The first cyclopentadienyl complex of uranyl

Jérôme Maynadie (1) , J.C. Berthet (2) , Pierre Thuéry (1) , Michel Ephritikhine (1)

1 SCM - Service de Chimie Moléculaire
2 LCF - URA 331 - Laboratoire Claude Fréjacques

The U(IV) linear pentacyano metallocene [U(C5Me5)2(CN)5] [NEt4]3 reacted with 2 molar equivalents of pyridine N-oxide in THF or acetonitrile to give the U(VI) complex [UO2(C5Me5)(CN)3][NEt4]2, the first uranyl species containing the cyclopentadienyl ligand; the crystal structure revealed that the steric effects of the (C5Me5) ligand force the {UO2}2+ ion to deviate from linearity.

Domains: Analytical chemistry

Jérôme Maynadie, J.C. Berthet, Pierre Thuéry, Michel Ephritikhine. The first cyclopentadienyl complex of uranyl. Chemical Communications, 2007, pp.486-488. ⟨10.1039/b617700j⟩. ⟨cea-00168563⟩