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ArticleNature communications2025

Uranium-stibinidiide, -stibinidene, and -stibido multiple bonds and uranium-nitride formation from multimetallic diuranium-distibene-mediated dinitrogen cleavage.

Rebecca F Sheppard, Kevin Dollberg, Nick Michel, John A Seed, Ashley J Wooles, Jingzhen Du, Carsten von Hänisch, Stephen T Liddle

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Rebecca F SheppardDepartment of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-7935-1376
Kevin DollbergFachbereich Chemie and Marburg Center for Quantum Materials and Sustainable Technologies (mar.quest), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Nick MichelFachbereich Chemie and Marburg Center for Quantum Materials and Sustainable Technologies (mar.quest), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
John A SeedDepartment of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Ashley J WoolesDepartment of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7411-9627
Jingzhen DuDepartment of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. jingzhendu@zzu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4037-9281
Carsten von HänischFachbereich Chemie and Marburg Center for Quantum Materials and Sustainable Technologies (mar.quest), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany. haenisch@chemie.uni-marburg.de.
Stephen T LiddleDepartment of Chemistry and Centre for Radiochemistry Research, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. steve.liddle@manchester.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9911-8778

Funding

EC | EC Seventh Framework Programm | FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013)) 612724RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/M027015/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/P001386/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/S033181/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/T011289/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/W029057/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although uranium-nitrogen multiple bonding is well developed, there are far fewer uranium-phosphorus and -arsenic multiple bonds, and none for antimony, even in spectroscopic scenarios. Here, we report straightforward syntheses of uranium-stibido, -stibinidiide, -distibene, and -stibinidene derivatives containing single, double, and pseudo-triple bond interactions. Quantum chemical calculations suggest that these uranium-antimony multiple bonds are more covalent than thorium-antimony congeners, due to superior spatial and energy matching of uranium and antimony frontier orbitals, but comparison to isostructural uranium-phosphorus and -arsenic analogues suggests that for uranium moving from phosphorus to arsenic to antimony the spatial overlap term reduces but the orbital energy matching improves. Reduction of the distibene complex results in loss of the antimony-component and multimetallic activation and cleavage of dinitrogen to nitride. This constitutes an uncommon mode of reactivity for uranium that is co-facilitated by the distibene and potassium ions.

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