title: Nitrite complexes of uranium and thorium.
abstract: The first examples of inorganic nitrite complexes of the natural actinides are described, including the structures of the homoleptic thorium(IV) [PPh(4)](2)[Th(NO(2))(6)] and the uranyl(VI) [PPh(4)](2)[UO(2)(NO(2))(4)] complexes; the nitrite ligand can adopt two different coordination modes in the coordination sphere of the uranyl ion and is unstable towards reduction.
authors: CEA, IRAMIS, SIS2M, CNRS UMR 3299, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
authors: Florian
authors: F
authors: Dulong
authors: Jacky
authors: J
authors: Pouessel
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Thuéry
authors: Jean-Claude
authors: JC
authors: Berthet
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Ephritikhine
authors: Thibault
authors: T
authors: Cantat
mesh_terms: D008671:Actinoid Series Elements / Q000737:chemistry; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009573:Nitrites / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013910:Thorium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014501:Uranium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008671:Actinoid Series Elements; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D009573:Nitrites; D014501:Uranium; D013910:Thorium