List of works - Paul R. Raithby

Functional behaviour from controlled self-assembly: challenges and prospects

scientific article published on July 13, 2012

Benzene in a new face-capping bonding mode: molecular structures of [Ru6C(CO)11(µ3-η2: η2:η2-C6H6)(η6-C6H6)] and [Os3(CO)9(µ3-η2: η2:η2-C6H6)]

On the kinetic and thermodynamic reactivity of lithium di(alkyl)amidozincate bases in directed ortho metalation

scientific article published on 2 October 2007

Effects of diphosphine structure on aurophilicity and luminescence in Au(I) complexes

scientific article published on 27 September 2004

Complexes containing ferrocenyl groups as redox spectators; synthesis, molecular structure and co-ordination behaviour of 4′-ferrocenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine

Analysis of two cycloplatinated compounds derived from N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-alpha-benzoylbenzylidenamine. Comparison of the activity of these compounds with other isostructural cyclopalladated compounds.

scientific article published on November 1993

The preparation and structural characterization of a double-helical binuclear dicobalt(II) complex of 2,2′: 6′,2″: 6″,2‴: 6‴, 2⁗-quinquepyridine; the x-ray crystal structure of acetato(O,O′)bis (2,2′: 6′,2″: 6″,2‴: 6‴, 2?

Synthesis, reactivity, and molecular structure of the raft complex [Os6(µ3-O)(µ3-CO)(CO)18]

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Synthesis and structural characterisation of the heteronuclear raft complex [Os3(CO)11Hg]3

Solid-state structures and solution analyses of a phenylpropylpyridine N-oxide and an N-methyl phenylpropylpyridine

scientific article published in January 2009

The First Structurally Characterized Heterodinuclear Double-Helicate Complex

article by Edwin C. Constable et al published October 1993 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Supramolecular Assemblies of Tripodal Porphyrin Hosts and C60

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The synthesis of [Ru5C(CO)15] by the carbonylation of [Ru6C(CO)17] and the reactions of the pentanuclear cluster with a variety of small molecules: the X-ray structure analyses of [Ru5C(CO)15], [Ru5C(CO)15(MeCN)], [Ru5C(CO)14(PPh3)], [Ru5C(CO)13(PPh3

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Evolution of lowest singlet and triplet excited states with number of thienyl rings in platinum poly-ynes

Self-assembly of double-helical complexes of 2,2′:6′,2″:6″,2‴-Quaterpyridine (qtpy); The x-ray crystal structures of [Cu2(qtpy)2][PF6]2 and [Ag2(qtpy)2][BF4]2

Alkyne-Substituted Transition Metal Clusters

A unique lithium halide complex, [(LiBr)2·3HMPA·toluene]: synthesis from reaction of solid NH4Br with BunLi in HMPA (hexamethylphosphoramide)/toluene media, crystal structure showing two Li–Br units linked by three µ2-HMPA ligands, and detection

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The preparation and co-ordination chemistry of 2,2′ :6′,2″-terpyridine macrocycles. Part 3. Transient template effects involving dimethyltin(IV)

The coordination chemistry of 4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′, 2″-terpyridine; the synthesis, crystal and molecular structures of 4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine and bis(4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine)nickel(II) chloride decahydrate

scholarly article by Edwin C. Constable et al published December 1990 in Inorganica Chimica Acta

Spatial extent of the singlet and triplet excitons in transition metal‐containing poly‐ynes

article published in 1996

Structural characterisation of a pentagonal bipyramidal macrocyclic chromium(III) complex; an explanation of a chromium-mediated ‘transient-template’ effect

The preparation and co-ordination chemistry of 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine macrocycles. Part 4. Structural characterisation of an intermediate in a transient template reaction

The first lithiated organic compound containing water as a ligand: synthesis and crystal structure of 2-mercaptobenzoxazolyl(tetramethylethylenediamine)lithium monohydrate, C6H4OC(S)NLi(tmeda)H2O, a model acid–base intermediate

Synthesis of phosphido-bridged ruthenium–manganese complexes; X-ray crystal structures of [RuMn(µ-H)(µ-PPh2)(η5-C5H5)(CO)5], [Ru2(µ-H)(µ-PPh2)(η5-C5H5)2(CO)2] and [RuMn2(µ-H)(µ-PPh2)2(η5-C5H5)(CO)9]

scholarly article by Andrew J. M. Caffyn et al published 1991 in Dalton transactions RSC

Synthesis, molecular structure and electrochemistry of pentagonal bipyramidal nickel(II) complexes of quinquedentate macrocylic ligand incorporating a 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridyl moiety

scholarly article by Edwin C. Constable et al published January 1983 in Polyhedron

Tuning of the electrochemical recognition of substrates as a function of the proton concentration in solution using pH-responsive redox-active receptor molecules

Mercury-bridged, nitrosyl substituted, triruthenium carbonyl clusters: Synthesis and x-ray crystal structure of [Ru3(NO)(CO)10]2Hg

Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Spectroscopy of Blue Platinum(II) Polyynes and Diynes

scientific article published on 01 November 1998

Synthesis and structural characterization of diene and benzene pentaruthenium clusters

article published in 1993

Steady-state and pseudo-steady-state photocrystallographic studies on linkage isomers of [Ni(Et4dien)(η2-O,ON)(η1-NO2)]: identification of a new linkage isomer

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Synthesis and structural characterisation of an unsaturated osmium-gold cluster HOs3Au(CO)10(PR3) (R  Et, Ph); x-ray crystal structures of HOs3Au(CO)10(PPh3) and Os3Au(CO)10(PPh3)(SCN)

scholarly article by Brian F.G. Johnson et al published July 1981 in Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

Molecular helicity in inorganic complexes: The crystal and molecular structure of 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(6-chloro-2-pyridylhydrazone) silver(I) hexafluorophosphate dimer

article published in 1991

Solid-state interconversions: unique 100 % reversible transformations between the ground and metastable states in single-crystals of a series of nickel(II) nitro complexes

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2,2′ : 6′,2″ : 6″,2‴-Quaterpyridine (qtpy): a versatile ligand in metallosupramolecular chemistry; crystal and molecular structures of [Ni(qtpy)(OH2)2][BF4]2, [Pd(qtpy)][PF6]2, [Cu2(qtpy)2][Pf6]2and [Ag2(qtpy)2][BF4]2

Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes Containing Deprotonated Organic Acids and Water: Preparation, Structures and a New Synthetic Strategy

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Triplet states in a series of Pt-containing ethynylenes

Synthesis and characterisation of some hexanuclear heterometallic clusters containing arene ligands; the crystal and molecular structures of RuOs5(CO)15(η6-C6H6) and RhOs5(CO)15(η5-C5Me5)

One-pot synthesis of a novel tridentate tin(IV) ligand; syntheses and structures of [BunSn(NC5H4-C,N)3MBr](M = Li, Cu)

A substituted hexaosmium hydrido cluster with benzene ligands in two different bonding modes; synthesis and structural characterisation of [Os6H2(CO)11(η6-C6H6)(µ3-η2:η2:η2-C6H6)]

Synthesis, characterisation and optical spectroscopy of platinum(II) di-ynes and poly-ynes incorporating condensed aromatic spacers in the backbone

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Two triorganostannate complexes synthesised from bis(cyclopentadienyl)tin(II); structural variation between [Mg(thf)6]2+2[Sn(η3-C5H5)3]–and [Li(thf)4]+[Sn(C13H9)3]–(thf = tetrahydrofuran, C13H9= fluorenyl)

Synthesis, characterisation and crystal structures of a series of pentanuclear arene-substituted clusters

The synthesis of the first hexaruthenium nitrosyl cluster species; X-ray analysis of Ru6C(CO)14(NO)2 and Ru6C(CO)15(NO)(AuPPh3)

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The reductive activation of [M5C(CO)15](M = Ru or Os) and subsequent reactions of the dianion [Os5C(CO)14]2–, carbonylation of [M5C(CO)15](M = Ru or Os), and the crystal structures of [Os5C(CO)16], [N(PPh3)2]2[Os5C(CO)14], and [Os5C(CO)14{Au(PPh3)}

Hingeless negative linear compression in the mechanochromic gold complex [(C6F5Au)2(μ-1,4-diisocyanobenzene)]

scientific article published on 02 August 2013

Carbonyl–Carbonyl Interactions can be Competitive with Hydrogen Bonds

article published in 1998

Direct location of the interstitial hydride ligand in [HRu6(CO)18]? by both X-ray and neutron analyses of [Ph4As][HRu6(CO)18]

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Solid-state photochemistry of molecular photo-switchable species: the role of photocrystallographic techniques

scientific article published on November 30, 2013

A new series of dinuclear Au(I) complexes linked by diethynylpyridine groups

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

Reactions of [Ru5C(CO)15], involving bridging ligands : crystal and molecular structures of the complexes [Ru5(H)C(CO)14(SEt)], [Ru5(H)C(CO)13(PPh3)(SEt)], [Ru5(H)C(CO)12(PPh3)(SEt)], and [Ru5C(CO)13(PPh3){µ-Au(PPh3)}(µ-I)]

List of works by Paul R. Raithby

Functional behaviour from controlled self-assembly: challenges and prospects

Benzene in a new face-capping bonding mode: molecular structures of [Ru6C(CO)11(µ3-η2: η2:η2-C6H6)(η6-C6H6)] and [Os3(CO)9(µ3-η2: η2:η2-C6H6)]

On the kinetic and thermodynamic reactivity of lithium di(alkyl)amidozincate bases in directed ortho metalation

Effects of diphosphine structure on aurophilicity and luminescence in Au(I) complexes

Complexes containing ferrocenyl groups as redox spectators; synthesis, molecular structure and co-ordination behaviour of 4′-ferrocenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine

Analysis of two cycloplatinated compounds derived from N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-alpha-benzoylbenzylidenamine. Comparison of the activity of these compounds with other isostructural cyclopalladated compounds.

The preparation and structural characterization of a double-helical binuclear dicobalt(II) complex of 2,2′: 6′,2″: 6″,2‴: 6‴, 2⁗-quinquepyridine; the x-ray crystal structure of acetato(O,O′)bis (2,2′: 6′,2″: 6″,2‴: 6‴, 2?

Synthesis, reactivity, and molecular structure of the raft complex [Os6(µ3-O)(µ3-CO)(CO)18]

Synthesis and structural characterisation of the heteronuclear raft complex [Os3(CO)11Hg]3

Solid-state structures and solution analyses of a phenylpropylpyridine N-oxide and an N-methyl phenylpropylpyridine

The First Structurally Characterized Heterodinuclear Double-Helicate Complex

Supramolecular Assemblies of Tripodal Porphyrin Hosts and C60

The synthesis of [Ru5C(CO)15] by the carbonylation of [Ru6C(CO)17] and the reactions of the pentanuclear cluster with a variety of small molecules: the X-ray structure analyses of [Ru5C(CO)15], [Ru5C(CO)15(MeCN)], [Ru5C(CO)14(PPh3)], [Ru5C(CO)13(PPh3

Evolution of lowest singlet and triplet excited states with number of thienyl rings in platinum poly-ynes

Self-assembly of double-helical complexes of 2,2′:6′,2″:6″,2‴-Quaterpyridine (qtpy); The x-ray crystal structures of [Cu2(qtpy)2][PF6]2 and [Ag2(qtpy)2][BF4]2

Alkyne-Substituted Transition Metal Clusters

A unique lithium halide complex, [(LiBr)2·3HMPA·toluene]: synthesis from reaction of solid NH4Br with BunLi in HMPA (hexamethylphosphoramide)/toluene media, crystal structure showing two Li–Br units linked by three µ2-HMPA ligands, and detection

The preparation and co-ordination chemistry of 2,2′ :6′,2″-terpyridine macrocycles. Part 3. Transient template effects involving dimethyltin(IV)

The coordination chemistry of 4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′, 2″-terpyridine; the synthesis, crystal and molecular structures of 4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine and bis(4′-phenyl-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine)nickel(II) chloride decahydrate

Spatial extent of the singlet and triplet excitons in transition metal‐containing poly‐ynes

Structural characterisation of a pentagonal bipyramidal macrocyclic chromium(III) complex; an explanation of a chromium-mediated ‘transient-template’ effect

The preparation and co-ordination chemistry of 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine macrocycles. Part 4. Structural characterisation of an intermediate in a transient template reaction

The first lithiated organic compound containing water as a ligand: synthesis and crystal structure of 2-mercaptobenzoxazolyl(tetramethylethylenediamine)lithium monohydrate, C6H4OC(S)NLi(tmeda)H2O, a model acid–base intermediate

Synthesis of phosphido-bridged ruthenium–manganese complexes; X-ray crystal structures of [RuMn(µ-H)(µ-PPh2)(η5-C5H5)(CO)5], [Ru2(µ-H)(µ-PPh2)(η5-C5H5)2(CO)2] and [RuMn2(µ-H)(µ-PPh2)2(η5-C5H5)(CO)9]

Synthesis, molecular structure and electrochemistry of pentagonal bipyramidal nickel(II) complexes of quinquedentate macrocylic ligand incorporating a 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridyl moiety

Tuning of the electrochemical recognition of substrates as a function of the proton concentration in solution using pH-responsive redox-active receptor molecules

Mercury-bridged, nitrosyl substituted, triruthenium carbonyl clusters: Synthesis and x-ray crystal structure of [Ru3(NO)(CO)10]2Hg

Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Spectroscopy of Blue Platinum(II) Polyynes and Diynes

Synthesis and structural characterization of diene and benzene pentaruthenium clusters

Steady-state and pseudo-steady-state photocrystallographic studies on linkage isomers of [Ni(Et4dien)(η2-O,ON)(η1-NO2)]: identification of a new linkage isomer

Synthesis and structural characterisation of an unsaturated osmium-gold cluster HOs3Au(CO)10(PR3) (R  Et, Ph); x-ray crystal structures of HOs3Au(CO)10(PPh3) and Os3Au(CO)10(PPh3)(SCN)

Molecular helicity in inorganic complexes: The crystal and molecular structure of 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(6-chloro-2-pyridylhydrazone) silver(I) hexafluorophosphate dimer

Solid-state interconversions: unique 100 % reversible transformations between the ground and metastable states in single-crystals of a series of nickel(II) nitro complexes

2,2′ : 6′,2″ : 6″,2‴-Quaterpyridine (qtpy): a versatile ligand in metallosupramolecular chemistry; crystal and molecular structures of [Ni(qtpy)(OH2)2][BF4]2, [Pd(qtpy)][PF6]2, [Cu2(qtpy)2][Pf6]2and [Ag2(qtpy)2][BF4]2

Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes Containing Deprotonated Organic Acids and Water: Preparation, Structures and a New Synthetic Strategy

Triplet states in a series of Pt-containing ethynylenes

Synthesis and characterisation of some hexanuclear heterometallic clusters containing arene ligands; the crystal and molecular structures of RuOs5(CO)15(η6-C6H6) and RhOs5(CO)15(η5-C5Me5)

One-pot synthesis of a novel tridentate tin(IV) ligand; syntheses and structures of [BunSn(NC5H4-C,N)3MBr](M = Li, Cu)

A substituted hexaosmium hydrido cluster with benzene ligands in two different bonding modes; synthesis and structural characterisation of [Os6H2(CO)11(η6-C6H6)(µ3-η2:η2:η2-C6H6)]

Synthesis, characterisation and optical spectroscopy of platinum(II) di-ynes and poly-ynes incorporating condensed aromatic spacers in the backbone

Two triorganostannate complexes synthesised from bis(cyclopentadienyl)tin(II); structural variation between [Mg(thf)6]2+2[Sn(η3-C5H5)3]–and [Li(thf)4]+[Sn(C13H9)3]–(thf = tetrahydrofuran, C13H9= fluorenyl)

Synthesis, characterisation and crystal structures of a series of pentanuclear arene-substituted clusters

The synthesis of the first hexaruthenium nitrosyl cluster species; X-ray analysis of Ru6C(CO)14(NO)2 and Ru6C(CO)15(NO)(AuPPh3)

The reductive activation of [M5C(CO)15](M = Ru or Os) and subsequent reactions of the dianion [Os5C(CO)14]2–, carbonylation of [M5C(CO)15](M = Ru or Os), and the crystal structures of [Os5C(CO)16], [N(PPh3)2]2[Os5C(CO)14], and [Os5C(CO)14{Au(PPh3)}

Hingeless negative linear compression in the mechanochromic gold complex [(C6F5Au)2(μ-1,4-diisocyanobenzene)]

Carbonyl–Carbonyl Interactions can be Competitive with Hydrogen Bonds

Direct location of the interstitial hydride ligand in [HRu6(CO)18]? by both X-ray and neutron analyses of [Ph4As][HRu6(CO)18]

Solid-state photochemistry of molecular photo-switchable species: the role of photocrystallographic techniques

A new series of dinuclear Au(I) complexes linked by diethynylpyridine groups

Reactions of [Ru5C(CO)15], involving bridging ligands : crystal and molecular structures of the complexes [Ru5(H)C(CO)14(SEt)], [Ru5(H)C(CO)13(PPh3)(SEt)], [Ru5(H)C(CO)12(PPh3)(SEt)], and [Ru5C(CO)13(PPh3){µ-Au(PPh3)}(µ-I)]