Actinocene

Uranocene molecular representations showing the U atom sandwiched between 2 COT^2- ligands

Actinocenes are a family of organoactinide compounds consisting of metallocenes containing elements from the actinide series. They typically have a sandwich structure with two dianionic cyclooctatetraenyl ligands (COT^2-, which is C
₈H²⁻
₈) bound to an actinide-metal center (An) in the oxidation state IV, resulting in the general formula An(C₈H₈)₂.^[1]^[2]

^ Minasian, Stefan G.; Keith, Jason M. (2014). "New evidence for 5f covalency in actinocenes determined from carbon K-edge XAS and electronic structure theory". Chem. Sci. 5 (1): 351–359. doi:10.1039/C3SC52030G.
^ Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements. Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1278–1280. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

[1] Minasian, Stefan G.; Keith, Jason M. (2014). "New evidence for 5f covalency in actinocenes determined from carbon K-edge XAS and electronic structure theory". Chem. Sci. 5 (1): 351–359. doi:10.1039/C3SC52030G.

[:0-2] Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements. Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1278–1280. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8.

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