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Publications

Synthesis of the Bulky Phosphanide [P(SiiPr3)2]− and Its Stabilization of Low-Coordinate Group 12 Complexes. O. P. Churchill, A. Dase, L. J. Taylor, S. P. Argent, N. T. Coles, G. S. Walker and Deborah L. Kays, Inorg. Chem., https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03134

Mechanistic investigations of the Fe(ii) mediated synthesis of squaraines. Y. LiuN. T. ColesN. CajiaoL. J. TaylorE. S. DaviesA. BarbourP. J. MorganK. ButlerB. Pointer-GleadhillS. P. ArgentJ. McMasterM. L. NeidigD. Robinson and D. L. Kays, Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 9599-9611.  

Organoruthenium Complexes Containing Phosphinodicarboxamide Ligands. R. Nolla-Saltiel, A. M. Geer, H.R. Sharpe, C. D. Huke, L. J. Taylor, T. G. Linford-Wood, A. James, J. Allen, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake, J. McMaster and D. L. Kays, Inorganics, 2023, 11, 372.

Homotropic Cooperativity in Iron-Catalyzed Alkyne Cyclotrimerization. A. M. Geer, J. Navarro, P. Alamán-Valtierra, N. T. Coles, D. L. Kays and C. Tejel. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 6610–6618.

Slow magnetic relaxation in Fe(ii) m-terphenyl complex. A. J. ValentineA. M. GeerT. J. BlundellW. ToveyM. J. CliffeE. S. DaviesS. P. ArgentW. LewisJ. McMasterL. J. TaylorD. Reta and D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 18118-18126.

Structural and Electronic Studies of Substituted m-Terphenyl Group 12 Complexes. A. J. Valentine, L. J. Taylor, A. M. Geer, C. D. Huke, K. E. Wood, W. Tovey, W. Lewis, S. P. Argent, A. M. Teale, J. McMaster and D. L.Kays, Organometallics, 2022, 41, 1426–1433.

 

Structural and electronic studies of substituted m-terphenyl lithium complexes. A. J. ValentineA. M. GeerL. J. TaylorA. M. TealeK. E. WoodH. E. L. WilliamsW. LewisS. P. ArgentJ. McMaster and D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 722-728.

Catalyst-free Hydrophosphinylation of Isocyanates and Isothiocyanates under Low-Added-Solvent Conditions. C. D. Huke, L. J. Taylor, S. P. Argent and D. L. Kays, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 10704–10709.

 

Group 11 m-Terphenyl Complexes Featuring Metallophilic Interactions. Y. Liu, L. J. Taylor, S. P. Argent, J. McMaster and D. L. Kays, Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 10114–10123.

A transition metal–gallium cluster formed via insertion of “GaI”. T. J. Blundell, L. J. Taylor, A. J. Valentine; W. Lewis, A. J. Blake, J. McMaster and Deborah L. Kays. Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 8139-8142

 

Hydrophosphination of Activated Alkenes by a Cobalt(I) Pincer Complex. R. Nolla-SaltielA. M. GeerL. J. TaylorO. ChurchillE. S. DaviesW. LewisA. J. Blake and D. L. Kays. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 3148-3157

Influence of molecular design on radical spin multiplicity: characterisation of BODIPY dyad and triad radical anions. B. ManghamM. W. D. Hanson-HeineE. S. DaviesA. WriglesworthM. W. GeorgeW. LewisD. L. KaysJ. McMasterN. A. Besley and N. R. Champness. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 4429-4438.

Morpholino-substituted BODIPY species: Synthesis, structure and electrochemical studies. H. Hassanain, E. S. Davies, W. Lewis, D. L. Kays and N. R. Champness. Crystals, 2020, 10, 36.

 

Low-coordinate first-row transition metal complexes in catalysis and small molecule activation. L. J. Taylor and D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 12365-12381.

 

Structural characterization and optical properties of two copper(i)-iodide BODIPY coordination polymers. H. Hassanain, E. S. Davies, W. Lewis, D. L. Kays and N. R. Champness, CrystEngComm, 2019, 21, 4551-4556.

Iron(II)-Catalyzed Hydroamination of Isocyanates. A. J. South, A. M. Geer, L. J. Taylor, H. R. Sharpe, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Organometallics, 2019, 38, 4115-4120.

 

A Highly Active Bidentate Magnesium Catalyst for Amine‐Borane Dehydrocoupling: Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies. A. C. A. Ried, L. J. Taylor, A. M. Geer, H. E. L. Williams, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 6840-6846.

Selective Reduction and Homologation of Carbon Monoxide by Organometallic Iron Complexes. H. R. Sharpe, A. M. Geer, L. J. Taylor, B. M. Gridley, T. J. Blundell, A. J. Blake, E. S. Davies, W. Lewis, J. McMaster, D. Robinson and D. L. Kays, Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 3757.

Dehydrogenation of Dimethylamine-Borane Mediated by Group 1 Pincer Complexes. R. Nolla-Saltiel, A. M. Geer, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 1825-1828. Featured on the Front Cover.

 

Dehydrocoupling of Dimethylamine-Borane Promoted by Manganese(II) m-Terphenyl Complexes. H. R. Sharpe, A. M. Geer, T. J. Blundell, F. R. Hastings, M. W. Fay, G. A. Rance, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2018, 8, 229-235.

Iron(II) Catalysed Hydrophosphination of Isocyanates. H. R. Sharpe, A. M. Geer, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 4845-4848.

 

1,8-Bis(silylamido)naphthalene Complexes of Magnesium and Zinc Synthesised Through Alkane Elimination Reactions. M. A. Bradley, C. Birchall, A. J. Blake, W. Lewis, G. J. Moxey and D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 4101-4110. 

 

A Monomeric, Heterobimetallic Complex with an Unsupported Mg−Fe Bond. C. Birchall, G. J. Moxey, J. McMaster, A. J. Blake, W. Lewis and D. L. Kays, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2017, 458, 97-100.

Cyclotrimerisation of Isocyanates Catalysed by Low-coordinate Mn(II) and Fe(II) m-Terphenyl Complexes. H. R. Sharpe, A. M. Geer, T. J. Blundell, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 937-940. 

 

Use of Extremely Bulky Amide Ligands in Main Group Chemistry. D. L. Kays, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 1004-1018.

Alkaline Earth Complexes of a Sterically Demanding Guanidinate Ligand. G. J. Moxey, A. J. Blake, W. Lewis and D. L. Kays, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2015, 36, 5892-5902.

Tuning Coordination in s-Block Carbazol-9-yl Complexes. F. Ortu, G. J. Moxey, A. J. Blake, W. Lewis and D. L. Kays, Chem. Eur. J., 2015, 21, 6949-6956.

 

Ligand Influences on Homoleptic Group 12 m-Terphenyl Complexes. T. J. Blundell, F. R. Hastings, B. M. Gridley, G. J. Moxey, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 14257-14264. 

 

Synthesis and Characterisation of Magnesium Complexes Containing Sterically Demanding N,N’-bis(aryl)amidinate Ligands. G. J. Moxey, F. Ortu, L. Goldney Sidley, H. N. Strandberg, A. J. Blake, W. Lewis and D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 4838-4846.

 

Alkaline Earth Complexes of Silylated Aminopyridinato Ligands: Homoleptic Compounds and Heterobimetallic Coordination Polymers. F. Ortu, G. J. Moxey, A. J. Blake, W. Lewis and D. L. Kays, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 12429-12439.

 

Cubane and Dicubane Complexes Stabilised by Sterically Demanding m-Terphenyl Ligands. B. M. Gridley, T. J. Blundell, G. J. Moxey, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 9752-9754.

 

Conformational Isomerism in Monomeric, Low-coordinate Group 12 Complexes Stabilized by a Naphthyl-Substituted m-Terphenyl Ligand. B. M. Gridley, G. J. Moxey, W. Lewis, A. J. Blake and D. L. Kays, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 11446-11453. 

 

Structural Diversity in Alkali Metal Complexes of Sterically Demanding Carbazol-9-yl Ligands. A. J. Blake, W. Lewis, R. S. Moorhouse, G. J. Moxey, F. Ortu, T. J. Reade and D. L. Kays, Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 2678-2683. 

Low-coordinate Cobalt(II) Terphenyl Complexes: Precursors to Sterically Encumbered Ketones. B. M. Gridley, A. J. Blake, A. L. Davis, W. Lewis, G. J. Moxey and D. L. Kays, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 8910-8912.

Synthesis and Characterisation of BODIPY Radical Anions. V. J. Richards, A. L. Gower, J. E. H. B. Smith, E. S. Davies, D. Lahaye, A. G. Slater (née Phillips), W. Lewis, A. J. Blake, N. R. Champness and D. L. Kays, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48,1751-1753. 

Synthesis and Characterisation of Complexes of the 2,6-Diphenoxyphenyl Ligand. A. J. Blake, A. L. Gower, W. Lewis, G. J. Moxey, T. J. Reade and D. L. Kays, J. Organomet. Chem., 2011, 696, 1787-1791. 

 

Amido Analogues of Zincocenes and Cadmocenes. A. J. Blake, W. Lewis, J. McMaster, R. S. Moorhouse, G. J. Moxey and D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1641-1645. 

 

Recent Developments in Transition Metal Diaryl Chemistry. D. L. Kays, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 769-778. 

 

Bis[μ3-1,8-bis(triisopropylsilylamido)naphthalene]bis(tetrahydrofuran)-di-μ3-oxido-dimanganese(III)disodium. A. J. Blake, N. A. Harris, D. L. Kays, W. Lewis and G. J. Moxey, Acta Cryst., 2010, C66, m204-m206.

 

The Stabilisation of Organometallic Complexes Using m-Terphenyl Ligands. D. L. Kays, in Specialist Periodical Reports: Organometallic Chemistry, Eds. I. J. S. Fairlamb and J. M. Lynam), RSC, Cambridge, 2010, vol. 36, p. 56-76. 

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Terminal (Diisopropylamino)borylene Complexes of Group 8 Metals. D. Vidovic, G. A. Pierce, N. D. Coombs, D. L. Kays, A. L. Thompson, A. Stasch and S. Aldridge, Main Group Chem., 2010, 9, 57-65. 

Differing Coordination Environments in Transition Metal Derivatives of 1,8-Bis(silylamido)naphthalene Ligands. A. J. Blake, N. L. Gillibrand, G. J. Moxey and D. L. Kays, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 10837-10844.

 

Synthesis and Characterisation of Low-coordinate Transition-Metal Complexes Stabilised by Sterically Demanding Carbazolido Ligands. A. E. Ashley, A. R. Cowley, J. C. Green, D. R. Johnston, D. J. Watkin and D. L. Kays, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 2547-2552. 

 

Reactivity of Cationic Terminal Borylene Complexes: Novel Mechanisms for Insertion and Metathesis Chemistry Involving Strongly Lewis Acidic Ligand Systems. S. De, G. A. Pierce, D. Vidovic, D. L. Kays, N. D. Coombs, E. D. Jemmis and S. Aldridge, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 2961-2975. 

 

Half-sandwich Group 8 Borylene Complexes: Synthetic and Structural Studies, and Oxygen Atom Abstraction Chemistry. G. A. Pierce, D. Vidovic, D. L. Kays, N. D. Coombs, A. L. Thompson, D. J. Willock, E. D. Jemmis, S. De and S. Aldridge, Organometallics, 2009, 28, 2947-2960. 

 

Synthesis and Isolation of [Fe@Ge10]3: A Pentagonal Prismatic Zintl Ion Cage Encapsulating an Interstitial Iron Atom. B. Zhou, M. S. Denning, D. L. Kays and J. M. Goicoechea, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 2802-2803. 

 

Crystal Structure of 1,3,6-Tribromocarbazole. A. R. Cowley, D. R. Johnston, D. L. Kays (née Coombs) and D. J. Watkin, Analytical Sciences, 2008, 24, x189-x190.

 

Transition Metal Boryl Complexes. D. L. Kays (née Coombs) and S. Aldridge, Structure and Bonding (Berin), Ed. D. M. P. Mingos, Springer, Germany, 2008, vol. 130, p. 29-122. 

 

Monomeric, Two-coordinate Mn, Fe and Co(II) Complexes Featuring 2,6-(2,4,6-Trimethylphenyl)phenyl Ligands. D. L. Kays (née Coombs)† and A. R. Cowley, Chem. Commun., 2007, 1053-1055.

The Chemistry of Metal-Boron Double Bonds. S. Aldridge and D. L. Kays (née Coombs), Main Group Chem., 2006, 5, 223-249. 

Halide Abstraction by Na[B{C6H3(CF3)2-3,5}4]: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of the Rhodium(I) Cations [(η6-arene)Rh(PPh3)2]+ (Arene = benzene, toluene). O. Buttler, A. Al-Fawaz, D. L. Kays, L. –L. Ooi, and S. Aldridge, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2006, 632, 2187-2189. 

Cationic Terminal Borylene Complexes: Structure/Bonding Analysis and [4+1] Cycloaddition Reactivity of a BN Vinylidene Analogue. S. Aldridge, C. Jones, T. Gans-Eichler, A. Stasch, D. L. Kays (née Coombs), N. D. Coombs and D. J. Willock, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 6118-6122. 

 

Substitution, Abstraction and Addition Chemistry of Low-Coordinate Gallium and Indium Ligand Systems. N. D. Coombs, N. R. Bunn, D. L. Kays (née Coombs), J. K. Day, L. –L. Ooi and S. Aldridge, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2006, 359, 3693-3698.

Migratory Insertion of [B(C6F5)2]– into C–H Bonds: CO Promoted Boryl Anion Transfer. S. Aldridge, D. L. Kays (née Coombs), A. Al-Fawaz, P. N. Horton, M. B. Hursthouse and W. Clegg, Chem. Commun., 2006, 2578-2580. 

 

Cationic Terminal Borylene Complexes: Interconversion of Amino and Alkoxyborylenes by an Unprecedented Meerwein-Ponndorf Hydride Transfer. D. L. Kays (née Coombs), J. K. Day, S. Aldridge, R. W. Harrington and W. Clegg, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 3513-3516.

 

Synthetic and Reaction Chemistry of Heteroatom Stabilized Boryl and Cationic Borylene Complexes. D. L. Kays (née Coombs),† A. Rossin, J. K. Day, L. –L. Ooi and S. Aldridge, Dalton Trans, 2006, 399-410. 

 

Structures of the Metallated Trihalogallate and Indate Ions [(η5-C5Me5)Fe(CO)2InI3]– and [(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2GaI2Br]–. S. Aldridge, D. L. Kays (née Coombs), N. R. Bunn, N. D. Coombs and L. –L. Ooi. Main Group Metal Chem., 2005, 28, 201-205.

 

Halide Abstraction as a Route to Cationic Transition-Metal Complexes Containing Two-Coordinate Gallium and Indium Ligand Synthesis. N. R. Bunn, S. Aldridge, D. L. Kays, N. D. Coombs, A. Rossin, D. J. Willock, J. K. Day, C. Jones and L. –L. Ooi, Organometallics, 2005, 24, 5891-5900. 

 

Toward Cationic Gallane- and Indanediyl Complexes: Synthetic Approaches to Three-Coordinate Halogallyl and –indyl Precursors. N. R. Bunn, S. Aldridge, D. L. Kays (née Coombs), N. D. Coombs, J. K. Day, L. –L. Ooi, S. J. Coles and M. B. Hursthouse, Organometallics, 2005, 24, 5879-5890. 

 

Cationic Terminal Borylene Complexes: A Synthetic and Mechanistic Investigation of M=B Metathesis Chemistry. D. L. Kays (née Coombs), J. K. Day, L. –L. Ooi and S. Aldridge, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 7457-7460. Cited as literature highlight: Science, 2005, 310, 747. 

 

Complementary Anion Binding by Bidentate Boron-Containing Lewis Acids. N. D. Coombs, S. Aldridge, G. Wiltshire, D. L. Coombs and L. –L. Ooi, J. Organomet. Chem., 2005, 690, 2725-2731.

 

Reactivity of the bis(Pentafluorophenyl)boranes ClB(C6F5)2 and [HB(C6F5)2]n Towards Late Transition Metal Reagents. A. Al-Fawaz, S. Aldridge, D. L. Coombs, A. A. Dickinson, D. J. Willock, L. –L. Ooi, M. E. Light, S. J. Coles, and M. B. Hursthouse, Dalton Trans., 2004, 4030-4037. 

Carbonyl Analogues? Analysis of Fe–E (E = B, Al, Ga) Bonding in Cationic Terminal Diyl Complexes by Density Functional Theory. S. Aldridge, A. Rossin, D. L. Coombs and D. J. Willock, Dalton Trans., 2004, 2649-2654. 

Fe=B Double Bonds: Synthetic, Structural and Reaction Chemistry of Cationic Terminal Borylene Complexes. D. L. Coombs, S. Aldridge, A. Rossin, C. Jones and D. J. Willock, Organometallics, 2004, 23, 2911-2926.

Fe–Ga Multiple Bonding? Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Structural Characterization of a Transition Metal Complex Containing a Cationic Two-Coordinate Gallium Centre. N. R. Bunn, S. Aldridge, D. L. Coombs, A. Rossin, D. J. Willock, C. Jones and L. –L. Ooi, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1732-1733. Literature highlight: Nach. aus der Chemie, 2004, 53, 225. 

 

Transition Metal Boryl and Borylene Complexes: Substitution and Abstraction Chemistry. S. Aldridge and D. L. Coombs, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2004, 248, 535-559. 

Influence of Ligand Steric Bulk in the Synthesis of Transition Metal Borylene Complexes.  D. L. Coombs, S. Aldridge, S. J. Coles and M. B. Hursthouse, Organometallics, 2003, 22, 4213-4217.

 

Cationic Terminal Borylenes by Halide Abstraction: Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Structural Characterization of an Fe=B Double Bond. D. L. Coombs, S. Aldridge, C. Jones and D. J. Willock, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 6356-6357. Literature highlight: Chem. Ind., 2003, 12, 26; Nach. aus der Chemie, 2004, 52, 243 and in Organometallics 3rd Edn. (2006), by Ch. Elschenbroich.

 

Substitution Chemistry of Sterically Demanding Boryl Ligands.  D. L. Coombs, S. Aldridge and C. Jones, Appl. Organometal. Chem., 2003, 17, 356-360.

 

Trans-bromohydridobis(triphenylphosphine)platinum Toluene Hemisolvate. S. Aldridge, D. L. Coombs and C. Jones, Acta. Cryst., 2003,  E59, m584-m585.

 

Synthetic, Structural and Reaction Chemistry of Transition Metal Complexes Containing the Mesitylborylene Ligand.  D. L. Coombs, S. Aldridge and C. Jones, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 3851-3858.

 

[(η5-C5H5)Fe(CO)2]2B(2,4,6-Me3C6H2): Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Structural Characterization of a Transition Metal Complex Containing an Unsupported Bridging Borylene Ligand.  S. Aldridge, D. L. Coombs and C. Jones, Chem. Commun., 2002, 856-857. Cited in Organometallics 3rd Edn. (2006), by Ch. Elschenbroich.

Intramolecular Base-Stabilised Adducts of Main-Group Halides. S. Aldridge, R. J. Calder, D. L. Coombs, C. Jones, J. W. Steed, S. Coles and M. B. Hursthouse, New. J. Chem., 2002, 26, 677-686.

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