title: Formation of inclusion organoactinide complexes with boron-containing macrocycles.
abstract: Reaction of the organoactinide complexes (C5Me5)2AnMe2 (An = Th, U) with catecholborane yields an inclusion complex where the actinide is encapsulated inside a 15-membered, hexaoxo, trianionic macrocycle built from alternating catechol and catecholborate fragments. In the presence of LiOH, a dimer of two encapsulated actinide macrocycles is formed. The X-ray molecular structure for all the complexes is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Institute of Catalysis Science and Technology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barnea
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Andrea
authors.forename: Moshe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapon
authors.forename: Moris S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Eisen