Uranium-carbon multiple bonding: Facile access to the pentavalent uranium carbene [U{C(PPh2NSiMe3)2}(Cl)2(I)] and comparison of UV=C and UIV=C bonds

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2383-2386

  Cooper, Oliver J ^a   Mills, David P ^a   McMaster, Jonathan ^a   Moro, Fabrizio ^a   Davies, E Stephen ^a   Lewis, William ^a   Blake, Alexander J ^a   Liddle, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbene ligands; F block elements; Metallo Wittig reactivity; Multiple bonding; Uranium complexes

Indexed keywords

CARBENE LIGANDS; F-BLOCK ELEMENTS; METALLO-WITTIG REACTIVITY; MULTIPLE BONDING; URANIUM COMPLEXES;

CHLORINE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; URANIUM;

LIGANDS;

EID: 79952050164     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201007675     Document Type: Article

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