Uranium(III)-carbon multiple bonding supported by arene δ-bonding in mixed-valence hexauranium nanometre-scale rings

Ashley J. Wooles; David P. Mills; Floriana Tuna; Eric J. L. McInnes; Gareth T. W. Law; Adam J. Fuller; Felipe Kremer; Mark Ridgway; William Lewis; Laura Gagliardi; Bess Vlaisavljevich; Stephen T. Liddle

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04560-7

Nature Communications (May 2018)

Uranium(III)-carbon multiple bonding supported by arene δ-bonding in mixed-valence hexauranium nanometre-scale rings

Ashley J. Wooles,
David P. Mills,
Floriana Tuna,
Eric J. L. McInnes,
Gareth T. W. Law,
Adam J. Fuller,
Felipe Kremer,
Mark Ridgway,
William Lewis,
Laura Gagliardi,
Bess Vlaisavljevich,
Stephen T. Liddle

Affiliations

Ashley J. Wooles: School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
David P. Mills: School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Floriana Tuna: School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester
Eric J. L. McInnes: School of Chemistry and Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester
Gareth T. W. Law: School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Adam J. Fuller: School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
Felipe Kremer: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
Mark Ridgway: Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physics and Engineering, The Australian National University
William Lewis: School of Chemistry, University Park, University of Nottingham
Laura Gagliardi: Department of Chemistry, Supercomputing Institute and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota
Bess Vlaisavljevich: Department of Chemistry, Supercomputing Institute and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota
Stephen T. Liddle: School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04560-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Owing to the propensity for uranium(III) compounds to undergo disproportionation, uranium-element multiple bonds involving uranium(III) oxidation states remain rare. Here the authors report hexauranium-methanediide rings that formally contain uranium(III)- and uranium(IV)-methanediides supported by alternating halide and arene bridges.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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