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Single‐Electron Uranyl Reduction by a Rare‐Earth Cation
Author(s) -
Arnold Polly L.,
Hollis Emmalina,
White Fraser J.,
Magnani Nicola,
Caciuffo Roberto,
Love Jason B.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201005511
Subject(s) - uranyl , rare earth , lanthanide , reduction (mathematics) , chemistry , pyridine , electron , content (measure theory) , crystallography , inorganic chemistry , medicinal chemistry , mineralogy , ion , physics , organic chemistry , mathematics , nuclear physics , geometry , mathematical analysis
Reducing the irreducible : Incorporation of a lanthanide cation into the vacant coordination pocket of a uranyl Pacman complex results in single electron reduction to form stable pentavalent uranyl–rare‐earth complexes with uranyl–oxo–rare‐earth bonds (see scheme; py=pyridine, R=SiMe 3 ).