I. Joseph Brackbill

At the Edge of Stability: the Unexpected Isolation of an f-Element Triphenylphosphine Complex

Abstract While PPh3 is a dominant ligand in transition-metal chemistry, it is completely absent in rare-earth and actinide structural chemistry. The open coordination site and high Lewis acidity of (CpSiMe3)3U are leveraged to generate the first structurally characterized PPh3 co...