Covalency-Driven Differences in the Hydrogenation Chemistry of Lanthanide- and Actinide-Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs
I. Joseph Brackbill,
Thayalan Rajeshkumar,
Iskander Douair
et al.
Abstract:The electronic organization of Frustrated Lewis Pairs (FLPs) allows them to activate strong bonds in mechanisms that are usually free of redox events at the Lewis acidic site. The unique 6d/ 5f manifold of uranium could serve as an interesting FLP acceptor site, but to date FLP-like catalysis with actinide ions is unknown. In this paper, the catalytic, FLP-like hydrogenation reactivity of trivalent uranium complexes is explored in the presence of basestabilized silylenes. Comparison to isoelectronic, isostruct… Show more
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