Alasdair McKay

Examination of N,N-dimethylbenzylamine as a substrate for ruthenium-catalysed C-H (thio)amidation: A mass spectrometry and DFT directed study

Weam AO Altalhi, Alasdair I McKay, Benjamin Spyrou, Allan J Canty, Paul S Donnelly, Richard AJ O'Hair

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Key steps in the potential application of N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, a widely used substrate in organometallic chemistry, in rutheni..

Stereoelectronic Characterization and Catalytic Potential of a 1,3-Bis(2,6-terphenyl)-Substituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene

Daniel Twycross, Christopher J Davey, Marcus L Cole, Alasdair McKay

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The preparation of a 1,3-bis(2,6-terphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, IDitop (Ditop=2,6-bis(4-tolyl)phenyl-) is reported. Several late tr..

A Series of Crystallographically Characterized Linear and Branched sigma-Alkane Complexes of Rhodium: From Propane to 3-Methylpentane

Alexander J Bukvic, Arron L Burnage, Graham J Tizzard, Antonio J Martinez-Martinez, Alasdair McKay, Nicholas H Rees, Bengt E Tegner, Tobias Kramer, Heather Fish, Mark R Warren, Simon J Coles, Stuart A Macgregor, Andrew S Weller

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Using solid-state molecular organometallic (SMOM) techniques, in particular solid/gas single-crystal to single-crystal reactivity,..

Facile synthesis of well-controlled poly(1-vinyl imidazole) by the RAFT process

Bo Fan, Jing Wan, Alasdair McKay, Zhenyuan Qu, San H Thang

Journal article  |  2020  |  POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Poly(vinyl imidazole)s, which contain heterocyclic aromatic rings on the polymer side chains, are of increasing interest for a wid..

Iridium-catalysed 3,5-bis-borylation of phthalonitrile enables access to a family ofC(4h)octaarylphthalocyanines

Katie D Mulholland, Sangbin Yoon, Christopher C Rennie, Eleanor K Sitch, Alasdair McKay, Katharina Edkins, Robert M Edkins

Journal article  |  2020  |  CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Ir-catalysed borylation of phthalonitrile produces both 4-(Bpin)phthalonitrile (1) and 3,5-bis(Bpin)phthalonitrile (2), which are ..

Using electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry to explore formation and gas-phase chemistry of silver nanoclusters generated from the reaction of silver salts with NaBH(4)in the presence of bis(diphenylarsino)methane

Howard Z Ma, Alasdair I McKay, Allan J Canty, Richard AJ O'Hair

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY

Electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) of mixtures of AgBF4 or AgNO3 with the capping ligand bis(diphenylarsino)methan..

Heteroleptic lead and aluminium complexes ligated by a bulky non-symmetrical triazenide

KN Buys, ML Cole, AI McKay

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Organometallic Chemistry

The sterically bulky non-symmetrical triazene, DmpN3(H)Dipp∗, was prepared. Amido lead triazenide and dimethyl aluminium triazenid..

Bulky bis(aryl)triazenides: just aspiring amidinates? A structural and spectroscopic study

Matthew R Gyton, Anthony R Leverett, Marcus L Cole, Alasdair McKay

Journal article  |  2020  |  DALTON TRANSACTIONS

The synthesis and molecular structures (by single crystal X-ray diffraction) of s-, p- and d-metal complexes of the sterically dem..

Tolerant to air sigma-alkane complexes by surface modification of single crystalline solid-state molecular organometallics using vapour-phase cationic polymerisation: SMOM@polymer

Alexander J Bukvic, Dana Georgiana Crivoi, Hollie G Garwood, Alasdair McKay, Thomas TD Chen, Antonio J Martinez-Martinez, Andrew S Weller

Journal article  |  2020  |  CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Vapour-phase surface-initiated cationic polymerisation of ethylvinylether occurs at single-crystals of the σ-alkane complex [Rh(Cy..

Identification of the Side Products That Diminish the Yields of the Monoamidated Product in Metal-Catalyzed C-H Amidation of 2-Phenylpyridine with Arylisocyanates

Alasdair I McKay, Weam AO Altalhi, Lachlan E McInnes, Milena L Czyz, Allan J Canty, Paul S Donnelly, Richard AJ O'Hair

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The Ru(II)-catalyzed amidation of 2-arylpyridines with aryl isocyanates via C-H bond activation is less efficient than described p..