title: Anhydrous photochemical uranyl(VI) reduction: unprecedented retention of equatorial coordination accompanying reversible axial oxo/alkoxide exchange.
abstract: In a dramatic reversal of the normal trend of observed reactivity in uranyl(VI) coordination chemistry, an unprecedented retention of the normally labile equatorial coordination plane accompanies facile and reversible axial oxo/alkoxide exchange during both the photochemical reduction of cationic uranyl(VI) phosphine-oxide complexes with organic substrates and subsequent hydrolysis of the uranium(IV) alkoxide complexes to regenerate the uranyl(VI) starting complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, 601 South College Avenue, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
authors.forename: Shanmugaperumal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: Anthony E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Vaughn
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Weis
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Duval