Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume 38, Issue 1-2 pp. 137-140
Communication

UF3+—A Thermochemically Stable Diatomic Trication with a Covalent Bond

Detlef Schröder, 

Detlef Schröder

Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Universität, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin (Germany), Fax: (+49) 30-314-21102

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Martin Diefenbach, 

Martin Diefenbach

Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Universität, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin (Germany), Fax: (+49) 30-314-21102

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Thomas M. Klapötke, 

Thomas M. Klapötke

Institut für Anorganische Chemie der Universität, Meiserstrasse 1, D-80333 München (Germany)

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Helmut Schwarz, 

Helmut Schwarz

Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Universität, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin (Germany), Fax: (+49) 30-314-21102

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First published: 04 February 2004
https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990115)38:1/2<137::AID-ANIE137>3.0.CO;2-M
Citations: 30

Abstract

Charge-stripping mass spectrometry and ab initio calculations predict UF3+ as the first diatomic trication which is thermochemically stable towards Coulomb explosion into U2++F+. The corresponding energy diagram is depicted.

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