Issue 43, 2020

The synthesis and versatile reducing power of low-valent uranium complexes

Abstract

This Perspective provides a detailed overview of the chemistry of low-valent (di- and trivalent) uranium. The reactivity of uranium(II) and uranium(III) complexes is discussed both to illustrate the general types of reactions that might be expected and to highlight the many unusual modes of reactivity observed with this element. A particular emphasis is given to redox reactions with uranium(III) species, including reduction of small molecules, multi-electron reductions involving redox-active ligands, and formation of uranium–ligand multiple bonds. In addition, redox-neutral adduct formation with uranium(III) complexes as well as the current state of the young field of uranium(II) redox chemistry are also covered. Synthetic protocols to prepare a wide range of low-valent compounds are presented.

Graphical abstract: The synthesis and versatile reducing power of low-valent uranium complexes

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
08 sept. 2020
Accepted
05 oct. 2020
First published
12 oct. 2020

Dalton Trans., 2020,49, 15124-15138

Author version available

The synthesis and versatile reducing power of low-valent uranium complexes

M. A. Boreen and J. Arnold, Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 15124 DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03151H

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