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Structure of the Homoleptic Thorium(IV) Aqua Ion [Th(H 2 O) 10 ]Br 4
Author(s) -
Wilson Richard E.,
Skanthakumar S.,
Burns Peter C.,
Soderholm L.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200702872
Subject(s) - thorium , homoleptic , ion , mineralogy , chemistry , radiochemistry , materials science , metallurgy , uranium , metal , organic chemistry
The homoleptic aqua complex of thorium(IV) is the first aqua complex of a tetravalent cation to be isolated in the solid state. High‐energy X‐ray scattering experiments demonstrate the same tenfold aqua coordination in solution. Green polyhedra [Th(H 2 O) 10 ] 4+ , brown spheres Br − .