A series of uranyl compounds with the redoxactive iminoquinone ligand have been synthesized, and their electronic structures elucidated using multinuclear NMR, EPR, electronic absorption spectroscopies, SQUID magnetometry, and X-ray crystallography. Characterization and analysis of the iminoquinone (iq 0 ) complex, ( dipp iq)UO 2 (OTf) 2 THF (1-iq), the iminosemiquinone (isq 1− ) complex, ( dipp isq) 2 UO 2 THF (2i s q ) , a n d t h e a m i d o p h e n o l a t e ( a p 2 − ) complex, [( dipp ap) 2 UO 2 THF][K(18-crown-6)(THF) 2 ] 2 (3-ap crown) show that reduction events are ligand-based, with the uranium center remaining in the hexavalent state. Reactivity of 2-isq with B-chlorocatecholborane or pivaloyl chloride leads to U−O uranyl bond scission and reduction of U(VI) to U(IV) concomitant with ligand oxidation along with organic byproducts. 18 O isotopic labeling experiments along with IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy confirm that the organic byproducts contain oxygen atoms which originate from U−O uranyl bond activation.