- 16 December 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemistry – A European Journal
- Vol. 22 (6) , 1931-1936
Abstract
After more than 50 years, the synthesis and electronic structure of the first and only reported “U0 complex” [U(bipy)4] (1) has been reinvestigated. Additionally, its one‐electron reduced product [Na(THF)6][U(bipy)4] (2) has been newly discovered. High resolution crystallographic analyses combined with magnetic and computational data show that 1 and its derivative 2 are best described as highly reduced species containing mid‐to‐high‐valent uranium ligated by redox non‐innocent ligands.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
- University of Texas at El Paso
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