Conspectus Fullerene carbon cages can encapsulate a wide variety of atoms, ions, clusters,
or small molecules inside, resulting in stable compounds with unusual structures and …

Carbide complexes remain a rare class of molecules. Their paucity does not reflect
exceptional instability but is rather due to the generally narrow scope of synthetic …

The binary nanocomposites of metal/covalent–organic frameworks (NH2-MIL-125 (Ti)@
TpPa-1) were constructed by solvothermal method, which was developed as a …

The chemistry of f-block metal–carbon multiple bonds is underdeveloped compared to well-
established carbene complexes of the d-block transition metals. Herein, we report two new …

Actinide diatomic molecules are ideal models to study elusive actinide multiple bonds, but
most of these diatomic molecules have so far only been studied in solid inert gas matrices …

Efficient dispersion corrections are an indispensable component of modern density
functional theory, semi-empirical quantum mechanical, and even force field methods. In this …

Despite decades of efforts, the actinide–carbon triple bond has remained an elusive target,
defying synthesis in any isolable compound. Herein, we report the successful synthesis of …

Previous characterizations of diactinide endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) Th2@ C80
and U2@ C80 have shown that although the two Th3+ ions form a strong covalent bond …

The nature of the actinide-actinide bonds is of fundamental importance to understand the
electronic structure of the 5 f elements. It has attracted considerable theoretical attention, but …

For the first time, actinide endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) with non-isolated-pentagon-
rule (non-IPR) carbon cages, U@ C80, Th@ C80, and U@ C76, have been successfully …