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Wang S, Wang D, Heng Y, Li T, Ding W, Zi G, Walter MD. Synthesis and Structure of [η 5-1,2,4-(Me 3Si) 3C 5H 2] 2Th(bipy) and Its Reactivity toward Small Molecules. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:7473-7492. [PMID: 38591749 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
Abstract
Halide exchange of (Cp3tms)2ThCl2 (1; Cp3tms = η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2) with Me3SiI furnishes (Cp3tms)2ThI2 (2), which is then reduced with potassium graphite (KC8) in the presence of 2,2'-bipyridine to give the thorium bipyridyl metallocene (Cp3tms)2Th(bipy) (3) in good yield. Complex 3 was fully characterized and readily reacted with various small molecules. For example, 3 may serve as a synthetic equivalent for the (Cp3tms)2Th(II) fragment when exposed to CuI, Ph2S2, organic azides, and CS2. Moreover, upon the addition of thiobenzophenone Ph2CS, p-methylbenzaldehyde (p-MeC6H4)CHO, benzophenone Ph2CO, amidate PhCONH(p-tolyl), seleno-ketone (p,p'-dimethoxy), selenobenzophenone (p-MeOPh)2CSe, di(p-tolyl)methanimine (p-tolyl)2C═NH, 1,2-di(benzylidene)hydrazine (PhCH═N)2, and nitriles PhCN, PhCH2CN, and Ph2CHCN C-C coupling results to give (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy)(Ph2CS)] (8), (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy)(p-MePhCHO)] (9), (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy)(Ph2CO)] (10), (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy){(p-tolylNH)(Ph)CO}] (11), (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy){(p-MeOPh)2CSe}] (12), (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy){(p-tolyl)2CNH}] (13), (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy)(PhCHNN═CHPh)] (14), (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy)(PhCN)] (16), (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy)(PhCH2CN)] (17), and (Cp3tms)2Th[(bipy)(Ph2CHCN)] (18), respectively. However, when thiazole is added to 3, the dimeric sulfido complex [(Cp3tms)2Th]2[μ-(bipy)CH2NCHCHS]2 (15) can be isolated. Moreover, the addition of isonitriles such as Me3CNC and PhCH2NC to 3 results in C-N bond cleavage and C-C coupling processes to form the thorium isocyanido amido complexes (Cp3tms)2Th[4-(Me3C)bipy](NC) (19) and (Cp3tms)2Th[4-(PhCH2)bipy](NC) (20), respectively. Nevertheless, upon exposure of 3 to (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane Me3SiCHN2, the bis-amido complex (Cp3tms)2Th[5,6-(Me3SiCH)bipy] (21), concomitant with N2 release, is isolated.
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- Shichun Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, Braunschweig 38106, Germany
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Su J, Gong Y, Batista ER, Lucena AF, Maria L, Marçalo J, Van Stipdonk MJ, Berden G, Martens J, Oomens J, Gibson JK, Yang P. Unusual Actinyl Complexes with a Redox-Active N,S-Donor Ligand. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37390399 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the fundamental chemistry of soft N,S-donor ligands with actinides across the series is critical for separation science toward sustainable nuclear energy. This task is particularly challenging when the ligands are redox active. We herein report a series of actinyl complexes with a N,S-donor redox-active ligand that stabilizes different oxidation states across the actinide series. These complexes are isolated and characterized in the gas phase, along with high-level electronic structure studies. The redox-active N,S-donor ligand in the products, C5H4NS, acts as a monoanion in [UVIO2(C5H4NS-)]+ but as a neutral radical with unpaired electrons localized on the sulfur atom in [NpVO2(C5H4NS•)]+ and [PuVO2(C5H4NS•)]+, resulting in different oxidation states for uranium and transuranic elements. This is rationalized by considering the relative energy levels of actinyl(VI) 5f orbitals and S 3p lone pair orbitals of the C5H4NS- ligand and the cooperativity between An-N and An-S bonds that provides additional stability for the transuranic elements.
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- Jing Su
- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Toernooiveld 7c, 6525ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Jena R, Benner F, Delano F, Holmes D, McCracken J, Demir S, Odom AL. A rare isocyanide derived from an unprecedented neutral yttrium(ii) bis(amide) complex. Chem Sci 2023; 14:4257-4264. [PMID: 37123180 PMCID: PMC10132164 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc00171g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
Abstract
A room temperature stable complex formulated as Y(NHAr*)2 has been prepared, where Ar* = 2,6-(2,4,6-(iPr)3C6H2)C6H3, by KC8 reduction of ClY(NHAr*)2. Based on EPR evidence, Y(NHAr*)2 is an example of a d1 Y(ii) complex with significant delocalization of the unpaired electron density from the metal to the ligand. The isolation of molecular divalent metal complexes is challenging for rare earth elements such as yttrium. In fact, stabilization of the divalent state requires judicious ligand design that allows the metal center to be coordinatively saturated. Divalent rare earth elements tend to be reactive towards various substrates. Interestingly, Y(NHAr*)2 reacts as a radical donor towards t BuNC to generate an unusual yttrium isocyanide complex, CNY(NHAr*)2, based on spectroscopic evidence and single-crystal X-ray diffraction data.
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- Rashmi Jena
- Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry 578 S. Shaw Ln East Lansing MI USA 48824
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- Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry 578 S. Shaw Ln East Lansing MI USA 48824
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- Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry 578 S. Shaw Ln East Lansing MI USA 48824
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- Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry 578 S. Shaw Ln East Lansing MI USA 48824
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- Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry 578 S. Shaw Ln East Lansing MI USA 48824
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- Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry 578 S. Shaw Ln East Lansing MI USA 48824
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- Michigan State University, Department of Chemistry 578 S. Shaw Ln East Lansing MI USA 48824
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Li T, Wang D, Heng Y, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Influence of the 1,2,4-Tri- tert-butylcyclopentadienyl Ligand on the Reactivity of the Uranium Bipyridyl Metallocene [η 5-1,2,4-(Me 3C) 3C 5H 2] 2U(bipy). Organometallics 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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- Tongyu Li
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Heng Y, Li T, Wang D, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Synthesis and Reactivity of the Uranium Bipyridyl Metallocene [η 5-1,3-(Me 3C) 2C 5H 3] 2U(bipy). Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yi Heng
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, Braunschweig 38106, Germany
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Seed JA, Vondung L, Barton F, Wooles AJ, Lu E, Gregson M, Adams RW, Liddle ST. A Series of Rare‐Earth Mesoionic Carbene Complexes. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200761. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- John A. Seed
- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- Department of Chemistry The University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Wang S, Wang D, Li T, Heng Y, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of the Uranium Bipyridyl Complex [{η 5-1,2,4-(Me 3Si) 3C 5H 2} 2U(bipy)]. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Shichun Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, Braunschweig 38106, Germany
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Seed JA, Vondung L, Adams RW, Wooles AJ, Lu E, Liddle ST. Mesoionic Carbene Complexes of Uranium(IV) and Thorium(IV). Organometallics 2022; 41:1353-1363. [PMID: 36157256 PMCID: PMC9490841 DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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We
report the synthesis and characterization of uranium(IV) and
thorium(IV) mesoionic carbene complexes [An{N(SiMe3)2}2(CH2SiMe2NSiMe3){MIC}] (An = U, 4U and Th, 4Th; MIC =
{CN(Me)C(Me)N(Me)CH}), which represent rare examples of actinide mesoionic
carbene linkages and the first example of a thorium mesoionic carbene
complex. Complexes 4U and 4Th were prepared
via a C–H activation intramolecular cyclometallation reaction
of actinide halides, with concomitant formal 1,4-proton migration
of an N-heterocyclic olefin (NHO). Quantum chemical
calculations suggest that the An–carbene bond comprises only
a σ-component, in contrast to the uranium(III) analogue [U{N(SiMe3)2}3(MIC)] (1) where computational
studies suggested that the 5f3 uranium(III) ion engages
in a weak one-electron π-backbond to the MIC. This highlights
the varying nature of actinide-MIC bonding as a function of actinide
oxidation state. In solution, 4Th exists in equilibrium
with the Th(IV) metallacycle [Th{N(SiMe3)2}2(CH2SiMe2NSiMe3)] (6Th) and free NHO (3). The thermodynamic parameters
of this equilibrium were probed using variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy
yielding an entropically favored but enthalpically endothermic process
with an overall reaction free energy of ΔG298.15K = 0.89 kcal mol–1. Energy decomposition
analysis (EDA-NOCV) of the actinide–carbon bonds in 4U and 4Th reveals that the former is enthalpically stronger
and more covalent than the latter, which accounts for the respective
stabilities of these two complexes.
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- John A. Seed
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, U.K
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Wang S, Li T, Heng Y, Wang D, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Small-Molecule Activation Mediated by [η 5-1,3-(Me 3Si) 2C 5H 3] 2U(bipy). Inorg Chem 2022; 61:6234-6251. [PMID: 35413191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
The uranium bipyridyl metallocene, [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U(bipy) (2), is readily accessible in good yield by adding potassium graphite (KC8) to a mixture of [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2UCl2 (1) and 2,2'-bipyridine. Compound 2 was fully characterized and employed for small-molecule activation. It has been demonstrated that 2 may serve as a synthon for [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U(II) fragment in the presence of Ph2E2 (E = S, Se), alkynes, and a variety of hetero-unsaturated molecules such as diazabutadienes, azine (Ph2C═N)2, o-benzoquinone, pyridine N-oxide, CS2, isothiocyanates, and organic azides. However, upon exposure of 2 to thio-ketone Ph2CS, aldehyde p-MePhCHO, ketone Ph2CO, imine PhCH═NPh, azine (PhCH═N)2, and nitrile PhCN, it may also promote C-C coupling reactions forming [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U[(bipy)(Ph2CS)] (16), [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U[(bipy)(p-MePhCHO)] (17), [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U[(bipy)(Ph2CO)] (18), [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U[(bipy)(PhCHNPh)] (19), [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U[(bipy)(PhCHNN═CHPh)] (20), and [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U[(N2C10H7C(Ph)NH)] (22), respectively, in quantitative conversion. Furthermore, in the presence of CuI, a single-electron transfer (SET) process is observed to yield the uranium(III) iodide complex [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U(I)(bipy) (15).
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- Shichun Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Neururer F, Liu S, Leitner D, Baltrun M, Fisher KR, Kopacka H, Wurst K, Daumann LJ, Munz D, Hohloch S. Mesoionic Carbenes in Low- to High-Valent Vanadium Chemistry. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:15421-15434. [PMID: 34590834 PMCID: PMC8527456 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
We report the synthesis of vanadium(V) oxo complex 1 with a pincer-type dianionic mesoionic carbene (MIC) ligand L1 and the general formula [VOCl(L1)]. A comparison of the structural (SC-XRD), electronic (UV-vis), and electrochemical (cyclic voltammetry) properties of 1 with the benzimidazolinylidene congener 2 (general formula [VOCl(L2)]) shows that the MIC is a stronger donor also for early transition metals with low d-electron population. Since electrochemical studies revealed both complexes to be reversibly reduced, the stronger donor character of MICs was not only demonstrated for the vanadium(V) but also for the vanadium(IV) oxidation state by isolating the reduced vanadium(IV) complexes [Co(Cp*)2][1] and [Co(Cp*)2][2] ([Co(Cp*)2] = decamethylcobaltocenium). The electronic structures of the compounds were investigated by computational methods. Complex 1 was found to be a moderate precursor for salt metathesis reactions, showing selective reactivity toward phenolates or secondary amides, but not toward primary amides and phosphides, thiophenols, or aryls/alkyls donors. Deoxygenation with electron-rich phosphines failed to give the desired vanadium(III) complex. However, treatment of the deprotonated ligand precursor with vanadium(III) trichloride resulted in the clean formation of the corresponding MIC vanadium(III) complex 6, which undergoes a clean two-electron oxidation with organic azides yielding the corresponding imido complexes. The reaction with TMS-N3 did not afford a nitrido complex, but instead the imido complex 10. This study reveals that, contrary to popular belief, MICs are capable of supporting early transition-metal complexes in a variety of oxidation states, thus making them promising candidates for the activation of small molecules and redox catalysis.
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- Florian
R. Neururer
- Institute
of Inorganic, General and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Faculty
of Science, Department of Chemistry, University
of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic, General and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Faculty
of Science, Department of Chemistry, University
of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Department
Chemie, Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstraße 5-13 Haus D, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic, General and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute
of Inorganic, General and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department
Chemie, Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstraße 5-13 Haus D, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Fakultät
NT, Inorganic Chemistry: Coordination Chemistry, Saarland University, Campus C4.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute
of Inorganic, General and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Hasegawa S, Ishida Y, Kawaguchi H. Systematic reductive oligomerization of isocyanides with a vanadium(ii) complex. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:8296-8299. [PMID: 34318820 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc03463d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Using a V(ii) complex as a reducing reagent, we demonstrate controlled reduction of isocyanides, resulting in decyanation of alkyl isocyanides to form a V(iii) cyanide complex or oligomerization of aryl isocyanides to form trimers and a tetramer. The pathways leading to the trimers involve a divanadium ynediamido intermediate, which further reacts with the third isocyanide molecule to selectively produce a tri(imino)deltate or an indolenine complex, by altering the temperature and stoichiometry.
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- Sui Hasegawa
- Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
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Liu S, Amaro-Estrada JI, Baltrun M, Douair I, Schoch R, Maron L, Hohloch S. Catalytic Deoxygenation of Nitroarenes Mediated by High-Valent Molybdenum(VI)–NHC Complexes. Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Shenyu Liu
- Paderborn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Paderborn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Paderborn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Innrain 80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Boreen MA, Gould CA, Booth CH, Hohloch S, Arnold J. Structure and magnetism of a tetrahedral uranium(iii) β-diketiminate complex. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:7938-7944. [PMID: 32495782 DOI: 10.1039/d0dt01599g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
We describe the functionalisation of the previously reported uranium(iii) β-diketiminate complex (BDI)UI2(THF)2 (1) with one and two equivalents of a sterically demanding 2,6-diisopropylphenolate ligand (ODipp) leading to the formation of two heteroleptic complexes: [(BDI)UI(ODipp)]2 (2) and (BDI)U(ODipp)2 (3). The latter is a rare example of a tetrahedral uranium(iii) complex, and it shows single-molecule magnet behaviour.
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- Michael A Boreen
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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Tarlton ML, Del Rosal I, Vilanova SP, Kelley SP, Maron L, Walensky JR. Comparative Insertion Reactivity of CO, CO2, tBuCN, and tBuNC into Thorium– and Uranium–Phosphorus Bonds. Organometallics 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Michael L. Tarlton
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Universite de Toulouse, 135 Avenuede Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Universite de Toulouse, 135 Avenuede Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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Boreen MA, Lussier DJ, Skeel BA, Lohrey TD, Watt FA, Shuh DK, Long JR, Hohloch S, Arnold J. Structural, Electrochemical, and Magnetic Studies of Bulky Uranium(III) and Uranium(IV) Metallocenes. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:16629-16641. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael A. Boreen
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Gerd Ballmann
- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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Preference for the binding mode of the CN- ligand to Mg (Mg-CN vs. Mg-NC) is investigated. A monomeric Mg complex with a terminal CN ligand was prepared using the dipyrromethene ligand Mes DPM which successfully blocks dimerization. While reaction of (Mes DPM)MgN(SiMe3 )2 with Me3 SiCN gave the coordination complex (Mes DPM)MgN(SiMe3 )2 ⋅NCSiMe3 , reaction with (Mes DPM)Mg(nBu) led to (Mes DPM)MgNC⋅(THF)2 . A Mg-NC/Mg-CN ratio of ≈95:5 was established by crystal-structure determination and DFT calculations. IR studies show absorbances for CN stretching at 2085 cm-1 (Mg-NC) and 2162 cm-1 (Mg-CN) as confirmed by 13 C labeling. In solution and in the solid state, the CN ligand rotates within the pocket. The calculated isomerization barrier is only 12.0 kcal mol-1 and the 13 C NMR signal for CN decoalesces at -85 °C (Mg-NC: 175.9 ppm, Mg-CN: 144.3 ppm). Experiment and theory both indicate that Mg complexes with the CN- ligand should not be named cyanides but are more properly defined as isocyanides.
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- Gerd Ballmann
- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryUniversität Erlangen-NürnbergEgerlandstrasse 191058ErlangenGermany
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- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryUniversität Erlangen-NürnbergEgerlandstrasse 191058ErlangenGermany
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- Inorganic and Organometallic ChemistryUniversität Erlangen-NürnbergEgerlandstrasse 191058ErlangenGermany
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Baltrun M, Watt FA, Schoch R, Hohloch S. Dioxo-, Oxo-imido-, and Bis-imido-Molybdenum(VI) Complexes with a Bis-phenolate-NHC Ligand. Organometallics 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Marc Baltrun
- Paderborn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Paderborn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Paderborn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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- Paderborn University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Warburger Straße 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
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Hohloch S, Garner ME, Booth CH, Lukens WW, Gould CA, Lussier DJ, Maron L, Arnold J. Isolation of a TMTAA-Based Radical in Uranium bis-TMTAA Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:16136-16140. [PMID: 30328669 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201810971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We report the synthesis, characterization, and electronic structure studies of a series of thorium(IV) and uranium(IV) bis-tetramethyltetraazaannulene complexes. These sandwich complexes show remarkable stability towards air and moisture, even at elevated temperatures. Electrochemical studies show the uranium complex to be stable in three different oxidation states; isolation of the oxidized species reveals a rare case of a non-innocent tetramethyltetraazaannulene (TMTAA) ligand.
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- Stephan Hohloch
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,University of Paderborn, Warburger Straße 100, 33098, Paderborn, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 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 California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.,Chemical Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Hohloch S, Garner ME, Booth CH, Lukens WW, Gould CA, Lussier DJ, Maron L, Arnold J. Isolation of a TMTAA‐Based Radical in Uranium bis‐TMTAA Complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201810971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Stephan Hohloch
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- University of Paderborn Warburger Straße 100 33098 Paderborn Germany
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Chemical Science Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Chemical Science Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Science Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 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 California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Science Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Hohloch S, Garner ME, Parker BF, Arnold J. New supporting ligands in actinide chemistry: tetramethyltetraazaannulene complexes with thorium and uranium. Dalton Trans 2018; 46:13768-13782. [PMID: 28959804 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02682j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report the synthesis, characterization, and preliminary reactivity of new heteroleptic thorium and uranium complexes supported by the macrocyclic TMTAA ligand (TMTAA = Tetramethyl-tetra-aza-annulene). The dihalide complexes Th(TMTAA)Cl2(THF)2 (1), [UCl2(TMTAA)]2 (2) and U(TMTAA)I2 (3) are further functionalized to the Cp* derivatives ThCp*(TMTAA)Cl (4), UCp*(TMTAA)Cl (5) and UCp*(TMTAA)I (6) (Cp* = pentamethylcyclopentadienide). Compounds 4-6 are also obtained through a one-pot reaction from standard thorium(iv) and uranium(iv) starting materials, Li2TMTAA and KCp*. Complexes 1-6 function as valuable starting materials for salt metathesis chemistry. Treatment of precursors 4 or 5 with trimethylsilylmethyllithium (LiCH2TMS) results in the new actinide TMTAA alkyl complexes ThCp*(TMTAA)(CH2TMS) (7) and UCp*(TMTAA)(CH2TMTS) (8), respectively. The TMTAA-derived alkyl complexes (7 and 8) show unexpected stability and are stable for several weeks at room temperature in solution and in the solid-state. Additionally, double substitution of the halide ligands in 1-3 shows a strong dependence on the nucleophile used. While weaker nucleophiles, such as amides, and more sterically demanding nucleophiles, such as Cp (Cp = cyclopenadienide), favour the formation of bis-TMTAA "sandwich" complexes [An(TMTAA)2] (An = Th (9) and An = U (10)), the use of oxygen-functionalized ligands like the ODipp anion (Dipp = diisopropylphenyl) results in the formation of the doubly substituted species Th(ODipp)2TMTAA (11) and U(ODipp)2TMTAA (12). We also describe the divergent reactivity of the TMTAA ligand towards uranium(iii). Unlike the syntheses of actinide(iv) TMTAA complexes, the synthesis of a uranium(iii) TMTAA was not successful and only uranium(iv) species could be obtained.
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- Stephan Hohloch
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Garner ME, Parker BF, Hohloch S, Bergman RG, Arnold J. Thorium Metallacycle Facilitates Catalytic Alkyne Hydrophosphination. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:12935-12938. [PMID: 28892619 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b08323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The bis(NHC)borate-supported thorium-bis(mesitylphosphido) complex (1) undergoes reversible intramolecular C-H bond activation enabling the catalytic hydrophosphination of unactivated internal alkynes. Catalytic and stoichiometric experiments support a mechanism involving reactive Th-NHC metallacycle intermediates (Int and 2).
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- Mary E Garner
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Garner ME, Arnold J. Reductive Elimination of Diphosphine from a Thorium–NHC–Bis(phosphido) Complex. Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mary E. Garner
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Zhang C, Yang P, Zhou E, Deng X, Zi G, Walter MD. Reactivity of a Lewis Base Supported Thorium Terminal Imido Metallocene toward Small Organic Molecules. Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Congcong Zhang
- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut
für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Edelmann FT. Lanthanides and actinides: Annual survey of their organometallic chemistry covering the year 2016. Coord Chem Rev 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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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]
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- 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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Zhang L, Zhang C, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Small-Molecule Activation Mediated by a Uranium Bipyridyl Metallocene. Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Lei Zhang
- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut
für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Langeslay RR, Chen GP, Windorff CJ, Chan AK, Ziller JW, Furche F, Evans WJ. Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of the Sterically Crowded Th 3+ Complex (C 5Me 5) 3Th Including Formation of the Thorium Carbonyl, [(C 5Me 5) 3Th(CO)][BPh 4]. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:3387-3398. [PMID: 28240899 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
The Th3+ complex, (C5Me5)3Th, has been isolated despite the fact that tris(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) complexes are highly reactive due to steric crowding and few crystallographically characterizable Th3+ complexes are known due to their highly reducing nature. Reaction of (C5Me5)2ThMe2 with [Et3NH][BPh4] produces the cationic thorium complex [(C5Me5)2ThMe][BPh4] that can be treated with KC5Me5 to generate (C5Me5)3ThMe, 1. The methyl group on (C5Me5)3ThMe can be removed with [Et3NH][BPh4] to form [(C5Me5)3Th][BPh4], 2, the first cationic tris(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) metal complex, which can be reduced with KC8 to yield (C5Me5)3Th, 3. Complexes 1-3 have metrical parameters consistent with the extreme steric crowding that previously has given unusual (C5Me5)- reactivity to (C5Me5)3M complexes in reactions that form less crowded (C5Me5)2M-containing products. However, neither sterically induced reduction nor (η1-C5Me5)- reactivity is observed for these complexes. (C5Me5)3Th, which has a characteristic EPR spectrum consistent with a d1 ground state, has the capacity for two-electron reduction via Th3+ and sterically induced reduction. However, it reacts with MeI to make two sterically more crowded complexes, (C5Me5)3ThI, 4, and (C5Me5)3ThMe, 1, rather than (C5Me5)2Th(Me)I. Complex 3 also forms more crowded complexes in reactions with I2, PhCl, and Al2Me6, which generate (C5Me5)3ThI, (C5Me5)3ThCl, and (C5Me5)3ThMe, 1, respectively. The reaction of (C5Me5)3Th, 3, with H2 forms the known (C5Me5)3ThH as the sole thorium-containing product. Surprisingly, (C5Me5)3ThH is also observed when (C5Me5)3Th is combined with 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene. [(C5Me5)3Th][BPh4] reacts with tetrahydrofuran (THF) to make [(C5Me5)3Th(THF)][BPh4], 2-THF, which is the first (C5Me5)3M of any kind that does not have a trigonal planar arrangement of the (C5Me5)- rings. It is also the first (C5Me5)3M complex that does not ring-open THF. [(C5Me5)3Th][BPh4], 2, reacts with CO to generate a product characterized as [(C5Me5)3Th(CO)][BPh4], 5, the first example of a molecular thorium carbonyl isolable at room temperature. These results have been analyzed using density functional theory calculations.
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- Ryan R Langeslay
- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California , Irvine, California 92697-2025, United States
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Formanuik A, Ortu F, Liu J, Nodaraki LE, Tuna F, Kerridge A, Mills DP. Double Reduction of 4,4′-Bipyridine and Reductive Coupling of Pyridine by Two Thorium(III) Single-Electron Transfers. Chemistry 2017; 23:2290-2293. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Alasdair Formanuik
- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Manchester M13 9PL UK
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- School of Chemistry; The University of Manchester; Manchester M13 9PL 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; Manchester M13 9PL UK
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