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Towards uranium catalysts

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  • Alexander R. Fox

    (Room 6-435, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Suzanne C. Bart

    (Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 1)

  • Karsten Meyer

    (Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstrasse 1)

  • Christopher C. Cummins

    (Room 6-435, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Abstract

The forefront of research into the complexes of uranium reveals chemical transformations that challenge and expand our view of this unique element. Certain ligands form multiple bonds to uranium, and small, inert molecules such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide become reactive when in complex with the metal. Such complexes provide clues to the catalytic future of uranium, in which the applications of the element extend far beyond the nuclear industry. Most excitingly, the ability of uranium to use its outermost f electrons for binding ligands might enable the element to catalyse reactions that are impossible with conventional, transition-metal catalysts.

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  • Alexander R. Fox & Suzanne C. Bart & Karsten Meyer & Christopher C. Cummins, 2008. "Towards uranium catalysts," Nature, Nature, vol. 455(7211), pages 341-349, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:455:y:2008:i:7211:d:10.1038_nature07372
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07372
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    1. Xiaoqing Xin & Iskander Douair & Thayalan Rajeshkumar & Yue Zhao & Shuao Wang & Laurent Maron & Congqing Zhu, 2022. "Photochemical Synthesis of Transition Metal-Stabilized Uranium(VI) Nitride Complexes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Chong Deng & Jiefeng Liang & Rong Sun & Yi Wang & Peng-Xiang Fu & Bing-Wu Wang & Song Gao & Wenliang Huang, 2023. "Accessing five oxidation states of uranium in a retained ligand framework," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-7, December.

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