@article {43617,
	title = {Sterically encumbered mixed sandwich compounds of uranium(III): Synthesis and reactivity with small molecules},
	journal = {Journal of Organometallic Chemistry},
	volume = {857},
	year = {2018},
	month = {2018},
	pages = {110 - 122},
	publisher = {Elsevier B.V.},
	abstract = {A series of uranium(III) mixed sandwich complexes with sterically demanding CpR ligands, of the type [U(COTTIPS2)(CpR)] (CpR = CptBu (C5H4tBu), CptBu2 (C5H3tBu2-1,3), CptBu3 (C5H2tBu3-1,2,4), CpTIPS2 (C5H3(SiiPr3)2-1,3), CpMe4Bz (C5Me4CH2Ph), IndMe6 (C9HMe6) and IndMe7 (C9Me7), and COTTIPS2 = C8H6(SiiPr3)2-1,4), have been synthesised and their X-ray crystal structures determined. The reactivity of these complexes with CO and CO2 is reported, including the squarate complex [U(COTTIPS2)(IndMe6)]2(μ-C4O4), IR data on the long-lived carbonyl complex [U(COTTIPS2)(IndMe7)(CO)] and the carbonate complex [U(COTTIPS2)(CptBu)]2(μ-η1:η2-CO3). The Solid-G algorithm has been to assess the steric properties of these and previously reported mixed-sandwich complexes in the solid state and correlate these properties with the observed reactivity.},
	keywords = {Carbonyl, Organoactinide, Oxocarbons, small molecule activation, Uranium},
	author = {Kahan, Rachel J. and Farnaby, Joy H. and Tsoureas, Nikolaos and Cloke, F. Geoffrey N. and Hitchcock, Peter B. and Coles, Martyn P. and Roe, S. Mark and Wilson, Claire}
}
