Monochlorotris-silylamides

The monochlorotris-silylamides, [(Me3Si)3N]3MCI, of the two most readily accessible actinide elements, thorium and uranium, have been prepared by reaction of three molar equivalents of sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide and the metal chloride in tetrahydrofuran. The thorium derivative is a colorless, diamagnetic, pentane soluble compound which is rtionomeric in the gas phase (by mass spectrometry) (19, 20). The tan uranium analogue is paramagnetic (yB = 2.8 B.M.) (20). 

The monochlorotris-silylamides of thorium and uranium, M[N(SiMe2)2]3Cl, are readily prepared (eq. 78) (92). The compounds... 

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