Peter Kaden

@kadenp.bsky.social

Scientist, actinides, f-elements, coordination chemistry, magnetism, NMR, EPR

Looking for a PhD student in Theoretical Chemistry to investigate the diffusion of radionuclides and decay products (Zr) through rock minerals. First principles + KMC + ML Deadline: Jan 9th Details+Apply: www.verw.tu-dresden.de/StellAus/ste... #PhDlife #PhDjobs #Academia #Chemjobs ⚛️🧪 #CompChemSky

Vacancy ID 12567

At the Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, the Chair of Theoretical Chemistry offers, subject to the availability of resources, a position as

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All people interested in Technetium chemistry: We will have our 30th "Tc Matters" online seminar on Friday January 10th 2025, 10h Sviatoslav Levchuk, (Kyiv) 'Uptake of technetium-99 by food crops under field conditions' Please send me a private chat message if you want to participate. 🧪

From earlier this year: If you're interested in #actinides and #felements check out Boseok's first and first author paper in InorgChem #fblockrocks #NMRChat #chemsky #nuclear #openaccess pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Structure, Covalency, and Paramagnetism of Homoleptic Actinide and Lanthanide Amidinate Complexes

Isostructural trivalent lanthanide and actinide amidinates bearing the N,N’-bis(isopropyl)benzamidinate (iPr2BA) ligand [LnIII/AnIII(iPr2BA)3] (Ln = La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Yb, Lu; An = U, Np) have been synthesized and characterized in both solid and solution states. All compounds were examined in the solid state utilizing single crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD), revealing a notable deviation in the actinide series with shortened bond lengths compared to the trend in the lanthanide series, suggesting a nonionic contribution to the actinide–ligand bonding. Quantum-chemical bonding analysis further elucidated the nature of these interactions, highlighting increased covalency within the actinide series, as evidenced by higher delocalization indices and greater 5f orbital occupation, except for Th(III) and Pa(III), which demonstrated substantial 6d orbital occupancies. An in-depth paramagnetic NMR study in solution also sheds light on the covalent character of actinide–ligand bonding, with the separation of pseudocontact (PCS) and contact shift (FCS) contributions employing the Bleaney and Reilley method. This analysis unveiled significant contact contributions in the actinide complexes, indicating enhanced covalency in actinide–ligand bonding. To corroborate these observations, an accurate PCS calculation method based on the Kuprov equation, incorporating both the distribution of electronic spin density and magnetic susceptibility obtained from CASSCF calculations, was applied and compared with experimental values.

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