The organometallic uranium species (C
5Me
4R)
2UBr
2 (R = Me, Et) were obtained by treating their chloride analogues (C
5Me
4R)
2UCl
2 (R = Me, Et) with Me
3SiBr. Treatment of (C
5
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The organometallic uranium species (C
5Me
4R)
2UBr
2 (R = Me, Et) were obtained by treating their chloride analogues (C
5Me
4R)
2UCl
2 (R = Me, Et) with Me
3SiBr. Treatment of (C
5Me
4R)
2UCl
2 and (C
5Me
4R)
2UBr
2 (R = Me, Et) with K(
O-2,6-
iPr
2C
6H
3) afforded the halide aryloxide mixed-ligand complexes (C
5Me
4R)
2U(
O-2,6-
iPr
2C
6H
3)(X) (R = Me, Et; X = Cl, Br). Complexes (C
5Me
4R)
2U(
O-2,6-
iPr
2C
6H
3)(Br) (R = Me, Et) can also be synthesized by treating (C
5Me
4R)
2U(
O-2,6-
iPr
2C
6H
3)(Cl) (R = Me, Et) with Me
3SiBr, respectively. Reduction of (C
5Me
4R)
2UCl
2 and (C
5Me
4R)
2UBr
2 (R = Me, Et) with KC
8 led to isolation of uranium(III) “ate” species [K(THF)][(C
5Me
5)
2UX
2] (X = Cl, Br) and [K(THF)
0.5][(C
5Me
4Et)
2UX
2] (X = Cl, Br), which can be converted to the neutral complexes (C
5Me
4R)
2U[N(SiMe
3)
2] (R = Me, Et). Analyses by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and elemental analysis are also presented.
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