title: Uranium(IV) amido-borohydrides as highly active diene polymerisation catalysts.
abstract: The synthesis and structural characterisation of the uranium(IV) amido-borohydrides (N'')2U{κ(2)-N(SiMe3)SiMe2CH2BBN-H} and U{κ(2)-N(SiMe3)SiMe2CH2BBN-H}2, and their activity as pre-catalysts for the polymerisation of isoprene are described.
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, The King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ, UK.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mansell
authors.forename: Fanny
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Visseaux
authors.forename: Polly L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Arnold
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry*; D001894:Borohydrides / Q000737:chemistry*; D002070:Butadienes / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D045782:Hemiterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D007840:Latex / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010420:Pentanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D058105:Polymerization; D014501:Uranium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D001894:Borohydrides; D002070:Butadienes; D045782:Hemiterpenes; D007840:Latex; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D010420:Pentanes; C005059:isoprene; D014501:Uranium; C455100:1,4-polyisoprene