Homoleptic uranium(III) imidodiphosphinochalcogenides including the first structurally characterised molecular trivalent actinide-Se bond

Andrew J Gaunt; Brian L Scott; Mary P Neu

doi:10.1039/b503106k

Homoleptic uranium(III) imidodiphosphinochalcogenides including the first structurally characterised molecular trivalent actinide-Se bond

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Jul 7:(25):3215-7. doi: 10.1039/b503106k. Epub 2005 May 18.

Authors

Andrew J Gaunt¹, Brian L Scott, Mary P Neu

Affiliation

¹ Actinide, Catalysis, and Separations Chemistry (C-SIC), Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545, USA.

PMID: 15968376
DOI: 10.1039/b503106k

Abstract

Preparation of U[N(EPPh2)2]3 (E = S or Se) by treating U[N(SiMe3)2]3 with three equivalents of NH(EPPh2)2 is described together with presentation of a hitherto unreported molecular crystal structure containing An(III)-Se bonds (An = actinide).