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Hsueh FC, Barluzzi L, Rajeshkumar T, Scopelliti R, Zivkovic I, Maron L, Mazzanti M. Synthesis, structure and redox properties of single-atom bridged diuranium complexes supported by aryloxides. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:13416-13426. [PMID: 39051943 PMCID: PMC11320667 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt01819b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2024] [Accepted: 07/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Single-atom (group 15 and group 16 anions) bridged dimetallic complexes of low oxidation state uranium provide a convenient route to implement multielectron transfer and promote magnetic communication in uranium chemistry, but remain extremely rare. Here we report the synthesis, redox and magnetic properties of N3-, O2-, and S2- bridged diuranium complexes supported by bulky aryloxide ligands. The U(IV)/U(IV) nitride [Cs(THF)8][(U(OAr)3)2(μ-N)], 1 could be prepared and characterized but could not be reduced. Reduction of the neutral U(IV)/U(IV) complexes [(U(OAr)3)2(μ-X)] A (X = O) and B (X = S) led to the isolation and characterization of the U(IV)/U(III) and U(III)/U(III) analogues. Complexes [(K(THF)4)2(U(OAr)2)2(μ-S)2], 5 and [K(2.2.2-cryptand)]2[(U(OAr)3)2(μ-S)], 6 are the first examples of U(III) sulphide bridged complexes. Computational studies and redox properties allow the reactivity of the dimetallic complexes to be related to their electronic structure.
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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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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-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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Sharma S, Pandey B, Rajaraman G. The interplay of covalency, cooperativity, and coupling strength in governing C-H bond activation in Ni 2E 2 (E = O, S, Se, Te) complexes. Chem Sci 2024; 15:10529-10540. [PMID: 38994414 PMCID: PMC11234824 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc02882a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
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Dinickel dichalcogenide complexes hold vital multifaceted significance across catalysis, electron transfer, magnetism, materials science, and energy conversion. Understanding their structure, bonding, and reactivity is crucial for all aforementioned applications. These complexes are classified as dichalcogenide, subchalcogenide, or chalcogenide based on metal oxidation and coordinated chalcogen, and due to the associated complex electronic structure, ambiguity often lingers about their classification. In this work, using DFT, CASSCF/NEVPT2, and DLPNO-CCSD(T) methods, we have studied in detail [(NiL)2(E2)] (L = 1,4,7,10-tetramethyl-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane; E = O, S, Se and Te) complexes and explored their reactivity towards C-H bond activation for the first time. Through a comprehensive analysis of the structure, bonding, and reactivity of a series of [(NiL)2(E2)] complexes with E = O, S, Se, and Te, our computational findings suggest that {Ni2O2} and {Ni2S2} are best categorised as dichalcogenide-type complexes. In contrast, {Ni2Se2} and {Ni2Te2} display tendencies consistent with the subchalcogenide classification, and this aligns with the earlier structural correlation proposed (Berry and co-workers, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4993) reports on the importance of the E-E bond strength. Our study suggests the reactivity order of {Ni2O2} > {Ni2S2} > {Ni2Se2} > {Ni2Te2} for C-H bond activation, and the origin of the difference in reactivity was attributed to the difference in the Ni-E bond covalency, and electronic cooperativity between two Ni centres that switch among the classification during the reaction. Further non-adiabatic analysis at the C-H bond activation step demonstrates a decrease in coupling strength as we progress down the group, indicating a correlation with metal-ligand covalency. Notably, the reactivity trend is found to be correlated to the strength of the antiferromagnetic exchange coupling constant J via developing a magneto-structural-barrier map - offering a hitherto unknown route to fine-tune the reactivity of this important class of compound.
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- Sunita Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai 400076 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai 400076 India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai 400076 India
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Li K, Rajeshkumar T, Zhao Y, Wang T, Maron L, Zhu C. Temperature induced single-crystal to single-crystal transformation of uranium azide complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:2966-2969. [PMID: 38376444 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00546e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2024]
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The monomeric and dimeric uranium azide complexes {[(CH3)2NCH2CH2NPiPr2]2U(N3)2} (2) and {[(CH3)2NCH2CH2NPiPr2]2U(N3)2}2 (3) were synthesized by treating complex 1 with NaN3 at 60 and -20 °C, respectively. A temperature-induced single-crystal to single-crystal transformation of 3 to 2 was observed. The reduction of either 2 or 3 with KC8 yields a uranium nitride complex {[(CH3)2NCH2CH2NPiPr2]4U2(μ-N)2} (4).
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- Kai Li
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
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- LPCNO, CNRS & INSA, Université Paul Sabatier, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France.
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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 210093, 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 210093, China.
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- LPCNO, CNRS & INSA, Université Paul Sabatier, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France.
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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 210093, China.
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Batov MS, Del Rosal I, Scopelliti R, Fadaei-Tirani F, Zivkovic I, Maron L, Mazzanti M. Multimetallic Uranium Nitride Cubane Clusters from Dinitrogen Cleavage. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:26435-26443. [PMID: 37991736 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Dinitrogen cleavage provides an attractive but poorly studied route to the assembly of multimetallic nitride clusters. Here, we show that the monoelectron reduction of the dinitrogen complex [{U(OC6H2-But3-2,4,6)3}2(μ-η2:η2-N2)], 1, allows us to generate, for the first time, a uranium complex presenting a rare triply reduced N2 moiety ((μ-η2:η2-N2)•3-). Importantly, the bound dinitrogen can be further reduced, affording the U4N4 cubane cluster, 3, and the U6N6 edge-shared cubane cluster, 4, thus showing that (N2)•3- can be an intermediate in nitride formation. The tetranitride cluster showed high reactivity with electrophiles, yielding ammonia quantitatively upon acid addition and promoting CO cleavage to yield quantitative conversion of nitride into cyanide. These results show that dinitrogen reduction provides a versatile route for the assembly of large highly reactive nitride clusters, with U6N6 providing the first example of a molecular nitride of any metal formed from a complete cleavage of three N2 molecules.
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- Mikhail S Batov
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-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), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, École 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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- 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), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Hartline DR, Löffler ST, Fehn D, Kasper JM, Heinemann FW, Yang P, Batista ER, Meyer K. Uranium-Mediated Peroxide Activation and a Precursor toward an Elusive Uranium cis-Dioxo Fleeting Intermediate. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:8927-8938. [PMID: 37053448 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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The activation of chalcogen-chalcogen bonds using organometallic uranium complexes has been well documented for S-S, Se-Se, and Te-Te bonds. In stark contrast, reports concerning the ability of a uranium complex to activate the O-O bond of an organic peroxide are exceedingly rare. Herein, we describe the peroxide O-O bond cleavage of 9,10-diphenylanthracene-9,10-endoperoxide in nonaqueous media, mediated by a uranium(III) precursor [((Me,AdArO)3N)UIII(dme)] to generate a stable uranium(V) bis-alkoxide complex, namely, [((Me,AdArO)3N)UV(DPAP)]. This reaction proceeds via an isolable, alkoxide-bridged diuranium(IV/IV) species, implying that the oxidative addition occurs in two sequential, single-electron oxidations of the metal center, including rebound of a terminal oxygen radical. This uranium(V) bis-alkoxide can then be reduced with KC8 to form a uranium(IV) complex, which upon exposure to UV light, in solution, releases 9,10-diphenylanthracene to generate a cyclic uranyl trimer through formal two-electron photooxidation. Analysis of the mechanism of this photochemical oxidation via density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicates that the formation of this uranyl trimer occurs through a fleeting uranium cis-dioxo intermediate. At room temperature, this cis-configured dioxo species rapidly isomerizes to a more stable trans configuration through the release of one of the alkoxide ligands from the complex, which then goes on to form the isolated uranyl trimer complex.
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- Douglas R Hartline
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Hu SX, You XX, Zou WL, Lu E, Gao X, Zhang P. Electronic Structures and Unusual Chemical Bonding in Actinyl Peroxide Dimers [An 2O 6] 2+ and [(An 2O 6)(12-crown-4 ether) 2] 2+ (An = U, Np, and Pu). Inorg Chem 2022; 61:15589-15599. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Shu-Xian Hu
- Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710127, China
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- School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
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Keener M, Fadaei-Tirani F, Scopelliti R, Zivkovic I, Mazzanti M. Nitrogen activation and cleavage by a multimetallic uranium complex. Chem Sci 2022; 13:8025-8035. [PMID: 35919442 PMCID: PMC9278153 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc02997a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Multimetallic-multielectron cooperativity plays a key role in the metal-mediated cleavage of N2 to nitrides (N3-). In particular, low-valent uranium complexes coupled with strong alkali metal reducing agents can lead to N2 cleavage, but often, it is ambiguous how many electrons are transferred from the uranium centers to cleave N2. Herein, we designed new dinuclear uranium nitride complexes presenting a combination of electronically diverse ancillary ligands to promote the multielectron transformation of N2. Two heteroleptic diuranium nitride complexes, [K{UIV(OSi(O t Bu)3)(N(SiMe3)2)2}2(μ-N)] (1) and [Cs{UIV(OSi(O t Bu)3)2(N(SiMe3)2)}2(μ-N)] (3-Cs), containing different combinations of OSi(O t Bu)3 and N(SiMe3)2 ancillary ligands, were synthesized. We found that both complexes could be reduced to their U(iii)/U(iv) analogues, and the complex, [K2{UIV/III(OSi(O t Bu)3)2(N(SiMe3)2)}2(μ-N)] (6-K), could be further reduced to a putative U(iii)/U(iii) species that is capable of promoting the 4e- reduction of N2, yielding the N2 4-complex [K3{UV(OSi(O t Bu)3)2(N(SiMe3)2)}2(μ-N)(μ-η2:η2-N2)], 7. Parallel N2 reduction pathways were also identified, leading to the isolation of N2 cleavage products, [K3{UVI(OSi(O t Bu)3)2(N(SiMe3)2)([triple bond, length as m-dash]N)}(μ-N)2{UV(OSi(O t Bu)3)2(N(SiMe3)2)}]2, 8, and [K4{(OSi(O t Bu)3)2UV)([triple bond, length as m-dash]N)}(μ-NH)(μ-κ2:C,N-CH2SiMe2NSiMe3)-{UV(OSi(O t Bu)3)2][K(N(SiMe3)2]2, 9. These complexes provide the first example of N2 cleavage to nitride by a uranium complex in the absence of reducing alkali metals.
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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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- 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, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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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: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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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Modder DK, Batov MS, Rajeshkumar T, Sienkiewicz A, Zivkovic I, Scopelliti R, Maron L, Mazzanti M. Assembling Diuranium Complexes in Different States of Charge with a Bridging Redox-Active Ligand. Chem Sci 2022; 13:11294-11303. [PMID: 36320571 PMCID: PMC9533398 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc03592h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Radical-bridged diuranium complexes are desirable for their potential high exchange coupling and single molecule magnet (SMM) behavior, but remain rare. Here we report for the first time radical-bridged diuranium(iv) and diuranium(iii) complexes. Reaction of [U{N(SiMe3)2}3] with 2,2′-bipyrimidine (bpym) resulted in the formation of the bpym-bridged diuranium(iv) complex [{((Me3Si)2N)3UIV}2(μ-bpym2−)], 1. Reduction with 1 equiv. KC8 reduces the complex, affording [K(2.2.2-cryptand)][{((Me3Si)2N)3U}2(μ-bpym)], 2, which is best described as a radical-bridged UIII–bpym˙−–UIII complex. Further reduction of 1 with 2 equiv. KC8, affords [K(2.2.2-cryptand)]2[{((Me3Si)2N)3UIII}2(μ-bpym2−)], 3. Addition of AgBPh4 to complex 1 resulted in the oxidation of the ligand, yielding the radical-bridged complex [{((Me3Si)2N)3UIV}2(μ-bpym˙−)][BPh4], 4. X-ray crystallography, electrochemistry, susceptibility data, EPR and DFT/CASSCF calculations are in line with their assignments. In complexes 2 and 4 the presence of the radical-bridge leads to slow magnetic relaxation. Convenient routes to dinuclear complexes of uranium where two uranium centers are bridged by the redox-active ligand bpym were identified resulting in unique and stable radical-bridged dimetallic complexes of U(iii) and U(iv) showing SMM behaviour.![]()
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- Dieuwertje K Modder
- 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 Cedex 4 31077 Toulouse France
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
- ADSresonances Sàrl Route de Genève 60B 1028 Préverenges Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Quantum Magnetism, Institute of Physics, 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 Cedex 4 31077 Toulouse 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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Zhang P, Zou W, Zhang P, Hu S. Electronic Structures and Properties of Actinide‐Bimetal Compounds An
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(E=N, F, S). Eur J Inorg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Peng Zhang
- School of Mathematics and Physics University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
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- Institute of Modern Physics Northwest University Xi'an 710127 China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics Haidian Beijing 100088 China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics University of Science and Technology Beijing Beijing 100083 China
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center Haidian Beijing 100193 China
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Maurice R, Dau PD, Hodée M, Renault E, Gibson JK. Controlling Cation‐Cation Interactions in Uranyl Coordination Dimers by Varying the Length of the Dicarboxylate Linker. Eur J Inorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202000840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Rémi Maurice
- SUBATECH, UMR CNRS 6457 IN2P3/IMT Atlantique/Université de Nantes 4 rue Alfred Kastler, BP 20722 44307 Nantes Cedex 3 France
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- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720 Berkeley California United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720 Berkeley California United States
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Cowie BE, Douair I, Maron L, Love JB, Arnold PL. Selective oxo ligand functionalisation and substitution reactivity in an oxo/catecholate-bridged U IV/U IV Pacman complex. Chem Sci 2020; 11:7144-7157. [PMID: 33033607 PMCID: PMC7499863 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02297g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The oxo- and catecholate-bridged UIV/UIV Pacman complex [{(py)UIVOUIV(μ-O2C6H4)(py)}(LA)] A (LA = a macrocyclic "Pacman" ligand; anthracenylene hinge between N4-donor pockets, ethyl substituents on meso-carbon atom of each N4-donor pocket) featuring a bent UIV-O-UIV oxo bridge readily reacts with small molecule substrates to undergo either oxo-atom functionalisation or substitution. Complex A reacts with H2O or MeOH to afford [{(py)UIV(μ-OH)2UIV(μ-O2C6H4)(py)}(LA)] (1) and [{(py)UIV(μ-OH)(μ-OMe)UIV(μ-O2C6H4)(py)}(LA)] (2), respectively, in which the bridging oxo ligand in A is substituted for two bridging hydroxo ligands or one bridging hydroxo and one bridging methoxy ligand, respectively. Alternatively, A reacts with either 0.5 equiv. of S8 or 4 equiv. of Se to provide [{(py)UIV(μ-η2:η2-E2)UIV(μ-O2C6H4)(py)}(LA)] (E = S (3), Se (4)) respectively, in which the [E2]2- ion bridges the two UIV centres. To the best of our knowledge, complex A is the first example of either a d- or f-block bimetallic μ-oxo complex that activates elemental chalcogens. Complex A also reacts with XeF2 or 2 equiv. of Me3SiCl to provide [{(py)UIV(μ-X)2UIV(μ-O2C6H4)(py)}(LA)] (X = F (5), Cl (6)), in which the oxo ligand has been substituted for two bridging halido ligands. Reacting A with either XeF2 or Me3SiCl in the presence of O(Bcat)2 at room temperature forms [{(py)UIV(μ-X)(μ-OBcat)UIV(μ-O2C6H4)(py)}(LA)] (X = F (5A), Cl (6A)), which upon heating to 80 °C is converted to 5 and 6, respectively. In order to probe the importance of the bent UIV-O-UIV motif in A on the observed reactivity, the bis(boroxido)-UIV/UIV complex, [{(py)(pinBO)UIVOUIV(OBpin)(py)}(LA)] (B), featuring a linear UIV-O-UIV bond angle was treated with H2O and Me3SiCl. Complex B reacts with two equiv. of either H2O or Me3SiCl to provide [{(py)HOUIVOUIVOH(py)}(LA)] (7) and [{(py)ClUIVOUIVCl(py)}(LA)] (8), respectively, in which reactions occur preferentially at the boroxido ligands, with the μ-oxo ligand unchanged. The formal UIV oxidation state is retained in all of the products 1-8, and selective reactions at the bridging oxo ligand in A is facilitated by: (1) its highly nucleophilic character which is a result of a non-linear UIV-O-UIV bond angle causing an increase in U-O bond covalency and localisation of the lone pairs of electrons on the μ-oxo group, and (2) the presence of the bridging catecholate ligand, which destabilises a linear oxo-bridging geometry and stabilises the resulting products.
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- Bradley E Cowie
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings , Edinburgh , EH9 3FJ , UK
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- Université de Toulouse , INSA , UPS , CNRS , UMR 5215 , LPCNO , 135 Avenue de Rangueil , F-31077 Toulouse , France
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- Université de Toulouse , INSA , UPS , CNRS , UMR 5215 , LPCNO , 135 Avenue de Rangueil , F-31077 Toulouse , France
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings , Edinburgh , EH9 3FJ , UK
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , The University of Edinburgh , Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings , Edinburgh , EH9 3FJ , UK
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Boreen MA, Arnold J. The synthesis and versatile reducing power of low-valent uranium complexes. Dalton Trans 2020; 49:15124-15138. [DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03151h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This synthesis and diverse reactivity of uranium(iii) and uranium(ii) complexes is discussed.
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- Michael A. Boreen
- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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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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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: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [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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Rosenzweig MW, Hümmer J, Scheurer A, Lamsfus CA, Heinemann FW, Maron L, Mazzanti M, Meyer K. A complete series of uranium(iv) complexes with terminal hydrochalcogenido (EH) and chalcogenido (E) ligands E = O, S, Se, Te. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:10853-10864. [PMID: 30950469 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00530g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We here report the synthesis and characterization of a complete series of terminal hydrochalcogenido, U-EH, and chalcogenido uranium(iv) complexes, U≡E (with E = O, S, Se, Te), supported by the (Ad,MeArOH)3tacn (1,4,7-tris(3-(1-adamantyl)-5-methyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane) ligand system. Reaction of H2E with the trivalent precursor [((Ad,MeArO)3tacn)U] (1) yields the corresponding uranium(iv) hydrochalcogenido complexes [((Ad,MeArO)3tacn)U(EH)] (2). Subsequent deprotonation of the terminal hydrochalcogenido species with KN(SiMe3)2, in the presence of 2.2.2-cryptand, gives access to the uranium(iv) complexes with terminal chalcogenido ligands [K(2.2.2-crypt)][((Ad,MeArO)3tacn)U≡E] (3). In order to study the influence of the varying terminal chalogenido ligands on the overall molecular and electronic structure, all complexes were studied by single-crystal X-ray diffractometry, UV/vis/NIR, electronic absorption, and IR vibrational spectroscopy as well as SQUID magnetometry and computational analyses (DFT, MO, NBO).
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- Michael W Rosenzweig
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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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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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse, 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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- LPCNO, Université de Toulouse, INSA Toulouse, 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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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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Teyar B, Boucenina S, Belkhiri L, Le Guennic B, Boucekkine A, Mazzanti M. Theoretical Investigation of the Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Oxo-Bridged Uranyl(V) Dinuclear and Trinuclear Complexes. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:10097-10110. [PMID: 31287673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The uranyl(V) complexes [UO2(dbm)2K(18C6)]2 (dbm = dibenzoylmethanate) and [UO2(L)]3(L = 2-(4-tolyl)-1,3-bis(quinolyl)malondiiminate), exhibiting diamond-shaped U2O2 and triangular-shaped U3O3 cores respectively with 5f1-5f1 and 5f1-5f1-5f1 configurations, have been investigated using relativistic density functional theory (DFT). The bond order and QTAIM analyses reveal that the covalent contribution to the bonding within the oxo cores is slightly more important for U3O3 than for U2O2, in line with the shorter U-O distances existing in the trinuclear complex in comparison to those in the binuclear complex. Using the broken symmetry (BS) approach combined with the B3LYP functional for the calculation of the magnetic exchange coupling constants (J) between the magnetic centers, the antiferromagnetic (AF) character of these complexes was confirmed, the estimated J values being respectively equal to -24.1 and -7.2 cm-1 for the dioxo and trioxo species. It was found that the magnetic exchange is more sensitive to small variations of the core geometry of the dioxo species in comparison to the trioxo species. Although the robust AF exchange coupling within the UxOx cores is generally maintained when small variations of the UOU angle are applied, a weak ferromagnetic character appears in the dioxo species when this angle is higher than 114°, its value for the actual structure being equal to 105.9°. The electronic factors driving the magnetic coupling are discussed.
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- Billel Teyar
- Faculté des Sciences Exactes , Université des Frères Mentouri , Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique LPMS, 25017 Constantine , Algeria.,Université Ziane Achour de Djelfa , 17000 Djelfa , Algeria
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- Faculté des Sciences Exactes , Université des Frères Mentouri , Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique LPMS, 25017 Constantine , Algeria
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- Faculté des Sciences Exactes , Université des Frères Mentouri , Laboratoire de Physique Mathématique et Subatomique LPMS, 25017 Constantine , Algeria
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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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: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [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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Tatebe CJ, Kiernicki JJ, Higgins RF, Ward RJ, Natoli SN, Langford JC, Clark CL, Zeller M, Wenthold P, Shores MP, Walensky JR, Bart SC. Investigation of the Electronic Structure of Aryl-Bridged Dinuclear U(III) and U(IV) Compounds. Organometallics 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Caleb J. Tatebe
- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- H. C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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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: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [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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Over the past 25 years, magnetic actinide complexes have been the object of considerable attention, not only at the experimental level, but also at the theoretical one. Such systems are of great interest, owing to the well-known larger spin–orbit coupling for actinide ions, and could exhibit slow relaxation of the magnetization, arising from a large anisotropy barrier, and magnetic hysteresis of purely molecular origin below a given blocking temperature. Furthermore, more diffuse 5f orbitals than lanthanide 4f ones (more covalency) could lead to stronger magnetic super-exchange. On the other hand, the extraordinary experimental challenges of actinide complexes chemistry, because of their rarity and toxicity, afford computational chemistry a particularly valuable role. However, for such a purpose, the use of a multiconfigurational post-Hartree-Fock approach is required, but such an approach is computationally demanding for polymetallic systems—notably for actinide ones—and usually simplified models are considered instead of the actual systems. Thus, Density Functional Theory (DFT) appears as an alternative tool to compute magnetic exchange coupling and to explore the electronic structure and magnetic properties of actinide-containing molecules, especially when the considered systems are very large. In this paper, relevant achievements regarding DFT investigations of the magnetic properties of actinide complexes are surveyed, with particular emphasis on some representative examples that illustrate the subject, including actinides in Single Molecular Magnets (SMMs) and systems featuring metal-metal super-exchange coupling interactions. Examples are drawn from studies that are either entirely computational or are combined experimental/computational investigations in which the latter play a significant role.
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Pagano JK, Arney DSJ, Scott BL, Morris DE, Kiplinger JL, Burns CJ. A sulphur and uranium fiesta! Synthesis, structure, and characterization of neutral terminal uranium(vi) monosulphide, uranium(vi) η2-disulphide, and uranium(iv) phosphine sulphide complexes. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:50-57. [DOI: 10.1039/c8dt02932f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Three new uranium species, (C5Me5)2U(N-2,6-iPr2-C6H3)(S), (C5Me5)2U(N-2,6-iPr2-C6H3)(η2-S2), and (C5Me5)2U(N-2,6-iPr2-C6H3)(SPMe3) have been prepared.
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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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Mullane KC, Cheisson T, Nakamaru-Ogiso E, Manor BC, Carroll PJ, Schelter EJ. Reduction of Carbonyl Groups by Uranium(III) and Formation of a Stable Amide Radical Anion. Chemistry 2018; 24:826-837. [PMID: 28873254 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Methyl benzoate, N,N-dimethylbenzamide, and benzophenone were reduced by UIII [N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 resulting in uranium(IV) products. Reduction of benzophenone lead to UIV [OC⋅Ph2 )][N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 , (1.1) which forms the dinuclear complex, [N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 UIV (OCPhPh-CPh2 O)UIV [N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 (1.2), through coupling of the ketyl radical species upon crystallization. Reaction of N,N-dimethylbenzamide with UIII [N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 resulted in UIV [OC⋅(Ph)(NMe2 )][N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 (2), a uranium(IV) compound and the first example of a charge-separated amide radical. In the case of methyl benzoate, the reduction resulted in UIV (OMe)[N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 (3) and benzaldehyde as the reduced organic fragment. Compound 2 showed the ability to act as a uranium(III) synthon in its reactivity with trimethylsilyl azide, a reaction that yielded UV (=NSiMe3 )[N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 . Additionally, 2 was reduced with potassium graphite resulting in [U(μ-O)[O=C(NMe2 )(Ph)][N(SiMe3 )2 ]2 ]2 (4), a dinuclear uranium compound bridged by oxo ligands. Reduction of 2 in the presence of 15-crown-5 afforded isolation of the mono-oxo compound, [(15-crown-5)2 K][UO[N(SiMe3 )2 ]3 ] (5). The results expand the reduction capabilities of UIII complexes and demonstrate a strategy for isolating novel metal-stabilized radicals.
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- Kimberly C Mullane
- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th St., Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th St., Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA.,Mitochondrial Medicine Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th St., Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th St., Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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- P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 S. 34th St., Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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Hoerger CJ, Heinemann FW, Louyriac E, Maron L, Grützmacher H, Meyer K. Formation of a Uranium-Bound η1-Cyaphide (CP–) Ligand via Activation and C–O Bond Cleavage of Phosphaethynolate (OCP–). Organometallics 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Christopher J. Hoerger
- Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department
of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department
of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, 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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- 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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- Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Department
of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, 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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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
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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: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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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Arnold PL, Stevens CJ, Bell NL, Lord RM, Goldberg JM, Nichol GS, Love JB. Multi-electron reduction of sulfur and carbon disulfide using binuclear uranium(iii) borohydride complexes. Chem Sci 2017; 8:3609-3617. [PMID: 30155206 PMCID: PMC6094157 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00382j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The first use of a dinuclear UIII/UIII complex in the activation of small molecules is reported. The octadentate Schiff-base pyrrole, anthracene-hinged 'Pacman' ligand LA combines two strongly reducing UIII centres and three borohydride ligands in [M(THF)4][{U(BH4)}2(μ-BH4)(LA)(THF)2] 1-M, (M = Li, Na, K). The two borohydride ligands bound to uranium outside the macrocyclic cleft are readily substituted by aryloxide ligands, resulting in a single, weakly-bound, encapsulated endo group 1 metal borohydride bridging the two UIII centres in [{U(OAr)}2(μ-MBH4)(LA)(THF)2] 2-M (OAr = OC6H2t Bu3-2,4,6, M = Na, K). X-ray crystallographic analysis shows that, for 2-K, in addition to the endo-BH4 ligand the potassium counter-cation is also incorporated into the cleft through η5-interactions with the pyrrolides instead of extraneous donor solvent. As such, 2-K has a significantly higher solubility in non-polar solvents and a wider U-U separation compared to the 'ate' complex 1. The cooperative reducing capability of the two UIII centres now enforced by the large and relatively flexible macrocycle is compared for the two complexes, recognising that the borohydrides can provide additional reducing capability, and that the aryloxide-capped 2-K is constrained to reactions within the cleft. The reaction between 1-Na and S8 affords an insoluble, presumably polymeric paramagnetic complex with bridging uranium sulfides, while that with CS2 results in oxidation of each UIII to the notably high UV oxidation state, forming the unusual trithiocarbonate (CS3)2- as a ligand in [{U(CS3)}2(μ-κ2:κ2-CS3)(LA)] (4). The reaction between 2-K and S8 results in quantitative substitution of the endo-KBH4 by a bridging persulfido (S2)2- group and oxidation of each UIII to UIV, yielding [{U(OAr)}2(μ-κ2:κ2-S2)(LA)] (5). The reaction of 2-K with CS2 affords a thermally unstable adduct which is tentatively assigned as containing a carbon disulfido (CS2)2- ligand bridging the two U centres (6a), but only the mono-bridged sulfido (S)2- complex [{U(OAr)}2(μ-S)(LA)] (6) is isolated. The persulfido complex (5) can also be synthesised from the mono-bridged sulfido complex (6) by the addition of another equivalent of sulfur.
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- Polly L Arnold
- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings , Edinburgh EH9 3JF , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44 (0)131 6505429
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings , Edinburgh EH9 3JF , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44 (0)131 6505429
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings , Edinburgh EH9 3JF , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44 (0)131 6505429
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings , Edinburgh EH9 3JF , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44 (0)131 6505429
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Washington , Box 351700 , Seattle , WA 98195-1700 , USA
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings , Edinburgh EH9 3JF , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44 (0)131 6505429
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry , University of Edinburgh , The King's Buildings , Edinburgh EH9 3JF , UK . ; ; ; Tel: +44 (0)131 6505429
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Korzekwa J, Scheurer A, Heinemann FW, Meyer K. Synthesis and characterization of uranium(iv) tetrachloro complexes in bis-pyrazolylpyridine ligand environments. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:13811-13823. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02947k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The most intriguing feature in structures2a–2dis the out-of-plane shift of the U ion from the chelate's three coordinating N atoms (grey background: molecular plane), as exemplarily shown for2band2d.
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- Jana Korzekwa
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
- 91058 Erlangen
- Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
- 91058 Erlangen
- Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
- 91058 Erlangen
- Germany
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- Inorganic Chemistry
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
- Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
- 91058 Erlangen
- Germany
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Hohloch S, Pankhurst JR, Jaekel EE, Parker BF, Lussier DJ, Garner ME, Booth CH, Love JB, Arnold J. Benzoquinonoid-bridged dinuclear actinide complexes. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:11615-11625. [PMID: 28831470 DOI: 10.1039/c7dt02728a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report the coordination chemistry of benzoquinonoid-bridged dinluclear thorium(iv) and uranium(iv) complexes with the tripodal ligand tris[2-amido(2-pyridyl)ethyl]amine ligand,L.
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- Stephan Hohloch
- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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- Chemical Sciences Division
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley
- USA
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- EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
- The University of Edinburgh
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- Berkeley
- USA
- Chemical Sciences Division
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Chatelain L, White S, Scopelliti R, Mazzanti M. Isolation of a Star-Shaped Uranium(V/VI) Cluster from the Anaerobic Photochemical Reduction of Uranyl(VI). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:14325-14329. [PMID: 27739649 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201608754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Actinide oxo clusters are an important class of compounds due to their impact on actinide migration in the environment. The photolytic reduction of uranyl(VI) has potential application in catalysis and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing, but the intermediate species involved in this reduction have not yet been elucidated. Here we show that the photolysis of partially hydrated uranyl(VI) in anaerobic conditions leads to the reduction of uranyl(VI), and to the incorporation of the resulting UV species into the stable mixed-valent star-shaped UVI /UV oxo cluster [U(UO2 )5 (μ3 -O)5 (PhCOO)5 (Py)7 ] (1). This cluster is only the second example of a UVI /UV cluster and the first one associating uranyl groups to a non-uranyl(V) center. The UV center in 1 is stable, while the reaction of uranyl(V) iodide with potassium benzoate leads to immediate disproportionation and formation of the U12IV U4V O24 cluster {[K(Py)2 ]2 [K(Py)]2 [U16 O24 (PhCOO)24 (Py)2 ]} (5).
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- Lucile Chatelain
- 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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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Chatelain L, White S, Scopelliti R, Mazzanti M. Isolation of a Star-Shaped Uranium(V/VI) Cluster from the Anaerobic Photochemical Reduction of Uranyl(VI). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201608754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Lucile Chatelain
- 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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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-; 1015 Lausanne Switzerland
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King DM, Gardner BM, Lewis W, Liddle ST. Uranium halide complexes stabilized by a new sterically demanding tripodal tris( N-adamantylamidodimethylsilyl)methane ligand. J COORD CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2016.1187267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- David M. King
- School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Andrez J, Pécaut J, Scopelliti R, Kefalidis CE, Maron L, Rosenzweig MW, Meyer K, Mazzanti M. Synthesis and reactivity of a terminal uranium(iv) sulfide supported by siloxide ligands. Chem Sci 2016; 7:5846-5856. [PMID: 30034725 PMCID: PMC6024242 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00675b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The S-transfer reaction from Ph3PS to the tetrasiloxide U(iii) complex [U(OSi(OtBu)3)4K] affords a stable U(iv) triply bonded terminal sulfide that can be protonated to yield a U(iv) doubly bonded terminal hydrosulfide.
The reactions of the tetrasiloxide U(iii) complexes [U(OSi(OtBu)3)4K] and [U(OSi(OtBu)3)4][K18c6] with 0.5 equiv. of triphenylphosphine sulfide led to reductive S-transfer reactions, affording the U(iv) sulfide complexes [SU(OSi(OtBu)3)4K2]2, 1, and [{SU(OSi(OtBu)3)4K2}2(μ-18c6)], 2, with concomitant formation of the U(iv) complex [U(OSi(OtBu)3)4]. Addition of 1 equiv. of 2.2.2-cryptand to complex 1 resulted in the isolation of a terminal sulfide complex, [SU(OSi(OtBu)3)4K][Kcryptand], 3. The crucial role of the K+ Lewis acid in these reductive sulfur transfer reactions was confirmed, since the formation of complex 3 from the reaction of the U(iii) complex [U(OSi(OtBu)3)4][Kcryptand] and 0.5 equiv. of PPh3S was not possible. Reactivity studies of the U(iv) sulfide complexes showed that the sulfide is easily transferred to CO2 and CS2 to afford S-functionalized products. Moreover, we have found that the sulfide provides a convenient precursor for the synthesis of the corresponding U(iv) hydrosulfide, {[(SH)U(OSi(OtBu)3)4][K18c6]}, 5, after protonation with PyHCl. Finally, DFT calculations were performed to investigate the nature of the U–S bond in complexes 1, 3 and 5. Based on various analyses, triple-bond character was suggested for the U–S bond in complexes 1 and 3, while double-bond character was determined for the U–SH bond in complex 5.
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- Julie Andrez
- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland .
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes , INAC-SyMMES , RICC , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CEA , INAC-SyMMES , F-38000 Grenoble , 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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- 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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- 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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Rosenzweig MW, Scheurer A, Lamsfus CA, Heinemann FW, Maron L, Andrez J, Mazzanti M, Meyer K. Uranium(iv) terminal hydrosulfido and sulfido complexes: insights into the nature of the uranium-sulfur bond. Chem Sci 2016; 7:5857-5866. [PMID: 30034726 PMCID: PMC6024247 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00677a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a series of terminal uranium(iv) hydrosulfido and sulfido complexes, supported by the hexadentate, tacn-based ligand framework (Ad,MeArO)3tacn3- (= trianion of 1,4,7-tris(3-(1-adamantyl)-5-methyl-2-hydroxybenzyl)-1,4,7-triazacyclononane). The hydrosulfido complex [((Ad,MeArO)3tacn)U-SH] (2) is obtained from the reaction of H2S with the uranium(iii) starting material [((Ad,MeArO)3tacn)U] (1) in THF. Subsequent deprotonation with potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide yields the mononuclear uranium(iv) sulfido species in good yields. With the aid of dibenzo-18-crown-6 and 2.2.2-cryptand, it was possible to isolate a terminal sulfido species, capped by the potassium counter ion, and a "free" terminal sulfido species with a well separated cation/anion pair. Spectroscopic and computational analyses provided insights into the nature of the uranium-sulfur bond in these complexes.
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- Michael W Rosenzweig
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Inorganic Chemistry , Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg , Egerlandstraße 1 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany .
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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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- LPCNO , Université de Toulouse , INSA Toulouse , 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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- LPCNO , Université de Toulouse , INSA Toulouse , 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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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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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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Tsoureas N, Kilpatrick AFR, Inman CJ, Cloke FGN. Steric control of redox events in organo-uranium chemistry: synthesis and characterisation of U(v) oxo and nitrido complexes. Chem Sci 2016; 7:4624-4632. [PMID: 30155110 PMCID: PMC6013772 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00632a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Controlling the steric environment in U(η8-C8H6(1,4-SiR3)2)(η5-Cp*)] enables selective formation of either mononuclear U(v) or dinuclear U(iv) oxo and nitrido complexes.
The synthesis and molecular structures of a U(v) neutral terminal oxo complex and a U(v) sodium uranium nitride contact ion pair are described. The synthesis of the former is achieved by the use of tBuNCO as a mild oxygen transfer reagent, whilst that of the latter is via the reduction of NaN3. Both mono-uranium complexes are stabilised by the presence of bulky silyl substituents on the ligand framework that facilitate a 2e– oxidation of a single U(iii) centre. In contrast, when steric hindrance around the metal centre is reduced by the use of less bulky silyl groups, the products are di-uranium, U(iv) bridging oxo and (anionic) nitride complexes, resulting from 1e– oxidations of two U(iii) centres. SQUID magnetometry supports the formal oxidation states of the reported complexes. Electrochemical studies show that the U(v) terminal oxo complex can be reduced and the [U(iv)O]– anion was accessed via reduction with K/Hg, and structurally characterised. Both the nitride complexes display complex electrochemical behaviour but each exhibits a quasi-reversible oxidation at ca. –1.6 V vs. Fc+/0.
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- Nikolaos Tsoureas
- School of Life Sciences , Division of Chemistry , University of Sussex , Falmer , Brighton , BN1 9QJ , UK .
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory , Department of Chemistry , University of Oxford , 12 Mansfield Road , OX1 3TA , Oxford , UK
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- School of Life Sciences , Division of Chemistry , University of Sussex , Falmer , Brighton , BN1 9QJ , UK .
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- School of Life Sciences , Division of Chemistry , University of Sussex , Falmer , Brighton , BN1 9QJ , UK .
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Teyar B, Belkhiri L, Costuas K, Boucekkine A, Meyer K. Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Dioxo-Bridged Diuranium Complexes with Diamond-Core Structural Motifs: A Relativistic DFT Study. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:2870-81. [PMID: 26930424 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Electronic structures and magnetic properties of the binuclear bis(μ-oxo) U(IV)/U(IV) K2[{(((nP,Me)ArO)3tacn)U(IV)}2(μ-O)2] and U(V)/U(V) [{(((nP,Me)ArO)3tacn)U(V)}2(μ-O)2] (tacn = triazacyclononane, nP = neopentyl) complexes, exhibiting [U(μ-O)2U] diamond-core structural motifs, have been investigated computationally using scalar relativistic Density Functional Theory (DFT) combined with the Broken Symmetry (BS) approach for their magnetic properties. Using the B3LYP hybrid functional, the BS ground state of the pentavalent [U(V)(μ-O)2U(V)] 5f(1)-5f(1) complex has been found of lower energy than the high spin (HS) triplet state, thus confirming the antiferromagnetic character in agreement with experimental magnetic susceptibility measurements. The nonmagnetic character observed for the tetravalent K2[U(IV)(μ-O)2U(IV)] 5f(2)-5f(2) species is also predicted by our DFT calculations, which led practically to the same energy for the HS and BS states. As reported for related dioxo diuranium(V) systems, superexchange is likely to be responsible for the antiferromagnetic coupling through the π-network orbital pathway within the (μ-O)2 bridge, the dissymmetrical structure of the U2O2 core playing a determining role. In the case of the U(IV) species, our computations indicate that the K(+) counterions are likely to play a role for the observed magnetic property. Finally, the MO analysis, in conjunction with NPA and QTAIM analyses, clarify the electronic structures of the studied complexes. In particular, the fact that the experimentally attempted chemical oxidation of the U(V) species does not lead straightforwardly to binuclear complexes U(VI) is clarified by the MO analysis.
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- Billel Teyar
- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1 , Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042 Cedex Rennes, France.,URCHEMS, Département de Chimie, Université des Frères Mentouri , 25017 Constantine, Algeria.,Université Ziane Achour de Djelfa , 17000 Djelfa, Algeria
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- URCHEMS, Département de Chimie, Université des Frères Mentouri , 25017 Constantine, Algeria
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1 , Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042 Cedex Rennes, France
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, UMR 6226 CNRS-Université de Rennes 1 , Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042 Cedex Rennes, France
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- Department of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen - Nürnberg (FAU) , Egerlandstrasse 1, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Smiles DE, Wu G, Hrobárik P, Hayton TW. Use of (77)Se and (125)Te NMR Spectroscopy to Probe Covalency of the Actinide-Chalcogen Bonding in [Th(En){N(SiMe3)2}3](-) (E = Se, Te; n = 1, 2) and Their Oxo-Uranium(VI) Congeners. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:814-25. [PMID: 26667146 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b07767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Reaction of [Th(I)(NR2)3] (R = SiMe3) (1) with 1 equiv of either [K(18-crown-6)]2[Se4] or [K(18-crown-6)]2[Te2] affords the thorium dichalcogenides, [K(18-crown-6)][Th(η(2)-E2)(NR2)3] (E = Se, 2; E = Te, 3), respectively. Removal of one chalcogen atom via reaction with Et3P, or Et3P and Hg, affords the monoselenide and monotelluride complexes of thorium, [K(18-crown-6)][Th(E)(NR2)3] (E = Se, 4; E = Te, 5), respectively. Both 4 and 5 were characterized by X-ray crystallography and were found to feature the shortest known Th-Se and Th-Te bond distances. The electronic structure and nature of the actinide-chalcogen bonds were investigated with (77)Se and (125)Te NMR spectroscopy accompanied by detailed quantum-chemical analysis. We also recorded the (77)Se NMR shift for a U(VI) oxo-selenido complex, [U(O)(Se)(NR2)3](-) (δ((77)Se) = 4905 ppm), which features the highest frequency (77)Se NMR shift yet reported, and expands the known (77)Se chemical shift range for diamagnetic substances from ∼3300 ppm to almost 6000 ppm. Both (77)Se and (125)Te NMR chemical shifts of given chalcogenide ligands were identified as quantitative measures of the An-E bond covalency within an isoelectronic series and supported significant 5f-orbital participation in actinide-ligand bonding for uranium(VI) complexes in contrast to those involving thorium(IV). Moreover, X-ray diffraction studies together with NMR spectroscopic data and density functional theory (DFT) calculations provide convincing evidence for the actinide-chalcogen multiple bonding in the title complexes. Larger An-E covalency is observed in the [U(O)(E)(NR2)3](-) series, which decreases as the chalcogen atom becomes heavier.
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- Danil E Smiles
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California , Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California , Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin , Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California , Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Chatelain L, Pécaut J, Tuna F, Mazzanti M. Heterometallic Fe2II-UVand Ni2II-UVExchange-Coupled Single-Molecule Magnets: Effect of the 3 d Ion on the Magnetic Properties. Chemistry 2015; 21:18038-42. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Vent-Schmidt T, Andrews L, Thanthiriwatte KS, Dixon DA, Riedel S. Reaction of Laser-Ablated Uranium and Thorium Atoms with H2Se: A Rare Example of Selenium Multiple Bonding. Inorg Chem 2015; 54:9761-9. [PMID: 26418218 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The compounds H2ThSe and H2USe were synthesized by the reaction of laser-ablated actinide metal atoms with H2Se under cryogenic conditions following the procedures used to synthesize H2AnX (An = Th, U; X = O, S). The molecules were characterized by infrared spectra in an argon matrix with the aid of deuterium substitution and electronic structure calculations at the density functional theory level. The main products, H2ThSe and H2USe, are shown to have a highly polarized actinide-selenium triple bond, as found for H2AnS on the basis of electronic structure calculations. There is an even larger back-bonding of the Se with the An than found for the corresponding sulfur compounds. These molecules are of special interest as rare examples of multiple bonding of selenium to a metal, particularly an actinide metal.
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- Thomas Vent-Schmidt
- Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , Albertstraße 21, D-79104 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia , P.O. Box 400319, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4319, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie-Anorganische Chemie, Freie Universität Berlin , Fabeckstraße 34-36, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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Liddle ST. The Renaissance of Non-Aqueous Uranium Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:8604-41. [PMID: 26079536 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201412168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Prior to the year 2000, non-aqueous uranium chemistry mainly involved metallocene and classical alkyl, amide, or alkoxide compounds as well as established carbene, imido, and oxo derivatives. Since then, there has been a resurgence of the area, and dramatic developments of supporting ligands and multiply bonded ligand types, small-molecule activation, and magnetism have been reported. This Review 1) introduces the reader to some of the specialist theories of the area, 2) covers all-important starting materials, 3) surveys contemporary ligand classes installed at uranium, including alkyl, aryl, arene, carbene, amide, imide, nitride, alkoxide, aryloxide, and oxo compounds, 4) describes advances in the area of single-molecule magnetism, and 5) summarizes the coordination and activation of small molecules, including carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, dinitrogen, white phosphorus, and alkanes.
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- Stephen T Liddle
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (UK).
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Cooper OJ, Mills DP, Lewis W, Blake AJ, Liddle ST. Reactivity of the uranium(IV) carbene complex [U(BIPM(TMS))(Cl)(μ-Cl)₂Li(THF)₂] (BIPM(TMS) = {C(PPh₂NSiMe₃)₂}) towards carbonyl and heteroallene substrates: metallo-Wittig, adduct formation, C-F bond activation, and [2 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions. Dalton Trans 2015; 43:14275-83. [PMID: 24798878 DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00909f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The reactivity of the uranium(IV) carbene complex [U(BIPM(TMS))(Cl)(μ-Cl)2Li(THF)2] (1, BIPM(TMS) = {C(PPh2NSiMe3)2}) towards carbonyl and heteroallene substrates is reported. Reaction of 1 with benzophenone proceeds to give the metallo-Wittig terminal alkene product Ph2C=C(PPh2NSiMe3)2 (2); the likely "UOCl2" byproduct could not be isolated. Addition of the bulky ketone PhCOBu(t) to 1 resulted in loss of LiCl, coordination of the ketone, and dimerisation to give [U(BIPM(TMS))(Cl)(μ-Cl){OC(Ph)(Bu(t))}]2 (3). The reaction of 1 with coumarin resulted in ring opening of the cyclic ester and a metallo-Wittig-type reaction to afford [U{BIPM(TMS)[C(O)(CHCHC6H4O-2)]-κ(3)-N,O,O'}(Cl)2(THF)] (4) where the enolate product remains coordinated to uranium. The reaction of PhCOF with 1 resulted in C-F bond activation and oxidation resulting in isolation of [U(O)2(Cl)2(μ-Cl)2{(μ-LiDME)OC(Ph)=C(PPh2NSiMe3)(PPh2NHSiMe3)}2] (5) along with [U(Cl)2(F)2(py)4] (6). The reactions of 1 with tert-butylisocyanate or dicyclohexylcarbodiimide resulted in the isolation of the [2 + 2]-cycloaddition products [U{BIPM(TMS)[C(NBu(t)){OLi(THF)2(μ-Cl)Li(THF)3}]-κ(4)-C,N,N',N''}(Cl)3] (7) and [U{BIPM(TMS)[C(NCy)2]-κ(4)-C,N,N',N''}(Cl)(μ-Cl)2Li(THF)2] (8). Complexes 2-8 have been variously characterised by single crystal X-ray diffraction, multi-nuclear NMR and FTIR spectroscopies, Evans method solution magnetic moments, variable temperature SQUID magnetometry, and elemental analyses.
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- Oliver J Cooper
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
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Gardner BM, Lewis W, Blake AJ, Liddle ST. Thorium Triamidoamine Complexes: Synthesis of an Unusual Dinuclear Tuck-in–Tuck-over Thorium Metallacycle Featuring the Longest Known Thorium−σ-Alkyl Bond. Organometallics 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/om501177s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Benedict M. Gardner
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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Franke SM, Rosenzweig MW, Heinemann FW, Meyer K. Reactivity of uranium(iii) with H 2E (E = S, Se, Te): synthesis of a series of mononuclear and dinuclear uranium(iv) hydrochalcogenido complexes. Chem Sci 2015; 6:275-282. [PMID: 29560170 PMCID: PMC5811169 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc02602k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We report the syntheses, electronic properties, and molecular structures of a series of mono- and dinuclear uranium(iv) hydrochalcogenido complexes supported by the sterically demanding but very flexible, single N-anchored tris(aryloxide) ligand (AdArO)3N)3-. The mononuclear complexes [((AdArO)3N)U(DME)(EH)] (E = S, Se, Te) can be obtained from the reaction of the uranium(iii) starting material [((AdArO)3N)UIII(DME)] in DME via reduction of H2E and the elimination of 0.5 equivalents of H2. The dinuclear complexes [{((AdArO)3N)U}2(μ-EH)2] can be obtained by dissolving their mononuclear counterparts in non-coordinating solvents such as benzene. In order to facilitate the work with the highly toxic gases, we created concentrated THF solutions that can be handled using simple glovebox techniques and can be stored at -35 °C for several weeks.
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- Sebastian M Franke
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Inorganic Chemistry , Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) , Egerlandstraße 1 , D-91058 Erlangen , Germany . ; ; Tel: +49 9131 8527360
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Inorganic Chemistry , Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) , Egerlandstraße 1 , D-91058 Erlangen , Germany . ; ; Tel: +49 9131 8527360
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Inorganic Chemistry , Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) , Egerlandstraße 1 , D-91058 Erlangen , Germany . ; ; Tel: +49 9131 8527360
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Inorganic Chemistry , Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) , Egerlandstraße 1 , D-91058 Erlangen , Germany . ; ; Tel: +49 9131 8527360
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Smiles DE, Wu G, Hayton TW. Reactivity of [U(CH2SiMe2NSiMe3)(NR2)2] (R = SiMe3) with elemental chalcogens: towards a better understanding of chalcogen atom transfer in the actinides. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj00739a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Addition of elemental chalcogens to [U(CH2SiMe2NSiMe3)(NR2)2] results in formation of [U(ECH2SiMe2NSiMe3)(NR2)2] (R = SiMe3; E = S, Se, Te) via chalcogen insertion into the U–C bond.
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- Danil E. Smiles
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of California Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of California Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- University of California Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara
- USA
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Matson EM, Breshears AT, Kiernicki JJ, Newell BS, Fanwick PE, Shores MP, Walensky JR, Bart SC. Trivalent uranium phenylchalcogenide complexes: exploring the bonding and reactivity with CS2 in the Tp*2UEPh series (E = O, S, Se, Te). Inorg Chem 2014; 53:12977-85. [PMID: 25415677 DOI: 10.1021/ic5020658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The trivalent uranium phenylchalcogenide series, Tp*2UEPh (Tp* = hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate, E = O (1), S (2), Se (3), Te (4)), has been synthesized to investigate the nature of the U-E bond. All compounds have been characterized by (1)H NMR, infrared and electronic absorption spectroscopies, and in the case of 4, X-ray crystallography. Compound 4 was also studied by SQUID magnetometry. Computational studies establish Mulliken spin densities for the uranium centers ranging from 3.005 to 3.027 (B3LYP), consistent for uranium-chalcogenide bonds that are primarily ionic in nature, with a small covalent contribution. The reactivity of 2-4 toward carbon disulfide was also investigated and showed reversible CS2 insertion into the U(III)-E bond, forming Tp*2U(κ(2)-S2CEPh) (E = S (5), Se (6), Te (7)). Compound 5 was characterized crystallographically.
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- Ellen M Matson
- H.C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University , West Lafayette 47907, Indiana, United States
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