• Uranocene, U(C8H8)2, is an organouranium compound composed of a uranium atom sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraenide rings. It was one of the first...
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    8, abbreviated cot2−), namely the lanthanocenes and the actinocenes (uranocene and others). Metallocenes are a subset of a broader class of compounds...
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    thorocene. It is isotypic with the better-known analogous uranium compound uranocene. It can be prepared by reacting K2C8H8 with thorium tetrachloride in tetrahydrofuran...
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    group of Andrew Streitwieser prepared the stable but pyrophoric compound uranocene (COT)2U, which has an atom of uranium sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraenide...
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    analogous in structure to uranocene. There, the metal atom is sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraene ligands. Similar to uranocene, it can be prepared by...
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    not obvious from the formula. Ferrocene: bis(η5-cyclopentadienyl)iron Uranocene: bis(η8-1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene)uranium W(CO)3(PPri3)2(η2-H2): the first...
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    cyclooctatetraenide Tb(C8H8)2 Protactinocene (Pa(C8H8)2) Thorocene (Th(C8H8)2) Uranocene U(C8H8)2 Neptunocene (Np(C8H8)2) Plutonocene (Pu(C8H8)2) Cerocene Ce3+(C8H81...
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    independent research career was the determination of the crystal structure of uranocene (di-π-(cyclooctatetraene)uranium). This structure was a seminal discovery...
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    C4 C2 S8 i 8C2 σh 4σv 4σd octagonal cyclooctatetraenide (C8H82−) anion uranocene D2d E 2S4 C2 2C2' 2σd 90° twist allene tetrasulfur tetranitride diborane(4)...
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    that is used as a precursor to cyclooctatetraenide complexes, such as uranocene (U(C8H8)2). Analogs of K2C8H8 are known with ring substituents, with different...
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