Abstract
The thermally unstable products of the reactions 4 RLi + UCl4 (R = various alkyl groups), presumed to be uranium tetraalkyls, decompose readily at room temperature in ethereal or hydrocarbon solvents. When R contains a β-hydrogen, comparable quantities of alkane (RH) and alkene (RH-H2) are produced along with trace amounts of the dimer, RR. This result indicates that uranium alkyl compounds readily decompose via β-hydrogen elimination under the appropriate circumstances (coordinative unsaturation). When a β-hydrogen is not present, the alkane, RH, is the major product. That stereochemistry is retained at the α-carbon atom of the 2-cis- and 2-trans-2-butenyl compounds suggests that 2-butenes are not formed from free R- radicals.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 61-66 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1974 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry