Reposted by Nathan Loutsch
I'm so proud of this work that was led by @n8trium.bsky.social and Hannah Hansen! The study combines our computational work with ligand boron k-edge measurements made by Scott Daly's group and a solution NMR study from Trevor Hayton's group. Check it out!
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Holistic Assessment
of Actinide-Borohydride Covalency
Using NMR and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopies
Abstract. The influence of metal-ligand covalency on actinide electronic
properties and reactivity continues to be a topic of intense interest
given its im
