title: Quantum chemistry predicts multiply bonded diuranium compounds to be stable.
abstract: Results from quantum chemical calculations that predict the existence of a series of diuranium molecules are reported. Two diuranium chlorides, U(2)Cl(6) and U(2)Cl(8)(2)(-), and three different carboxylates, U(2)(OCHO)(4), U(2)(OCHO)(6), and U(2)(OCHO)(4)Cl(2) have been studied. All species have been found to be stable with a multiply bonded U(2) unit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Center, P.O. Box 124, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Björn O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gagliardi