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Tetravalent thorium and uranium complexes with cucurbit[5]uril (Q[5]) were investigated with eight new complexes being synthesized and structurally characterized. [Th(Q[5])(OH)(H2O)2]6·18NO3· nH2O (1) has a hexagonal nanowheel structure with each of the six Th4+ ions being cap-coordinated by a Q[5] and monodentate-coordinated to the nearby Q[5]. [Th(Q[5])(HCOO)(H2O)4][Th(NO3)5(H2O)2]2[Th(NO3)3(HCOO)(H2O)2]0.5·NO3· nH2O (2) has a heteroleptic mononuclear structure with a Th4+ ion cap-coordinated on one side of the Q[5] portal and monodentate-coordinated to a formate anion inside the Q[5] cavity. [KTh1.5(Q[5])Cl(NO3)3][Th(NO3)5(H2O)2]·2NO3·2.5H2O (3) has a heterometallic structure with both Th4+ and K+ ions each occupying one side of the two Q[5] portals forming a capsule. [CsTh(Q[5])Cl(NO3)2(H2O)3]·2NO3· nH2O (4) has a heterometallic 1D polymeric structure with both Th4+ and Cs+ ions each occupying one side of the two Q[5] portals, forming monomers which are linked together by sharing two water molecules and one carbonyl oxygen atom between Th4+ and Cs+ ions. [Th(Q[5])Cl(H2O)][CdCl3][CdCl4]·0.5HCl·4H2O (5), [Th(Q[5])Cl(H2O)][Ru2OCl9(H2O)]·0.5HCl·9.5H2O (6), [Th(Q[5])Cl(H2O)][IrCl6]1.5·3H2O (7), and [U(Q[5])Cl(H2O)][ZnCl3(H2O)][(ZnCl4)]·8H2O (8) have similar 1D polymeric structures with Th4+/U4+ ions cap-coordinated on one side of a Q[5] and bidentate coordinated to the nearby Q[5]. The transition metal chlorides act as anions for charge compensation as well as structure inducers via cation-anion interactions forming various anion patterns around the 1D polymers. Actinide contraction has been observed in the early actinide series.