Samuel Horsewill

University of Glasgow | UofG · School of Chemistry

The unsubstituted bis-hydrotris(1-pyrazolyl)borate) (Tp) ligand framework has been used to synthesise a range of heteroleptic Ln(III) coordination complexes [Ln(Tp)2(X)]. The precursor complexes [Ln(Tp)2(OTf)] 1-Ln (Ln = Y, Eu, Gd, Yb; OTf = triflate) were synthesised by reaction of Ln(OTf)3 with two equivalents of K(Tp). The 8-coordinate β-diketon...

This review summarizes the progress in organo-f-element chemistry during the year 2019. Organo-f-element chemistry, including Sc, Y, the lanthanides and the actinides, has been a flourishing research area for many years. The mainly ionic and Lewis acid character of the lanthanide metals provides a vast array of intriguing structural features suppor...

This chapter covers the synthesis, structure and bonding, and reactivity of actinide complexes of buta-, and penta-dienyl ligands. First, the small number of homoleptic, and non-cyclopentadienyl heteroleptic hydrocarbyl actinide complexes are presented in brief. This is followed by an overview of the synthesis and reactivity of heteroleptic hydroca...

Reduction of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione (pd) with CoCpR 2 resulted in the first molecular compounds of the pd •– semi-quinone radical anion, [CoCpR 2 ] ⁺ [pd] •– (R = H, ( 1 ); R= Me 4 , ( 2 )). Furthermore compounds 1 and...

We report a robust and modular synthetic route to heterometallic rare earth-transition metal complexes. We have used the redox-active bridging ligand 1,10-phenathroline-5,6-dione (pd), which has selective N,N- or O,O- binding sites as the template for this synthetic route. The coordination complexes [Ln(hfac)3(N,N'-pd)] (Ln = Y [1], Gd [2]; hfac =...