title: Uranium(iii) and thorium(iv) alkyl complexes as potential starting materials.
abstract: The synthesis and characterisation of a rare U(iii) alkyl complex, U[η4-Me2NC(H)C6H5]3, using the dimethylbenzylamine (DMBA) ligand has been accomplished. While attempting to prepare the U(iv) compound, reduction to the U(iii) complex occurred. In the analogous Th(iv) system, C-H bond activation of a methyl group of one dimethylamine was observed yielding Th[η4-Me2NC(H)C6H5]2[η5-(CH2)MeNC(H)C6H5] with a dianionic DMBA ligand. The utility of these complexes as starting materials has been analyzed using a bulky dithiocarboxylate ligand to yield tetravalent actinide species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. WalenskyJ@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Behrle
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. WalenskyJ@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. WalenskyJ@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Pokpong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rungthanaphatsophon
authors.affiliation: Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Wayne W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Lukens
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. WalenskyJ@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Charles L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. WalenskyJ@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: Justin R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Walensky