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Inside Cover: Challenging the Metallocene Dominance in Actinide Chemistry with a Soft PNP Pincer Ligand: New Uranium Structures and Reactivity Patterns (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 20/2009)
Author(s) -
Cantat Thibault,
Graves Christopher R.,
Scott Brian L.,
Kiplinger Jaqueline L.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200990102
Subject(s) - pincer ligand , ligand (biochemistry) , actinide , steric effects , chemistry , reactivity (psychology) , metallocene , stereochemistry , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , inorganic chemistry , pincer movement , catalysis , receptor , medicine , biochemistry , polymer , alternative medicine , pathology , polymerization
A standing iceberg illustrates how the soft PNP pincer ligand challenges the metallocene dominance (ship) in actinide chemistry, as described by J. L. Kiplinger and co‐workers in their Communication on page 3681 ff. Replacement of C 5 Me 5 by the PNP ligand is a successful strategy for the promotion of new reactivities and to support new actinide structures. The specific electronic and steric properties of the PNP ligand enable access to structures not available for the C 5 Me 5 ligand set and as yet unreported for uranium. (We thank Mr. Anthony Mancinco for the design of the graphic.)