Actinide-carbon bonds: insertion reactions of carbon monoxide, tert-butyl isocyanide, and tert-butyl cyanide into ((Me/sub 3/Si)/sub 2/N)/sub 2/MCH/sub 2/Si(Me)/sub 2/NSiMe/sub 3/

Journal Article · Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 EDT 1981 · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00404a014· OSTI ID:6267306

Simpson, S J; Andersen, R A

The thorium or uranium metallacycles ((Me/sub 2/Si)/sub 2/N)/sub 2/MCH/sub 2/Si(Me)/sub 2/NSiMe/sub 3/ (I) react with tert-butyl cyanide to give the six-membered ring compounds ((Me/sub 3/Si)/sub 2/N)/sub 2/MN = C(t-Bu)CH/sub 2/Si(Me)/sub 2/NSiMe/sub 3/. The metallacycles (I) also react with the isoelectronic molecules tert-butyl isocyanide and carbon monoxide to give the unique five-membered ring compounds with exocyclic carbon-carbon double bonds, ((Me/sub 3/Si)/sub 2/N)/sub 2/MXC(=CH/sub 2/)Si(Me)/sub 2/NSiMe/sub 3/, where X is t-BuN or oxygen. The four-membered ring metallacycles (I) give simple coordination complexes of the type ((Me/sub 3/Si)/sub 2/N)/sub 2/MCH/sub 2/Si-(Me)/sub 2/NSiMe/sub 3/(N/sub 3/SiMe/sub 3/) with trimethylsilyl azide.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Berkeley
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6267306
• Journal Information: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Vol. 103:14
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
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URANIUM COMPLEXES
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CARBON MONOXIDE
CYANIDES
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
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ISOTOPES
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OXIDES
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RESONANCE
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