The remarkable efficiency of N-heterocyclic carbenes in lanthanide(III)/actinide(III) differentiation.
The capacity of NHC molecules to discriminate between trivalent lanthanide and actinide ions was revealed by competition reactions of analogous U(III) and Ce(III) compounds with C3Me4N2 and a comparison of the crystal structures of the corresponding carbene adducts.
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Service de Chimie Moleculaire, DSM, DRECAM, CNRS URA 331, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Jean-Claude
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Thuéry
Pierre
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Ephritikhine
Michel
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