Lanthanide(III) and Actinide(III) Complexes [M(BH4)2(THF)5][BPh4] and [M(BH4)2(18-crown-6)][BPh4] (M = Nd, Ce, U): Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Density Functional Theory Investigation of the Covalent Contribution to Metal-Borohydride Bonding
Thérèse Arliguie; Lotfi Belkhiri; Salah-Eddine Bouaoud; Pierre Thuéry; Claude Villiers; Abdou Boucekkine; Michel Ephritikhine; Inorganic Chemistry 48 (2009) 221–230; doi:10.1021/ic801685v

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_publ_section_title
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Lanthanide(III) and Actinide(III) Complexes [M(BH4)2(THF)5][BPh4] and
[M(BH4)2(18-crown-6)][BPh4] (M = Nd, Ce, U): Synthesis, Crystal Structure,
and Density Functional Theory Investigation of the Covalent Contribution to
Metal-Borohydride Bonding
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_refine_ls_shift/su_mean         0.000
_refine_ls_structure_factor_coef Fsqd
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0794P)^2^+6.3592P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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