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Lani A Seaman1, Elizabeth A Pedrick, Takashi Tsuchiya, Guang Wu, Elena Jakubikova, Trevor W Hayton.
Abstract
Why do U react like that? Reaction of 2-Li-C6H4CH2NMe2 with [MCl4(DME)n] (M=Th, n=2; M=U, n=0) results in the formation of a thorium aryl complex, [Th(2-C6H4CH2NMe2)4] or a uranium benzyne complex, [Li][U(2,3-C6H3CH2NMe2)(2-C6H4CH2NMe2)3]. A DFT analysis suggests that the formation of a benzyne complex with U but not with Th is a kinetic and not thermodynamic effect.Entities:
Keywords: aryl; benzyne; bonding analysis; thorium; uranium
Year: 2013 PMID: 23943560 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303992
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336