Matrix infrared spectra and electronic structure calculations of the first actinide borylene: FBThF2

Xuefeng Wang; Björn O. Roos; Lester Andrews

doi:10.1039/B923195A

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Matrix infrared spectra and electronic structure calculations of the first actinideborylene: FBThF₂†

Xuefeng Wang,^a Björn O. Roos^b and Lester Andrews*^a

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^b Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Center, University of Lund, P.O.B. 124, 2-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Abstract

Laser-ablated Th atoms react with BF₃ during condensation in excess argon at 6 K to form the first actinide borylene (FB [double bond, length as m-dash] ThF₂) and actinide–boron multiple bond. Three new product absorptions in the B–F and Th–F stretching regions of matrix infrared spectra are assigned to FBThF₂ from comparison to theoretically predicted vibrational frequencies.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B923195A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 05 Nov 2009
Accepted: 16 Jan 2010
First published: 02 Feb 2010

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Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 1646-1648

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Matrix infrared spectra and electronic structure calculations of the first actinide borylene: FBThF₂

X. Wang, B. O. Roos and L. Andrews, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1646 DOI: 10.1039/B923195A

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