title: Reductive heterocoupling mediated by Cp*2U(2,2'-bpy).
abstract: Trivalent Cp*(2)U(2,2'-bpy) (2) (Cp* = C(5)Me(5), 2,2'-bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), which has a monoanionic bipyridine, was treated with p-tolualdehyde (a), furfuraldehyde (b), acetone (c), and benzophenone (d). Reduction of the C[double bond, length as m-dash]O bond followed by radical coupling with bipyridine forms the U(iv) derivatives [Cp*(2)U(2,2'-bpy)(OCRR')] (3a-d).
authors.affiliation: H.C. Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
authors.forename: Adil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammad
authors.forename: Dennis P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Cladis
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: Phillip E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fanwick
authors.forename: Suzanne C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bart