title: Actinide-mediated coupling of 4-fluorobenzonitrile: synthesis of an eight-membered thorium(IV) tetraazametallacycle.
abstract: An eight-membered thorium(IV) tetraazamacrocycle is produced by the sequential, metal-mediated coupling of four equivalents of 4-fluorobenzonitrile; its formation is consistent with the involvement of an imido intermediate, generated from a thorium ketimide complex.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Schelter
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Brian L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Jaqueline L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kiplinger