Facile N-C bond cleavage and arene reduction by a transient uranium(ii) complex.

ABSTRACT: Complexes of uranium(ii) remain extremely rare and their reactivity is practically unexplored. Here we report that the reduction of the heteroleptic bis-aryloxide U(iii) complex [U(κ ⁶-{( ^tBu2ArO)₂Me₂-cyclam})I], A, yields a rare and highly reactive U(ii) intermediate that enables a rare example of intramolecular uranium mediated N-C cleavage and effects arene reduction resulting in the isolation of the U(iv) complex [U{κ ⁵-(( ^t Bu₂ArO)Me₂-cyclam)}{κ ²-( ^t Bu₂ArOCH₂)}] (2) and of the inverse-sandwich complex [{U(κ ⁵-{( ^tBu2ArO)₂Me₂-cyclam})}₂(μ-η</

SUBMITTER: Shivaraam RAK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12236195 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature