The renaissance of non‐aqueous uranium chemistry

ST Liddle - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Azole-based energetic salts

H Gao, JM Shreeve - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Energetic materials include explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics that are used for a
variety of military purposes and civilian applications. 1Ā3 An explosive is defined as a …

Synthesis and structure of a terminal uranium nitride complex

DM King, F Tuna, EJL McInnes, J McMaster, W Lewis… - Science, 2012 - science.org
The terminal uranium nitride linkage is a fundamental target in the study of f-orbital
participation in metal-ligand multiple bonding but has previously eluded characterization in …

Recent developments in synthesis and structural chemistry of nonaqueous actinide complexes

MB Jones, AJ Gaunt - Chemical Reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
The chemistry of the early to middle actinide elements (Th− Cm) is of critical importance to
the nuclear energy industry. A need for knowledge of the chemical behavior and speciation …

Towards uranium catalysts

AR Fox, SC Bart, K Meyer, CC Cummins - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
The forefront of research into the complexes of uranium reveals chemical transformations
that challenge and expand our view of this unique element. Certain ligands form multiple …

Isolation and characterization of a uranium(VI)–nitride triple bond

DM King, F Tuna, EJL McInnes, J McMaster… - Nature Chemistry, 2013 - nature.com
The nature and extent of covalency in uranium bonding is still unclear compared with that of
transition metals, and there is great interest in studying uranium–ligand multiple bonds …

Metal–ligand multiple bonding in uranium: structure and reactivity

TW Hayton - Dalton Transactions, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a growing interest in uranium coordination chemistry, particularly as it relates to
metal–ligand multiple bonding, and in the last decade significant progress has been made …

Photochemical synthesis of transition metal-stabilized uranium (VI) nitride complexes

X Xin, I Douair, T Rajeshkumar, Y Zhao, S Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Uranium nitrides play important roles in dinitrogen activation and functionalization and in
chemistry for nuclear fuels, but the synthesis and isolation of the highly reactive uranium (VI) …

Multimetallic uranium nitride cubane clusters from dinitrogen cleavage

MS Batov, I Del Rosal, R Scopelliti… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
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 …

Uranium azide photolysis results in C–H bond activation and provides evidence for a terminal uranium nitride

RK Thomson, T Cantat, BL Scott, DE Morris… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract Uranium nitride [U≡ N] x is an alternative nuclear fuel that has great potential in the
expanding future of nuclear power; however, very little is known about the U≡ N …