Our Chemical Science Pick of the Week for this week is "Direct measurement of covalent three-center, two-electron M–H–B bonding in Zr and Hf borohydrides using B K-edge XAS" by Jason Keith and Scott Daly et al.

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From @acboggiano.bsky.social, @f-orbitals.bsky.social, and co-workers, the first crystal structures of Pr(v) complexes.

The 5+ state was achieved through oxidation of the tetravalent imidophosphorane complex.

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Praseodymium powers up to +5 Isolating the lanthanide in this oxidation state suggests a shift in some periodic tables

Pushing the known limits of lanthanide oxidation, chemists have isolated praseodymium (Pr) in the +5 oxidation state. The finding suggests that chemists should shift how they situate lanthanides in the periodic table. cen.acs.org/materials/in... #chemsky🧪

Praseodymium powers up to +5 Isolating the lanthanide in this oxidation state suggests a shift in some periodic tables

Good thing that I work in print media, because I reallys struggle to pronounce praseodymium. My latest piece in @cenmag.bsky.social about a Pr5+ compound from @stormslapierre.bsky.social @bessvlai.bsky.social and Ivan A. Popov.
cen.acs.org/materials/in...

This project was driven experimentally by @acboggiano.bsky.social and @julieniklas.bsky.social with critical crystallographic insight from Florian Kleemiss and theoretical analyses by @bessvlai.bsky.social, Ivan Popov, Chad Studvick, and Sabyasachi Roy Chowdhury

Praseodymium in the formal +5 oxidation state Nature Chemistry - The most common oxidation state for lanthanide elements is +3, and, beyond cerium, examples of these elements exhibiting higher oxidation states remain scarce. Now, a molecular...

We are excited to share praseodymium 5+! Finally in print!
A new PR for Pr!

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U4+/5+/6+ in a Conserved Pseudotetrahedral Imidophosphorane Coordination Sphere While several ligand systems support uranium across a range of oxidation states, spanning more than two oxidation states in a conserved coordination geometry is uncommon among structurally authenticated complexes. Imidophosphorane ligands significantly stabilize high-valent lanthanide and actinide complexes. Here, we report a series of homoleptic uranium imidophosphorane complexes, spanning the +4, +5 and +6 oxidation states in a four-coordinate pseudotetrahedral ligand field. The +6 oxidation state is accessible using a mild ferrocenium oxidant, yielding a rare example of U6+ in a pseudotetrahedral coordination environment. As the formal oxidation state increases, the U–N distances gradually contract, consistent with the Shannon ionic radii of U4+/5+/6+. Compared to reported complexes, the short U–N distances observed in the U6+ complex are more comparable to dianionic imido ligands than monoanionic amido ligands.

My new study featuring a series of uranium in the +4/+5/+6 oxidation states.

I've been very intrigued by the prospect of isolating this unusual tetrahomoleptic U6+ di BArF salt for some time, and am happy to share it in IC! s/o to my co authors!

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