Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of a uranium(VI) carbene imido oxo complex.
We report the uranium(VI) carbene imido oxo complex [U(BIPM(TMS))(NMes)(O)(DMAP)2] (5, BIPM(TMS) = C(PPh2 NSiMe3)2; Mes = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2; DMAP = 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine) which exhibits the unprecedented arrangement of three formal multiply bonded ligands to one metal center where the coordinated heteroatoms derive from different element groups. This complex was prepared by incorporation of carbene, imido, and then oxo groups at the uranium center by salt elimination, protonolysis, and two-electron oxidation, respectively. The oxo and imido groups adopt axial positions in a T-shaped motif with respect to the carbene, which is consistent with an inverse trans-influence. Complex 5 reacts with tert-butylisocyanate at the imido rather than carbene group to afford the uranyl(VI) carbene complex [U(BIPM(TMS))(O)2(DMAP)2] (6).
School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD (UK).
Erli
E
Lu
Oliver J
OJ
Cooper
Jonathan
J
McMaster
Floriana
F
Tuna
Eric J L
EJ
McInnes
William
W
Lewis
Alexander J
AJ
Blake
Stephen T
ST
Liddle
carbene ligands; imido ligands; multiple bonding; oxo ligands; uranium