Synthesis of triscyclopentadienyl(triphenylgermyl)uranium and facile isonitrile insertion into the uranium–germanium bond
Abstract
The uranium–germanium bonded complex (cp)3UGePh3(1)(cp =η5-C5H5) has been prepared from (cp)3UCl and KGePh3 and fully characterized; it reacts readily with 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide [(Xyl)NC] to give the carbamoyl insertion product (cp)3U[C(GePh3)N(Xyl)](2), the dynamic 1H n.m.r. behaviour of which is described.