Plutonium(III) versus uranium(III) and samarium(III) in small molecule activation chemistry
(NHPh)] (4-U). The difference in reactivity of 1-Pu compared to complexes 1-Sm and 1-U was unexpected, and since SIR chemistry can enable complexes to participate in otherwise impossible reductive transformation of substrates, this reinforces the importance of studying small molecule reactivity with the transuranic elements.
Authors
- Polly L. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-5838)
- Joshua J. Woods (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6213-4093)
- Cambell S. Conour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9170-6436)
- Megan Keener
- Thayalan Rajeshkumar
- Laurent Maron
Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72229-7
- Primary Topic
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Office of Science
- National Nuclear Security Administration