Issue 98, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Phenylsilane as a safe, versatile alternative to hydrogen for the synthesis of actinide hydrides†

Justin K. Pagano,ab   Jacquelyn M. Dorhout,ac   Rory Waterman,b   Kenneth R. Czerwinskic  and  Jaqueline L. Kiplinger*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop J514, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
E-mail: kiplinger@lanl.gov
Fax: +1 505-667-9905
Tel: +1 505-665-9553

b Department of Chemistry, University of Vermont, Cook Physical Sciences Building, Burlington, VT 05405, USA

c Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 454009, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA

Abstract

The thorium and uranium dihydride dimer complexes [(C5Me5)2An(H)(μ-H)]2 (An = Th, U) have been easily prepared using phenylsilane, which is an efficient and safer alternative to hydrogen gas. The synthetic utility of this new hydriding method has been demonstrated by the preparation of a variety of organometallic complexes, including, for the first time, (C5Me5)2U(SMe)2, (C5Me5)2Th(C4Ph4), (C5Me5)2U(C4Ph4), (C5Me5)2ThS5, and (C5Me5)2U(bipy) using [(C5Me5)2An(H)(μ-H)]2 (An = Th, U) as multi-electron reductants.

Graphical abstract: Phenylsilane as a safe, versatile alternative to hydrogen for the synthesis of actinide hydrides

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC06856H
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Aug 2015
Accepted
13 Oct 2015
First published
22 Oct 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 17379-17381

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Phenylsilane as a safe, versatile alternative to hydrogen for the synthesis of actinide hydrides

J. K. Pagano, J. M. Dorhout, R. Waterman, K. R. Czerwinski and J. L. Kiplinger, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 17379 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC06856H

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