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Angular-overlap treatment for some 8-coordinate complexes of the lathanide and actinide series

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic50226a039· OSTI ID:5646992

The angular-overlap treatment is applied to the sigma and ..pi.. f-orbital interactions in 8-coordinate lanthanide or actinide complexes of cubic-antiprismatic (D/sub 4d/) or dodecahedral (d/sub 2d/) geometry. Predictions are made of the splittings of the ground-state manifolds for various f/sup x/ configurations (x = 1-4) as a function of the e/sub ..pi..//e/sub sigma/ ratio, and for f/sup 2/ systems these are compared with the experimental data available for U(IV) species. These latter results are sufficiently encouraging to conclude that the angular-overlap model probably affords at least as good a reflection of the f-orbital bonding involvement as does the more traditional electrostatic parameterization.

Research Organization:
University Coll., Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
OSTI ID:
5646992
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Inorg. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 20:12; ISSN INOCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English