Observation of relativistic bond weakening in seaborgium hexacarbonyl

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Nature / Science / Nature Biotechnology at 07 Oct, 00:00 UTC

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11105-2 Gas chromatography analysis of compounds formed by the superheavy element seaborgium shows that the hexacarbonyl complex Sg(CO)6 exhibits lower first bond dissociation energy than the lighter chemical homologue W(CO)6, owing…