Organoneptunium chemistry

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Organoneptunium chemistry is the chemical science exploring the properties, structure, and reactivity of organoneptunium compounds, which are organometallic compounds containing a carbon to neptunium chemical bond. [1] Several such compounds exist even though the element itself, neptunium, is man-made and highly radioactive: tricyclopentadienylneptunium-chloride, [2] [3] tetrakis(cyclopentadienyl)neptunium(IV) [4] and neptunocene Np(C8H8)2.

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References

  1. Organometallic Neptunium Chemistry Polly L. Arnold, Michał S. Dutkiewicz, and Olaf Walter Chemical Reviews Article ASAP doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00192
  2. Über die Existenz von Tri-cyclopentadienyl-neptunium(IV)-halogenid F. BaumgärtnerE. O. FischerP. Laubereau Naturwissenschaften January 1965, Volume 52, Issue 20, pp 560–560 doi:10.1007/BF00631569
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