title: Synthesis of low-valent uranium fluorides by C-F bond activation.
abstract: The uranium(III) alkyl, Tp*2UCH2Ph (Tp* = hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borate), activates C-F bonds on a variety of fluorinated substrates. From these reactions two new uranium containing products, Tp*2UF and Tp*2UF2, were isolated and characterized by (1)H, (13)C, (11)B NMR, infrared and electronic absorption spectroscopies, as well as X-ray crystallography. Formation of the uranium(III) or uranium(IV) product was found to be substrate dependent.
authors.affiliation: H.C.Brown Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. sbart@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Christopher L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: Jill J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lockhart
authors.forename: Phillip E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fanwick
authors.forename: Suzanne C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bart