Switchable binding could aid nuclear fuel processing

摘要

Researchers at the University of Tasmania, University of Edinburgh, and University College London have pooled their complementary expertise in synthetic and computational macrocyclic lanthanide and actinide chemistry to prepare a series of actinide complexes that dispLay rare π-arene binding modes, which switch in response to metal oxidation state changes and M-L covalency needs (ArnoLd P.L., Farnaby P.H., White R.C., Kaltsoyannis N., Gardiner M.G., Love J.B. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 756-65).