Oxidative addition of organic halides to (ν-C5H5)3U(THF) (THF = tetrahydrofuran). A convenient new synthesis of triscyclopentadienyl uranium(IV) hydrocarbyl complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(90)85163-S

Cp3U(THF) (Cp = η-C5H5; THF = tetrahydrofuran) react with organic halides RX to give the equimolecular mixture of the Cp3UX and Cp3UR compounds.The features of the reaction are characteristic of an atom abstraction oxidative addition mechanism.Treatment o