Harnessing redox activity for the formation of uranium tris(imido) compounds

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 919-926

  Anderson, Nickolas H ^a   Odoh, Samuel O ^b   Yao, Yiyi ^b   Williams, Ursula J ^c   Schaefer, Brian A ^a   Kiernicki, John J ^a   Lewis, Andrew J ^c   Goshert, Mitchell D ^d   Fanwick, Phillip E ^a   Schelter, Eric J ^c   Walensky, Justin R ^d   Gagliardi, Laura ^b   Bart, Suzanne C ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84920118476     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2009     Document Type: Article

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