CEA, IRAMIS, Service de Chimie Moléculaire, CNRS URA 331, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif‐sur‐Yvette (France), Fax: (+33)?1‐6908‐6640
Abstract:
Pincers do something for U that sandwiches don′t : The dead‐ends in the metallocene chemistry of the actinides can be circumvented by using a soft PNP pincer ligand (see scheme). The PNP ligand has been shown to be flexible, hemilabile, and capable of stabilizing low‐ and high‐valent uranium species. The bis(PNP) framework is a valuable alternative to the (C5Me5)2 ligand set, offering distinct structures and reaction patterns.
