{
  "id": 12656169,
  "title": "Observation of relativistic bond weakening in seaborgium hexacarbonyl",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/observation-of-relativistic-bond-weakening-in-seaborgium-hexacarbonyl",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nature",
    "slug": "nature",
    "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11105-2"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 to relativistic bond weakening effects.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}