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Organoactinides promote the dimerization of aldehydes: Scope, kinetics, thermodynamics, and calculation studies

Date

Authors

Sharma, Manab

Andrea, Tamar

Brookes, Nigel J

Yates, Brian F

Eisen, Moris S.

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Abstract

Surprising catalytic activities have been found for the actinide complexes Cp*2ThMe2 (1), Th(NEtMe)4 (2), and Me2SiCp″2Th(C4H9)2(3) toward oxygenated substrates. During the catalytic dimerization of benzaldehydes to their corresponding esters, complexes

Keywords

Keywords: Actinide complex; Catalytic activity; Catalytic cycles; Electron withdrawing group; First order; Kinetic study; Mechanistic studies; Methoxybenzaldehyde; Nitrobenzaldehyde; Rate equations; Thermodynamically stable; Transition state; Activation energy; Ald

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/61781

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1021/ja105696p

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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