A Route to Stabilize Uranium(II) and Uranium(I) Synthons in Multimetallic Complexes.

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

Group of Coordination Chemistry, Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Published: June 2023

AI Article Synopsis

  • The study focuses on a unique uranium complex that uses triphenylsiloxide ligands, revealing a rare method of stabilizing low valent metal centers through intramolecular ligand movement.
  • By reducing a specific diuranium(IV) complex, the researchers created new uranium complexes with defined oxidation states, showcasing the importance of ligand migration and uranium-arene interactions.
  • Notably, one of the newly formed complexes can facilitate electron-transfer reactions with pyridine, suggesting a novel way to manage redox behavior in complexes containing f-elements.

Article Abstract

Herein, we report the redox reactivity of a multimetallic uranium complex supported by triphenylsiloxide (-OSiPh ) ligands, where we show that low valent synthons can be stabilized via an unprecedented mechanism involving intramolecular ligand migration. The two- and three-electron reduction of the oxo-bridged diuranium(IV) complex [{(Ph SiO) (DME)U} (μ-O)], 4, yields the formal "U /U ", 5, and "U /U ", 6, complexes via ligand migration and formation of uranium-arene δ-bond interactions. Remarkably, complex 5 effects the two-electron reductive coupling of pyridine affording complex 7, which demonstrates that the electron-transfer is accompanied by ligand migration, restoring the original ligand arrangement found in 4. This work provides a new method for controlling the redox reactivity in molecular complexes of unstable, low-valent metal centers, and can lead to the further development of f-elements redox reactivity.

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