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Benzoquinonoid-bridged dinuclear actinide complexes

Journal Article · · Dalton Transactions
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c7dt02728a· OSTI ID:1493246
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  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division; Paderborn Univ. (Germany). Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division; Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom). EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  4. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
  6. Univ. of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom). EaStCHEM School of Chemistry
We report here the coordination chemistry of the tripodal tris[2-amido(2-pyridyl)ethyl]amine ligand, L, with thorium(IV) and uranium(IV). Using a salt-metathesis strategy from the potassium salt of this ligand, K3L, new actinide complexes were isolated, namely the dimeric thorium complex [ThCl(L)]2 (1) and the monomeric uranium complex UI(THF)(L) (2); under different crystallisation conditions, the dimeric uranium complex is also isolated, [UI(L)]2 (2-dimer). With the aim of studying electronic phenomena such as magnetic exchange between two actinide ions, we have synthesised the first examples of dinuclear, quinoid-bridged actinide complexes from dianionic 2,5-bis[2,6-(diisopropyl)anilide]-1,4-benzoquinone (QDipp) and 2,5-bis[2-(methoxy)anilide]-1,4-benzoquinone (QOMe) ligands. The resulting complexes are [Th(L)]2QDipp (3), [Th(THF)(L)]2QOMe (5) and [U(L)]2QOMe (6). The targeted [U(L)]2QDipp complex (4) could not be isolated. All isolated complexes have been characterised by spectroscopic methods and X-ray crystallography. The uranium(IV) complexes 2-dimer and 6 have been studied by SQUID magnetometry but indicate that there is negligible magnetic exchange between the two uranium(IV) ions. The reduced form of 6, [K(18-c-6)][6-] is unstable and highly sensitive, but X-ray crystallography indicates that it is a novel UIVUIV complex bridged by a quinoid-radical.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Germany); German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); National Inst. of Health (NIH) (United States); National Science Foundation (NSF) (United States); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1493246
Journal Information:
Dalton Transactions, Journal Name: Dalton Transactions Journal Issue: 35 Vol. 46; ISSN 1477-9226
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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