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Proton-coupled electron transfer driven by coordination-induced bond weakening at a trivalent uranium center†

I. J. Huerfano, ORCID logo a   Tate M. Quinn,a   Ahmed Kangmennaa,a   Matthias Zellera  and  Suzanne C. Bart ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a H. C. Brown Laboratory, James Tarpo Jr. and Margaret Tarpo Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
E-mail: sbart@purdue.edu

Abstract

We present the experimental determination of the N–H bond dissociation free energy (BDFE) of a uranium(III)-anilido N–H bond revealing a powerful uranium-induced bond weakening effect and establishing the competency of actinides to facilitate PCET reactions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01484D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Mar 2026
Accepted
08 Apr 2026
First published
05 May 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Proton-coupled electron transfer driven by coordination-induced bond weakening at a trivalent uranium center

I. J. Huerfano, T. M. Quinn, A. Kangmennaa, M. Zeller and S. C. Bart, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC01484D

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