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Publications

  1. E. M. Leitao, S. R. Dubberley, W. E. Piers, Q. Wu and R. McDonald;   “Thermal decomposition modes for four-coordinate ruthenium phosphonium alkylidene olefin metathesis catalysts” Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 11565.  
  2. S. K. Ignatov, N. H. Rees, A. A. Merkoulov, S. R. Dubberley, A. G. Razuvaev, P. Mountford and G. I. Nikonov;   “Silyl hydrides of tantalum supported by cyclopentadienyl-imido ligand sets: synthesis, X-ray, NMR, and DFT studies” Organometallics, 2008, 27, 5968.  
  3. S. K. Ignatov, N. H. Rees, A. A. Merkoulov, S. R. Dubberley, A. G. Razuvaev, P. Mountford and G. I. Nikonov;   “Non-innocent behavior of imido ligands in the reactions of silanes with half-sandwich imido complexes of Nb and V: A silane/imido coupling route to compounds with nonclassical Si-H interactions” Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 296.  
  4. N. Adams, H. J. Arts, P. D. Bolton, D. Cowell, S. R. Dubberley, N. Friederichs, C. M. Grant, M. Kranenburg, A. J. Sealey, B. Wang, P. J. Wilson, M. Zuideveld, A. J. Blake, M. Schroder and P. Mountford;   “Imido titanium ethylene polymerization catalysys containing triazacyclic ligands” Organometallics, 2006, 25, 3888.  
  5. S. R. Dubberley, P. E. Romero, W. E. Piers, R. McDonald and M. Parvez;   “Synthesis, characterization and olefin metathesis studies of a family of ruthenium phosphonium alkylidene complexes” Inorg. Chimica. Acta, 2006, 359, 2658.  
  6. P. D. Bolton, E. Clot, N. Adams, S. R. Dubberley, A. R. Cowley, and P. Mountford;   “Experimental and DFT studies of cationic imido titanium alkyls: agostic interactions and C-H bond and solvent activation reactions of isolobal analogues of group 4 metallocenium cations” Organometallics, 2006, 25, 2806.  
  7. H. R. Bigmore, S. R. Dubberley, M. Kranenburg, S. C. Lawrence, A. J. Sealey, J. D. Selby, M. A. Zuideveld, A. R. Cowley and P. Mountford;   “A remarkable inversion of structure-activity dependence on imido N-substituents with varying co-ligand topology and synthesis of a new borate-free zwitterionic polymerization catalyst” Chem. Commun. 2006, 436.  
  8. N. Adams, H. R. Bigmore, T. L. Blundell, C. L. Boyd, S. R. Dubberley, A. J. Sealey, A. R. Cowley, M. E. G. Skinner and P. Mountford;   “New titanium imido synthons: synthesis and supramolecular structures” Inorg. Chem.,2005, 44, 2882.  
  9. S. R. Dubberley, S. Evans, C. L. Boyd and P. Mountford;   “New and versatile routes to zirconium imido dichloride compounds” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2005, 1448.  
  10. A. C. Hillier, A. Collins, S. R. Dubberley and P. Mountford;   “Lanthanide mono(borohydride) complexes of diamide-diamine donor ligands: novel single site catalysts for the polymerization of methyl methacrylate” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2005, 421.  
  11. T. A. Lowes, B. D. Ward, R. A. Whannel, S. R. Dubberley and P. Mountford;   “A new diamido-amine ligand based on three carbon-atom "arms": synthesis, structures and polymerisation capabilitiy of zirconium derivatives of MeN(CH2CH2CH2NSiMe3)2” Chem. Commun. 2005, 113.  
  12. S. K. Ignatov, N. H. Rees, B. R. Tyrrell, S. R. Dubberley, A. G. Razuvaev, P. Mountford and G. I. Nikonov;   “Nonclassical Titanocene Silyl Hydrides” Chem. Eur. J., 2004, 10, 4991.  
  13. S. K. Ignatov, N. H. Rees, S. R. Dubberley, A. G. Razuvaev, P. Mountford and G. I. Nikonov;   “Unexpected features of stretched Si-H...Mo beta-agostic interactions” Chem. Commun., 2004, 952.  
  14. N. Adams, H. Arts, P. D. Bolton, D. Cowell, S. R. Dubberley, N. Friederichs, C. M. Grant, M. Kranenburg, A. J. Sealey, B. Wang, P. J. Wilson, A. R. Cowley, P. Mountford and M. Schröder;   “Discovery and evaluation of highly active imidotitanium ethylene polymerisation catalysts using high throughput catalyst screening” Chem. Commun., 2004, 434.  
  15. S. R. Dubberley, A. J. Blake and P. Mountford;   “Group 1 and mixed Group 1 and 2 metal complexes of dianionic p-tert-butylcalix[4]arenes” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2003, 2418.  
  16. B. D. Ward, S. R. Dubberley, L. H. Gade and P. Mountford;   “Group 6 Imido complexes supported by diamido-donor ligands” Inorg. Chem.,2003, 42, 4961.  
  17. S. C. Lawrence, B. D. Ward, S. R. Dubberley, C. M. Kozak and P. Mountford;   “Highly efficient ethylene polymerisation by scandium alkyls supported by neutral fac-kappa-3 coordinated N3 donor ligands” Chem. Commun., 2003, 2880.  
  18. S. R. Dubberley, A. Friedrich, D. A. Willman, P. Mountford and U. Radius;   “Synthesis and reactivity of calix[4]arene-supported Group 4 imido complexes” Chem. Eur. J., 2003, 9, 3634.  
  19. G. I. Nikonov, P. Mountford and S. R. Dubberley;   “Tantalizing chemistry of the half-sandwich silylhydride complexes of niobium: identification of likely intermediates on the way to agostic complexes” Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42, 258.  
  20. S. R. Dubberley, S. K. Ignatov, N. H. Rees, A. G. Razuvaev, P. Mountford and G. I. Nikonov;   “Are J(Si-H) NMR coupling constants really a probe for the existence of non-classical H-Si interactions ?"” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 642.  
  21. C. J. Carmalt , A. Newport,  I. P. Parkin, P. Mountford, A. J. Sealey and S. R. Dubberley;   “Synthesis of TiN thin films from titanium imido complexes” J. Mater. Chem., 2003, 13, 84.  
  22. B. D. Ward, A. Maisse-Francois, S. R. Dubberley, L. H. Gade and P. Mountford;   “Scandium chloride, alkyl and phenyl complexes of diamide-donor ligands” Chem. Commun., 2002, 2618.  
  23. C. L. Boyd, A. E. Guiducci, S. R. Dubberley, B. R. Tyrrell and P. Mountford;   “Titanium imido complexes of pendant arm functionalised benzamidinate ligands” J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 4175.  
  24. S. R. Dubberley, P. Mountford and N. Adams;   “Tris(1-lithio-4,7-dimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane)” Acta Crystallogr., 2002, E58, m342.  
  25. T. Toupance, N. H. Rees, S. R. Dubberley, B. R. Tyrrell and P. Mountford;   “Zirconium complexes of diamine-bis(phenolate) ligands: synthesis, structures and solution dynamics” Organometallics, 2002, 21, 1367.  
  26. S. R. Dubberley, B. R. Tyrrell and P. Mountford;   “Tetrakis(dimethylamido)vanadium” Acta Crystallogr., 2001, C57, 902.  
  27. N. Adams, A. R. Cowley, S. R. Dubberley, A. J. Sealey, M. E. G. Skinner and P. Mountford;   “Evaluation of the relative importance of Ti-Cl...H-N hydrogen bonds and supramolecular interactions between perfluorophenyl rings in the crystal structures of [Ti(NR)Cl2(HNMe2)2] (R = iPr, C6H5, C6F5)” Chem. Commun., 2001, 2738.  
  28. S. R. Dubberley, A. J. Blake and P. Mountford;   “exo-Binding of Na+ between two fused calix[4]arenes and endo-binding of Na+ within the calix[4]arene cones in the disodium salt of 1,3-dimethyl ether p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene” Chem. Commun., 1997, 1603.  
  29. Ma, D.*; Ma, K.; Li, J.; Wang, Y.,   “Synthesis of N-m-methylphenyl-N'-(sodium-p-aminobenzene sulfonate) thiourea and its analytical applications” Analy. Lab 1997, 16, 17-20  
  30. Ma, D.*; Ma, K.; Wang, Y.; Li, J.,   “Spectrophotometric determination of micro amounts of platinum with N-m-methylphenyl-N'-(sodium p-aminobenzenesulfonate) thiourea” Chin. Analy.Chem. 1997, 25, 902-905  
  31. Ma, D.*; Ma, K.; Li, J.; Wang, Y.,   “Determination of trace Pd(II) using a new reagent N-m-tolyl-N'-(sodium p-aminobenzene sulfonate) thiourea” Yejin Fenxi  1998,  18, 12-14  
  32. Ma, D*; Hou, F.; Ma, K.; Li, J.; Wang, Y.,   “Spectrophotometric study on the reaction between copper and N-m-methyl-N-(sodium p-aminobenzesulfonate) thiourea” Yankuang Ceshi, 1999, 18, 56-57  
  33. Hou, F.; Wei, X.; Ma, K.; Ma, D.*,   “Spectrophotometric study of reaction between copper(II) and N-decyl-N'-(sodium p-aminobenzenesulfonate) thiourea (DPT)” Yejin Fenxi  1999,  19,  19-20  
  34. Ding, L.; Ma, K.; de Biani, F.; Bolte, M.; Zanello, P.; Wagner, M.*,   “Electronic communication in a novel five-step redox system” Organometallics, 2001, 18, 1041-1043  
  35. Ma, D.*; Li, Y.; Ma, K.; Li, J.; Wang, Y.,   “A high-selectivity spectrophotometric reagent for determining platinum (IV)” Talanta, 2001, 53, 937-941  
  36. Aburel, P.; Romming, C.; Ma, K.; Undheim, K.*,   “Synthesis of a-hydroxy and a-oxospiranes through ruthenium (II)-catalyzed ring-closing metathesis” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2001, 1458-1472  
  37. Ma, K.; Bats, J.*; Wagner, M.,   “(2,2´-Bipyridyl-N,N´) (bicyclo[3.3.1] nonane-C1,C5) boroniumtrifluoromethanesulfonate” Acta. Cryst. E. 2001, 57, 846 – 848  
  38. Bats, J.*; Ma, K.; Wagner, M.,   “Isomorphism and phase transition in triferrocenylboroxine and triferrocenylborazine” Acta Cryst.  C. 2001, 58, m129-m132  
  39. Ding, L.; Ma, K.; de Biani, F.; Bolte, M.; Zanello, P.; Wagner, M.*,   “Multi step redox properties of 2, 2'-bipyridylboronium substituted ferrocenes” J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 637-639, 390-397  
  40. Dinnebier, R.; Ding, L.; Ma, K.; Neumann, M..; Tanpipat, N.; Leusen, F.; Stephens, P.; Wagner, M.*,   “Crystal structure of a rigid ferrocene-based macrocycle from high resolution X-ray powder diffraction” Organometallics 2001, 18, 5642-5647  
  41. Ding, L.; Ma, K.; de Biani, F.; Herrschaft, B.; Zanello, P.; Wagner, M.*,   “Reactions of ferrocenylboranes with 2, 5-Bis (pyridyl)pyrazine and quaterprydine: charge-transfer complexes and redox-active macrocycles” Dalton Trans. 2002, 1566-1573  
  42. Ma, K.; Scheibitz, M.; Scholz, S.; Wagner, M.*,   “The applications of boron-nitrogen adducts in organometallic chemistry” J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 652, 11-19  
  43. Ma, K.; Lerner, Hans W.; Scholz, S.; Bats, J.; Bolte, M.; Wagner, M.*,   “Stepwise assembly and structural characterization of oligonuclear ferrocene aggregates with boron-nitrogen backbone” J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 664, 91-105  
  44. Ma, K.; de Biani, F.; Bolte, M.; Zanello, P.; Wagner, M.*,  “Electronically communicating in series ansa-bridge ferrocene systems” Organometallics. 2002, 19, 3979-3989  
  45. Ma. K.; Piers W.*; Gao, Y.; Parvez, M.,   “Isolation and characterization of a monomeric cationic titanium hydride” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5668-5669  
  46. Ma, K., Piers W. Parvez M.   “Competitive ArC-H and ArC-X (X = Cl, Be) activation in halobenzenes at cationic centers” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 3303-3312  
  47. Ma D.; Ma K.; Wang Y.   “Simultaneous determination of platinum (IV) and palladium (II) using spectrophotometry method” Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis 2009, 29, 2833-2837  
  48. Lambert J.; Kang S.; Ma K.   “Synthesis of calixarene-capped carbosilane dendrimers” Journal of Organic Chemistry 2009 74 2527-2532  
  49. Smith J., Ma K.; Piers W.   “A new weakly coordinating aluminate anion incorporating a chemating perfluoro-bis-anilido ligand” Dalton Trans. 2010 42 10256-10263  
  50. Lambert J.;  Guusamy-Thangavelu S.;  Ma K.  “The silicate-mediated Formose reaction: bottom-up synthesis of sugar silicates” Science  2010 327 984-986 Authors contributed equally to this work  

Presentations and Posters

  1. Ma, K.; Jiang, L., Ma, D.,   “Chromorenic reaction for rapid determination of Cu(II) in water solution” October, 1994, Proceedings the 5th National Conference of Rapid Analysis, Shexian, China  
  2. Ma, K.; Ma, D.,   “Synthesis and its analytical applications of N-m-methylphenyl-N'-(sodium p-aminobenzenesulfonate) thiourea” November, 1995, Proceedings the 2nd International Symposium of Worldwide Chinese Scholars on Analytical Chemistry, Shenzhen, China  
  3. Ma, K.; Falck-Pedersen, M.; Undheim, K.,   “Ru(II)-catalysted RCM reactions in the construction of -hydroxy spiranes” January, 2000, Proceedings the 15th Norwegian Organic Chemistry Winter Meeting, Geilo, Norway  
  4. Wagner, M.; Ding, L.; Ma, K.,   “The ferrocene containing macrocycles linked by difunctional pyrazoles” April, 2001, Proceedings the 221st American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, USA  
  5. Ma, K.; Wagner, M., “Novel redox-active macrocycles containing the ferrocene unit” November, 2001, Proceedings the Kjell Undheim Symposium in Organic Chemistry, Oslo, Norway
  6. Ma, K.; Piers W., “Synthesis and reactivity studies of a unusual cationic titanium hydride” July, 2004, Proceeding the XXIst International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Vancouver, Canada