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Seventeen-Coordinate Actinide Helium Complexes

Seventeen-Coordinate Actinide Helium Complexes
Nikolas Kaltsoyannis
The geometries and electronic structures of molecular ions featuring He atoms complexed to actinide cations are explored computationally using density functional and coupled cluster theories. A new record coordination number is established, as AcHe173+, ThHe174+, and PaHe174+ are all found to be true geometric minima, with the He atoms clearly located in the first shell around the actinide. Analysis of AcHen3+ (n=1–17) using the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) confirms these systems as having closed shell, charge-induced dipole bonding. Excellent correlations (R2>0.95) are found between QTAIM metrics (bond critical point electron densities and delocalization indices) and the average Ac−He distances, and also with the incremental He binding energies. Sweet seventeen: The theoretically predicted compounds AcHe173+, ThHe174+, and PaHe174+ have stable, one-shell true minimum structures with the highest coordination number yet reported. See DFT optimized structure; actinium atom blue, helium atoms yellow.

Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700245

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