title: First reductive dimerization of a polycyclic azine.
abstract: The tptz molecule is reduced by potassium into its anion-radical in the compound K(tptz)(2) (), whereas it is reductively coupled by SmI(2) and UI(3)(py)(4) into the bis-triazinide ligand in the dinuclear complexes [Sm(2)(tptz-tptz)(DMF)(8)][I](4).3.5DMF (.3.5DMF) and U(2)I(6)(tptz-tptz)(MeCN)(2).2MeCN (.2MeCN) where each metal ion occupies a pentadentate N(5) cavity of the [tptz-tptz](2-) ligand.
authors.affiliation: CEA, IRAMIS, SIS2M, CNRS URA 331, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. jean-claude.berthet@cea.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Berthet
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thuéry
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baudin
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boizot
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ephritikhine