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f-block hydrocarbon interactions: exploration; exploitation

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derives subtle reactions catalysis arene weaker functionalisations crystal extend molecular interactions homogeneous radiotoxicity neodymium interrogate enabler understanding binding scientific polymer form lewis demonstrating clean intermolecular critical powerful stronger solution recognition stored structures paramagnetism organometallic techniques quantifying experimentally transuranic ground ex block incorporating exploits waste metal types urgent hydrocarbon single chemistry handling predicting neutral calculations motif electrons safe drug acidic pressure metals unprecedented cleavage reaction energy bond fundamental poorly difficult bonding electronic hydrocarbons alone demands combined controversial relativistic hard inert breaking cations crucially nuclear recovery uniquely science ultimate

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Coordinator	THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Organization address address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH8 9YL website: www.ed.ac.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.
Coordinator Country	United Kingdom [UK]
Total cost	2˙456˙120 €
EC max contribution	2˙456˙120 € (100%)
Programme	1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC))
Code Call	ERC-2016-ADG
Funding Scheme	ERC-ADG
Starting year	2017
Duration (year-month-day)	from 2017-10-01 to 2022-09-30

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#	participants	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Organization address address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH8 9YL website: www.ed.ac.uk contact info title: n.a. name: n.a. surname: n.a. function: n.a. email: n.a. telephone: n.a. fax: n.a.	UK (EDINBURGH)	coordinator	2˙456˙120.00

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Project objective

Understanding, controlling, and predicting the subtle interactions that hydrocarbons form with metals is a major challenge in molecular science, and a key technology enabler in areas such as homogeneous catalysis, drug recognition, polymer properties, and metal recovery. For the f-block, it is important due to the urgent need for clean access to critical elements such as neodymium, and the safe handling of nuclear waste. However, technical challenges of paramagnetism, radiotoxicity, and relativistic effects, make quantifying and exploiting f-block hydrocarbon interactions very hard using traditional methods or calculations alone.

We have used organometallic systems to study two types of poorly understood hydrocarbon interactions with f-block metal cations: arene binding which is stronger, yet controversial in terms of its electronic demands, and neutral hydrocarbon C-H bonding which is weaker, yet crucially reaction controlling.

f-ex sets out a new way to experimentally measure and define these subtle hydrocarbon interactions. It then exploits the stored electrons in the metal-arene motif as a new method to control these powerful Lewis acidic metals for new hydrocarbon C-element bond formation and inert hydrocarbon C-H bond cleavage, with the ultimate aim of viable, low-energy hydrocarbon functionalisations.

Uniquely, we will extend our organometallic work to the more difficult transuranic elements, and exploit high pressure solution (and single crystal) work to enhance and interrogate intermolecular C-H binding. The targets of this combined study now offer high scientific impact by demonstrating fundamental bonding insight and ground-breaking structures and reactions.

Unprecedented new insight also derives from incorporating new techniques, e.g. high-pressure solution and single crystal work, and transuranic organometallic chemistry.

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year	authors and title	journal	last update
2018	Bradley E. Cowie, Gary S. Nichol, Jason B. Love, Polly L. Arnold Double uranium oxo cations derived from uranyl by borane or silane reduction published pages: 3839-3842, ISSN: 1359-7345, DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00341f	Chemical Communications 54/31	2020-01-27

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