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Rare earth 🌈 and actinide ☢️ chemistry at the University of Manchester 🐝 - Making molecules that have no right to exist

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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Our latest paper on divalent rare earth chemistry is up on @chemicalscience.rsc.org! Electrochemical measurements of the RE(3+/2+) couple in neutral divalent anilide complexes weren't sufficiently negative to reduce 4,4′-bipyridine or pyridine – yet several do! See: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
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David Mills @millsgroupchem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Our latest paper in collaboration with the Liddle, @nfchilton.bsky.social and @conradgoodwin.bsky.social groups investigating uranium ketimides is now published in Inorganic Chemistry, with @john-seed.bsky.social and other Manchester and ANU Chemistry peeps: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Reactions of a Uranium(III) Complex with N-Heterocycles to Form Diuranium(IV) Ketimides
The chemistry of the classical uranium(III) complex [U(N″)3] (N″ = {N(SiMe3)2}−) is well-developed; however, there have been surprisingly few studies of its reactivity toward N-heterocycles. Here, we ...
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The Goodwin Group @goodwingroupchem.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Proud of first year PhD student Iulia for winning a poster prize at the 59th @rsc.org @esr-group.bsky.social national meeting in Colchester. Iulia presented some of her work characterising the electronic structures of open-shell lanthanocenes and actinocenes. #EPR #RealTimeChem
Iulia standing in front of her poster.
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Excited to show our latest preprint “Uranocenium – The bis-[8]annulene Uranium Cation”. Uranocene is oxidised to uranocenium cation both chemically, and electrochemically, with reversibility comparable to ferrocene. This derives from an unusual electronic structure. chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10....
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Uranocenium – The bis-[8]annulene Uranium Cation | ChemRxiv
Uranocene, [UIV(η8-C8H8)2], is the actinide equivalent to ferrocene. While ferrocene is readily oxidised to the ferrocenium cation, higher oxidation states of uranocene are unknown. Here we report the elusive uranocenium cation, [UV(η8-C8H8)2]+ , and ...
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Dr Conrad Goodwin @conradgoodwin.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Happy to share Ben’s first full research article from his time in the group: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Challenging synthesis and some interesting new main group architectures making an appearance for the first time on an f-element. #Chemistry #Actinides #f-elements
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Uranium(III) and Uranium(IV) meta-Terphenylthiolate Complexes
We report the synthesis and characterization of crystalline m-terphenylthiolate uranium complexes supported by the bulky ligand system, SAriPr6 (SAriPr6 = {SC6H3-2,6-(Tripp)2}; Tripp = 2,4,6-iPr-C6H2)...
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