Synthesis and structure of [{N(CH2CH2NSiMe3)3}URe(η5-C5H5)2]: a heterobimetallic complex with an unsupported uranium–rhenium bond†
Abstract
The first structurally authenticated molecular uranium–transition metal bond is reported; DFT studies show σ- and π-components in the U–Re bond and this is the first time that the latter component has been reported in an unsupported f-element–transition metal bond.