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Drummond Turnbull R, Bell NL. f-Block hydride complexes - synthesis, structure and reactivity. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:12814-12836. [PMID: 38953848 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt00776j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Complexes formed between the heaviest and lightest elements in the periodic table yield the f-block hydrides, a unique class of compounds with wide-ranging utility and interest, from catalysis to light-responsive materials and nuclear waste storage. Recent developments in syntheses and analytics, such as exploiting low-oxidation state metal ions and improvements in X-ray diffraction tools, have transformed our ability to understand, access and manipulate these important species. This perspective brings together insights from binary metal hydrides, with molecular solution phase studies on heteroleptic complexes and gas phase investigations. It aims to provide an overview of how the f-element influences hydride formation, structure and reactivity including the sometimes-surprising power of co-ligands to tune their behaviour towards a variety of applications.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, G12 8QQ.
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Li T, Heng Y, Wang D, Hou G, Zi G, Ding W, Walter MD. Uranium versus Thorium: A Case Study on a Base-Free Terminal Uranium Imido Metallocene. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:9487-9510. [PMID: 38048266 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
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The structure of and bonding in two base-free terminal actinide imido metallocenes, [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2An═N(p-tolyl) (An = U (1), Th (1')) are compared and connected to their individual reactivity. While structurally rather similar, the U(IV) derivative 1 is slightly more sterically crowded. Furthermore, density functional theory (DFT) studies imply that the 5f orbital contribution to the bonding within the individual actinide imido An═N(p-tolyl) moieties is significantly larger for 1 than for 1', which makes the bonds between the [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U2+ and [(p-tolyl)N]2- fragments more covalent. Therefore, steric and electronic factors impact the reactivity of these imido complexes. For example, complex 1 is inert toward internal alkynes, but it readily forms Lewis base adducts [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U═N(p-tolyl)(L) (L = OPMe3 (6), dmap (9), PhCN (14), and 2,6-Me2PhNC (17)) with Me3PO, 4-dimethylaminopyridine (dmap), nitrile, PhCN, or isonitrile 2,6-Me2PhNC. It may also react as a nucleophile or undergo a [2 + 2] cycloaddition with CS2, isothiocyanates, thio-ketones, ketones, lactides, and acyl nitriles, forming the four- or five-membered metallaheteroacycles, terminal sulfido, or oxido complexes, and cyanide amidate complexes, respectively. In contrast, after the addition of aldehyde p-tolylCHO, the tetranuclear complex [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]4[OCH(p-tolyl)CH(p-tolyl)O]2U4O4 (10) is isolated. However, while 1 is unreactive toward dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC), an equilibrium exists in benzene solution between N,N'-diisopropylcarbodiimide (DIC), 1, and the four-membered metallaheterocycle [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U[N(p-tolyl)C(═NiPr)N(iPr)] (12). Furthermore, 1 may also engage in single- and two-electron transfer processes. It is singly oxidized by Ph3CN3, CuI, Ph2S2, and Ph2Se2, yielding the uranium(V) imido complexes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U═N(p-tolyl)(X) (X = N3 (20), I (22), PhS (23), and PhSe (24)), or is doubly oxidized by organic azides (RN3) and 9-diazofluorene, forming the uranium(VI) bis-imido metallocenes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U═N(p-tolyl)(=NR) (R = p-tolyl (18), mesityl (19)) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3C)3C5H2]2U=N(p-tolyl)[=NN=(9-C13H8)] (21), respectively.
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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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- 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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Hsueh FC, Chen D, Rajeshkumar T, Scopelliti R, Maron L, Mazzanti M. Two-Electron Redox Reactivity of Thorium Supported by Redox-Active Tripodal Frameworks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202317346. [PMID: 38100190 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202317346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 12/31/2023]
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The high stability of the + IVoxidation state limits thorium redox reactivity. Here we report the synthesis and the redox reactivity of two Th(IV) complexes supported by the arene-tethered tris(siloxide) tripodal ligands [(KOSiR2 Ar)3 -arene)]. The two-electron reduction of these Th(IV) complexes generates the doubly reduced [KTh((OSi(Ot Bu)2 Ar)3 -arene)(THF)2 ] (2OtBu ) and [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][Th((OSiPh2 Ar)3 -arene)(THF)2 ](2Ph -crypt) where the formal oxidation state of Th is +II. Structural and computational studies indicate that the reduction occurred at the arene anchor of the ligand. The robust tripodal frameworks store in the arene anchor two electrons that become available at the metal center for the two-electron reduction of a broad range of substrates (N2 O, COT, CHT, Ph2 N2 , Ph3 PS and O2 ) while retaining the ligand framework. This work shows that arene-tethered tris(siloxide) tripodal ligands allow implementation of two-electron redox chemistry at the thorium center while retaining the ligand framework unchanged.
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- Fang-Che Hsueh
- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie des Nano-objets, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 31077, Toulouse Cedex 4, France
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- Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Li T, Wang D, Heng Y, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Reactivity of a Lewis base-supported uranium terminal imido metallocene towards small molecules. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:13618-13630. [PMID: 37698550 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt02165c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
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The Lewis base-supported uranium terminal imido metallocene [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)(dmap) (1) readily reacts with various small molecules such as internal alkynes, isothiocyanates, thioketones, amidates, organic nitriles and imines, chlorosilanes, copper iodide, diphenyl disulfide, organic azides and diazoalkane derivatives. For example, treatment of 1 with PhCCCCPh and PhNCS forms metallaheterocycles originating from a [2 + 2] cycloaddition to yield [η5-1-(p-tolyl)NC(Ph)CHCC(Ph)CH2Si(Me)2-2,4-(Me3Si)2C5H2][η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]U (2) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U[N(p-tolyl)C(NPh)S](dmap) (3), respectively. The reaction of 1 with the thioketone Ph2CS forms the known uranium sulfido complex [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2US(dmap) (4), which reacts with a second molecule of Ph2CS to give the disulfido compound [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U(S2CPh2) (5). The imido moiety also promotes deprotonation reactions as illustrated in the reactions with the amide PhCONH(p-tolyl), the nitrile PhCH2CN and the imine (p-tolyl)2CNH to form the bis-amidate [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U[OC(Ph)N(p-tolyl)]2 (7), and the iminato complexes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U[N(p-tolyl)C(CH2Ph)NH](NCCHPh) (8) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U[NH(p-tolyl)][NC(p-tolyl)2] (9), respectively. Addition of PhSiH2Cl to 1 yields [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U(Cl)[N(p-tolyl)SiH2Ph] (10). In contrast, the uranium(V) imido complexes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)(I) (11) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)(SPh) (12), may be isolated upon addition of CuI or Ph2S2 to 1, respectively. Uranium(VI) bis-imido metallocenes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)(NR) (R = p-tolyl (13), mesityl (14)) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UN(p-tolyl)[NN(9-C13H8)] (15) are accessible from 1 on exposure to RN3 (R = p-tolyl, mesityl) and 9-diazofluorene, respectively. Complexes 2, 3, 5, and 7-15 were characterized by various spectroscopic techniques and, in addition, compounds 2, 3, 5, and 7-13 were structurally authenticated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.
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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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Li T, Wang D, Heng Y, Hou G, Zi G, Ding W, Walter MD. A Comprehensive Study Concerning the Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Terminal Uranium Oxido, Sulfido, and Selenido Metallocenes. J Am Chem Soc 2023. [PMID: 37376858 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Terminal uranium oxido, sulfido, and selenido metallocenes were synthesized, and their reactivity was comprehensively studied. Heating of an equimolar mixture of [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2UMe2 (2) and [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U(NH-p-tolyl)2 (3) in the presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine (dmap) in refluxing toluene forms [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U═N(p-tolyl)(dmap) (4), which is a useful precursor for the preparation of the terminal uranium oxido, sulfido, and selenido metallocenes [η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2]2U═E(dmap) (E = O (5), S (6), Se (7)) employing a cycloaddition-elimination methodology with Ph2C═E (E = O, S) or (p-MeOPh)2CSe, respectively. Metallocenes 5-7 are inert toward alkynes, but they act as nucleophiles in the presence of alkylsilyl halides. The oxido and sulfido metallocenes 5 and 6 undergo [2 + 2] cycloadditions with isothiocyanate PhNCS or CS2, while the selenido derivative 7 does not. The experimental studies are complemented by density functional theory (DFT) computations.
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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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- Department of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universitüt Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Tsoureas N, Rajeshkumar T, Townrow OPE, Maron L, Layfield RA. Thorium- and Uranium-Mediated C-H Activation of a Silyl-Substituted Cyclobutadienyl Ligand. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:20629-20635. [PMID: 36484644 PMCID: PMC9768750 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cyclobutadienyl complexes of the f-elements are a relatively new yet poorly understood class of sandwich and half-sandwich organometallic compounds. We now describe cyclobutadienyl transfer reactions of the magnesium reagent [(η4-Cb'''')Mg(THF)3] (1), where Cb'''' is tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)cyclobutadienyl, toward thorium(IV) and uranium(IV) tetrachlorides. The 1:1 stoichiometric reactions between 1 and AnCl4 proceed with intact transfer of Cb'''' to give the half-sandwich complexes [(η4-Cb'''')AnCl(μ-Cl)3Mg(THF)3] (An = Th, 2; An = U, 3). Using a 2:1 reaction stoichiometry produces [Mg2Cl3(THF)6][(η4-Cb'''')An(η3-C4H(SiMe3)3-κ-(CH2SiMe2)(Cl)] (An = Th, [Mg2Cl3(THF)6][4]; An = U [Mg2Cl3(THF)6][5]), in which one Cb'''' ligand has undergone cyclometalation of a trimethylsilyl group, resulting in the formation of an An-C σ-bond, protonation of the four-membered ring, and an η3-allylic interaction with the actinide. Complex solution-phase dynamics are observed with multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for both sandwich complexes. A computational analysis of the reaction mechanism leading to the formation of 4 and 5 indicates that the cyclobutadienyl ligands undergo C-H activation across the actinide center.
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- Nikolaos Tsoureas
- Department
of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, University
of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QJ, U.K.
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- Laboratoire
de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, Institut
National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse Cedex 4 31077, France
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K.
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- Laboratoire
de Physique et Chimie des Nano-Objets, Institut
National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse Cedex 4 31077, France,
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- Department
of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, University
of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QJ, U.K.,
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Li K, Liu W, Zhang H, Cheng L, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Chen N, Zhu C, Chai Z, Wang S. Progress in solid state and coordination chemistry of actinides in China. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2022. [DOI: 10.1515/ract-2022-0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In the past decade, the area of solid state chemistry of actinides has witnessed a rapid development in China, based on the significantly increased proportion of the number of actinide containing crystal structures reported by Chinese researchers from only 2% in 2010 to 36% in 2021. In this review article, we comprehensively overview the synthesis, structure, and characterizations of representative actinide solid compounds including oxo-compounds, organometallic compounds, and endohedral metallofullerenes reported by Chinese researchers. In addition, Chinese researchers pioneered several potential applications of actinide solid compounds in terms of adsorption, separation, photoelectric materials, and photo-catalysis, which are also briefly discussed. It is our hope that this contribution not only calls for further development of this area in China, but also arouses new research directions and interests in actinide chemistry and material sciences.
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- Kai Li
- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University , Suzhou , 215123 , China
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- School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Yantai University , Yantai , 264005 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University , Suzhou , 215123 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University , Suzhou , 215123 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University , Suzhou , 215123 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University , Suzhou , 215123 , China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University , Suzhou , Jiangsu 215123 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials , School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University , Nanjing , 210023 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University , Suzhou , 215123 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection , School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University , Suzhou , 215123 , China
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Jain A, Fostvedt JI, Kriegel BM, Small DW, Grant LN, Bergman RG, Arnold J. [3 + 2] Cycloadditions and Retrocycloadditions of Niobium Imido Complexes: An Experimental and Computational Mechanistic Study. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:6574-6583. [PMID: 35436407 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We demonstrate reactivity between a β-diketiminate-supported niobium(III) imido complex and alkyl azides to form niobatetrazene complexes (BDI)Nb(NtBu)(RNNNNR) (BDI = N,N-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-3,5-dimethyl-β-diketiminate; R = cyclohexyl (1), benzyl (2)). Intriguingly, niobatetrazene complexes 1 and 2 can be interconverted via addition of an appropriate alkyl azide, likely through a series of concerted [3 + 2] cycloaddition and retrocycloaddition reactions in which π-loaded bis(imido) intermediates are formed. The bis(imido) intermediates were trapped upon addition of alkyl isocyanides to yield five-coordinate bis(imido) complexes (BDI)Nb(NtBu)(NCy)(CNR) (R = tert-butyl (4a), cyclohexyl (4b)). Two computational methods─density functional theory and density functional tight binding (DFTB)─were employed to calculate the lowest energy pathway across the potential energy surface for this multistep transformation. Reaction path calculations for individual cycloaddition or retrocycloaddition processes along the multistep reaction pathway showed that these transformations occur via a concerted, yet highly asynchronous mechanism, in which the two bond-breaking or -making events do not occur simultaneously. The use of the DFTB method in this work highlights its advantages and utility for studying transition metal systems.
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- Anukta Jain
- 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
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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
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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
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Wang S, Li T, Heng Y, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Influence of the 1,3-Bis(trimethylsilyl)cyclopentadienyl Ligand on the Reactivity of the Uranium Phosphinidene [η5-1,3-(Me3Si)2C5H3]2U(═P-2,4,6-iPr3C6H2)(OPPh3). Organometallics 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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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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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Wang D, Ding W, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Experimental and Computational Studies on a Base-Free Terminal Uranium Phosphinidene Metallocene. Chemistry 2020; 26:16888-16899. [PMID: 32744750 PMCID: PMC7756876 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The first stable base‐free terminal uranium phosphinidene metallocene is presented; and its structure and reactivity have been studied in detail and compared to that of the corresponding thorium derivative. Salt metathesis reaction of the methyl iodide uranium metallocene Cp’’’2U(I)Me (2, Cp’’’=η5‐1,2,4‐(Me3C)3C5H2) with Mes*PHK (Mes*=2,4,6‐(Me3C)3C6H2) in THF yields the base‐free terminal uranium phosphinidene metallocene, Cp’’’2U=PMes* (3). In addition, density functional theory (DFT) studies suggest substantial 5f orbital contributions to the bonding within the uranium phosphinidene [U]=PAr moiety, which results in a more covalent bonding between the [Cp’’’2U]2+ and [Mes*P]2− fragments than that for the related thorium derivative. This difference in bonding besides steric reasons causes different reactivity patterns for both molecules. Therefore, the uranium derivative 3 may act as a Cp’’’2U(II) synthon releasing the phosphinidene moiety (Mes*P:) when treated with alkynes or a variety of hetero‐unsaturated molecules such as imines, thiazoles, ketazines, bipy, organic azides, diazene derivatives, ketones, and carbodiimides.
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- Deqiang 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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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany
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Wang D, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. (η5-C5Me5)2U(=P-2,4,6-tBu3C6H2)(OPMe3) Revisited—Its Intrinsic Reactivity toward Small Organic Molecules. Organometallics 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Deqiang 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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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Fostvedt JI, Grant LN, Kriegel BM, Obenhuber AH, Lohrey TD, Bergman RG, Arnold J. 1,2-Addition and cycloaddition reactions of niobium bis(imido) and oxo imido complexes. Chem Sci 2020; 11:11613-11632. [PMID: 34094408 PMCID: PMC8162998 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc03489d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The bis(imido) complexes (BDI)Nb(N t Bu)2 and (BDI)Nb(N t Bu)(NAr) (BDI = N,N'-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-3,5-dimethyl-β-diketiminate; Ar = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl) were shown to engage in 1,2-addition and [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions with a wide variety of substrates. Reaction of the bis(imido) complexes with dihydrogen, silanes, and boranes yielded hydrido-amido-imido complexes via 1,2-addition across Nb-imido π-bonds; some of these complexes were shown to further react via insertion of carbon dioxide to give formate-amido-imido products. Similarly, reaction of (BDI)Nb(N t Bu)2 with tert-butylacetylene yielded an acetylide-amido-imido complex. In contrast to these results, many related mono(imido) Nb BDI complexes do not exhibit 1,2-addition reactivity, suggesting that π-loading plays an important role in activating the Nb-N π-bonds toward addition. The same bis(imido) complexes were also shown to engage in [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions with oxygen- and sulfur-containing heteroallenes to give carbamate- and thiocarbamate-imido complexes: some of these complexes readily dimerized to give bis-μ-sulfido, bis-μ-iminodicarboxylate, and bis-μ-carbonate complexes. The mononuclear carbamate imido complex (BDI)Nb(NAr)(N( t Bu)CO2) (12) could be induced to eject tert-butylisocyanate to generate a four-coordinate terminal oxo imido intermediate, which could be trapped as the five-coordinate pyridine or DMAP adduct. The DMAP adducted oxo imido complex (BDI)NbO(NAr)(DMAP) (16) was shown to engage in 1,2-addition of silanes across the Nb-oxo π-bond; this represents a new reaction pathway in group 5 chemistry.
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- Jade I Fostvedt
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Wang D, Wang S, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. A Lewis Base Supported Terminal Uranium Phosphinidene Metallocene. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:14549-14563. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Deqiang 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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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Lapsheva EN, Cheisson T, Álvarez Lamsfus C, Carroll PJ, Gau MR, Maron L, Schelter EJ. Reactivity of Ce(iv) imido compounds with heteroallenes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:4781-4784. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc10052k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The reactivity of alkali metal capped Ce(iv) imido compounds [M(DME)2][CeNArF(TriNOx)] (1-M with M = K, Rb, Cs and ArF = 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl) with CO2 and organic isocyanates has been evaluated.
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- Ekaterina N. Lapsheva
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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- LPCNO
- CNRS & INSA
- Université Paul Sabatier
- 31077 Toulouse
- France
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- USA
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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
Abstract
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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Zhang C, Hou G, Zi G, Ding W, Walter MD. An Alkali-Metal Halide-Bridged Actinide Phosphinidiide Complex. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:1571-1590. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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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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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Wang Y, Zhang C, Zi G, Ding W, Walter MD. Preparation of a potassium chloride bridged thorium phosphinidiide complex and its reactivity towards small organic molecules. NEW J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj02269d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The steric and electronic properties of the coordinated ligands modulate the reactivity of thorium phosphinidene complexes.
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- Yongsong 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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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30
- Braunschweig
- Germany
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Zhang C, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. A base-free terminal thorium phosphinidene metallocene and its reactivity toward selected organic molecules. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:2377-2387. [DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00012g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Small molecule activation mediated by a base-free terminal phosphinidene thorium metallocene is reported.
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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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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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Wu W, Rehe D, Hrobárik P, Kornienko AY, Emge TJ, Brennan JG. Molecular Thorium Compounds with Dichalcogenide Ligands: Synthesis, Structure, 77Se NMR Study, and Thermolysis. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:14821-14833. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Wen Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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Zhang C, Hou G, Zi G, Ding W, Walter MD. A Base-Free Terminal Actinide Phosphinidene Metallocene: Synthesis, Structure, Reactivity, and Computational Studies. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:14511-14525. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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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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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Ringgold M, Rehe D, Hrobárik P, Kornienko AY, Emge TJ, Brennan JG. Thorium Cubanes–Synthesis, Solid-State and Solution Structures, Thermolysis, and Chalcogen Exchange Reactions. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:7129-7141. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Marissa Ringgold
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, 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 Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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Bi YT, Bao Z, Li L, Shen ZH, Pan QJ. A Relativistic DFT Probe of Thorium and Protactinium Complexes Supported by Heterocalix[4]arene and Redox Properties of Early-Middle Actinides. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201800328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yan-Ting Bi
- Science & Technology Division; Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry; Heilongjiang University; Harbin China 150080
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- Science & Technology Division; Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry; Heilongjiang University; Harbin China 150080
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- Science & Technology Division; Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry; Heilongjiang University; Harbin China 150080
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- Science & Technology Division; Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry; Heilongjiang University; Harbin China 150080
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- Science & Technology Division; Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry of Education Ministry; Heilongjiang University; Harbin China 150080
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Settineri NS, Arnold J. Insertion, protonolysis and photolysis reactivity of a thorium monoalkyl amidinate complex. Chem Sci 2018; 9:2831-2841. [PMID: 29732069 PMCID: PMC5914426 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc05328b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2017] [Accepted: 02/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The reactivity of the thorium monoalkyl complex Th(CH2SiMe3)(BIMA)3 [1, BIMA = MeC(NiPr)2] with various small molecules is described. While steric congestion prohibits the insertion of N,N'-diisopropylcarbodiimide into the Th-C bond in 1, the first thorium tetrakis(amidinate) complex, Th(BIMA)4 (2), is synthesized via an alternative salt metathesis route. Insertion of p-tolyl azide leads to the triazenido complex Th[(p-tolyl)NNN(CH2SiMe3)-κ2N1,2](BIMA)3 (3), which then undergoes thermal decomposition to the amido species Th[(p-tolyl)N(SiMe3)](BIMA)3 (4). The reaction of 1 with 2,6-dimethylphenylisocyanide results in the thorium iminoacyl complex Th[η2-(C[double bond, length as m-dash]N)-2,6-Me2-C6H3(CH2SiMe3)](BIMA)3 (5), while the reaction with isoelectronic CO leads to the products Th[OC([double bond, length as m-dash]CH2)SiMe3](BIMA)3 (6) and Th[OC(NiPr)C(CH2SiMe3)(C(Me)N(iPr))O-κ2O,O'](BIMA)2 (7), the latter being the result of CO coupling and insertion into an amidinate ligand. Protonolysis is achieved with several substrates, producing amido (9), aryloxide (10), phosphido (11a,b), acetylide (12), and cationic (13) complexes. Ligand exchange with 9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (9-BBN) results in formation of the thorium borohydride complex (BIMA)3Th(μ-H)2[B(C8H14)] (14). Complex 1 also reacts under photolytic conditions to eliminate SiMe4 and produce Th(BIMA)2(BIMA*) [15, BIMA* = (iPr)NC(CH2)N(iPr)], featuring a rare example of a dianionic amidinate ligand. Complexes 2, 3, 5, 6, 11a, and 12-15 were characterized by 1H and 13C{1H} NMR spectroscopy, FTIR, EA, melting point and X-ray crystallography. All other complexes were identified by one or more of these spectroscopic techniques.
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- Nicholas S Settineri
- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA .
- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA .
- Chemical Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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Raeder J, Reiners M, Baumgarten R, Münster K, Baabe D, Freytag M, Jones PG, Walter MD. Synthesis and molecular structure of pentadienyl complexes of the rare-earth metals. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:14468-14482. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03123a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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In combination with small and difficult to reduce rare-earth metals pdl′ undergoes CH-bond activations instead of sterically induced reductions to form dimeric complexes with a unique bridging six-membered metallacycle as the central structural motif.
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- Jan Raeder
- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
- 38106 Braunschweig
- Germany
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Stuber MA, Kornienko AY, Emge TJ, Brennan JG. Tetrametallic Thorium Compounds with Th 4E 4 (E = S, Se) Cubane Cores. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:10247-10256. [PMID: 28832125 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tetrametallic thorium compounds with a Th4E4 core (E = S, Se) having a distorted cubane structure can be prepared by ligand-based reductions of elemental E with thorium chalcogenolates, prepared by in situ oxidation of Th metal with a 3:1 mixture of PhEEPh and F5C6EEC6F5. Four compounds, (py)8Th4S4(μ2-SPh)4(SC6F5)4, (py)8Th4S4(μ2-SPh)4(SeC6F5)4, (py)8Th4Se4(μ2-SePh)4(SeC6F5)4, and (py)8Th4Se4(μ2-SePh)4(SC6F5)4, were isolated and characterized by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction. These compounds clearly demonstrate the chemical impact of ring fluorination, with the less-nucleophilic EC6F5 ligands occupying the terminal binding sites and the EPh ligands bridging two metal centers. For this series of compounds, crystal packing and intermolecular π···π and H-bonding interactions result in a consistent motif and crystallization in a body-centered tetragonal unit cell. Solution-state 77Se NMR spectroscopy reveals that the solid-state structures are maintained in pyridine.
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- Matthew A Stuber
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey , 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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Mellino S, Stevenson LC, Clot E, Mountford P. Reactions of Titanium Imides and Hydrazides with Boranes. Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Simona Mellino
- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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- Institut
Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS-UM-ENSCM, Université de Montpellier, cc 1501, Place Eugéne Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, U.K
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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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Settineri NS, Garner ME, Arnold J. A Thorium Chalcogenolate Series Generated by Atom Insertion into Thorium–Carbon Bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:6261-6269. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b02356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas S. Settineri
- Chemical Science Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Science Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Science Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Shi Y, Li J, Cui C. Synthesis of divalent ytterbium terphenylamide and catalytic application for regioselective hydrosilylation of alkenes. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:10957-10962. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt01837a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Divalent ytterbium terphenylamide exhibited high regioselectivity and activity in the hydrosilylation of alkenes with low catalyst loadings.
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- Yinghua Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering
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Reiners M, Baabe D, Schweyen P, Freytag M, Jones PG, Walter MD. Teaching Ferrocenium How to Relax: A Systematic Study on Spin-Lattice Relaxation Processes in tert
-Butyl-Substituted Ferrocenium Derivatives. Eur J Inorg Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Matthias Reiners
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Hagenring 30 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Hagenring 30 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Hagenring 30 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Hagenring 30 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Hagenring 30 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Hagenring 30 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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Yang P, Zhou E, Hou G, Zi G, Ding W, Walter MD. Experimental and Computational Studies on the Formation of Thorium-Copper Heterobimetallics. Chemistry 2016; 22:13845-13849. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Pikun Yang
- Department of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry; Beijing Normal University; Beijing 100875 P.R. China
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- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie; Technische Universität Braunschweig; Hagenring 30 38106 Braunschweig Germany
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Rehe D, Kornienko AY, Emge TJ, Brennan JG. Thorium Compounds with Bonds to Sulfur or Selenium: Synthesis, Structure, and Thermolysis. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:6961-7. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- David Rehe
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087, United States
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Edelmann FT. Lanthanides and actinides: Annual survey of their organometallic chemistry covering the year 2015. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Yang P, Zhou E, Fang B, Hou G, Zi G, Walter MD. Preparation of (η5-C5Me5)2Th(bipy) and Its Reactivity toward Small Molecules. Organometallics 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pikun Yang
- 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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Batrice RJ, Eisen MS. Catalytic insertion of E-H bonds (E = C, N, P, S) into heterocumulenes by amido-actinide complexes. Chem Sci 2016; 7:939-944. [PMID: 29896364 PMCID: PMC5954617 DOI: 10.1039/c5sc02746b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We report herein the actinide-mediated insertion of E-H bonds (E = C, N, P, S) into various heterocumulenes including carbodiimides, isocyanates, and isothiocyanates. The precatalysts are prepared by a simple, one-pot procedure using readily available starting materials, and challenging insertions are achieved with excellent selectivity in short reaction times. Spectroscopic data are utilised to propose the active catalytic mechanism and derive thermodynamic activation parameters, which are described in this study. The only example of an actinide-mediated C-H bond insertion into a carbon-heteroatom bond is presented within this study.
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- Rami J Batrice
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology , Technion City , 32000 , Haifa , Israel .
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- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry , Technion - Israel Institute of Technology , Technion City , 32000 , Haifa , Israel .
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Fang B, Hou G, Zi G, Ding W, Walter MD. Steric and Electronic Influences of Internal Alkynes on the Formation of Thorium Metallacycles: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study. Organometallics 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Bo Fang
- 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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Behrle AC, Walensky JR. Insertion of tBuNC into thorium–phosphorus and thorium–arsenic bonds: phosphaazaallene and arsaazaallene moieties in f element chemistry. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:10042-9. [PMID: 27122120 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt00776g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The reactivity of thorium–phosphido and thorium–arsenido bonds was probed using tert-butyl isocyanide, tBuNC.
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Fang B, Zhang L, Hou G, Zi G, Fang DC, Walter MD. Experimental and Computational Studies on an Actinide Metallacyclocumulene Complex. Organometallics 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Bo Fang
- 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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Bell NL, Maron L, Arnold PL. Thorium Mono- and Bis(imido) Complexes Made by Reprotonation of cyclo-Metalated Amides. J Am Chem Soc 2015; 137:10492-5. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b06630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Nicola L. Bell
- EaStCHEM
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- CNRS, INSA, UPS,
CNRS, UMR 5215, LPCNO, and Université de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- EaStCHEM
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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