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uranocene
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Uranocene, U(C8H8)2, is an organouranium compound composed of a uranium atom sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraenide rings. It was one of the first organoactinide compounds to be synthesized. It is a green air-sensitive solid that dissolves in organic solvents. Uranocene, a member of the "actinocenes," a group of metallocenes incorporating elements from the actinide series. It is the most studied bis[[Cyclooctatetraene|[8]annulene]]-metal system, although it has no known practical applications.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16H16U-16
- Molecular weight
- 446.33 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bis(cyclooctane);uranium
- SMILES
- [CH-]1[CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-]1.[CH-]1[CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-]1.[U]
- InChIKey
- OJGLHSCQGBZUAH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 16
- Formal charge
- -16
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- actinocene
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 446.18476599056004
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- Commons category
- Uranocene
- chemical formula
- C₁₆H₁₆U
- canonical SMILES
- [U].[CH-]1[CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-]1.[CH-]1[CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-][CH-]1
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- Synthesis, structure and bonding
- Spectroscopic properties
- Analogous compounds
- References
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Uranocene, U(C8H8)2, is an organouranium compound composed of a uranium atom sandwiched between two cyclooctatetraenide rings. It was one of the first organoactinide compounds to be synthesized. It is a green air-sensitive solid that dissolves in organic solvents. Uranocene, a member of the "actinocenes," a group of metallocenes incorporating elements from the actinide series. It is the most studied bis[[Cyclooctatetraene|[8]annulene]]-metal system, although it has no known practical applications.
==Synthesis, structure and bonding== Uranocene was first described in 1968 by the group of Andrew Streitwieser, when it was prepared by the reaction of dipotassium cyclooctatetraenide and uranium tetrachloride in THF at 0°C: 550px|Synthesis of uranocene
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