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Dan X, Du J, Zhang S, Seed JA, Perfetti M, Tuna F, Wooles AJ, Liddle ST. Arene-, Chlorido-, and Imido-Uranium Bis- and Tris(boryloxide) Complexes. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9588-9601. [PMID: 38557081 PMCID: PMC11134490 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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We introduce the boryloxide ligand {(HCNDipp)2BO}- (NBODipp, Dipp = 2,6-di-isopropylphenyl) to actinide chemistry. Protonolysis of [U{N(SiMe3)2}3] with 3 equiv of NBODippH produced the uranium(III) tris(boryloxide) complex [U(NBODipp)3] (1). In contrast, treatment of UCl4 with 3 equiv of NBODippK in THF at room temperature or reflux conditions produced only [U(NBODipp)2(Cl)2(THF)2] (2) with 1 equiv of NBODippK remaining unreacted. However, refluxing the mixture of 2 and unreacted NBODippK in toluene instead of THF afforded the target complex [U(NBODipp)3(Cl)(THF)] (3). Two-electron oxidation of 1 with AdN3 (Ad = 1-adamantyl) afforded the uranium(V)-imido complex [U(NBODipp)3(NAd)] (4). The solid-state structure of 1 reveals a uranium-arene bonding motif, and structural, spectroscopic, and DFT calculations all suggest modest uranium-arene δ-back-bonding with approximately equal donation into the arene π4 and π5 δ-symmetry π* molecular orbitals. Complex 4 exhibits a short uranium(V)-imido distance, and computational modeling enabled its electronic structure to be compared to related uranium-imido and uranium-oxo complexes, revealing a substantial 5f-orbital crystal field splitting and extensive mixing of 5f |ml,ms⟩ states and mj projections. Complexes 1-4 have been variously characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, 1H NMR, IR, UV/vis/NIR, and EPR spectroscopies, SQUID magnetometry, elemental analysis, and CONDON, F-shell, DFT, NLMO, and QTAIM crystal field and quantum chemical calculations.
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- Xuhang Dan
- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
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- Department
of Chemistry Ugo Schiff, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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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 and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
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Yao C, Gonçalves TP, Wang X, Luo L, Huang KW. Ligand-Dominated Activation of CO 2 and CS 2 by the Putative Nickel Phosphiniminato Intermediates. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:7820-7827. [PMID: 38630579 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Room-temperature photoactivation of the first- and second-generation PN3P-pincer nickel azido complexes 1a and 1b in the presence of CO2 or CS2 afforded N-bound carbamates, dithiocarbamates, and isothiocyanates, providing insights into CO2 and CS2 activation and demonstrating how a seemingly small difference in the ligand structure significantly influences the reactivity. Theoretical calculations disclosed that the charge of the phosphorus atom plays a critical role in determining the nitrogen atom transfer to form a plausible nickel phosphiniminato intermediate.
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- Changguang Yao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
- Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization Ministry of Education, School of Resource and Environment, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- KAUST Catalysis Center and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- KAUST Catalysis Center and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- KAUST Catalysis Center and Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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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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Keener M, Maria L, Mazzanti M. Progress in the chemistry of molecular actinide-nitride compounds. Chem Sci 2023; 14:6493-6521. [PMID: 37350843 PMCID: PMC10283502 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01435e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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The chemistry of actinide-nitrides has witnessed significant advances in the last ten years with a large focus on uranium and a few breakthroughs with thorium. Following the early discovery of the first terminal and bridging nitride complexes, various synthetic routes to uranium nitrides have since been identified, although the range of ligands capable of stabilizing uranium nitrides still remains scarce. In particular, both terminal- and bridging-nitrides possess attractive advantages for potential reactivity, especially in light of the recent development of uranium complexes for dinitrogen reduction and functionalization. The first molecular thorium bridged-nitride complexes have also been recently identified, anticipating the possibility of expanding nitride chemistry not only to low-valent thorium, but also to the transuranic elements.
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- Megan Keener
- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering - ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Centro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa 2695-066 Bobadela Portugal
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering - ISIC, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Savkov BY, Sukhikh TS, Konchenko SN. SAMAROCENECHALCOGENIDES $$\mathbf{[\{Cp}_{\mathbf{2}}^{\mathbf{*}}\mathbf{Sm(THF)}{{\mathbf{\}}}_{\mathbf{2}}}\mathbf{(\mu }\text{-}Q\mathbf{)]}$$ (Q = S, SE, TE) AS SYNTHETIC EQUIVALENTS OF THE Q2– SYNTHON IN REACTIONS WITH CS2. J STRUCT CHEM+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476622110026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Petrov PA, Rogachev AV, Sukhikh TS, Eltsov IV, Abramov PA, Sokolov MN. Unusual reactivity of tantalum pentakis(dimethylpyrazolate) with CS2: scission of the C=S bond and formation of dmpz3CS– ligand. MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2022.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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King DM, Atkinson BE, Chatelain L, Gregson M, Seed JA, Wooles AJ, Kaltsoyannis N, Liddle ST. Uranium-nitride chemistry: uranium-uranium electronic communication mediated by nitride bridges. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:8855-8864. [PMID: 35622422 PMCID: PMC9171730 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00998f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Treatment of [UIV(N3)(TrenTIPS)] (1, TrenTIPS = {N(CH2CH2NSiPri3)3}3-) with excess Li resulted in the isolation of [{UIV(μ-NLi2)(TrenTIPS)}2] (2), which exhibits a diuranium(IV) 'diamond-core' dinitride motif. Over-reduction of 1 produces [UIII(TrenTIPS)] (3), and together with known [{UV(μ-NLi)(TrenTIPS)}2] (4) an overall reduction sequence 1 → 4 → 2 → 3 is proposed. Attempts to produce an odd-electron nitride from 2 resulted in the formation of [{UIV(TrenTIPS)}2(μ-NH)(μ-NLi2)Li] (5). Use of heavier alkali metals did not result in the formation of analogues of 2, emphasising the role of the high charge-to-radius-ratio of lithium stabilising the charge build up at the nitride. Variable-temperature magnetic data for 2 and 5 reveal large low-temperature magnetic moments, suggesting doubly degenerate ground states, where the effective symmetry of the strong crystal field of the nitride dominates over the spin-orbit coupled nature of the ground multiplet of uranium(IV). Spin Hamiltonian modelling of the magnetic data for 2 and 5 suggest U⋯U anti-ferromagnetic coupling of -4.1 and -3.4 cm-1, respectively. The nature of the U⋯U electronic communication was probed computationally, revealing a borderline case where the prospect of direct uranium-uranium bonding was raised, but in-depth computational analysis reveals that if any uranium-uranium bonding is present it is weak, and instead the nitride centres dominate the mediation of U⋯U electronic communication. This highlights the importance of obtaining high-level ab initio insight when probing potential actinide-actinide electronic communication and bonding in weakly coupled systems. The computational analysis highlights analogies between the 'diamond-core' dinitride of 2 and matrix-isolated binary U2N2.
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- David M King
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
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Köhler L, Patzschke M, Bauters S, Vitova T, Butorin SM, Kvashnina KO, Schmidt M, Stumpf T, März J. Insights into the Electronic Structure of a U(IV) Amido and U(V) Imido Complex. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200119. [PMID: 35179271 PMCID: PMC9310906 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Reaction of the N‐heterocylic carbene ligand iPrIm (L1) and lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide (TMSA) as a base with UCl4 resulted in U(IV) and U(V) complexes. Uranium's +V oxidation state in (HL1)2[U(V)(TMSI)Cl5] (TMSI=trimethylsilylimido) (2) was confirmed by HERFD‐XANES measurements. Solid state characterization by SC‐XRD and geometry optimisation of [U(IV)(L1)2(TMSA)Cl3] (1) indicated a silylamido ligand mediated inverse trans influence (ITI). The ITI was examined regarding different metal oxidation states and was compared to transition metal analogues by theoretical calculations.
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- Luisa Köhler
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.,The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF at the European Synchrotron, CS40220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal (INE), P.O. Box 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Condensed Matter Physics of Energy Materials, X-ray Photon Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 516, SE-751 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.,The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF at the European Synchrotron, CS40220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany
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Keener M, Scopelliti R, Mazzanti M. Nitride protonation and NH 3 binding versus N-H bond cleavage in uranium nitrides. Chem Sci 2021; 12:12610-12618. [PMID: 34703546 PMCID: PMC8494049 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc03957a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The conversion of metal nitrides to NH3 is an essential step in dinitrogen fixation, but there is limited knowledge of the reactivity of nitrides with protons (H+). Herein, we report comparative studies for the reactions of H+ and NH3 with uranium nitrides, containing different types of ancillary ligands. We show that the differences in ancillary ligands, leads to dramatically different reactivity. The nitride group, in nitride-bridged cationic and anionic diuranium(iv) complexes supported by –N(SiMe3)2 ligands, is resistant toward protonation by weak acids, while stronger acids result in ligand loss by protonolysis. Moreover, the basic –N(SiMe3)2 ligands promote the N–H heterolytic bond cleavage of NH3, yielding a “naked” diuranium complex containing three bridging ligands, a nitride (N3−) and two NH2 ligands. Conversely, in the nitride-bridged diuranium(iv) complex supported by –OSi(OtBu)3 ligands, the nitride group is easily protonated to afford NH3, which binds the U(iv) ion strongly, resulting in a mononuclear U–NH3 complex, where NH3 can be displaced by addition of strong acids. Furthermore, the U–OSi(OtBu)3 bonds were found to be stable, even in the presence of stronger acids, such as NH4BPh4, therefore indicating that –OSi(OtBu)3 supporting ligands are well suited to be used when acidic conditions are required, such as in the H+/e− mediated catalytic conversion of N2 to NH3. Ancillary ligands alter the reactivity of U-nitrides with H+, relevant to N2 conversion to NH3. The amides lead to complete ligand loss and NH3 activation, while for siloxides, the nitride is protonated to NH3 leaving the ancillary ligands intact.![]()
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- Megan Keener
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Marks JH, Rittgers BM, Van Stipdonk MJ, Duncan MA. Photodissociation and Infrared Spectroscopy of Uranium-Nitrogen Cation Complexes. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:7278-7288. [PMID: 34387501 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05823] [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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Laser vaporization of uranium in a pulsed supersonic expansion of nitrogen is used to produce complexes of the form U+(N2)n (n = 1-8). These ions are mass selected in a reflectron time-of-flight spectrometer and studied with visible and UV laser fixed-frequency photodissociation and with tunable infrared laser photodissociation spectroscopy. The dissociation patterns and spectroscopy of U+(N2)n indicate that N2 ligands are intact molecules and that there is no insertion chemistry resulting in UN+ or NUN+. Fixed frequency photodissociation at 532 and 355 nm indicate that the U+-N2 bond dissociation energy varies little with changing coordination. The photon energy and the number of ligands eliminated allow an estimate of the average U+-N2 dissociation energy of 12 kcal/mol. Infrared bands are observed for these complexes near the N-N stretch vibration via elimination of N2 molecules. These resonances are observed to be shifted about 130 cm-1 to the red from the free-N2 frequency for complexes with n = 3-8. Density functional theory indicates that U+ is most stable in the sextet state in these complexes and that N2 molecules bind in end-on configurations. The fully coordinated complex is predicted to be U+(N2)8, which has a cubic structure. The vibrational frequencies predicted by theory are consistently lower than those in the experiment, independent of the isomeric structure or spin state of the complexes. Despite its failure to reproduce the infrared spectra, theory provides an average U+-N2 dissociation energy of 11.8 ± 0.5 kcal/mol, in good agreement with the value from the experiments.
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- J H Marks
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Cai HX, Su DM, Zhao HB, Bacha RUS, Guo YR, Pan QJ. A DFT study on carbon dioxide reduction of low-valent diuranium complex supported by a polypyrrolic macrocycle. Chem Phys Lett 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2021.138652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Shen YP, Cai HX, Chen FY, Guo YR, Pan QJ. A relativistic DFT probe for small-molecule activation mediated by low-valent uranium metallocenes. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj06296k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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DFT calculations rationalize the capability of uranium metallocenes in activating small molecules, and the experimentally inaccessible CO2 adduct is addressed.
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- Yong-Peng Shen
- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education)
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education)
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China
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- School of Electrical and Information Engineering
- Heilongjiang University of Technology
- Jixi 158100
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Bio-Based Material Science & Technology (Ministry of Education)
- College of Material Science and Engineering
- Northeast Forestry University
- Harbin 150040
- China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education)
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Heilongjiang University
- Harbin
- China
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Li B, Yu J, Liu K, Wu Q, Liu Q, Shi W. Research Progress of Actinide-Ligand Multiple Bonding Supported by Tripodal Ligands. ACTA CHIMICA SINICA 2021. [DOI: 10.6023/a21040140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Windorff CJ, Sperling JM, Albrecht-Schönzart TE, Bai Z, Evans WJ, Gaiser AN, Gaunt AJ, Goodwin CAP, Hobart DE, Huffman ZK, Huh DN, Klamm BE, Poe TN, Warzecha E. A Single Small-Scale Plutonium Redox Reaction System Yields Three Crystallographically-Characterizable Organoplutonium Complexes. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:13301-13314. [PMID: 32910649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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An approach to obtaining substantial amounts of data from a hazardous starting material that can only be obtained and handled in small quantities is demonstrated by the investigation of a single small-scale reaction of cyclooctatetraene, C8H8, with a solution obtained from the reduction of Cp'3Pu (Cp' = C5H4SiMe3) with potassium graphite. This one reaction coupled with oxidation of a product has provided single-crystal X-ray structural data on three organoplutonium compounds as well as information on redox chemistry thereby demonstrating an efficient route to new reactivity and structural information on this highly radioactive element. The crystal structures were obtained from the reduction of C8H8 by a putative Pu(II) complex, (Cp'3PuII)1-, generated in situ, to form the Pu(III) cyclooctatetraenide complex, [K(crypt)][(C8H8)2PuIII], 1-Pu, and the tetra(cyclopentadienyl) Pu(III) complex, [K(crypt)][Cp'4PuIII], 2-Pu. Oxidation of the sample of 1-Pu with Ag(I) afforded a third organoplutonium complex that has been structurally characterized for the first time, (C8H8)2PuIV, 3-Pu. Complexes 1-Pu and 3-Pu contain Pu sandwiched between parallel (C8H8)2- rings. The (Cp'4PuIII)- anion in 2-Pu features three η5-Cp' rings and one η1-Cp' ring, which is a rare example of a formal Pu-C η1-bond. In addition, this study addresses the challenge of small-scale synthesis imparted by radiological and material availability of transuranium isotopes, in particular that of pure metal samples. A route to an anhydrous Pu(III) starting material from the more readily available PuIVO2 was developed to facilitate reproducible syntheses and allow complete spectroscopic analysis of 1-Pu and 2-Pu. PuIVO2 was converted to PuIIIBr3(DME)2 (DME = CH3OCH2CH2OCH3) and subsequently PuIIIBr3(THF)x, which was used to independently synthesize 1-Pu, 2-Pu, and 3-Pu.
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- Cory J Windorff
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States.,Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
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Liu G, Zhang C, Ciborowski SM, Asthana A, Cheng L, Bowen KH. Mapping the Electronic Structure of the Uranium(VI) Dinitride Molecule, UN 2. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:6486-6492. [PMID: 32700533 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c03735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A combined anion photoelectron spectroscopic and relativistic coupled-cluster computational study of the electronic structure of the UN2 molecule is presented. Because the photoelectron spectrum of the uranium dinitride negative ion, UN2-, directly reflects the electronic structure of neutral UN2, we have measured and relied upon the photoelectron spectrum of the UN2- anion as a means of mapping the electronic structure of neutral UN2. In addition to the electron affinity of the UN2 ground state, energy levels of the UN2 excited states were well characterized by the close interplay between the experiment and high-level theory. We found that both electron attachment and electronic excitation significantly bend the UN2 molecule and elongate its U≡N bond. Implications for the activation of UN2 are discussed.
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- Gaoxiang Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Rudel SS, Deubner HL, Müller M, Karttunen AJ, Kraus F. Complexes featuring a linear [N≡U≡N] core isoelectronic to the uranyl cation. Nat Chem 2020; 12:962-967. [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0505-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cobb PJ, Wooles AJ, Liddle ST. A Uranium(VI)-Oxo-Imido Dimer Complex Derived from a Sterically Demanding Triamidoamine. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:10034-10041. [PMID: 32602709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The reaction of [UO2(μ-Cl)4{K(18-crown-6)}2] with [{N(CH2CH2NSiPri3)3}Li3] gives [{UO(μ-NCH2CH2N[CH2CH2NSiPri3]2)}2] (1), [{(LiCl)(KCl)(18-crown-6)}2] (2), and [LiOSiPri3] (3) in a 1:2:2 ratio. The formation of the oxo-imido 1 involves the cleavage of a N-Si bond and the activation of one of the usually robust U═O bonds of uranyl(VI), resulting in the formation of uranium(VI)-imido and siloxide linkages. Notably, the uranium oxidation state remains unchanged at +6 in the starting material and product. Structural characterization suggests the dominance of a core RN═U═O group, and the dimeric formulation of 1 is supported by bridging imido linkages in a highly asymmetric U2N2 ring. Density functional theory analyses find a σ > π orbital energy ordering for the U═N and U═O bonds in 1, which is uranyl-like in nature. Complexes 1-3 were characterized variously by single crystal X-ray diffraction, multinuclear NMR, IR, Raman, and optical spectroscopies; cyclic voltammetry; and density functional theory.
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- Philip J Cobb
- 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, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Boreen MA, McCabe KN, Lohrey TD, Watt FA, Maron L, Hohloch S, Arnold J. Uranium Metallocene Azides, Isocyanates, and Their Borane-Capped Lewis Adducts. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:8580-8588. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- 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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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France
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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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- Paderborn University, Warburger Straße 100, Paderborn 33098, Germany
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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France
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- University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Innrain 80-82, Innsbruck 6020, Austria
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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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Pfister N, Bui M, Braun T, Wittwer P, Ahrens M. Synthesis and Reactivity of Iridium(I) Fluorido Complexes: Oxidative Addition of SF
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- Nils Pfister
- Department of Chemistry Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Brook‐Taylor‐Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Brook‐Taylor‐Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Brook‐Taylor‐Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Brook‐Taylor‐Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Brook‐Taylor‐Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Yadav M, Metta-Magaña A, Fortier S. Intra- and intermolecular interception of a photochemically generated terminal uranium nitride. Chem Sci 2020; 11:2381-2387. [PMID: 34084400 PMCID: PMC8157337 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05992j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The photochemically generated synthesis of a terminal uranium nitride species is here reported and an examination of its intra- and intermolecular chemistry is presented. Treatment of the U(iii) complex LArUI(DME) ((LAr)2− = 2,2′′-bis(Dippanilide)-p-terphenyl; Dipp = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) with LiNImDipp ((NImDipp)− = 1,3-bis(Dipp)-imidazolin-2-iminato) generates the sterically congested 3N-coordinate compound LArU(NImDipp) (1). Complex 1 reacts with 1 equiv. of Ph3CN3 to give the U(iv) azide LArU(N3)(NImDipp) (2). Structural analysis of 2 reveals inequivalent Nα–Nβ > Nβ–Nγ distances indicative of an activated azide moiety predisposed to N2 loss. Room-temperature photolysis of benzene solutions of 2 affords the U(iv) amide (N-LAr)U(NImDipp) (3) via intramolecular N-atom insertion into the benzylic C–H bond of a pendant isopropyl group of the (LAr)2− ligand. The formation of 3 occurs as a result of the intramolecular interception of the intermediately generated, terminal uranium nitride (LAr)U(N)(NImDipp) (3′). Evidence for the formation of 3′ is further bolstered by its intermolecular capture, accomplished by photolyzing solutions of 2 in the presence of an isocyanide or PMe3 to give (LAr)U[NCN(C6H3Me2)](NImDipp) (5) and (N,C-LAr*)U(N
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PMe3)(NImDipp) (6), respectively. These results expand upon the limited reactivity studies of terminal uranium–nitride moieties and provide new insights into their chemical properties. Photolysis of the U(iv) azide LArU(NImDipp) generates a reactive uranium nitride intermediate that can be intercepted by nucleophilic substrates – the first example of intermolecular chemistry of a rare photochemically generated uranium nitride.![]()
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- Munendra Yadav
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso El Paso TX 79968 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso El Paso TX 79968 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso El Paso TX 79968 USA
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Terminal uranium(V)-nitride hydrogenations involving direct addition or Frustrated Lewis Pair mechanisms. Nat Commun 2020; 11:337. [PMID: 31953390 PMCID: PMC6969212 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-14221-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Despite their importance as mechanistic models for heterogeneous Haber Bosch ammonia synthesis from dinitrogen and dihydrogen, homogeneous molecular terminal metal-nitrides are notoriously unreactive towards dihydrogen, and only a few electron-rich, low-coordinate variants demonstrate any hydrogenolysis chemistry. Here, we report hydrogenolysis of a terminal uranium(V)-nitride under mild conditions even though it is electron-poor and not low-coordinate. Two divergent hydrogenolysis mechanisms are found; direct 1,2-dihydrogen addition across the uranium(V)-nitride then H-atom 1,1-migratory insertion to give a uranium(III)-amide, or with trimesitylborane a Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP) route that produces a uranium(IV)-amide with sacrificial trimesitylborane radical anion. An isostructural uranium(VI)-nitride is inert to hydrogenolysis, suggesting the 5f1 electron of the uranium(V)-nitride is not purely non-bonding. Further FLP reactivity between the uranium(IV)-amide, dihydrogen, and triphenylborane is suggested by the formation of ammonia-triphenylborane. A reactivity cycle for ammonia synthesis is demonstrated, and this work establishes a unique marriage of actinide and FLP chemistries. Despite their importance as mechanistic models for Haber Bosch ammonia synthesis from N2 and H2, high oxidation state terminal metal-nitrides are notoriously unreactive towards H2. Here, the authors report hydrogenolysis of a uranium(V)-nitride, which can occur directly or by Frustrated Lewis Pair chemistry with a borane ancillary.
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Maria L, Bandeira NAG, Marçalo J, Santos IC, Gibson JK. CO 2 conversion to phenyl isocyanates by uranium(vi) bis(imido) complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:431-434. [PMID: 31825029 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc07411b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Uranium(vi) trans-bis(imido) complexes [U(κ4-{(tBu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam})(NPh)(NPhR)] react with CO2 to eliminate phenyl isocyanates and afford uranium(vi) trans-[O[double bond, length as m-dash]U[double bond, length as m-dash]NR]2+ complexes, including [U(κ4-{(tBu2ArO)2Me2-cyclam})(NPh)(O)] that was crystallographically characterized. DFT studies indicate that the reaction proceeds by endergonic formation of a cycloaddition intermediate; the secondary reaction to form a dioxo uranyl complex is both thermodynamically and kinetically hindered.
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- Leonor Maria
- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 2695-066 Bobadela, Portugal.
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Barluzzi L, Falcone M, Mazzanti M. Small molecule activation by multimetallic uranium complexes supported by siloxide ligands. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:13031-13047. [PMID: 31608910 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05605j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The synthesis and reactivity of uranium compounds supported by the tris-tert-butoxysiloxide ligand is surveyed. The multiple binding modes of the tert-butoxysiloxide ligand have proven very well suited to stabilize highly reactive homo- and heteropolymetallic complexes of uranium that have shown an unusual high reactivity towards small molecules such as CO2, CS2, chalcogens and azides. Moreover, these ligands have allowed the isolation of dinuclear nitride and oxide bridged complexes of uranium in various oxidation states. The ability of the tris-tert-butoxysiloxide ligands to trap alkali ions in these nitride or oxide complexes leads to unprecedented ligand based and metal based reduction and functionalization of N2, CO, CO2 and H2.
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- Luciano Barluzzi
- I Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- I Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- I Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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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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Palumbo CT, Barluzzi L, Scopelliti R, Zivkovic I, Fabrizio A, Corminboeuf C, Mazzanti M. Tuning the structure, reactivity and magnetic communication of nitride-bridged uranium complexes with the ancillary ligands. Chem Sci 2019; 10:8840-8849. [PMID: 31803458 PMCID: PMC6853081 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02149c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The reactivity of the nitride ligand is increased in complexes of uranium(iv) when bound by the OSi(OtBu)3 ligand as opposed to N(SiMe3)2, but magnetic exchange coupling is decreased.
Molecular uranium nitride complexes were prepared to relate their small molecule reactivity to the nature of the U
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U bonding imposed by the supporting ligand. The U4+–U4+ nitride complexes, [NBu4][{((tBuO)3SiO)3U}2(μ-N)], [NBu4]-1, and [NBu4][((Me3Si)2N)3U}2(μ-N)], 2, were synthesised by reacting NBu4N3 with the U3+ complexes, [U(OSi(OtBu)3)2(μ-OSi(OtBu)3)]2 and [U(N(SiMe3)2)3], respectively. Oxidation of 2 with AgBPh4 gave the U4+–U5+ analogue, [((Me3Si)2N)3U}2(μ-N)], 4. The previously reported methylene-bridged U4+–U4+ nitride [Na(dme)3][((Me3Si)2)2U(μ-N)(μ-κ2-C,N-CH2SiMe2NSiMe3)U(N(SiMe3)2)2] (dme = 1,2-dimethoxyethane), [Na(dme)3]-3, provided a versatile precursor for the synthesis of the mixed-ligand U4+–U4+ nitride complex, [Na(dme)3][((Me3Si)2N)3U(μ-N)U(N(SiMe3)2)(OSi(OtBu)3)], 5. The reactivity of the 1–5 complexes was assessed with CO2, CO, and H2. Complex [NBu4]-1 displays similar reactivity to the previously reported heterobimetallic complex, [Cs{((tBuO)3SiO)3U}2(μ-N)], [Cs]-1, whereas the amide complexes 2 and 4 are unreactive with these substrates. The mixed-ligand complexes 3 and 5 react with CO and CO2 but not H2. The nitride complexes [NBu4]-1, 2, 4, and 5 along with their small molecule activation products were structurally characterized. Magnetic data measured for the all-siloxide complexes [NBu4]-1 and [Cs]-1 show uncoupled uranium centers, while strong antiferromagnetic coupling was found in complexes containing amide ligands, namely 2 and 5 (with maxima in the χ versus T plot of 90 K and 55 K). Computational analysis indicates that the U(μ-N) bond order decreases with the introduction of oxygen-based ligands effectively increasing the nucleophilicity of the bridging nitride.
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- Chad T Palumbo
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism , Institute of Physics , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Staun SL, Sergentu DC, Wu G, Autschbach J, Hayton TW. Use of 15N NMR spectroscopy to probe covalency in a thorium nitride. Chem Sci 2019; 10:6431-6436. [PMID: 31367305 PMCID: PMC6615217 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc01960j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The first isolable molecular thorium nitride, [(NR2)3Th(μ-N)Th(NR2)3]–, was synthesized by reaction of [Th{N(R)(SiMe2)CH2}(NR2)2] with NaNH2 and characterized by X-ray crystallography, 15N NMR spectroscopy, and DFT calculations.
Reaction of the thorium metallacycle, [Th{N(R)(SiMe2)CH2}(NR2)2] (R = SiMe3) with 1 equiv. of NaNH2 in THF, in the presence of 18-crown-6, results in formation of the bridged thorium nitride complex, [Na(18-crown-6)(Et2O)][(R2N)3Th(μ-N)(Th(NR2)3] ([Na][1]), which can be isolated in 66% yield after work-up. Complex [Na][1] is the first isolable molecular thorium nitride complex. Mechanistic studies suggest that the first step of the reaction is deprotonation of [Th{N(R)(SiMe2)CH2}(NR2)2] by NaNH2, which results in formation of the thorium bis(metallacycle) complex, [Na(THF)x][Th{N(R)(SiMe2CH2)}2(NR2)], and NH3. NH3 then reacts with unreacted [Th{N(R)(SiMe2)CH2}(NR2)2], forming [Th(NR2)3(NH2)] (2), which protonates [Na(THF)x][Th{N(R)(SiMe2CH2)}2(NR2)] to give [Na][1]. Consistent with hypothesis, addition of excess NH3 to a THF solution of [Th{N(R)(SiMe2)CH2}(NR2)2] results in formation of [Th(NR2)3(NH2)] (2), which can be isolated in 51% yield after work-up. Furthermore, reaction of [K(DME)][Th{N(R)(SiMe2CH2)}2(NR2)] with 2, in THF-d8, results in clean formation of [K][1], according to 1H NMR spectroscopy. The electronic structures of [1]– and 2 were investigated by 15N NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. This analysis reveals that the Th–Nnitride bond in [1]– features more covalency and a greater degree of bond multiplicity than the Th–NH2 bond in 2. Similarly, our analysis indicates a greater degree of covalency in [1]–vs. comparable thorium imido and oxo complexes.
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- Selena L Staun
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo , State University of New York , 312 Natural Sciences Complex , Buffalo , NY 14260-3000 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo , State University of New York , 312 Natural Sciences Complex , Buffalo , NY 14260-3000 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California , Santa Barbara , California 93106 , USA .
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Du J, King DM, Chatelain L, Lu E, Tuna F, McInnes EJL, Wooles AJ, Maron L, Liddle ST. Thorium- and uranium-azide reductions: a transient dithorium-nitride versus isolable diuranium-nitrides. Chem Sci 2019; 10:3738-3745. [PMID: 30996964 PMCID: PMC6446963 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc05473h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Molecular uranium-nitrides are now well known, but there are no isolable molecular thorium-nitrides outside of cryogenic matrix isolation experiments. We report that treatment of [M(TrenDMBS)(I)] (M = U, 1; Th, 2; TrenDMBS = {N(CH2CH2NSiMe2Bu t )3}3-) with NaN3 or KN3, respectively, affords very rare examples of actinide molecular square and triangle complexes [{M(TrenDMBS)(μ-N3)} n ] (M = U, n = 4, 3; Th, n = 3, 4). Chemical reduction of 3 produces [{U(TrenDMBS)}2(μ-N)][K(THF)6] (5) and [{U(TrenDMBS)}2(μ-N)] (6), whereas photolysis produces exclusively 6. Complexes 5 and 6 can be reversibly inter-converted by oxidation and reduction, respectively, showing that these UNU cores are robust with no evidence for any C-H bond activations being observed. In contrast, reductions of 4 in arene or ethereal solvents gives [{Th(TrenDMBS)}2(μ-NH)] (7) or [{Th(TrenDMBS)}{Th(N[CH2CH2NSiMe2Bu t ]2CH2CH2NSi[μ-CH2]MeBu t )}(μ-NH)][K(DME)4] (8), respectively, providing evidence unprecedented outside of matrix isolation for a transient dithorium-nitride. This suggests that thorium-nitrides are intrinsically much more reactive than uranium-nitrides, since they consistently activate C-H bonds to form rare examples of Th-N(H)-Th linkages with alkyl by-products. The conversion here of a bridging thorium(iv)-nitride to imido-alkyl combination by 1,2-addition parallels the reactivity of transient terminal uranium(iv)-nitrides, but contrasts to terminal uranium(vi)-nitrides that produce alkyl-amides by 1,1-insertion, suggesting a systematic general pattern of C-H activation chemistry for metal(iv)- vs. metal(vi)-nitrides. Surprisingly, computational studies reveal a σ > π energy ordering for all these bridging nitride bonds, a phenomenon for actinides only observed before in terminal uranium nitrides and uranyl with very short U-N or U-O distances.
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- Jingzhen Du
- 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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- 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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- LPCNO , CNRS , INSA , Université Paul Sabatier , 135 Avenue de Rangueil , Toulouse 31077 , France .
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- School of Chemistry , The University of Manchester , Oxford Road , Manchester , M13 9PL , UK .
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Barluzzi L, Chatelain L, Fadaei-Tirani F, Zivkovic I, Mazzanti M. Facile N-functionalization and strong magnetic communication in a diuranium(v) bis-nitride complex. Chem Sci 2019; 10:3543-3555. [PMID: 30996946 PMCID: PMC6438153 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc05721d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Uranium nitride complexes are of high interest because of their ability to effect dinitrogen reduction and functionalization and to promote magnetic communication, but studies of their properties and reactivity remain rare. Here we have prepared in 73% yield the diuranium(v) bis-nitride complex [K2{[U(OSi(O t Bu)3)3]2(μ-N)2}], 4, from the thermal decomposition of the nitride-, azide-bridged diuranium(iv) complex [K2{[U(OSi(O t Bu)3)3]2(μ-N)(μ-N3)}], 3. The bis-nitride 4 reacts in ambient conditions with 1 equiv. of CS2 and 1 equiv. of CO2 resulting in N-C bond formation to afford the diuranium(v) complexes [K2{[U(OSi(O t Bu)3)3]2(μ-N)(μ-S)(μ-NCS)}], 5 and [K2{[U(OSi(O t Bu)3)3]2(μ-N)(μ-O)(μ-NCO)}], 6, respectively. Both nitrides in 4 react with CO resulting in oxidative addition of CO to one nitride and CO cleavage by the second nitride to afford the diuranium(iv) complex [K2{[U(OSi(O t Bu)3)3]2(μ-CN)(μ-O)(μ-NCO)}], 7. Complex 4 also effects the remarkable oxidative cleavage of H2 in mild conditions to afford the bis-imido bridged diuranium(iv) complex [K2{[U(OSi(O t Bu)3)3]2(μ-NH)2}], 8 that can be further protonated to afford ammonia in 73% yield. Complex 8 provides a good model for hydrogen cleavage by metal nitrides in the Haber-Bosch process. The measured magnetic data show an unusually strong antiferromagnetic coupling between uranium(v) ions in the complexes 4 and 6 with Neel temperatures of 77 K and 60 K respectively, demonstrating that nitrides are attractives linkers for promoting magnetic communication in uranium complexes.
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- Luciano Barluzzi
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism , Institute of Physics , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Hoerger CJ, Heinemann FW, Louyriac E, Rigo M, Maron L, Grützmacher H, Driess M, Meyer K. Cyaarside (CAs - ) and 1,3-Diarsaallendiide (AsCAs 2- ) Ligands Coordinated to Uranium and Generated via Activation of the Arsaethynolate Ligand (OCAs - ). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:1679-1683. [PMID: 30427562 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
Reaction of the trivalent uranium complex [((Ad,Me ArO)3 N)U(DME)] with one molar equiv [Na(OCAs)(dioxane)3 ], in the presence of 2.2.2-crypt, yields [Na(2.2.2-crypt)][{((Ad,Me ArO)3 N)UIV (THF)}(μ-O){((Ad,Me ArO)3 N)UIV (CAs)}] (1), the first example of a coordinated η1 -cyaarside ligand (CAs- ). Formation of the terminal CAs- is promoted by the highly reducing, oxophilic UIII precursor [((Ad,Me ArO)3 N)U(DME)] and proceeds through reductive C-O bond cleavage of the bound arsaethynolate anion, OCAs- . If two equiv of OCAs- react with the UIII precursor, the binuclear, μ-oxo-bridged U2 IV/IV complex [Na(2.2.2-crypt)]2 [{((Ad,Me ArO)3 N)UIV }2 (μ-O)(μ-AsCAs)] (2), comprising the hitherto unknown μ:η1 ,η1 -coordinated (AsCAs)2- ligand, is isolated. The mechanistic pathway to 2 involves the decarbonylation of a dimeric intermediate formed in the reaction of 1 with OCAs- . An alternative pathway to complex 2 is by conversion of 1 via addition of one further equiv of OCAs- .
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- Christopher J Hoerger
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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- Université de Toulouse et CNRS INSA, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Université de Toulouse et CNRS INSA, 135 avenue de Rangueil, 31077, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1, Hönggerberg, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Metalorganics and Inorganic Materials, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. C2, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058, Erlangen, Germany
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Hoerger CJ, Heinemann FW, Louyriac E, Rigo M, Maron L, Grützmacher H, Driess M, Meyer K. Cyaarside (CAs
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) and 1,3‐Diarsaallendiide (AsCAs
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) Ligands Coordinated to Uranium and Generated via Activation of the Arsaethynolate Ligand (OCAs
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). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201811332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Christopher J. Hoerger
- Department of Chemistry and PharmacyInorganic ChemistryFriedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and PharmacyInorganic ChemistryFriedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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- Université de Toulouse et CNRS INSA 135 avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse France
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- Department of ChemistryMetalorganics and Inorganic MaterialsTechnische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. C2 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Université de Toulouse et CNRS INSA 135 avenue de Rangueil 31077 Toulouse France
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- Department of Chemistry and Applied BiosciencesETH Zürich Vladimir-Prelog Weg 1 Hönggerberg 8093 Zürich Switzerland
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- Department of ChemistryMetalorganics and Inorganic MaterialsTechnische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135, Sekr. C2 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and PharmacyInorganic ChemistryFriedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) Egerlandstrasse 1 91058 Erlangen Germany
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Pfister N, Braun T, Wittwer P, Ahrens M. Selective Formation and Characterization of a RhIII
Difluorido λ4
-Trifluorosulfanyl Complex. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201800323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Nils Pfister
- Department of Chemistry; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Brook-Taylor-Straße 2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Falcone M, Poon LN, Fadaei Tirani F, Mazzanti M. Reversible Dihydrogen Activation and Hydride Transfer by a Uranium Nitride Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201800203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Marta Falcone
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Falcone M, Poon LN, Fadaei Tirani F, Mazzanti M. Reversible Dihydrogen Activation and Hydride Transfer by a Uranium Nitride Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:3697-3700. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201800203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Marta Falcone
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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Kelly RP, Falcone M, Lamsfus CA, Scopelliti R, Maron L, Meyer K, Mazzanti M. Metathesis of a U V imido complex: a route to a terminal U V sulfide. Chem Sci 2017; 8:5319-5328. [PMID: 28970911 PMCID: PMC5607896 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc01111c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The metathesis reaction of a UV imido complex supported by sterically demanding tris(tert-butoxy)siloxide ligands with CS2 afforded a terminal UV thiocarbonate but metathesis with H2S afforded the first example of a terminal UV sulfide.
Herein, we report the synthesis and characterisation of the first terminal uranium(v) sulfide and a related UV trithiocarbonate complex supported by sterically demanding tris(tert-butoxy)siloxide ligands. The reaction of the potassium-bound UV imido complex, [U(NAd){OSi(OtBu)3}4K] (4), with CS2 led to the isolation of perthiodicarbonate [K(18c6)]2[C2S6] (6), with concomitant formation of the UIV complex, [U{OSi(OtBu)3}4], and S
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CNAd. In contrast, the reaction of the UV imido complex, [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][U(NAd){OSi(OtBu)3}4] (5), with one or two equivalents of CS2 afforded the trithiocarbonate complex, [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][U(CS3){OSi(OtBu)3}4] (7), which was isolated in 57% yield, with concomitant elimination of the admantyl thiocyanate product, SCNAd. Complex 7 is likely formed by fast nucleophilic addition of a UV terminal sulfide intermediate, resulting from the slow metathesis reaction of the imido complex with CS2, to a second CS2 molecule. The addition of a solution of H2S in thf (1.3 eq.) to 4 afforded the first isolable UV terminal sulfide complex, [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][US{OSi(OtBu)3}4] (8), in 41% yield. Based on DFT calculations, triple-bond character with a strong covalent interaction is suggested for the U–S bond in complex 7.
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- Rory P Kelly
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Université de Toulouse et CNRS INSA , UPS , CNRS , UMR 5215 , LPCNO , 135 avenue de Rangueil , 31077 Toulouse , France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Université de Toulouse et CNRS INSA , UPS , CNRS , UMR 5215 , LPCNO , 135 avenue de Rangueil , 31077 Toulouse , France
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Inorganic Chemistry , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg , Egerlandstraße 1 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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Gardner BM, King DM, Tuna F, Wooles AJ, Chilton NF, Liddle ST. Assessing crystal field and magnetic interactions in diuranium-μ-chalcogenide triamidoamine complexes with U IV-E-U IV cores (E = S, Se, Te): implications for determining the presence or absence of actinide-actinide magnetic exchange. Chem Sci 2017; 8:6207-6217. [PMID: 28989654 PMCID: PMC5628351 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc01998j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We report the synthesis and characterisation of a family of diuranium(iv)-μ-chalcogenide complexes including a detailed examination of their electronic structures and magnetic behaviours. Treatment of [U(TrenTIPS)] [1, TrenTIPS = N(CH2CH2NSiPri3)3] with Ph3PS, selenium or tellurium affords the diuranium(iv)-sulfide, selenide, and telluride complexes [{U(TrenTIPS)}2(μ-E)] (E = S, 2; Se, 5; Te, 6). Complex 2 is also formed by treatment of [U(TrenTIPS){OP(NMe2)3}] (3) with Ph3PS, whereas treatment of 3 with elemental sulfur gives the diuranium(iv)-persulfido complex [{U(TrenTIPS)}2(μ-η2:η2-S2)] (4). Complexes 2-6 have been variously characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction, NMR, IR, and optical spectroscopies, room temperature Evans and variable temperature SQUID magnetometry, elemental analyses, and complete active space self consistent field spin orbit calculations. The combined characterisation data present a self-consistent picture of the electronic structure and magnetism of 2, 5, and 6, leading to the conclusion that single-ion crystal field effects, and not diuranium magnetic coupling, are responsible for features in their variable-temperature magnetisation data. The presence of magnetic coupling is often implied and sometimes quantified by such data, and so this study highlights the importance of evaluating other factors, such as crystal field effects, that can produce similar magnetic observables, and to thus avoid misassignments of such phenomena.
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- Benedict M Gardner
- 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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- 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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