title: Catalytic Addition of Alcohols into Carbodiimides Promoted by Organoactinide Complexes.
abstract: The insertion of alcohols into carbodiimides mediated by benzimidazolin-2-iminato actinide complexes [(BimR1/R2N)AnN″3] [N″ = N(SiMe3)2] is presented herein. Analysis of single-crystal data revealed that steric hindrance, rather than electronic properties, plays an important role in determining the accessibility for this insertion process. All actinide complexes showed excellent activities under very mild conditions. Stoichiometric reactions in combination with kinetic and thermodynamic studies allow us to propose a plausible active species and a mechanism for the catalytic cycle.
authors.affiliation: Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology . Haifa City 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology . Haifa City 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khononov
authors.affiliation: Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology . Haifa City 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fridman
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig , Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5364-0357
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamm
authors.affiliation: Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology . Haifa City 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: Moris S
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8915-0256
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Eisen