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Dr R J Errington

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Tetraphenoxoborate complexes of barium: crystal structures of the metalloborates [Ba(thf)4{B(OPh)4}2] and [Ba(dme)2{B(OPh)4}2]. R. J. Errington, M. Tombul, G. L. P. Walker, W. Clegg, S. L. Heath, and L. Horsburgh, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 3533-3534.

 

N-Alkoxo-b-ketoiminate Complexes of Groups 4 and 5: Synthesis and Characterisation of the Complexes [(h5-C5H4R)M{CH3C(O)CHC(NCH2CHR´O)CH3}Cln-2] (M = Ti, n = 3; M = Nb, n = 4; R = H, Me; R´ = H, Me) and [Ti{CH3C(O)CHC(NCH2CHR´O)CH3}Cl2(thf)]. S. Doherty, R. J. Errington, W. Clegg and M. R. J. Elsegood, Organometallics, 1999, 18, 1018-1029.

 

Polymerization of Ethylene by the Electrophilic Mixed Cyclopentadienyl Pyridylalkoxide Complexes [CpM{C5H4(CR2O)-2}Cl2] (M = Ti, Zr; R = Ph, Pri). S. Doherty, R. J. Errington, A. P. Jarvis, S. Collins, W. Clegg and M. R. J. Elsegood, Organometallics, 1998, 17, 3408-3410.

 

b-Diketonate Derivatives of Titanium Alkoxides: X-Ray Crystal Structures and Solution Dynamics of [Ti2(OR)6(b-dik)2]. RJ Errington, J Ridland, W Clegg, RA Coxall and JM Sherwood, Polyhedron, 1998, 17, 659-674.

 

Organophosphonate Derivatives of Early Transition-Metal Alkoxoanions. R. J. Errington, J. Ridland, K. J. Willett, W. Clegg R. A Coxall and S. L. Heath, J. Organomet. Chem., 1998, 550, 473-476.

 

Advanced Practical Inorganic and Metalorganic Chemistry, R. J. Errington, Blackie Academic and Professional, London, 1997.

 

Benzyltrimethylammonium Tetramethoxoborate. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington and C. Carmalt, Acta Cryst., 1997, C53, 751-753.

 

Homoleptic Bismuth Amides. N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher and N. C. Norman, Inorganic Syntheses, 1996, 31, 98-101.

 

A 3:1 Disordered Solid Solution of Di-m-methoxo-O:O-bis[trimethoxooxomolybdenum(VI)] and Di-m-methoxo-O:O-bis[chlorodimethoxooxomolybdenum(VI)]. W. Clegg, M. R. J. Elsegood, R. J. Errington and R. Bakri, Acta Cryst., 1996, C52, 2145-2148.

 

Tetrahydrofuran Adducts of Bismuth Trichloride and Bismuth Tribromide. C. J. Carmalt, W. Clegg, M. R. J. Elsegood, R. J. Errington, J. Havelock, P. Lightfoot, N. C. Norman and A. J. Scott, Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 3709-3712.

 

Alkoxide Hydrolysis as a Route to Early Transition-Metal Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Crystal Structures of Heteronuclear Hexametalate Derivatives. W. Clegg, M. R. J. Elsegood, R. J. Errington and J. Havelock, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1996, 681-690.

 

Functionalisation of [Mo6O19]2&endash; with Aromatic Amines: Synthesis and Structure of a Hexamolybdate Building Block with Linear Difunctionality. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, K. A Fraser, S. A. Holmes and A. Schäfer, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 455-456.

 

Synthetic and Structural Studies on Bismuth(III) Thiocyanate and Selenocyanate Complexes. A. Crispini, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, F. Funke, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen, S. Stratford and O. Struve, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1994, 1327-1335.

 

The Structure of BiBr2Ph: a Solid-State Architecture Involving Secondary Bonding and p-p Interactions. W. Clegg, M. R. J. Elsegood, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher and N. C. Norman, J. Mater. Chem., 1994, 4, 891-893.

 

Synthetic and Structural Studies on Organomolybdenum-Bismuth Halide Complexes. R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen and S. E. Stratford, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 1994, 620, 457-466.

 

New Aspects of Non-Aqueous Polyoxometalate Chemistry. R. J. Errington, D. G. Richards, W. Clegg and K. A. Fraser in Polyoxometalates: From Platonic Solids to Anti-Retroviral Activity (Topics in Molecular Organization and Engineering; Vol. 10), A. Müller and M. T. Pope Eds., Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1994, pp 105-114.

 

Evidence for Rapid Ligand Redistribution in Non-Aqueous Tungstate Chemistry: Rational Synthesis of the Binuclear Tungsten Oxoalkoxide [W2O5(OMe)4]2&endash;. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, K. A. Fraser and D. G. Richards, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 1105-1107.

 

Synthetic and Structural Studies on Organotransition Metal-Bismuth Nitrates. R. J. Errington, L. J. Farrugia, G. A. Fisher, A. Nicklaus and N. C. Norman, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993, 1201-1205.

 

A New Tetratungstate, [W4O4Cl10(NBut)4]2-, and its Degradation to the Mononuclear Complex [WOCl2(NBut)(bipy)] or [WCl2(NBut)2(bipy)] (bipy = 2,2´-bipyridine). W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, D. C. R. Hockless and C. Redshaw, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993, 1965-1971.

 

Non-Aqueous Routes to a New Polyoxotungstate. R. J. Errington, M. D. Kerlogue and D. G. Richards, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1993, 649-651.

 

Structural Studies on Phenyl Bismuth Halides and Halogenoanions. Part 2. X-Ray Crystal Structures of [BiPhCl2(thf)] (thf = tetrahydrofuran), [NBun4]2[Bi2Ph2Br6] and [NEt4][BiPh2I2] W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, R. J. Flynn and N. C. Norman, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1993, 637-641.

 

Anionic, Four-Coordinate, Ten-Electron Bismuth Complexes: Aspects of Synthesis, Structure and Bonding. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, D. C. R. Hockless, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen and S. E. Stratford, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 3515 - 3523.

 

Solid-State and Solution Studies of Tungsten(VI) Organoimidoalkoxides. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, and C. Redshaw, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 3189 - 3198.

 

Structural Studies on Phenyl Bismuth Halides and Halo-Anions. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, D. C. R. Hockless, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen and S. E. Statford, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 1967 - 1974.

 

Edge-shared, Bioctahedral Bismuth Phosphine Complexes. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, R. J. Flynn, M. E. Green, D. C. R. Hockless, N. C. Norman, V. C. Gibson and K. Tavakkoli, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 1753 - 1754.

 

Solid-State and Solution Studies of Tungsten(VI) Oxotetraalkoxides. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, P. Kraxner, and C. Redshaw, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 1431 - 1438.

 

Structural Studies on Organotransition-Metal Bismuth Complexes by X-Ray Crystallography and Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) Spectroscopy. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, D. C. R. Hockless, N. C. Norman, N. A. L. Williams, S. E. Stratford, S. J. Nichols, P. S. Jarrett, and A. G. Orpen, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1992, 193 - 201.

 

X-Ray Crystal Structure of [{WCl3(PMe2Ph)2}2{m-NC6H4N-1,4}]. The First Structural Characterisation of a Binuclear Complex Containing a 1,4-Phenylenediimido Bridge. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, D. C. R. Hockless, J. M. Kirk, and C. Redshaw, Polyhedron, 1991, 11, 381 - 384.

 

X-Ray Crystal Structure of [Bi(NMe2)3]. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, M. Green, D. C. R. Hockless, and N. C. Norman, Inorg. Chem., 1991, 30, 4680 - 4682.

 

Dibismuth as a Four-Electron Donor Ligand. Synthesis and Molecular and Electronic Structure of [M2(CO)4(h-C5H4Me)2(m-h2-Bi2)] (M = Mo, W). W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, N. C. Norman, and T. B. Marder, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1991, 2887 - 2895.

 

A Phosphine Complex of Bismuth(III): X-Ray Crystal Structure of [PMe3H]+n[{Bi2Br7(PMe3)2}n]n-. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, M. Green, D. C. R. Hockless, and N. C. Norman, Chem. Ber., 1991, 124, 2457 - 2459.

 

A Mononuclear tert-Butylimido Complex of Niobium(V). X-Ray Crystal Structure of [Ph3PCH2Ph][Nb(NBut)Cl4(py)].CH2Cl2. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, D. C. R. Hockless, and C. Redshaw, Polyhedron, 1991, 10, 1959-1961.

 

Bismuth Complexes Containing Mn(CO)5 and Re(CO)5 Metal Fragments. Synthetic Studies and Structural Characterisation by Solid and Solution State EXAFS. N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, N. C. Norman, P. M. Webster, P. S. Jarrett, S. J. Nichols, A. G. Orpen, S. E. Stratford, and N. A. L. Williams, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1991, 669-676.

 

Anionic, Four-Coordinate, Ten-Electron Bismuth Complexes. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher D. C. R. Hockless, N. C. Norman, and A. G. Orpen, Polyhedron, 1991, 10, 123-126.

 

Transition Metal Complexes Incorporating Atoms of the Heavier Main Group Elements. N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, and N. C. Norman, Adv. Organometallic Chem., 1990, 31, 91-92.

 

Alkyl and Aryl Dimetalla-Bismuthine Complexes. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, G. A. Fisher, N. C. Norman, and N. Wishart, J. Organomet. Chem., 1990, 399, C21-C25.

 

Synthesis of a Tetranuclear Cr(III) Complex containing a Central m4-Oxo and Two m3-Sulphato Ligands: X-Ray Crystal Structure of [Ph4P]3[Cr4O(m3-SO4)2(m-Cl)5Cl4].MeCN. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, D. C. R. Hockless, A. D. Glen, and D. G. Richards, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1990, 1565-1566.

 

Synthetic Studies on Cobalt Carbonyl Complexes containing Antimony and Bismuth. Crystal Structures of [SbO(OH){Co(CO)3L}2] [L = PPh3 or P(C6H4Me-p)3]. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, D. C. R. Hockless, N. C. Norman, M. Ramshaw, and P. M. Webster, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1990, 2375-2385.

 

Synthesis and Characterisation of New Bi- and Trinuclear Organoimido Complexes of Tungsten(VI) and -(V) and a Binuclear Tungsten(V) Oxoanion. X-Ray Crystal Structures of [{W(NEt)Cl4}2], [Ph3PCH2Ph][W3(NBut)3(m-NPh)3Cl7], [Ph3PCH2Ph][W2(NR)2Cl7] (R = Et, Ph), and [Ph3PCH2Ph][W2O2Cl7]. D. C. Bradley, R. J. Errington, M. B. Hursthouse, and R. L. Short, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1990, 1043-1051.

 

Polytungstate Self-Assembly: Structures of the New Oxoanions, [W4(NBut)4O4Cl10]2- and [W6O14Cl10]2-. W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, D. C. R. Hockless, and C. Redshaw, Polyhedron, 1989, 8, 1788-1789.

 

Synthesis and X-Ray Crystal Structure of a Homoleptic Bismuth Amide. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, N. C. Norman, and N. Wishart, Polyhedron, 1989, 8, 1579-1580.

 

Structure of Unsolvated Benzyltriphenylphosphonium Pentachloro(p-tolylimido)-tungstate(VI). W. Clegg, R. J. Errington, and C. Redshaw, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C, 1989, 45, 164-165.

 

Synthetic and Structural Studies on Organomolybdenum and Organotungsten Complexes Containing Bismuth. X-Ray Crystal Structures of [BiCl{Mo(CO)3(h-C5H5)}2] and [BiCl{Mo(CO)2(CNBut)(h-C5H5)}2]. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, N. C. Norman, A. J. Tucker, and M. J. Winter, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1988, 2941-2951.

 

Synthesis and Structure of a Dimolybdenum Complex Featuring a Transverse-Bridging, Four-Electron-Donor Dibismuth Ligand; [Mo2(CO)4(h-C5H4Me)2(m-h2-Bi2)]. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, and N. C. Norman, Polyhedron, 1988, 7, 2239-2241.

 

Tetranuclear Halide Alkoxide Clusters of Molybdenum Formed by the Coupling of M-M Triple-Bonded Dinuclear Compounds. Synthesis, Characterisation and Molecular Structures of Mo4F2(OPri)10, Mo4X3(OPri)9, and Mo4X4(OPri)8 (X = Cl, Br, I). M. H. Chisholm, D. L. Clark, R. J. Errington, K. Folting, and J. C. Huffman, Inorg. Chem., 1988, 27, 2071-2084.

 

Structure of Bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)hexacarbonyldimolybdenum (Mo-Mo). W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, and N. C. Norman, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C, 1988, 44, 568-570.

 

Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of some Cyclopentadienyliron-Bismuth Complexes. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, and N. C. Norman, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1988, 1671-1678.

 

The Synthesis of some Organo-Molybdenum and -Tungsten Complexes Containing Bismuth. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, and N. C. Norman, J. Organomet. Chem., 1987, 335, C1-C5.

 

Structure of Di-m-chlorobis[p-tolylimidotrichlorotungsten(VI)], [{WCl3(p-CH3C6H4N)}2(m-Cl)2]. W. Clegg and R. J. Errington, Acta Crystallogr.,Sect. C, 1987, 43, 2223-2224.

 

Synthesis and X-Ray Crystal Sructure of [{(C5H4Me)Fe(CO)2}2BiCl]3: A Compound Containing a Planar Six-Membered Bi3Cl3 Ring. W. Clegg, N. A. Compton, R. J. Errington, and N. C. Norman, Polyhedron, 1987, 6, 2031-2033.

 

Bis-Organoimido Complexes of Tungsten(VI): the Crystal and Molecular Structures of Tetrachlorobis(tert-butylamine)bis(tert-butylimido)bis(m-p-tolylimido)ditungsten(VI) and Tetrachlorobis(m-phenylimido)bis(tert-butylamine)bis(tert-butylimido)ditungsten(VI). D. C. Bradley, R. J. Errington, M. B. Hursthouse, R. L. Short, B. R. Ashcroft, and A. J. Neilson, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1987, 2059-2065.

 

Preparation and Characterisation of Mononuclear Organoimido Complexes of Tungsten: X-Ray Crystal Structures of [WCl4(NC6H4Me-4)(thf)], [Ph3PCH2Ph][WCl5(NC6H4Me-4)], and [WCl2(NPh)2(bipy)]. D. C. Bradley, R. J. Errington, M. B. Hursthouse, R. L. Short, B. R. Ashcroft, G. R. Clark, A. J. Neilson, and C. E. F. Rickard, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1987, 2067-2075.

 

Bis-Organoimido Complexes of Tungsten(VI). The Crystal and Molecular Structure of Bipyridyldichlorobis(phenylimido)tungsten(VI), [WCl2(NPh)2(bipy)]. B. R. Ashcroft, D. C. Bradley, G. R. Clark, R. J. Errington, A. J. Neilson, and C. E. F. Rickard, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1987, 170-171.

 

Preparation, Characterisation, and X-Ray Crystal Structure of [W2Cl4(NHBut)2(NH2But)2]: A Triply-Bonded Ditungsten Compound Containing tert-Butylamido Ligands. D. C. Bradley, R. J. Errington, M. B. Hursthouse, and R. L. Short, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1986, 1305-1307.

 

A Novel Dimeric Organoimido Tungsten(VI) Compound. X-Ray Crystal and Molecular Structure of [{W(NBut)(m2-NPh)Cl2(ButNH2)}2]. D. C. Bradley, R. J. Errington, M. B. Hursthouse, A. J. Neilson, and R. L. Short, Polyhedron, 1983, 2, 843-847.

 

Square and Butterfly, 12-Electron Mo4 Clusters Formed by Coupling Mo=Mo Bonds. M. H. Chisholm, R. J. Errington, K. Folting, and J. C. Huffman, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1982, 104, 2025-2027.

 

The Preparation of Fluxional Tetrahydrides, [IrH4{But2PCH2CH2CHCHRCH2PBut2}] (R = H or Me) and their Reactions with CO, ButNC, or HBr. R. J. Errington and B. L. Shaw, J. Organometallic Chem., 1982, 238, 319-325.

 

Transition Metal-Carbon Bonds. Part 54. Complexes of Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, and Iridium with But2PCH2CHMe(CH2)3PBut2. Crystal Structures of [PdCl{But2PCH2CHMeCHCH2CH2PBut2}] and [IrHCl{But2PCH2CHMeCHCH2CH2PBut2}]. R. J. Errington, W. S. McDonald, and B. L. Shaw, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1982, 1829-1835.

 

Transition Metal-Carbon Bonds. Part 52. Large-Ring and Cyclometallated Complexes formed from But2PCH2CH2CHRCH2CH2PBut2 (R = H or Me) and IrCl3 or [Ir2Cl4(cyclo-octene)4]: Crystal Structures of the Cyclometallated Hydride, [IrHCl{But2PCH2CH2CHCH2CH2PBut2}] and the Carbene Complex [IrCl{But2PCH2CH2CCH2CH2PBut2}]. C. Crocker, H. D. Empsall, R. J. Errington, E. M. Hyde, W. S. McDonald, R. Markham, M. C. Norton, B. L. Shaw, and B. L. Weeks, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1982, 1217-1224.

 

Further Studies of the Interconversion of Large-Ring and Cyclometallated Complexes of Rhodium with the Diphosphines But2P(CH2)5PBut2 and But2PCH2CH=CHCH2PBut2. C. Crocker, R. J. Errington, R. Markham, C. J. Moulton, and B. L. Shaw, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1982, 387-395.

 

Cyclopalladation of C6H4(CH2SBut)2-1,3 and the Crystal Structure of [PdCl{C6H3-(CH2SBut)2-2,6}]. R. J. Errington, W. S. McDonald, and B. L. Shaw, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1980, 2312-2314.

 

Preparation of the Sixteen-Atom Ring Chelates, trans-[M2Cl4{ButS(CH2)5SBut}2] (M = Pd or Pt): Crystal Structure of trans-[Pd2Cl4{ButS(CH2)5SBut}2]. R. J. Errington, W. S. McDonald, and B. L. Shaw, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1980, 2309-2311.

 

Large-Ring and Cyclometallated Rhodium Complexes from some Medium-Chain a,w-Diphosphines. C. Crocker, R. J. Errington, R. Markham, C. J. Moulton, K. J. Odell, and B. L. Shaw, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,1980, 102, 4373-4379.

 

Rapid Reversible Fission of a C-H Bond in a Metal Complex: X-Ray Crystal Structure of [RhHCl(But2PCH2CH2CHCH2CH2PBut2)]. C. Crocker, R. J. Errington, W. S. McDonald, K. J. Odell, and B. L. Shaw, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1979, 498-499.