular symmetry to explore f-orbital contributions in bonding. Combined experimental and computational studies reveal that An(COT<sup>big</sup>)<sub>2</sub> complexes strongly differ from the previously published coplanar An(COT)<sub>2</sub> sandwiches due to"],"journal":["Communications chemistry"],"pubmed_title":["Trends in actinide electronic structure revealed from asymmetric, isostructural transuranic metallocenes."],"pmcid":["PMC12475471"],"funding_grant_id":["DE-AC02-05CH11231"],"pubmed_authors":["Conour CS","Woods JJ","Pyrch MMF","Keener MR","Autschbach J","Katzer NJ","Sen A","Arnold PL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Trends in actinide electronic structure revealed from asymmetric, isostructural transuranic metallocenes.","description":"The study of actinide electronic structure and bonding within rigorously controlled environments is fundamental to advancing nuclear applications. Here, we report a new set of isostructural actinide organometallics; An(COT<sup>big</sup>)<sub>2</sub>, (An = Th, U, Np, and Pu), where COT<sup>big</sup> is the bulky 1,4-bis(triphenylsilyl)-substituted cyclooctatetraenyl dianion (1,4-(Ph<sub>3</sub>Si)<sub>2</sub>C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>6</sub>)<sup>2-</sup>. The actinide(IV) metallocene sandwiches have a clam-shell structure, offering a new molecular symmetry to explore f-orbital contributions in bonding. Combined experimental and computational studies reveal that An(COT<sup>big</sup>)<sub>2</sub> complexes strongly differ from the previously published coplanar An(COT)<sub>2</sub> sandwiches due to","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Sep","modification":"2026-06-03T23:05:27.076Z","creation":"2026-05-31T03:07:06.314Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12475471","cross_references":{"pubmed":["41006762"],"doi":["10.1038/s42004-025-01646-4"]}}