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A monomeric, heterobimetallic complex with an unsupported Mg−Fe bond (2016)
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Birchall, C., Moxey, G. J., McMaster, J., Blake, A. J., Lewis, W., & Kays, D. L. (2017). A monomeric, heterobimetallic complex with an unsupported Mg−Fe bond. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 458, 97-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2016.12.029

The phosphinimine, trimethylsilyl-substituted BIPM ligand [BIPM = bis(iminophosphorano)methanide] has been used to stabilise CH(Ph2PNSiMe3)2MgFe(η5-C5H5)(CO)2 (1), which is a structurally authenticated complex exhibiting a direct, unsupported bond be... Read More about A monomeric, heterobimetallic complex with an unsupported Mg−Fe bond.

Probing the use of long lived intra-ligand π-π * excited states for photocatalytic systems: a study of the photophysics and photochemistry of [ReCl(CO)3(dppz-(CH3)2)] (2016)
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Summers, P. A., Calladine, J. A., Ibrahim, N., Kusumo, K. P., Clark, C. A., Sun, X., …George, M. W. (2017). Probing the use of long lived intra-ligand π-π * excited states for photocatalytic systems: a study of the photophysics and photochemistry of [ReCl(CO)3(dppz-(CH3)2)]. Polyhedron, 123, 259-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2016.11.005

We report the excited state photophysics and photochemistry of [ReCl(CO)3(dppz-(CH3)2)] (dppz-(CH3)2 = 11,12-dimethyl-dipyrido[3,2-a:2’,3’-c]phenazine) in CH3CN using timeresolved infrared (TRIR) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Ex... Read More about Probing the use of long lived intra-ligand π-π * excited states for photocatalytic systems: a study of the photophysics and photochemistry of [ReCl(CO)3(dppz-(CH3)2)].

Emergence of comparable covalency in isostructural cerium(IV)- and uranium(IV)-carbon multiple bonds (2016)
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Gregson, M., Lu, E., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J. L., Hennig, C., Scheinost, A. C., …Liddle, S. T. (2016). Emergence of comparable covalency in isostructural cerium(IV)- and uranium(IV)-carbon multiple bonds. Chemical Science, 7(5), 3286-3297. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SC00278A

We report comparable levels of covalency in cerium- and uranium-carbon multiple bonds in the isostructural carbene complexes [M(BIPMTMS)(ODipp)2] [M = Ce (1), U (2), Th (3); BIPMTMS = C(PPh2NSiMe3)2; Dipp = C6H3-2,6-Pri2] whereas for M = Th the M=C b... Read More about Emergence of comparable covalency in isostructural cerium(IV)- and uranium(IV)-carbon multiple bonds.

Isolation of Elusive HAsAsH in a Crystalline Diuranium(IV) Complex (2015)
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Gardner, B. M., Balázs, G., Scheer, M., Wooles, A. J., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J., …Liddle, S. T. (2015). Isolation of Elusive HAsAsH in a Crystalline Diuranium(IV) Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54(50), 15250-15254. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201508600

The HAsAsH molecule has hitherto only been proposed tentatively as a short-lived species generated in electrochemical or microwave-plasma experiments. After two centuries of inconclusive or disproven claims of HAsAsH formation in the condensed phase,... Read More about Isolation of Elusive HAsAsH in a Crystalline Diuranium(IV) Complex.

An Inverted-Sandwich Diuranium μ-η5:η5-Cyclo-P5 Complex Supported by U-P5 δ-Bonding (2015)
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Gardner, B. M., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J., McMaster, J., Lewis, W., Blake, A. J., & Liddle, S. T. (2015). An Inverted-Sandwich Diuranium μ-η5:η5-Cyclo-P5 Complex Supported by U-P5 δ-Bonding. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54(24), 7068-7072. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201501728

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Abstract Reaction of [U(TrenTIPS)] [1, TrenTIPS=N(CH2CH2NSiiPr3)3] with 0.25 equivalents of P4 reproducibly affords the unprecedented actinide inverted sandwich cyclo-P5 complex [{U(TrenTIPS)}2(μ-η... Read More about An Inverted-Sandwich Diuranium μ-η5:η5-Cyclo-P5 Complex Supported by U-P5 δ-Bonding.

Two-Electron Reductive Carbonylation of Terminal Uranium(V) and Uranium(VI) Nitrides to Cyanate by Carbon Monoxide (2014)
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Cleaves, P. A., King, D. M., Kefalidis, C. E., Maron, L., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J., …Liddle, S. T. (2014). Two-Electron Reductive Carbonylation of Terminal Uranium(V) and Uranium(VI) Nitrides to Cyanate by Carbon Monoxide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(39), 10412-10415. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201406203

Two-electron reductive carbonylation of the uranium(VI) nitride [U(TrenTIPS)(N)] (2, TrenTIPS=N(CH2CH2NSiiPr3)3) with CO gave the uranium(IV) cyanate [U(TrenTIPS)(NCO)] (3). KC8 reduction of 3 resulted in cyanate dissociation to give [U(TrenTIPS)] (4... Read More about Two-Electron Reductive Carbonylation of Terminal Uranium(V) and Uranium(VI) Nitrides to Cyanate by Carbon Monoxide.

Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Uranium(VI) Carbene Imido Oxo Complex (2014)
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Lu, E., Cooper, O. J., McMaster, J., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J., Lewis, W., …Liddle, S. T. (2014). Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Uranium(VI) Carbene Imido Oxo Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(26), 6696-6700. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201403892

We report the uranium(VI) carbene imido oxo complex [U(BIPMTMS)(NMes)(O)(DMAP)2] (5, BIPMTMS=C(PPh2NSiMe3)2; Mes=2,4,6-Me3C6H2; DMAP=4-(dimethylamino)pyridine) which exhibits the unprecedented arrangement of three formal multiply bonded ligands to on... Read More about Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of a Uranium(VI) Carbene Imido Oxo Complex.