Abstract
The reaction of M[η5-(CH3)5C5]2(CH3)2 and [η5-(CH3)5C5]2(CD3)2 compounds, M = Th and U, with partially dehydroxylated and nearly completely dehydroxylated alumina yields methane via protolysis by surface OH, ring H atom abstraction, and elimination within the M(CH3)2 groups. The latter pathway is proposed on the basis of chemical evidence to result in alumina-stabilized actinide alkylidenes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 566-569 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organometallics |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1983 |
| Externally published | Yes |