Stephen Colbran

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Synthesis, electrochemistry and spectroscopic properties of ruthenium phthalocyanine and naphthalocyanine complexes with triphenylarsine ligands
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 361, no. 1, pp. 49–55, 2008
  2. The instructive redox behaviour of 4-ferrocenylcatechol on nanocrystalline titanium dioxide electrodes
    Applied Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 73–75, 2007
  3. Optical and Redox Properties of Ruthenium Phthalocyanine Complexes Tuned with Axial Ligand Substituents
    Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 46, no. 7, pp. 2805–2813, 2007
  4. Valence Tautomerism and Coordinative Lability in Copper(II)-Imidazolyl-Semiquinonate Anion Radical Models for the CuB Center in Cytochrome c Oxidases
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 129, no. 18, pp. 5800–5801, 2007
  5. Do (pentaarylcyclopentadienyl)molybdenum(vi) dioxo species catalyse alkene epoxidations? Insights from kinetics data
    Dalton Transactions, no. 26, p. 2746, 2007
  6. cis-[PtBr2{PPh2(4-catechol)}2]: synthesis, crystal structure, and computational modelling of its binding to nanocrystalline TiO2
    Dalton Transactions, no. 5, p. 680, 2006
  7. Rhodium, palladium and platinum complexes of tris(pyridylalkyl)amine and tris(benzimidazolylmethyl)amine N4-tripodal ligands
    Dalton Transactions, no. 31, p. 3785, 2006
  8. Organometallics, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 2216–2224, 2006
  9. Programmed Helicity in Self-Assembled Hydrogen-Bonded Chains of Chiral Copper(II) Complexes
    European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 2006, no. 6, pp. 1190–1197, 2006
  10. Metal-ion chemistry of tetra(meso-4-phenoxy-2-picolyl)-calix[4]pyrrole: An extendable super-cavitand tetrapodal ligand
    Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 469–472, 2006
  11. Copper(I) tribromide dianion as a weakly-bridging, axial ligand: Synthesis of an unusual mixed-valent Cu(II)2Cu(I) trimer
    Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 9, no. 9, pp. 887–890, 2006
  12. -Indanyl calix[4]pyrrole receptors
    Tetrahedron, vol. 61, no. 45, pp. 10705–10712, 2005
  13. Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Functionalized with Pd and W Complexes of a Catecholphosphane Ligand
    European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 2005, no. 3, pp. 496–503, 2005
  14. Synthesis and structure of copper(II) complexes of two new poly(2-pyridylalkyl)diamine ligands*1
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 357, no. 12, pp. 3793–3798, 2004
  15. Novel one-dimensional structures and solution behaviour of copper(ii) bromide and chloride complexes of a new pentapyridyldiamine ligandElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Table S1: Selected bands from FTIR spectra of solid-state species in KBr disks. Table S2: UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopic data. Fig. S1: Views of the crystal structure of [Cu2(L)Br3]2[Cu2Br4], illustrating: (a) the chains of bromide-bridged [Cu2(L)Br2]2+ tectons and interspersed [Cu2Br4]2? counter ions; (b) the packing of the chains and [Cu2Br4]2? counter ions. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/dt/b3/b315202b/
    Dalton Transactions, no. 5, p. 778, 2004
  16. Could Redox-Switched Binding of a Redox-Active Ligand to a Copper(II) Centre Drive a Conformational Proton Pump Gate? A Synthetic Model Study
    Chemistry - A European Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 116–129, 2003
  17. Could the tyrosine-histidine ligand to Cu B in cytochrome c oxidase be coordinatively labile? Implications from a quantum chemical model study of histidine substitutional lability and the effects of the covalent tyrosine-histidine cross-link
    Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 855–865, 2003
  18. An unusual but informative synthesis and the crystal structure of [Co(tpaCO2)Cl](ClO4) (tpaCO2-=6-carboxylato-2- (pyridylmethyl)-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine)
    Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 1351–1353, 2003
  19. Monomeric and dimeric metal complexes of a simply prepared and versatile pentapyridyldiamine
    Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 5, no. 11, pp. 958–962, 2002
  20. Copper complexes with ferrocenyl pendants: Evidence for an FeII ~ CuII ? FeIII ~ CuI electron transfer equilibrium leading to a reaction with dioxygen
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 6, pp. 983–994, 2002
  21. Structures and properties of 6-aryl substituted tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine transition metal complexes
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 22, pp. 4224–4235, 2002
  22. Copper(II) complexes of 6-hydroxymethyl-substituted tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine ligands?†
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 9, pp. 1419–1429, 2000
  23. Copper(II/I) complexes of a bulky tris(pyrazolylmethyl)amine ligand
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 19, pp. 3445–3452, 2000
  24. A palladium(II) complex of a new iminophosphine ligand derived from diethylenetriamine and 2-(diphenylphosphino)benzaldehyde
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 307, no. 1-2, pp. 134–138, 2000
  25. A simple route to bis(terpyridyl)transition metal oligomers
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 284, no. 1, pp. 76–84, 1999
  26. A new route to (N)n-donor functionalised phosphines; novel homo- and hetero-nuclear complexes of a phosphino-substituted triazacyclononane ligand
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 10, pp. 1539–1540, 1999
  27. Organometallics, vol. 16, no. 20, pp. 4254–4256, 1997
  28. Synthesis, structure, and redox properties of the molybdenum(VI) complexes [Mo(d5-C5Ph4R)O2X] (R = 2,5-dimethoxyphenyl; X = Br or alkoxide)
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 20, pp. 3785–3792, 1997
  29. Syntheses, electrochemistry and electrodeposition of ruthenium(II) complexes of 4,4'-bis(4-anilinovinyl)-2,2'-bipyridine
    Polyhedron, vol. 16, no. 16, pp. 2705–2710, 1997
  30. Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 761–762, 1995
  31. Inclusion properties of palladium(II) and platinum(II) hydroquinonylphosphine complexes: the molecular and crystal structures of trans-[PdCl2(pphgH2)2]·(acetone)2, trans-[PtCl2(pphgH2)2]·(dimethylformamide)4 and trans-[PdCl2(pphgMe2)2]
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 228, no. 2, pp. 109–117, 1995
  32. Homoleptic Fe(II) complexes of new 2,2':6',2?-terpyridine ligands with 4'-p-hydroquinonyl or 4'-p-quinolyl pendants
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 239, no. 1-2, pp. 1–4, 1995
  33. Palladium(II) 2-diphenylphosphinohydroquinone (H2pphq) complexes: preparation and structures of a novel cluster, [{PdBr(Hpphq)}4]?2H2O, and a phosphine?phosphinite complex, cis-[PdBr2{C6H3(OH)-1,PPh2-3,PPh2O-4}]?2H2O
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 22, p. 3731, 1995
  34. Chemical and electrochemical syntheses, and characterization of poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline) (PDMA): a novel, soluble, conducting polymer
    Synthetic Metals, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 179–186, 1994
  35. Organometallics, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 1061–1063, 1994
  36. Organometallics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 133–139, 1993
  37. Synthesis, electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of pendant hydroquinone- and quinone-substituted polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 204, no. 1, pp. 3–7, 1993
  38. Palladium(II) complexes of 2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1,10-phenanthroline (phenhqMe2) and 2-(2,5-hydroquinonyl)-1,10-phenanthroline (phenhqH2). The x-ray crystal structure of [PdCl(phenhqH)]·H2O·(CH3)2SO
    Polyhedron, vol. 11, no. 22, pp. 243–250, 1992
  39. The preparation, properties and X-ray crystal structure of the nickel(II) hydroquinonylphosphine complex cis-[Ni(pphqH)2]·H2O·2(CH3)2NCHO
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 202, no. 1, pp. 67–72, 1992
  40. Pendant-para-benzoquinonyl substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands: preparation of 1-para-benzoquinonyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylcyclopentadienyl (?5-‡CpQ) ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes
    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 408, no. 3, pp. C33–C38, 1991
  41. Reactions of [MCl2(ppqMe2)2] (M=Pd, Pt) with I- and with CF3SO3H/I- including the synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of the palladium phosphidoxo complex [Pd2(µ-I)2?(PPh20)2H?2]
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 176, no. 2, pp. 225–231, 1990
  42. Cluster activation via cyclometallation. Formation of the cyclometallated triosmium carbonyl cluster [Os3H2(CO)9{P(C6H4)Ph}] and its reactions with phosphorus donor ligands. The X-ray crystal structures of [Os3H2(CO)9{P(C6H4)Ph}] and [Os3H(CO)9{P(OMe)3}(PPh2)]
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 10, p. 2023, 1989
  43. Reactions of the cyclometallated triosmium cluster [Os3H2(CO)9{P(C6H4)Ph}] with br?snsted acids and dihydrogen: synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of [Os3H2(CF3CO2)(CO)9(?-PPh2)]
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 10, p. 2033, 1989
  44. Stepwise construction of [Os6(CO)18(?6-P)]?, a hexanuclear osmium cluster monoanion with trigonal-prismatic co-ordination for phosphorus: X-ray crystal structures of [Os6(?-H)2(CO)20(MeCN)(?3-PH)] and [PPh3Me][Os6(CO)18(?6-P)]
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 1, p. 173, 1988
  45. Additions and corrections
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 4, p. 1107, 1988
  46. Synthesis and characterisation of the tetranuclear phosphinidene clusters [Os3MH2(CO)12(PR)](M = Os, R = Ph or cyclo-C6H11; M = Ru, R = cyclo-C6H11) and the crystal and molecular structure of [Os4(?-H)2(CO)12(?3-PC6H11)]
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 5, p. 1199, 1988
  47. An X-ray crystal and electronic structural investigation of the interstitial phosphide cluster [Os6(CO)18PCl]
    Polyhedron, vol. 7, no. 18, pp. 1759–1765, 1988
  48. Electron transfer in organometallic clusters XIV. Crystal and electronic structures of the tricobalt carbon cluster (?5-C5H5)Fe[?5-C5H4-CCo3(CO)9] and the biscarbyne cluster (?5-C5H5)Fe[?5-C5H4CCo3(?5-C5H5)3CH]
    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 330, no. 3, pp. 415–428, 1987
  49. Coupling reactions of phosphido?triosmium carbonyl clusters with [M3(CO)12](M = Ru, Os): a simple route to higher nuclearity homo- and hetero-nuclear phosphinidene?osmium carbonyl clusters
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, no. 7, p. 525, 1986
  50. Synthesis of the ?-PH hexaosmium clusters [Os6H2(CO)20L(?3-PH)](L = CO or MeCN) and their reactions with base: X-ray crystal structures of [Os6H2(CO)20(MeCN)(?3-PH)] and [Os6H3(CO)19(CO2Me)(?3-PH)]
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, no. 16, p. 1288, 1986
  51. Synthesis, characterisation, and reactivity of transition metal carbonyl clusters containing an interstitial phosphorus in a trigonal co-ordination environment: the X-ray structures of [PPh3Me][Os6(CO)18P] and [Os6(CO)18P(AuPPh3)]
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, no. 24, p. 1766, 1986
  52. Organometallics, vol. 4, no. 9, pp. 1594–1601, 1985
  53. Systematic synthesis and characterisation of phosphido-bridged triosmium carbonyl clusters
    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 296, no. 1-2, pp. c1–c5, 1985
  54. Nitrosyl derivatives of tricobaltcarbon clusters
    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 265, no. 2, pp. 199–204, 1984
  55. Organometallics, vol. 3, no. 9, pp. 1344–1353, 1984
  56. Organometallics, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 943–951, 1983
  57. Organometallics, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 952–957, 1983
  58. Corrigendum
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, no. 7, p. 404, 1983
  59. Heteronuclear mixed-valence compounds: transition metal carbonyl clusters with multiple redox centres
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, no. 23, p. 1361, 1982