Formation of inclusion organoactinide complexes with boron-containing macrocycles.
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.
Barnea
Eyal
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Department of Chemistry and Institute of Catalysis Science and Technology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
Andrea
Tamer
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Kapon
Moshe
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Eisen
Moris S
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