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Synthesis and Structure of Uranium-Silylene Complexes.

I Joseph Brackbill¹, Iskander Douair², Daniel J Lussier¹

¹Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, and the Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, 94720-1460, USA.

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|January 18, 2020

Summary

This study reports the first uranium-heavy tetrylene complexes, expanding actinide chemistry. These novel compounds exhibit significant uranium-silicon bonding, opening new avenues in main-group element research.

Keywords:

actinides donor-acceptor interactions heavy carbenes silylenes uranium

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Area of Science:

Organometallic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Actinide Chemistry

Background:

Carbene complexes of uranium are known, but interactions with "heavy carbenes" (tetrylenes) are unexplored.
Actinide-main group element bonding is a developing field with significant theoretical and practical interest.

Purpose of the Study:

To synthesize and characterize the first uranium-heavy tetrylene complexes.
To investigate the nature and stability of the uranium-silicon bond in these novel complexes.
To explore the electronic structure and bonding characteristics.

Main Methods:

Synthesis of novel uranium-heavy tetrylene complexes.
Structural characterization using X-ray diffraction and spectroscopic techniques.
Computational calculations (e.g., DFT) to analyze bonding and electronic properties.

Main Results:

Successful synthesis and structural determination of two uranium-tetrylene complexes.
Demonstration of a kinetically robust U-Si bond in one complex and a thermally labile one in another.
Computational analysis revealed polarized sigma bonds and significant pi-bonding contributions, suggesting covalent character.

Conclusions:

These findings represent the first examples of actinide-heavy tetrylene complexes.
The study establishes a new frontier in actinide-main group element bonding.
The observed bonding characteristics provide insights into the reactivity and stability of these novel compounds.