Abstract:Californium (Z = 98) is the first member of the actinide series displaying metastability of the 2 + oxidation state. Understanding the origin of this chemical behavior requires characterizing CfII materials, but isolating a complex with this state has remained elusive. The source of its inaccessibility arises from the intrinsic challenges of manipulating this unstable element as well as a lack of suitable reductants that do not reduce CfIII to Cf0. Herein we show that a CfII crown-ether complex, Cf(18-crown-6)… Show more
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