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 …

Recent developments in actinide–ligand multiple bonding

TW Hayton - Chemical Communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last few years, considerable progress has been made in the synthesis and
characterization of complexes containing actinide–ligand multiple bonds, especially in …

Accessing five oxidation states of uranium in a retained ligand framework

C Deng, J Liang, R Sun, Y Wang, PX Fu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding and exploiting the redox properties of uranium is of great importance
because uranium has a wide range of possible oxidation states and holds great potential for …

A Comprehensive Study Concerning the Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Terminal Uranium Oxido, Sulfido, and Selenido Metallocenes

T Li, D Wang, Y Heng, G Hou, G Zi… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Terminal uranium oxido, sulfido, and selenido metallocenes were synthesized, and their
reactivity was comprehensively studied. Heating of an equimolar mixture of [η5-1, 2, 4 …

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 …

Molecular Models of Atomically Dispersed Uranium at MoS2 Surfaces Reveal Cooperative Mechanism of Water Reduction

K Patra, WW Brennessel… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Single atoms of uranium supported on molybdenum sulfide surfaces (U@ MoS2) have been
recently demonstrated to facilitate the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) through …

Synthesis of a Uranium(VI)-Carbene: Reductive Formation of Uranyl(V)-Methanides, Oxidative Preparation of a [R2CUO]2+ Analogue of the [OUO]2+ Uranyl Ion (R = Ph2PNSiMe3), and …

DP Mills, OJ Cooper, F Tuna, EJL McInnes… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report attempts to prepare uranyl (VI)-and uranium (VI) carbenes utilizing deprotonation
and oxidation strategies. Treatment of the uranyl (VI)-methanide complex [(BIPMH) UO2Cl …

The synthesis and versatile reducing power of low-valent uranium complexes

MA Boreen, J Arnold - Dalton Transactions, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This Perspective provides a detailed overview of the chemistry of low-valent (di-and
trivalent) uranium. The reactivity of uranium (II) and uranium (III) complexes is discussed …

Thorium oxo and sulfido metallocenes: synthesis, structure, reactivity, and computational studies

W Ren, G Zi, DC Fang, MD Walter - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The synthesis, structure, and reactivity of thorium oxo and sulfido metallocenes have been
comprehensively studied. Heating of an equimolar mixture of the dimethyl metallocene [η5 …

Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of the Uranium Bipyridyl Complex [{η5-1,2,4-(Me3Si)3C5H2}2U(bipy)]

S Wang, D Wang, T Li, Y Heng, G Hou, G Zi… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reduction of [{η5-1, 2, 4-(Me3Si) 3C5H2} 2UCl2](1) using potassium graphite (KC8) in the
presence of 2, 2′-bipyridine forms the uranium bipyridyl metallocene [{η5-1, 2, 4-(Me3Si) …