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An Unsupported Uranium–Rhenium Complex Prepared by Alkane Elimination
Author(s) -
Gardner Benedict M.,
McMaster Jonathan,
Moro Fabrizio,
Lewis William,
Blake Alexander J.,
Liddle Stephen T.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201100682
Subject(s) - rhenium , uranium , alkane , chemistry , hydride , alkyl , ionic bonding , molecule , inorganic chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , ion , catalysis , metallurgy , metal
An unsupported uranium–rhenium bond has been prepared by alkane elimination by treatment of a cyclometallated alkyl uranium triamidoamine complex with rhenocene hydride (see scheme). DFT analysis reveals σ and π combinations in the URe bond, but the rhenium contributions dominate and an atoms‐in‐molecules analysis reveals a closed‐shell, predominantly ionic uranium–rhenium interaction.