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Diamine Bis(phenolate) as Supporting Ligands in Organoactinide(IV) Chemistry. Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Reactivity of Stable Dialkyl Derivatives

Mora, Elsa
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Maria, Leonor
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Biswas, Biplab
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2013
Organometallics

The homoleptic compounds [U(salan-R2)2] (R = Me (1), tBu (2)) were prepared in high yield by salt-metathesis reactions between UI4(L)2 (L = Et2O, PhCN) and 2 equiv of [K2(salan-R2)] in THF. In contrast, the reaction of the tetradentate ligands salan-R2 with UI3(THF)4 leads to disproportionation of the metal and to mixtures of U(IV) [U(salan-R2)2] and [U(salan-R2)I2] complexes, depending on the ligand to M ratio. The reaction of K 2salan-Me2 ligand with U(IV) iodide and chloride salts always leads to mixtures of the homoleptic bis-ligand complex [U(salan-Me 2)2] and heteroleptic complexes [U(salan-Me 2)X2] in different organic solvents. The structure of the heteroleptic complex [U(salan-Me2)I2(CH3CN)] (4) was determined by X-ray studies. Heteroleptic U(IV) and Th(IV) chloride complexes were obtained in good yield using the bulky salan-tBu 2 ligand. The new complexes [U(salan-tBu 2)Cl2(bipy)] (5) and [Th(salan-tBu 2)Cl2(bipy)] (8) were crystallographically characterized. The salan-tBu2 halide complexes of U(IV) and Th(IV) revealed good precursors for the synthesis of stable dialkyl complexes. The six-coordinated alkyl complexes [Th(salan-tBu2)(CH 2SiMe3)2] (9) and [U(salan-tBu 2)(CH2SiMe3)2] (10) were prepared by addition of LiCH2SiMe3 to the chloride precursor in toluene, and their solution and solid-state structures (for 9) were determined by NMR and X-ray studies. These complexes are stable for days at room temperature. Preliminary reactivity studies show that CO2 inserts into the An-C bond to afford a mixture of carboxylate products. In the presence of traces of LiCl, crystals of the dimeric insertion product [Th 2Cl(salan-tBu2)2(μ- η1:η1-O2CCH2SiMe 3)2(μ-η1:η2-O 2CCH2SiMe3)] (11) were isolated. The structure shows that CO2 insertion occurs in both alkyl groups and that the resulting carboxylate is easily displaced by a chloride anion. © 2012 American Chemical Society.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/om3010806
Web of Science ID

WOS:000316094900030

Author(s)
Mora, Elsa
Maria, Leonor
Biswas, Biplab
Camp, Clement
Santos, Isabel C.
Pecaut, Jacques
Cruz, Adelaide
Carretas, Jose M.
Marcalo, Joaquim
Mazzanti, Marinella  
Date Issued

2013

Published in
Organometallics
Volume

32

Issue

5

Start page

1409

End page

1422

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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OTHER

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SCI-SB-MM  
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November 7, 2014
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