[Am(C5Me4H)3]: An Organometallic Americium Complex

Abstract

We report the small-scale synthesis, isolated yield, single-crystal X-ray structure, 1H NMR solution spectroscopy /solid-state UV/Vis-nIR spectroscopy, and density functional theory (DFT)/ab initio wave function theory calculations on an Am3+ organometallic complex, [Am(C5Me4H)3] (1). This constitutes the first quantitative data on Am−C bonding in a molecular species.