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Synthesis and detection of a seaborgium carbonyl complex

J. SteinerMasashi MurakamiTakayuki SumitaMirei TakeyamaFangli FanA. Di NittoYasuo WakabayashiBettina LommelSunao MiyashitaSunao MiyashitaKosuke MoritaJ. KrierAtsushi ToyoshimaM. HuangZhi QinJ. V. KratzNorbert WiehlTetsuya SatoJ. KanayaBirgit KindlerN. KurzH. HabaK. TanakaY. NagameDaiya KajiKazuaki TsukadaMasato AsaiK. MorimotoS. YamakiH. BrandHeino NitscheHeino NitscheCh. E. DüllmannY. KaneyaY. KudouYuezhao WangKazuhiro OoeAlexander YakushevJulia EvenW. HartmannEgon JägerI. UsoltsevI. UsoltsevAndreas TürlerAndreas TürlerMatthias SchädelRobert EichlerRobert EichlerJadambaa Khuyagbaatar

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MultidisciplinaryStereochemistrychemistry.chemical_elementStructural formula010402 general chemistry01 natural sciences0104 chemical scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryTransition metalCHEMISTRYSeaborgium0103 physical sciencesTRANSITION-METALELEMENTSPhysical chemistrySG(CO)(6)010306 general physicsCarbonHeliumCarbon monoxide

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A carbonyl compound that tips the scales Life is short for the heaviest elements. They emerge from high-energy nuclear collisions with scant time for detection before they break up into lighter atoms. Even et al. report that even a few seconds is long enough for carbon to bond to the 106th element, seaborgium (see the Perspective by Loveland). The authors used a custom apparatus to direct the freshly made atoms out of the hot collision environment and through a stream of carbon monoxide and helium. They compared the detected products with theoretical modeling results and conclude that hexacarbonyl Sg(CO) 6 was the most likely structural formula. Science , this issue p. 1491 ; see also p. 1451

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2014-09-19SCIENCE
10.1126/science.1255720http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1255720