Recent developments and applications of Lewis acidic boron reagents

JR Lawson, RL Melen - 2017 - books.rsc.org
One field of organometallic chemistry that has seen great advancements over the last 20
years is that of main-group chemistry, in particular boron chemistry, that has led to a wealth …

UCN@Cs(6)-C82: An Encapsulated Triangular UCN Cluster with Ambiguous U Oxidation State [U(III) versus U(I)]

Q Meng, L Abella, W Yang, YR Yao, X Liu… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Understanding the chemical behavior of actinide elements is essential for the effective
management and use of actinide materials. In this study, we report an unprecedented η2 …

[HTML][HTML] A rare isocyanide derived from an unprecedented neutral yttrium (ii) bis (amide) complex

R Jena, F Benner, F Delano, D Holmes… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
A room temperature stable complex formulated as Y (NHAr*) 2 has been prepared, where
Ar*= 2, 6-(2, 4, 6-(iPr) 3C6H2) C6H3, by KC8 reduction of ClY (NHAr*) 2. Based on EPR …

Facile CO Cleavage by a Multimetallic CsU2 Nitride Complex

M Falcone, CE Kefalidis, R Scopelliti… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Uranium nitrides are important materials with potential for application as fuels for nuclear
power generation, and as highly active catalysts. Molecular nitride compounds could …

Topological study of bonding in aquo and bis (triazinyl) pyridine complexes of trivalent lanthanides and actinides: Does covalency imply stability?

I Fryer-Kanssen, J Austin, A Kerridge - Inorganic Chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
The geometrical and electronic structures of Ln [(H2O) 9] 3+ and [Ln (BTP) 3] 3+, where Ln=
Ce–Lu, have been evaluated at the density functional level of theory using three related …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing covalency in cerium and uranium hexachlorides: A correlated wavefunction and density functional theory study

R Beekmeyer, A Kerridge - Inorganics, 2015 - mdpi.com
The electronic structure of a series of uranium and cerium hexachlorides in a variety of
oxidation states was evaluated at both the correlated wavefunction and density functional …

Carbon–Nitrogen Bond Cleavage by a Thorium‐NHC‐bpy Complex

ME Garner, S Hohloch, L Maron… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Actinide complexes demonstrate unparalleled reactivity towards small molecules. However,
utilizing these powerful transformations in a predictable and deliberate manner remains …

Reactivity of lutetacyclopropene toward benzyl, benzoyl, and trimethylsilyl nitriles affording diversified lutetium complexes

ZJ Lv, M Zhu, W Liu, Z Chai, J Wei, WX Zhang - Organometallics, 2021 - ACS Publications
Although the reaction of metallacyclopropenes toward alkyl and aryl nitriles has been
extensively studied, their reactivity toward other types of nitriles, eg, benzyl and benzoyl …

UIII–CN versus UIV–NC Coordination in Tris(silylamide) Complexes

A Herve, Y Bouzidi, JC Berthet, L Belkhiri… - Inorganic …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Treatment of the metallacycle [UN* 2 (N, C)][N*= N (SiMe3) 2; N, C= CH2SiMe2N (SiMe3)]
with [HNEt3][BPh4],[HNEt3] Cl, and [pyH][OTf](OTf= OSO2CF3) gave the cationic compound …

Magnesium Cyanide or Isocyanide?

G Ballmann, H Elsen, S Harder - … Chemie International Edition, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Preference for the binding mode of the CN− ligand to Mg (Mg− CN vs. Mg− NC) is
investigated. A monomeric Mg complex with a terminal CN ligand was prepared using the …