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Evans MJ, Anker MD, McMullin CL, Coles MP. Reductive Coupling of a Diazoalkane Derivative Promoted by a Potassium Aluminyl and Elimination of Dinitrogen to Generate a Reactive Aluminium Ketimide. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302903. [PMID: 37786384 PMCID: PMC10946750 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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The reaction of 9-diazo-9H-fluorene (fluN2 ) with the potassium aluminyl K[Al(NON)] ([NON]2- =[O(SiMe2 NDipp)2 ]2- , Dipp=2,6-iPr2 C6 H3 ) affords K[Al(NON)(κN1 ,N3 -{(fluN2 )2 })] (1). Structural analysis shows a near planar 1,4-di(9H-fluoren-9-ylidene)tetraazadiide ligand that chelates to the aluminium. The thermally induced elimination of dinitrogen from 1 affords the neutral aluminium ketimide complex, Al(NON)(N=flu)(THF) (2) and the 1,2-di(9H-fluoren-9-yl)diazene dianion as the potassium salt, [K2 (THF)3 ][fluN=Nflu] (3). The reaction of 2 with N,N'-diisopropylcarbodiimide (iPrN=C=NiPr) affords the aluminium guanidinate complex, Al(NON){N(iPr)C(N=CMe2 )N(CHflu)} (4), showing a rare example of reactivity at a metal ketimide ligand. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been used to examine the bonding in the newly formed [(fluN2 )2 ]2- ligand in 1 and the ketimide bonding in 2. The mechanism leading to the formation of 4 has also been studied using this technique.
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- Matthew J. Evans
- School of Chemical and Physical SciencesVictoria University of WellingtonP.O. Box 600Wellington6012New Zealand
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- School of Chemical and Physical SciencesVictoria University of WellingtonP.O. Box 600Wellington6012New Zealand
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- School of Chemical and Physical SciencesVictoria University of WellingtonP.O. Box 600Wellington6012New Zealand
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Jain A, Karmakar H, Roesky PW, Panda TK. Role of Bis(phosphinimino)methanides as Universal Ligands in the Coordination Sphere of Metals across the Periodic Table. Chem Rev 2023. [PMID: 38048165 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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The coordination chemistry of bis(phosphinimino)methanide ligands is widespread and accompanies a large number of metal ions in the periodic table ranging from lithium to neptunium. This unique class of ligand systems show copious coordination chemistry with the main-group, transition, rare-earth, and actinide metals and are considered to be among the most attractive ligand systems to researchers. The bis(phosphinimino)methanide metal complexes offer an extensive range of applications in various fields and have been demonstrated as one of the universal ligand systems to stabilize the metal ions in not only their usual but also their unusual oxidation states. The main-group and transition metal chemistry using bis(phosphinimino)methanides as ligands was last updated almost a decade ago. In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of various state-of-the-art bis(phosphinimino)methanide-supported metal complexes by dealing with their synthesis, characterization, reactivity, and catalytic studies which were not included in the last critical reviews.
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- Archana Jain
- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology (MGIT), Gandipet-500075, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502284, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Engesserstr. 15 Geb. 30.45, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi-502284, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
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Guo Y, Li X, Liu K, Hu K, Mei L, Chai Z, Gibson JK, Yu J, Shi W. Tetravalent Uranium and Thorium Complexes: Elucidating Disparate Reactivities of An IVCl 2 (An = U, Th) Supported by a Pyridine-Decorated Dianionic Ligand. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37377407 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Although synthesis, reactivity, and bonding of U(IV) and Th(IV) complexes have been extensively studied, direct comparison of fully analogous compounds is rare. Herein, we report corresponding complexes 1-U and 1-Th, in which U(IV) and Th(IV) are supported by the tetradentate pyridine-decorated dianionic ligand N2NN' (1,1,1-trimethyl-N-(2-(((pyridin-2-ylmethyl)(2-((trimethylsilyl)amino)benzyl)amino)methyl)phenyl)silanamine). Although 1-U and 1-Th are structurally very similar, they display disparate reactivities with TMS3SiK (tris(trimethylsilyl)silylpotassium). The reaction of (N2NN')UCl2 (1-U) and 1 equiv of TMS3SiK in THF unexpectedly formed [Cl(N2NN')U]2O (2-U) featuring an unusual bent U-O-U moiety. In contrast, a salt elimination reaction between (N2NN')ThCl2 (1-Th) and 1 equiv of TMS3SiK led to thorium complex 2-Th, in which the pyridyl group has undergone a 1,4-addition nucleophilic attack. Complex 2-Th serves as a synthon for preparing dimetallic bis-azide complex 3-Th by reaction with NaN3. The complexes were characterized by X-ray crystal diffraction, solution NMR, FT-IR, and elemental analysis. Computations of the formation mechanism of 2-U from 1-U suggest reduced U(III) as a key intermediate for promoting the cleavage of the C-O bonds of THF. The inaccessible nature of Th(III) as an intermediate oxidation state explains the very different reactivity of 1-Th versus 1-U. Given that reactants 1-U and 1-Th and products 2-U and 2-Th all comprise tetravalent actinides, this is an unusual case of very disparate reactivity despite no net change in the oxidation state. Complexes 2-U and 3-Th provide a basis for the synthesis of other dinuclear actinide complexes with novel reactivity and properties.
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- Yan Guo
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Utilization of Coal and Green Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Fundamental Science on Nuclear Safety and Simulation Technology Laboratory, College of Nuclear Science and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Kent GT, Cook AW, Damon PL, Lewis RA, Wu G, Hayton TW. Synthesis and Characterization of Two "Tied-Back" Lithium Ketimides and Isolation of a Ketimide-Bridged [Cr 2] 6+ Dimer with Strong Antiferromagnetic Coupling. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:4996-5004. [PMID: 33764048 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Reaction of 1 equiv of KN(SiMe3)2 with 9-fluorenone results in the formation of (Me3Si)N═C13H8 (1) in high yield after work-up. Addition of 1 equiv of phenol to 1 results in rapid desilylation and formation of 9-fluorenone imine, HN═C13H8 (2). Subsequent reaction of 2 with 1 equiv of LiNiPr2 results in deprotonation and formation of [Li(Et2O)]4[N═C13H8]4 (3) in good yield. Reaction of 1 equiv of KN(SiMe3)2 with 2-adamantanone for 7 days at room temperature results in the formation of (Me3Si)N═C10H14 (4) in good yield. Dissolution of 4 in neat MeOH results in rapid desilylation concomitant with formation of 2-adamantanone imine, HN═C10H14 (5). Subsequent reaction of 5 with 1 equiv of LiNiPr2 results in formation of [Li(THF)]4[N═C10H14]4 (6). Both 3 and 6 were characterized by X-ray crystallography. Finally, reaction of CrCl3 with 3.5 equiv of 6 results in formation of the [Cr2]6+ dimer, [Li][Cr2(N═C10H14)7] (7), which can be isolated in modest yield after work-up. Complex 7 features a Cr-Cr bond length of 2.653(2) Å. Additionally, solid-state magnetic susceptibility measurements reveal strong antiferromagnetic coupling between the two Cr centers, with J = -200 cm-1.
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- Greggory T Kent
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Cui P, Huang X, Du J, Huang Z. P–C Bond Cleavage Induced Ni(II) Complexes Bearing Rare-Earth-Metal-Based Metalloligand and Reactivities toward Isonitrile, Nitrile, and Epoxide. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:3249-3258. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Peng Cui
- Key Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Functionalized Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, PR China
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Carbene complex formation versus cyclometallation from a phosphoryl-tethered methanide ruthenium complex. J Organomet Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2020.121235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ayres AJ, Wooles AJ, Zegke M, Tuna F, Liddle ST. Preparation of Heterobimetallic Ketimido-Actinide-Molybdenum Complexes. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:13077-13089. [PMID: 31532645 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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During our attempts to prepare paddlewheel actinide-molybdenum complexes of the type [(X)An(MesNPR2)3Mo(CO)3] (Mes= 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl; X = Cl or I; An = U or Th; R = iPr or Ph) we have found that under certain conditions acetonitrile insertion reactions occur to give the heterobimetallic bridging ketimido species [ClAn(μ-MesNPiPr2)2(μ-MesNPiPr2{μ-NCMe})Mo(CO)3] (An = U, 1; Th, 2), [ClAn(μ-MesNPPh2)2(μ-MesNPPh2{μ-NCMe})Mo(CO)3] (An = U, 3; An = Th, 4), and [IAn(η2-MesNPiPr2)(μ-MesNPiPr2){μ-NC(Me)N(Mes)PiPr2}Mo(CO)3] (An = U, 5; Th, 6). Structural and spectroscopic data confirm the assignment of a ketimido ligand bridging An(IV) and Mo(0) centers. The isolation of 1-6 is in contrast to our previously reported preparations of [(X)An(MesNPPh2)3Mo(CO)3] (An = U or Th; X= Cl or I; Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 13515-13518) with the difference in reactivity being attributable to a combination of ancillary phosphino-amide, reaction solvent, and temperature variation. Complexes 1-5 represent the first examples of structurally characterized ketimido-bridged actinide-transition metal linkages and demonstrate the profound differences in reaction outcomes that can occur from relatively minor experimental changes.
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- Alexander J Ayres
- School of Chemistry , The University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham , NG7 2RD , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , United Kingdom
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Thorium-nitrogen multiple bonds provide evidence for pushing-from-below for early actinides. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4203. [PMID: 31519900 PMCID: PMC6744569 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12206-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Although the chemistry of uranium-ligand multiple bonding is burgeoning, analogous complexes involving other actinides such as thorium remain rare and there are not yet any terminal thorium nitrides outside of cryogenic matrix isolation conditions. Here, we report evidence that reduction of a thorium-azide produces a transient Th≡N triple bond, but this activates C-H bonds to produce isolable parent imido derivatives or it can be trapped in an N-heterocycle amine. Computational studies on these thorium-nitrogen multiple bonds consistently evidences a σ > π energy ordering. This suggests pushing-from-below for thorium, where 6p-orbitals principally interact with filled f-orbitals raising the σ-bond energy. Previously this was dismissed for thorium, being the preserve of uranium-nitrides or the uranyl dication. Recognising that pushing-from-below perhaps occurs with thorium as well as uranium, and with imido ligands as well as nitrides, suggests this phenomenon may be more widespread than previously thought. Despite the burgeoning nature of uranium–ligand multiple bonding, analogous thorium complexes remain incredibly rare. Here the authors report evidence for a transient thorium–nitride species, which, together with data on parent imido derivatives, suggests that the pushing-from-below phenomenon may be more widespread than previously thought.
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Cheisson T, Kersey KD, Mahieu N, McSkimming A, Gau MR, Carroll PJ, Schelter EJ. Multiple Bonding in Lanthanides and Actinides: Direct Comparison of Covalency in Thorium(IV)- and Cerium(IV)-Imido Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9185-9190. [PMID: 31117665 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b04061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A series of thorium(IV)-imido complexes was synthesized and characterized. Extensive experimental and computational comparisons with the isostructural cerium(IV)-imido complexes revealed a notably more covalent bonding arrangement for the Ce═N bond compared with the more ionic Th═N bond. The thorium-imido moieties were observed to be 3 orders of magnitude more basic than their cerium congeners. More generally, these results provide unique experimental evidence for the larger covalent character of 4f05d0 Ce(IV) multiple bonds compared to its 5f06d0 Th(IV) actinide congener.
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- Thibault Cheisson
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States.,Département de Chimie, ENS Paris-Saclay , Université Paris-Saclay , 94235 Cachan , France
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry , University of Pennsylvania , 231 South 34th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19104 , United States
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Ayres AJ, Zegke M, Ostrowski JPA, Tuna F, McInnes EJL, Wooles AJ, Liddle ST. Actinide-transition metal bonding in heterobimetallic uranium- and thorium-molybdenum paddlewheel complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:13515-13518. [PMID: 30431026 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc05268a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report the preparation of four heterobimetallic uranium- and thorium-molybdenum paddlewheel complexes. The characterisation data suggest the presence of Mo → An σ-interactions in all cases. These complexes represent unprecedented actinide-group 6 metal-metal bonds, where before heterobimetallic uranium-metal bonds were restricted to group 7-11 metals.
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- Alexander J Ayres
- School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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Rungthanaphatsophon P, Huang P, Walensky JR. Phosphorano-Stabilized Carbene Complexes with Short Thorium(IV)– and Uranium(IV)–Carbon Bonds. Organometallics 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California 94542, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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Liu J, Seed JA, Formanuik A, Ortu F, Wooles AJ, Mills DP, Liddle ST. Thorium(IV) alkyl synthesis from a thorium(III) cyclopentadienyl complex and an N-heterocyclic olefin. J Organomet Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Seed JA, Gregson M, Tuna F, Chilton NF, Wooles AJ, McInnes EJL, Liddle ST. Rare-Earth- and Uranium-Mesoionic Carbenes: A New Class of f-Block Carbene Complex Derived from an N-Heterocyclic Olefin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:11534-11538. [PMID: 28719735 PMCID: PMC5601227 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Neutral mesoionic carbenes (MICs) have emerged as an important class of carbene, however they are found in the free form or ligated to only a few d-block ions. Unprecedented f-block MIC complexes [M(N'')3 {CN(Me)C(Me)N(Me)CH}] (M=U, Y, La, Nd; N''=N(SiMe3 )2 ) are reported. These complexes were prepared by a formal 1,4-proton migration reaction when the metal triamides [M(N'')3 ] were treated with the N-heterocyclic olefin H2 C=C(NMeCH)2 , which constitutes a new, general way to prepare MIC complexes. Quantum chemical calculations on the 5f3 uranium(III) complex suggest the presence of a U=C donor-acceptor bond, composed of a MIC→U σ-component and a U(5f)→MIC(2p) π-back-bond, but for the d0 f0 Y and La and 4f3 Nd congeners only MIC→M σ-bonding is found. Considering the generally negligible π-acidity of MICs, this is surprising and highlights that greater consideration should possibly be given to recognizing MICs as potential π-acid ligands when coordinated to strongly reducing metals.
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- John A. Seed
- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science InstituteThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science InstituteThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- School of ChemistryThe University of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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Rungthanaphatsophon P, Bathelier A, Castro L, Behrle AC, Barnes CL, Maron L, Walensky JR. Formation of Methane versus Benzene in the Reactions of (C
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]X (X=Cl, Br, I) Yielding Thorium‐Carbene or Thorium‐Ylide Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201706496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Universite de Toulouse and CNRS, INSA, UPS, CNRS, UMR, UMR 5215, LPCNO 135 Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse France
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- Universite de Toulouse and CNRS, INSA, UPS, CNRS, UMR, UMR 5215, LPCNO 135 Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse France
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- Department of Chemistry University of Missouri Columbia MO 65211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Missouri Columbia MO 65211 USA
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- Universite de Toulouse and CNRS, INSA, UPS, CNRS, UMR, UMR 5215, LPCNO 135 Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse France
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Rungthanaphatsophon P, Bathelier A, Castro L, Behrle AC, Barnes CL, Maron L, Walensky JR. Formation of Methane versus Benzene in the Reactions of (C
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]X (X=Cl, Br, I) Yielding Thorium‐Carbene or Thorium‐Ylide Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:12925-12929. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201706496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Universite de Toulouse and CNRS, INSA, UPS, CNRS, UMR, UMR 5215, LPCNO 135 Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse France
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- Universite de Toulouse and CNRS, INSA, UPS, CNRS, UMR, UMR 5215, LPCNO 135 Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse France
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- Department of Chemistry University of Missouri Columbia MO 65211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Missouri Columbia MO 65211 USA
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- Universite de Toulouse and CNRS, INSA, UPS, CNRS, UMR, UMR 5215, LPCNO 135 Avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse France
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Seed JA, Gregson M, Tuna F, Chilton NF, Wooles AJ, McInnes EJL, Liddle ST. Rare-Earth- and Uranium-Mesoionic Carbenes: A New Class of f-Block Carbene Complex Derived from an N-Heterocyclic Olefin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201706546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- John A. Seed
- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Bakhoda A(G, Jiang Q, Bertke JA, Cundari TR, Warren TH. Elusive Terminal Copper Arylnitrene Intermediates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201611275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM) University of North Texas Denton TX 76203 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University Box 571227 Washington DC 20057- 1227 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM) University of North Texas Denton TX 76203 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University Box 571227 Washington DC 20057- 1227 USA
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Bakhoda A(G, Jiang Q, Bertke JA, Cundari TR, Warren TH. Elusive Terminal Copper Arylnitrene Intermediates. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:6426-6430. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201611275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM) University of North Texas Denton TX 76203 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University Box 571227 Washington DC 20057- 1227 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM) University of North Texas Denton TX 76203 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Georgetown University Box 571227 Washington DC 20057- 1227 USA
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Smiles DE, Wu G, Hrobárik P, Hayton TW. Synthesis, Thermochemistry, Bonding, and 13C NMR Chemical Shift Analysis of a Phosphorano-Stabilized Carbene of Thorium. Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Danil E. Smiles
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Institut
für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17.
Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
- Department
of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Triamidoamine thorium-arsenic complexes with parent arsenide, arsinidiide and arsenido structural motifs. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14769. [PMID: 28276437 PMCID: PMC5347141 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite a major expansion of uranium-ligand multiple bond chemistry in recent years, analogous complexes involving other actinides (An) remain scarce. For thorium, under ambient conditions only a few multiple bonds to carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and chalcogenides are reported, and none to arsenic are known; indeed only two complexes with thorium-arsenic single bonds have been structurally authenticated, reflecting the challenges of stabilizing polar linkages at the large thorium ion. Here, we report thorium parent-arsenide (ThAsH2), -arsinidiides (ThAs(H)K and ThAs(H)Th) and arsenido (ThAsTh) linkages stabilized by a bulky triamidoamine ligand. The ThAs(H)K and ThAsTh linkages exhibit polarized-covalent thorium-arsenic multiple bonding interactions, hitherto restricted to cryogenic matrix isolation experiments, and the AnAs(H)An and AnAsAn linkages reported here have no precedent in f-block chemistry. 7s, 6d and 5f orbital contributions to the Th-As bonds are suggested by quantum chemical calculations, and their compositions unexpectedly appear to be tensioned differently compared to phosphorus congeners.
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Lu E, Cooper OJ, Tuna F, Wooles AJ, Kaltsoyannis N, Liddle ST. Uranium-Carbene-Imido Metalla-Allenes: Ancillary-Ligand-Controlled cis
-/trans
-Isomerisation and Assessment of trans
Influence in the R2
C=UIV
=NR′ Unit (R=Ph2
PNSiMe3
; R′=CPh3
). Chemistry 2016; 22:11559-63. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Erli Lu
- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Lu E, Tuna F, Lewis W, Kaltsoyannis N, Liddle ST. Uranium Metalla-Allenes with Carbene Imido R2
C=UIV
=NR′ Units (R=Ph2
PNSiMe3
; R′=CPh3
): Alkali-Metal-Mediated Push-Pull Effects with an Amido Auxiliary. Chemistry 2016; 22:11554-8. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Erli Lu
- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Nottingham; University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD UK)
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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The chemistry of the carbon-transition metal double and triple bond: Annual survey covering the year 2014. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gregson M, Lu E, Tuna F, McInnes EJL, Hennig C, Scheinost AC, McMaster J, Lewis W, Blake AJ, Kerridge A, Liddle ST. Emergence of comparable covalency in isostructural cerium(iv)- and uranium(iv)-carbon multiple bonds. Chem Sci 2016; 7:3286-3297. [PMID: 29997821 PMCID: PMC6006499 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00278a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
We report comparable levels of covalency in cerium- and uranium-carbon multiple bonds in the iso-structural carbene complexes [M(BIPMTMS)(ODipp)2] [M = Ce (1), U (2), Th (3); BIPMTMS = C(PPh2NSiMe3)2; Dipp = C6H3-2,6-iPr2] whereas for M = Th the M[double bond, length as m-dash]C bond interaction is much more ionic. On the basis of single crystal X-ray diffraction, NMR, IR, EPR, and XANES spectroscopies, and SQUID magnetometry complexes 1-3 are confirmed formally as bona fide metal(iv) complexes. In order to avoid the deficiencies of orbital-based theoretical analysis approaches we probed the bonding of 1-3 via analysis of RASSCF- and CASSCF-derived densities that explicitly treats the orbital energy near-degeneracy and overlap contributions to covalency. For these complexes similar levels of covalency are found for cerium(iv) and uranium(iv), whereas thorium(iv) is found to be more ionic, and this trend is independently found in all computational methods employed. The computationally determined trends in covalency of these systems of Ce ∼ U > Th are also reproduced in experimental exchange reactions of 1-3 with MCl4 salts where 1 and 2 do not exchange with ThCl4, but 3 does exchange with MCl4 (M = Ce, U) and 1 and 2 react with UCl4 and CeCl4, respectively, to establish equilibria. This study therefore provides complementary theoretical and experimental evidence that contrasts to the accepted description that generally lanthanide-ligand bonding in non-zero oxidation state complexes is overwhelmingly ionic but that of uranium is more covalent.
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- Matthew Gregson
- School of Chemistry , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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- EPSRC National UK EPR Facility , School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK
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- EPSRC National UK EPR Facility , School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , Institute of Resource Ecology , Bautzner Landstrasse 400 , D-01314 Dresden , Germany
- The Rossendorf Beamline , ESRF , BP 220 , F-38043 Grenoble , France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , Institute of Resource Ecology , Bautzner Landstrasse 400 , D-01314 Dresden , Germany
- The Rossendorf Beamline , ESRF , BP 220 , F-38043 Grenoble , France
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- School of Chemistry , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham , NG7 2RD , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham , NG7 2RD , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Nottingham , University Park , Nottingham , NG7 2RD , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , Lancaster University , Lancaster , LA1 4YB , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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Edelmann FT. Lanthanides and actinides: Annual survey of their organometallic chemistry covering the year 2014. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Arévalo R, Espinal-Viguri M, Huertos M, Pérez J, Riera L. Dearomatization of Transition Metal-Coordinated N-Heterocyclic Ligands and Related Chemistry. ADVANCES IN ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adomc.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Camp C, Settineri N, Lefèvre J, Jupp AR, Goicoechea JM, Maron L, Arnold J. Uranium and thorium complexes of the phosphaethynolate ion. Chem Sci 2015; 6:6379-6384. [PMID: 30090257 PMCID: PMC6054101 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc02150b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
New tris-amidinate actinide (Th, U) complexes containing a rare O-bound terminal phosphaethynolate (OCP - ) ligand were synthesized and fully characterized. The cyanate (OCN - ) and thiocyanate (SCN - ) analogs were prepared for comparison and feature a preferential N-coordination to the actinide metals. The Th(amid)3(OCP) complex reacts with Ni(COD)2 to yield the heterobimetallic adduct (amid) 3 Th(μ-η 1 (O):η 2 (C,P)-OCP)Ni(COD) featuring an unprecedented reduced (OCP - ) bent fragment bridging the two metals.
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- Clément Camp
- Heavy Element Chemistry Group , Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA .
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- Heavy Element Chemistry Group , Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA .
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- LPCNO , Université de Toulouse , INSA Toulouse , 135 Avenue de Rangueil , 31077 Toulouse , France .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory , South Parks Road , Oxford , OX1 3QR , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory , South Parks Road , Oxford , OX1 3QR , UK .
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- LPCNO , Université de Toulouse , INSA Toulouse , 135 Avenue de Rangueil , 31077 Toulouse , France .
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- Heavy Element Chemistry Group , Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA .
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Smiles DE, Wu G, Kaltsoyannis N, Hayton TW. Thorium-ligand multiple bonds via reductive deprotection of a trityl group. Chem Sci 2015; 6:3891-3899. [PMID: 29218160 PMCID: PMC5707506 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc01248a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Reaction of [Th(I)(NR2)3] (R = SiMe3) (2) with KECPh3 (E = O, S) affords the thorium chalcogenates, [Th(ECPh3)(NR2)3] (3, E = O; 4, E = S), in moderate yields. Reductive deprotection of the trityl group from 3 and 4 by reaction with KC8, in the presence of 18-crown-6, affords the thorium oxo complex, [K(18-crown-6)][Th(O)(NR2)3] (6), and the thorium sulphide complex, [K(18-crown-6)][Th(S)(NR2)3] (7), respectively. The natural bond orbital and quantum theory of atoms-in-molecules approaches are employed to explore the metal-ligand bonding in 6 and 7 and their uranium analogues, and in particular the relative roles of the actinide 5f and 6d orbitals.
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- Danil E Smiles
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , CA 93106 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , CA 93106 , USA .
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- Christopher Ingold Laboratories , Department of Chemistry , University College London , 20 Gordon Street , London WC1H 0AJ , UK .
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Barbara , Santa Barbara , CA 93106 , USA .
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Gessner VH, Becker J, Feichtner KS. Carbene Complexes Based on Dilithium Methandiides. Eur J Inorg Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201500051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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