Recent publications

  1. "Synthesis and properties of (±)trans-(h2-alkene)(2-alkyloxy-4-stilbazole)- dichloroplatinum: a very remarkable family of organometallic mesogens", J P Rourke, F P Fanizzi, D W Bruce, D A Dunmur and P M Maitlis, J Chem Soc, Dalton Trans, 1992, 3009. Download copy
  2. "Organometallic liquid crystals based on octahedral rhodium(III)", J P Rourke, D W Bruce and T B Marder, J Chem Soc, Dalton Trans, 1995, 317. Download copy
  3. "Cyclopalladated acac and cp liquid crystals: a comparative study", D P Lydon, G W V Cave and J P Rourke, J Mater Chem, 1997, 7, 403. Download copy
  4. "Di-cyclopalladated Schiff's base liquid crystals: novel metallomesogens ", D P Lydon and J P Rourke, Chem Commun, 1997, 1741. Download copy
  5. "Cyclopalladated Schiff's base liquid crystals: the effect of the acac group on the thermal behaviour", G W V Cave, D P Lydon and J P Rourke, J Organomet Chem, 1998, 555, 81. Download copy
  6. "Inter- versus intra-molecular C-H activation: the synthesis and characterisation of a novel platinum complex", G W V Cave, A J Hallett, W Errington and J P Rourke, Angew. Chem., 1998, 37, 3466, Download copy (German) Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 1998, 37, 3270. Download copy (English)
  7. "High yield synthesis of a di-cyclometallated C^N^C tridentate platinum complex", G W V Cave, N W Alcock and J P Rourke, Organometallics, 1999, 18, 1801. Download copy
  8. "C-H activation induced by water. Mono-cyclometallated to di- cyclometallated: C^N^C tridentate platinum complexes.", G W V Cave, F P Fanizzi, R J Deeth, W Errington and J P Rourke, Organometallics, 2000, 19, 1355. Download copy
  9. "Chiral cyclopalladated liquid crystals from amino acids", D J Saccomando, C Black, G W V Cave, D P Lydon and J P Rourke, J Organomet Chem, 2000, 601, 305. Download copy
  10. "Trans dichloro stilbazole methyl-n-alkyl sulfoxide-platinum(II) complexes: the first examples of metallomesogens containing chiral centres directly bonded to the metal", F P Fanizzi, V Alicino, C Cardellicchio, P Tortorella and J P Rourke, Chem. Commun, 2000, 673. Download copy
  11. "Di-metallated platinum carbonyl complexes: platinum-platinum interactions in the solid state", C P Newman, G W V Cave, M Wong, W Errington, N W Alcock and J P Rourke, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 2678. Download copy
  12. "Doubly Cyclometallated Pyridazines: Contrasting Behaviour with Palladium and Platinum.", J W Slater, D P Lydon, N W Alcock and J P Rourke, Organometallics, 2001, 20, 4418. Download copy
  13. "Regiospecific high yield reductive coupling of diynes to give a luminescent rhodium complex", J P Rourke, A S Batsanov, J A K Howard and T B Marder, Chem. Commun, 2001, 2626. Download copy
  14. "Mechanism of Formation of mer-trans-[Rh(H)(CC- R)2(PMe3)3] via C-H Oxidative Addition: Alkyne scrambling and hydride replacement", J P Rourke, G Stringer, D S Yufit, J A K Howard and T B Marder, Organometallics, 2002, 21, 429. Download copy
  15. "Doubly cyclopalladated pyridazines: Chiral liquid crystals", J W Slater, D P Lydon and J P Rourke, J Organomet Chem, 2002, 645, 246. Download copy
  16. "13C Kinetic isotope effects in the copper(I)-mediated living radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate", S Harrisson, J P Rourke and D M Haddleton, Chem. Commun, 2002, 1470. Download copy
  17. " Cyclometallated Nitrogen Heterocycles", J W Slater and J P Rourke, J Organomet Chem, 2003, 688, 112. Download copy
  18. "Cp2ZrMe(12-h-Me-1-closo-CB11HMe10)]: a transition metal complex of a highly-methylated carborane anion", M J Ingleson, A J Clarke, M F Mahon, J P Rourke and A S Weller, Chem. Commun, 2003, 1930. Download copy
  19. "Silver-phosphine complexes of the highly methylated carborane monoanion [closo-1-H-CB11Me11]-", A J Clarke, M J Ingleson, G Kociok-Kohn, M F Mahon, N J Patmore, J P Rourke, G D Ruggiero and A S Weller J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004, 126, 1503. Download copy
  20. G E Ball, T Darwish, S Geftakis, M W George, D J Lawes, P Portius and J P Rourke. “Characterization of an Organometallic Xenon Complex using NMR and IR Spectroscopy”; Proc. Nat. Acad. Science USA, 2005, 102, 1853-1858. Download copy
  21. P G Evans, N A Brown, G J Clarkson, C P Newman and J P Rourke. “Cyclopalladated acetate dimers: Crystal structures and VT-NMR.”; J. Organomet. Chem., 2006, 691, 1251-1256. Download copy
  22. K Randell, M J Stanford, G J Clarkson and J P Rourke “N-heterocyclic carbenes: reaction to give anilines.”; J. Organomet. Chem., 2006, 691, 3411-3562. Download copy
  23. C P Newman, G J Clarkson, N W Alcock and J P Rourke. “Carbene or Zwitterion? Competition in Organoplatinum Complexes.”; Dalton Trans., 2006, 3321-3325.Download copy
  24. J McMaster, P Portius, G E Ball, J P Rourke and M W George. “Density Functional Theoretical Studies of the Re-Xe Bond in Re(Cp)(CO)(PF3)Xe and Re(Cp)(CO)2Xe.”; Organometallics, 2006, 25, 5242-5248. Download copy
  25. G E Ball, C M Brookes, A J Cowan, T A Darwish, M W George, H K Kawanami, P Portius and J P Rourke. “A delicate balance of complexation vs. activation of alkanes: NMR and TRIR studies of the interaction of alkanes with [Re(Cp)(CO)(PF3)]”; Proc. Nat. Acad. Science USA, 2007, 104, 6927-6932. Download copy
  26. C P Newman, K Casey-Green, G J Clarkson, G W V Cave, W Errington and J P Rourke. “Cyclometalated platinum(II) complexes: oxidation to, and C-H activation by, platinum(IV).”; Dalton Trans., 2007, 3170-3182. Download copy
  27. C P Newman, G J Clarkson and J P Rourke. “Silver(I) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: a new bonding motif.”; J. Organomet. Chem., 2007, 692, 4962-4968. Download copy
  28. C P Newman, R J Deeth, G J Clarkson and J P Rourke. “Synthesis of Mixed NHC/L Platinum(II) Complexes: Restricted Rotation of the NHC Group”; Organometallics., 2007, 26, 6225. Download copy
  29. J Mamtora, S H Crosby, C P Newman, G J Clarkson and J P Rourke. “Platinum(IV) complexes: C-H activation at low temperatures.”; Organometallics, 2008, 27, 5559-5565. Download copy
  30. S H Crosby, G J Clarkson and J P Rourke. “A delicate balance between sp2 and sp3 C-H bond activation: a Pt(II) complex with a dual agostic interaction.”; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 14142-14143. Download copy
  31. N R Wilson, P A Pandey, R Beanland, R J Young, I A Kinloch, L Gong, Z Liu, K Suenaga, J P Rourke, S J York and J Sloan. “Graphene oxide; structural analysis and application as a highly transparent support for electron microscopy”; ACS Nano, 2009, 3, 2547-2556. Download copy
  32. S H Crosby, G J Clarkson R J Deeth and J P Rourke. “Platinum(IV) DMSO complexes: Synthesis, isomerisation and agostic intermediates”; Organometallics, 2010, 29, 1966-1976. Download copy
  33. G L Petretto, M Wang, A Zucca and J P Rourke. “Platinum(II) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: coordination and cyclometallation”; Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 7822-7825. Download
  34. J Sloan, Z Liu, K Suenaga, N R Wilson, P A Pandey, L M Perkins, J P Rourke, and I J Shannon. “Imaging the Structure, Symmetry and Inhibited Rotation of C2v Polyoxometalate Ions on Graphene Oxide”; Nano Lett., 2010, 10, 4600-4606. Download
  35. N R Wilson, P A Pandey, R Beanland, J P Rourke, U Lupo, G Rowlands and R A Römer. “On the structure and topography of free-standing chemically modified graphene”; New J. Phys. 2010, 12, 125010.
  36. S H Crosby, R J Deeth, G J Clarkson and J P Rourke. “Platinum(IV) centres with agostic interactions from both sp2 and sp3 C-H bonds”; Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 1227-1229. Download
  37. J P Rourke, P A Pandey, J J Moore, M Bates, I A Kinloch, R J Young and N R Wilson. “The real graphene oxide revealed: stripping the oxidative debris from the graphene-like sheets”; Angew. Chem., 2011, 50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201007520.
  38. S H Crosby, G J Clarkson and J P Rourke. “Reactions of a Pt(II) agostic complex: de-cyclometallation, di-cyclometallation and solvent switchable formation of a roll-over complex.”; Organometallics, 2011, 30, 3603-3609. Download
  39. H R Thomas, R J Deeth, G J Clarkson and J P Rourke. “A Palladium(II) agostic complex: exchange of aryl-Pd and alkyl-Pd bonds”; Organometallics, 2011, 30, 5641-5648. Download
  40. P A Pandey, G R Bell, J P Rourke, A M Sanchez, M D Elkin, B J Hickey and N R Wilson. “Physical vapor deposition of metal nanoparticles on chemically modified grapheme: observations on metal-graphene interactions”; Small, 2011, 7, 3202-3210 Download
  41. G L Petretto, J P Rourke, L Maidich, S Stoccoro, M A Cinellu, G Minghetti, G J Clarkson and A Zucca. “Heterobimetallic roll-over derivatives”; Organometallics, 2012, 31, asap Download