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Dr Adrian Chaplin
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Dr Adrian Chaplin
Royal Soc. University Research Fellow
BSc (Hons, Massey), PhD (EPFL), MRSC
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Research Summary
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The fundamental structure, bonding and reactivity of late transition metal complexes. Transition metal catalysis and small molecule activation. The use of supramolecular ligand architectures in catalysis and for studying unstable organometallic species. Alkane and carbon dioxide activation.
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Selected Publications
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Intermolecular hydroacylation: High Activity Rhodium Catalysts Containing Small Bite Angle Diphosphine Ligands.
A. B. Chaplin, J. F. Hooper, A. S. Weller and M. C. Willis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. in the press .
C–C Activation In the Solid-State in an Organometallic σ-Complex.
A. B. Chaplin, J. C. Green and A. S. Weller, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13162 – 13168.
Isolation of a low-coordinate rhodium phosphine complex formed by C-C bond activation of biphenylene.
A. B. Chaplin,* R. Tonner and A. S. Weller. Organometallics 2010, 29, 2710 – 2714.
B–H Activation at a Rhodium(I) Center: Isolation of a Bimetallic Complex Relevant to the Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling of Amine–Boranes.
A. B. Chaplin and A. S. Weller. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 581 – 584.
Catalytic Activity of Bis-Phosphine Ruthenium(II)-Arene Compounds.
A. B. Chaplin,* Chimia 2008, 62, 217 – 225.
Reactivity and catalytic activity of a robust ruthenium(II)-triphos complex.
A. B. Chaplin and P. J. Dyson, Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 381 – 390.
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