Diuranium Inverted Sandwiches Involving Naphthalene and Cyclooctatetraene

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Abstract

Treatment of IU(DME)(NC[(t)Bu]Mes)(3) (2-I-DME) with 4 equiv of KC(8) and 0.5 equiv of naphthalene in DME allowed the isolation of a naphthalene-bridged compound, K(2)(mu-eta(6),eta(6)-C(10)H(8))[U(NC[(t)Bu]Mes)(3)](2) (K(2)-2(2)-mu-C(10)H(8)), in 60% yield as a dark brown powder. The twelve U-C distances are rather short, varying from 2.565(11) to 2.749(10) A. Treatment of M(2)-2(2)-mu-C(10)H(8) (M = Na, K) with 2 equiv of 1,3,5,7-cyclooctatetraene afforded a mixture of two products: M-2-COT and 2(2)-mu-COT. Compound 2(2)-mu-COT can be assembled independently in 90% yield by salt elimination upon reaction of M-2-COT with iodide 2-I-DME. The U-C(arene) distance in compound 2(2)-mu-COT is longer than that in its naphthalene counterpart K(2)-2(2)-mu-C(10)H(8)(2.822 vs 2.634 A), in accord with bonding considerations. A DFT study performed on model compounds for both M(2)-2(2)-mu-C(10)H(8) and 2(2)-mu-COT indicates that the delta bonds present in the former compound show better covalent overlap.

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