Uranium(iv) alkyl cations: synthesis, structures, comparison with thorium(iv) analogues, and the influence of arene-coordination on thermal stability and ethylene polymerization activity

Abstract

Uranium(iv) alkyl cations have been prepared, and arene solvent coordination was shown to have a major impact on ethylene polymerization activity. Actinide-arene binding was studied experimentally in the solid state and solution, and computationally.