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Back Cover: Structural and Spectroscopic Comparison of Soft‐Se vs. Hard‐O Donor Bonding in Trivalent Americium/Neodymium Molecules (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 17/2021)
Author(s) -
Goodwin Conrad A. P.,
Schlimgen Anthony W.,
AlbrechtSchönzart Thomas E.,
Batista Enrique R.,
Gaunt Andrew J.,
Janicke Michael T.,
Kozimor Stosh A.,
Scott Brian L.,
Stevens Lauren M.,
White Frankie D.,
Yang Ping
Publication year - 2021
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.202103249
Subject(s) - lanthanide , actinide , neodymium , molecule , ab initio , cover (algebra) , crystallography , ion , national laboratory , chemistry , materials science , inorganic chemistry , physics , engineering physics , organic chemistry , laser , optics , mechanical engineering , engineering
Differential covalency in trivalent actinide versus lanthanide bonding with soft donors can aid separations. In their Research Article on page 9459, Enrique R. Batista, Andrew J. Gaunt, Ping Yang, and co‐workers compare electronic structure and bonding with isoradial Am 3+ and Nd 3+ using hard O‐ and soft Se‐donor ligands. The first structural characterization of molecular Am–Se bonding, along with spectroscopy and ab initio calculations, is used to evaluate f‐orbital involvement for Am 3+ versus Nd 3+ and explain structural trends. Graphic designed by Josh Smith, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory.