Synthesis, reactivity and electronic structure of sterically pressured uranium complexes

AEI 56

Suzanne C. Bart, scbart37@gmail.com, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 1, Erlangen, 91058, Germany, Frank Heinemann, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany, and Karsten Meyer, kmeyer@chemie.uni-erlangen.de, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstr. 1, Erlangen, 91058, Germany.
Sterically pressured uranium(III) complexes were synthesized using triazacyclononane ligands containing aryl–oxide groups with bulky alkyl substituents. Either tert–butyl or adamantyl groups were employed to determine the effects of sterics on the reactivity of the uranium with various nitrogen containing neutral donor ligands. In addition, the synthesis of uranium(IV) amide and alkyl derivatives was accomplished with both ligand sets, and the reactivity of these molecules explored. The electronic structure of the uranium complexes was also studied using a variety of spectroscopic techniqu es and SQUID magnetometry.
 

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