Radical ligand-containing single-molecule magnets

S Demir, IR Jeon, JR Long, TD Harris - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Single-molecule magnets represent the ultimate size limit for spin-based information storage
and processing; however, such applications require large spin relaxation barriers and …

Lanthanoid complexes as molecular materials: the redox approach

MA Hay, C Boskovic - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of molecular materials with novel functionality offers promise for
technological innovation. Switchable molecules that incorporate redox‐active components …

Genuine Redox Isomerism in a Rare‐Earth‐Metal Complex

IL Fedushkin, OV Maslova, AG Morozov… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Redox isomerism, which is a reversible metal-to-ligand electron transfer, was first reported
by Pierpont and Buchanan in 1980 for an o-benzoquinone complex of cobalt.[1] A few years …

The Counterintuitive Relationship between Orbital Energy, Orbital Overlap, and Bond Covalency in CeF62– and CeCl62–

JA Branson, PW Smith, DC Sergentu… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The 4f orbitals of Ce (IV) have shown appreciably enhanced covalent mixing with ligand
orbitals relative to those of Ce (III). Here, X-ray spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility …

Influence of the 5f orbitals on the bonding and reactivity in organoactinides: experimental and computational studies on a uranium metallacyclopropene

L Zhang, G Hou, G Zi, W Ding… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, structure, and reactivity of a uranium metallacyclopropene were
comprehensively studied. Reduction of (η5-C5Me5) 2UCl2 (1) with potassium graphite …

Small-Molecule Activation Mediated by [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U(bipy)

S Wang, T Li, Y Heng, D Wang, G Hou, G Zi… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The uranium bipyridyl metallocene,[η5-1, 3-(Me3Si) 2C5H3] 2U (bipy)(2), is readily
accessible in good yield by adding potassium graphite (KC8) to a mixture of [η5-1, 3-(Me3Si) …

Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of a thorium metallocene containing a 2, 2′-bipyridyl ligand

W Ren, G Zi, MD Walter - Organometallics, 2012 - ACS Publications
The reduction of [η5-1, 2, 4-(Me3C) 3C5H2] 2ThCl2 (1) with potassium graphite in the
presence of 2, 2′-bipyridine gives the purple thorium bipy metallocene [η5-1, 2, 4-(Me3C) …

The duality of electron localization and covalency in lanthanide and actinide metallocenes

DE Smiles, ER Batista, CH Booth, DL Clark… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Previous magnetic, spectroscopic, and theoretical studies of cerocene, Ce (C8H8) 2, have
provided evidence for non-negligible 4f-electron density on Ce and implied that charge …

Elucidation of LMCT excited states for lanthanoid complexes: a theoretical and solid-state experimental framework

E Rousset, M Piccardo, RW Gable, M Massi… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photophysical and magnetic properties arising from both ground and excited states of
lanthanoid ions are relevant for numerous applications. These properties can be …

Back to the future of organolanthanide chemistry

N Mahieu, J Piątkowski, T Simler, G Nocton - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
At the dawn of the development of structural organometallic chemistry, soon after the
discovery of ferrocene, the description of the LnCp3 complexes, featuring large and mostly …