Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 17(12), p. 6153-6158, 2021
DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00668a
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Both a masked and the actual complex [U(ii){N(SiMe3)2}3]+ effect the reduction of azobenzene to yield a U(vi) bis-imido species providing the first example of a “clear-cut” metal centred four-electron reduction in f-element chemistry.