Uranocene, U(C8H8)2, is an organouranium compound composed of a uranium atom sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraenide rings. It was one of the first...
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thorocene. It is isotypic with the better-known analogous uranium compound uranocene. It can be prepared by reacting K2C8H8 with thorium tetrachloride in tetrahydrofuran...
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group of Andrew Streitwieser prepared the stable but pyrophoric compound uranocene (COT)2U, which has an atom of uranium sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraenide...
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8, abbreviated cot2−), namely the lanthanocenes and the actinocenes (uranocene and others). Metallocenes are a subset of a broader class of compounds...
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analogous in structure to uranocene. There, the metal atom is sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraene ligands. Similar to uranocene, it can be prepared by...
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resulting in the general formula An(C8H8)2. The most studied actinocene is uranocene, U(C8H8)2, which in 1968 was the first member of this family to be synthesised...
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not obvious from the formula. Ferrocene: bis(η5-cyclopentadienyl)iron Uranocene: bis(η8-1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene)uranium W(CO)3(PPri3)2(η2-H2): the first...
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that is used as a precursor to cyclooctatetraenide complexes, such as uranocene (U(C8H8)2). Analogs of K2C8H8 are known with ring substituents, with different...
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C4 C2 S8 i 8C2 σh 4σv 4σd octagonal cyclooctatetraenide (C8H82−) anion uranocene D2d E 2S4 C2 2C2' 2σd 90° twist allene tetrasulfur tetranitride diborane(4)...
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compounds Metallocene f-block metallocene Actinocene Thorocene Protactinocene Uranocene Neptunocene Plutonocene Zirconocene Vanadocene Chromocene Bis(benzene)chromium...
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cyclooctatetraenide Tb(C8H8)2 Protactinocene (Pa(C8H8)2) Thorocene (Th(C8H8)2) Uranocene U(C8H8)2 Neptunocene (Np(C8H8)2) Plutonocene (Pu(C8H8)2) Cerocene Ce3+(C8H81...
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including yttrium, lanthanides, and actinides. The sandwich compound uranocene (U(COT)2) features two η8-COT ligands. In bis(cyclooctatetraene)iron (Fe(COT)2)...
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Ferrocene and Uranocene also serve as examples where LBN and coordination number differ. Ferrocene has two η5 cyclopentadienyl ligands while Uranocene has two...
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elements at elevated temperature. Organometallic complexes analogous to uranocene are known also for other actinides, such as thorium, protactinium, neptunium...
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important precursor to many metal cyclooctatetraenyl derivatives, such as uranocene.: 266 The large and very weakly polarising alkali metal cations can stabilise...
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Sm(C9H7)3 or KSm(η(8)−C8H8)2. The latter compound has a structure similar to uranocene. There is also a cyclopentadienide of divalent samarium, Sm(C5H5)2 a solid...
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Ken Raymond (section Uranocene)
independent research career was the determination of the crystal structure of uranocene (di-π-(cyclooctatetraene)uranium). This structure was a seminal discovery...
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bulky ligands to give compounds such as Ln[CH(SiMe3)3]. Analogues of uranocene are derived from dilithiocyclooctatetraene, Li2C8H8. Organic lanthanide(II)...
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cyclopentadienyl and cyclooctatetraenyl ligands. Cerocene (Ce(C8H8)2) adopts the uranocene molecular structure. The 4f electron in cerocene is poised ambiguously...
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by reacting neptunium(IV) chloride with K2(C8H8). It is isomorphous to uranocene and plutonocene, and they behave chemically identically: all three compounds...
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application with A. Chang was the first assignment of the visible spectrum of uranocene. During 1986–87 he served as Acting Associate Director of the Ohio Supercomputer...
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compounds Related compounds Metallocene f-Block metallocene Actinocene Uranocene Zirconocene Vanadocene Chromocene Ferrocene Plumbocene Except where otherwise...
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americium with magnesium diboride in vacuum or inert atmosphere. Analogous to uranocene, americium forms the organometallic compound amerocene with two cyclooctatetraene...
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chemical species was discovered in 1968 by Andrew Streitwieser, who prepared uranocene by reacting K(COT)2 with UCl4 in tetrahydrofuran at 0 °C. The compound...
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tris(cyclopentadienyl)uranium(III), U(Cp)3. Seyferth, Dietmar (2004-07-01). "Uranocene. The First Member of a New Class of Organometallic Derivatives of the...
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monoclinic crystal structure (P21/n space group) which is isomorphous to uranocene and thorocene but not to plutonocene. Neptunocene was first synthesised...
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elements in the +4 oxidation state. Compared to other actinocenes such as uranocene, plutonocene has been studied to a lesser degree since the 1980s due to...
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cyclopentadienyl and cyclooctatetraenyl ligands. Cerocene (Ce(C8H8)2) adopts the uranocene molecular structure. The 4f electron in cerocene, Ce(C 8H 8) 2, is poised...
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bulky ligands to give compounds such as Ln[CH(SiMe3)3]. Analogues of uranocene are derived from dilithiocyclooctatetraene, Li2C8H8. Organic lanthanide(II)...
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Sm(C9H7)3 or KSm(η(8)−C8H8)2. The latter compound has a structure similar to uranocene. There is also a cyclopentadienide of divalent samarium, Sm(C5H5)2− a...
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