A very short uranium–uranium bond: The predicted metastable U22+ | Zendy

Laura Gagliardi | Zendy; Pekka Pyykkö | Zendy; Björn O. Roos | Zendy

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A very short uranium–uranium bond: The predicted metastable U22+

Author(s) -

Laura Gagliardi,

Pekka Pyykkö,

Björn O. Roos

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

physical chemistry chemical physics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053

H-Index - 239

eISSN - 1463-9084

pISSN - 1463-9076

DOI - 10.1039/b505593h

Subject(s) - metastability , uranium , atomic physics , bond length , wave function , coulomb barrier , physics , chemistry , coulomb , relativistic quantum chemistry , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , molecule , electron

Quantum chemical calculations, based on multiconfigurational wave functions and including relativistic effects, show that the U(2)2+ system has a large number of low-lying electronic states with S of 0 to 2 and Lambda ranging from zero to ten. These states share a very small bond length of about 2.30 A, compared to 2.43 A in neutral U2. The Coulomb explosion to 2 U+ lowers the energy by only 1.6 eV and is separated by a broad barrier.

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