title: Insights into the mechanism of carbonate formation through reductive cleavage of carbon dioxide with low-valent uranium centers.
abstract: The low-valent U(III) complexes [((t-BuArO)3mes)U] and [((AdArO)3N)U] react with CO2 to form the bridging carbonate complexes [{((t-BuArO)3mes)U}2(mu-kappa2:kappa2-CO3)] and [{((AdArO)3N)U}2(mu-eta1:kappa2-CO3)]. Uranium(IV) bridging oxo complexes have been determined to be the intermediate in these transformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Oanh P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Suzanne C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bart
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kameo
authors.forename: Frank W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002254:Carbonates / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D017974:Uranium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002254:Carbonates; D017974:Uranium Compounds; D002245:Carbon Dioxide