Reactivity of uranium(iv) bridged chalcogenido complexes U IV-E-UIV (E = S, Se) with elemental sulfur and selenium: Synthesis of polychalcogenido-bridged uranium complexes

Franke S, Heinemann FW, Meyer K (2014)


Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Original Authors: Franke S.M., Heinemann F.W., Meyer K.

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Book Volume: 5

Pages Range: 942-950

Journal Issue: 3

DOI: 10.1039/c3sc52799a

Abstract

We report the syntheses, electronic properties, and molecular structures of a series of polychalcogenido-bridged dinuclear uranium species. These complexes are supported by the sterically encumbering but highly flexible, single N-anchored tris(aryloxide) chelator (ArO)N . Reaction of an appropriate uranium precursor, either the U(iii) starting material, [((ArO)N)U(DME)], or the dinuclear mono-chalcogenido-bridged uranium(iv/iv) compounds [{((ArO) N)U(DME)}(μ-E)] (E = S, Se), with elemental sulfur or selenium, yields new complexes with a variety of bridging chalcogenide entities μ-E (E = S, m = 2, n = 1 or 2 and E = Se, m = 2, 4; n = 2). Activation of the heavy chalcogens typically requires either a coordinatively unsaturated, strongly-reducing metal complex or a compound with a metal-metal bond. Since uranium complexes in the +IV oxidation state, are generally considered rather unreactive, the observed reaction of the here employed uranium(iv)/(iv) species with elemental chalcogens is fairly remarkable. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2014.

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APA:

Franke, S., Heinemann, F.W., & Meyer, K. (2014). Reactivity of uranium(iv) bridged chalcogenido complexes U IV-E-UIV (E = S, Se) with elemental sulfur and selenium: Synthesis of polychalcogenido-bridged uranium complexes. Chemical Science, 5(3), 942-950. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sc52799a

MLA:

Franke, Sebastian, Frank Wilhelm Heinemann, and Karsten Meyer. "Reactivity of uranium(iv) bridged chalcogenido complexes U IV-E-UIV (E = S, Se) with elemental sulfur and selenium: Synthesis of polychalcogenido-bridged uranium complexes." Chemical Science 5.3 (2014): 942-950.

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