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Cover Picture: 1,4‐Dicyanobenzene as a Scaffold for the Preparation of Bimetallic Actinide Complexes Exhibiting Metal–Metal Communication (Chem. Eur. J. 26/2008)
Author(s) -
Schelter Eric J.,
Veauthier Jacqueline M.,
Graves Christopher R.,
John Kevin D.,
Scott Brian L.,
Thompson Joe D.,
PoolDavisTournear Jaime A.,
Morris David E.,
Kiplinger Jaqueline L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200890101
Subject(s) - bimetallic strip , uranium , metal , actinide , thorium , nitrile , ruthenium , covalent bond , delocalized electron , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , materials science , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , metallurgy , biochemistry , receptor
An organometallic uranium bimetallic complex exhibits signatures of electronic delocalization. In their Full Paper on page 7782 ff. , J. L. Kiplinger, D. E. Morris et al. have shown that multimetallic uranium and thorium architectures can be easily assembled by using nitrile insertion chemistry into actinide–carbon bonds. With its covalent metal–ligand bonds, the resulting 1,4‐phenylenediketimide bridging ligand provides a useful platform for the study of metal–metal interactions. Electrochemistry of the thorium analogue affords definition of metal‐based processes in the uranium bimetallic system.