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Robert Thomson

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma
Verified email at ou.edu
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Uranium azide photolysis results in C–H bond activation and provides evidence for a terminal uranium nitride

RK Thomson, T Cantat, BL Scott, DE Morris… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Uranium nitride [U≡ N] x is an alternative nuclear fuel that has great potential in the expanding
future of nuclear power; however, very little is known about the U≡ N functionality. We …

UI4(1,4-dioxane)2, [UCl4(1,4-dioxane)]2, and UI3(1,4-dioxane)1.5: Stable and Versatile Starting Materials for Low- and High-Valent Uranium Chemistry

MJ Monreal, RK Thomson, T Cantat, NE Travia… - …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The uranium(III) and uranium(IV) iodide complexes UI 3 (1,4-dioxane) 1.5 and UI 4 (1,4-dioxane)
2 have been easily prepared in high yield by reacting uranium turnings with a 1,4-…

A pentagonal pyramidal zirconium imido complex for catalytic hydroamination of unactivated alkenes

RK Thomson, JA Bexrud, LL Schafer - Organometallics, 2006 - ACS Publications
The first, isolable group 4 imido complexes capable of promoting intramolecular olefin
hydroamination for the preparation of N-containing heterocycles are presented. The structurally …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, structure, spectroscopy and redox energetics of a series of uranium (IV) mixed-ligand metallocene complexes

RK Thomson, BL Scott… - Comptes …, 2010 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
A series of uranium (IV) mixed-ligand amide–halide/pseudohalide complexes (C 5 Me 5) 2
U [N (SiMe 3) 2](X)(X= F (1), Cl (2), Br (3), I (4), N 3 (5), NCO (6)),(C 5 Me 5) 2 U (NPh 2)(X)(X…

Amidate complexes of titanium and zirconium: a new class of tunable precatalysts for the hydroamination of alkynes

C Li, RK Thomson, B Gillon, BO Patrick… - Chemical …, 2003 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of bis (amidate) group 4-bis (amido) complexes have been prepared, characterized
and have been shown to be highly tunable precatalysts for both the intra-and intermolecular …

Comparative study of f-element electronic structure across a series of multimetallic actinide and lanthanoid-actinide complexes possessing redox-active bridging …

…, ED Bauer, CH Booth, RK Thomson… - Inorganic …, 2010 - ACS Publications
A comparative examination of the electronic interactions across a series of trimetallic actinide
and mixed lanthanide-actinide and lanthanum-actinide complexes is presented. Using …

Structure, bonding, and reactivity of Ti and Zr amidate complexes: DFT and X-ray crystallographic studies

RK Thomson, FE Zahariev, Z Zhang… - Inorganic …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Easily prepared and highly modular organic amide proligands have been used to synthesize
a series of new bis(amidate)-bis(amido) Ti and Zr complexes via protonolysis. These …

Infrared extinction cross sections of silicate grains

RF Knacke, RK Thomson - … of the Astronomical Society of the …, 1973 - iopscience.iop.org
Much progress in the understanding of the grains has come through observations at wavelengths
shorter than 25¡ jl, and it is expected that the wavelength region between 25¡ jl and 1 …

Noble Reactions for the Actinides: Safe Gold‐Based Access to Organouranium and Azido Complexes

RK Thomson, CR Graves, BL Scott, JL Kiplinger - 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A safe gold‐based oxidative functionalization protocol has been developed, which allows
access to an assortment of uranium complexes bearing azido‐ and carbon‐functional groups. …

Organometallic uranium (iv) fluoride complexes: preparation using protonolysis chemistry and reactivity with trimethylsilyl reagents

RK Thomson, CR Graves, BL Scott, JL Kiplinger - Dalton Transactions, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Reaction of the uranium alkyl complex (C5Me5)2UMe2 (1) with Et3N·3HF in toluene in the
presence of a donor ligand (pyridine or trimethylphosphine oxide) results in gas evolution and …