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  1. Solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis of π–π stacked arene–perfluoroarene co-crystals

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  2. Infinite stacking of alternating polyfluoroaryl rings and bromide anions

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  3. Engineering of a polar crystal structure exclusively by π–π stacking between aryl and polyfluoroaryl groups

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  4. Minimizing side reactions in chemoenzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution: organometallic and material strategies

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Patricia Marr, Dr Graham C Saunders

  5. Intramolecular dehydrofluorinative coupling of η6-arene and fluoroarylphosphine ligands in ruthenium complexes

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  6. Dinuclear platinum(II) sulfide–thiolate complexes [Pt2(μ-S)(μ-SR)(PPh3)4]+ containing fluorinated substituents and the identification of a S⋯C6F5 π interaction in the crystal structure of [Pt2(μ-S)(μ-SCH2C6F5)(PPh3)4]BPh4·2C6H6

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, March 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  7. On the importance of π–π stacking and cation–anion interactions in the construction of non-centrosymmetric networks of bromide salts of imidazolium cations bearing arene and polyfluoroarene rings

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  8. The effect of trifluoromethyl groups in the para positions of a perfluoroaryl phosphine: A comparison of the structures of [{η5,κP-C5Me4CH2C6F3X-5-P(C6F4X-4)-2-CH2P(C6F4X-4)2}RhCl2], X=F and CF3

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  9. Compressed Metal Powders that Remain Superhydrophobic after Abrasion

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  10. The structural characterization and hydroformylation activity of the tri-rhodium complex [Rh3(μ2-dppm)2(μ2-CO)3(K1-CO)3]BF4

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry Communications, October 2009, Elsevier

    Alexander John Blake, Dr Graham C Saunders

  11. Sheets of Large Superhydrophobic Metal Particles Self Assembled on Water by the Cheerios Effect

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  12. Fluoroarylphosphines as ligands

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  13. Assessment of roughness and chemical modification in determining the hydrophobic properties of metals

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  14. Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl rhodium(III) trifluorovinyl phosphine complexes and attempted intramolecular dehydrofluorinative coupling of pentamethylcyclopentadienyl and trifluorovinyl phosphine ligands

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Robin Gavin Pritchard, Dr Graham C Saunders

  15. Base-Free Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols Using “Piano-Stool” Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

    Article • Organometallics, July 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  16. Remarkably Simple Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surfaces Using Electroless Galvanic Deposition

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  17. Remarkably Simple Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surfaces Using Electroless Galvanic Deposition

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  18. Complexes of η5, κP-cyclopentadienyl-phosphine ligands by chelate-assisted dehydrofluorinative coupling; the coupling of bis{bis(pentafluorophenyl)phosphino}methane to η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl in a rhodium complex

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry Communications, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  19. Chelating phosphines by nucleophilic substitution of fluorine in 3,4,5-trifluorobenzonitrile and tetrafluorophthalonitrile

    Article • Mendeleev Communications, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  20. Enhanced adsorption of Cd (II) on a hydrous Al (III) floc in the presence of a modified form of polyethylenimine

    Article • Water Research, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  21. (Acetonitrile-κN){1,2-bis[bis(pentafluorophenyl)phosphino]ethane-κ2P,P}(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, July 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  22. Intramolecular dehydrofluorinative coupling of pentamethylcyclopentadienyl and phosphine ligands in iridium complexes

    Article • Polyhedron, November 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  23. Intramolecular Dehydrofluorinative Coupling of the Asymmetric Diphosphine Ph 2 PCH 2 CH 2 PPh(C 5 F 4 N-4) and Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Ligands in a Rhodium Complex

    Article • Organometallics, April 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  24. Intramolecular Dehydrofluorinative Coupling of η 5 -Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl and Pentafluorophenylphosphine Ligands in Rhodium Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, December 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  25. Synthesis of polyfluorodibenz[b,f][1,4]oxazepines by the cyclization of 2-[(polyfluorobenzylidene)amino]phenols

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, May 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  26. Synthesis of a ruthenium complex of a cyclic trifunctional η6, η1, η1-arene–diphosphine ligand by intramolecular dehydrofluorinative carbon–carbon coupling

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry Communications, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  27. Carbon–fluorine bond cleavage as a route to hybrid ligands

    Article • Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, November 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  28. Synthesis of rhodium complexes of an asymmetric η5,η1,η1-cyclo-pentadienyl-bis(phosphine) ligand by regioselective intramolecular dehydrofluorinative CC coupling

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, October 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  29. Intramolecular SNAr reactions as a route to complexes of hybrid cyclopentadienyl–phosphine ligands: synthesis of a rhodium complex of the first η5,η1,η1-cyclopentadienyl–phosphine–thioether ligand

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  30. Structural and electronic impact of fluorine in the ortho positions of triphenylphosphine and 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane; a comparison of 2,6-difluorophenyl- with pentafluorophenyl-phosphines

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders, Dr Alison M Stuart

  31. Phosphine and isonitrile complexes of η5-tetramethylcyclopentadienylrhodium chlorides; crystal structures of (η5-C5Me4H)RhCl2(PPh2R) (R=Ph or C6F5)

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, July 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  32. Remarkable regioselectivity in the reaction between [(η5-C5Me4H)RhCl(μ-Cl)]2 and (C6F5)2PCH2CH2P(C6F5)2: synthesis of a chiral-at-metal rhodium complex cation via carbon–fluorine and –hydrogen bond activation and carbon–carbon bond formation

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, May 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  33. Activation of C–F and C–H bonds by polyalkylcyclopentadienylrhodium complexes: crystal structure of [(η5-C5Me4Et)RhCl{(C6F5)2PCH2CH2P(C6F5)2}]+·BF4−

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, March 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  34. Adsorption of metal cations by hydrous aluminium(III) or iron(III) hydroxide precipitates: enhancement by EDTA and related chelate molecules†

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  35. Carbon–fluorine bond activation in the reactions between 1,2-bis[bis(2,6-difluorophenyl)phosphino]ethane and [{MCl(μ-Cl)(η5-C5Me5)}2] (M = Rh or Ir)

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  36. Pentafluorophenylphosphine complexes of platinum(II); crystal structure of trans-[PtCl2(PEt3){PPh2 (C6F5)}]

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1997, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  37. Preparation and characterisation of dimolybdenum complexes containing fluorophenylimide ligands

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1997, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  38. Structural and electronic impact of fluorine in the ortho positions of the phenoxy groups of phenyl-phosphonite and -phosphinite ligands in compounds of platinum-group metals

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1997, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  39. Defluorination of Perfluoroalkanes and Chlorofluorocarbons

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English, December 1996, Wiley

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  40. Cyclopentadienyl metal teflate (OTeF5) complexes

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1996, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  41. Carbon–fluorine and –hydrogen bond activation and carbon–carbon bond formation in η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-rhodium and -iridium phosphine complexes; crystal structures of [M(η5-C5Me5)Cl{(C6F<...

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1996, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  42. Tris(2,6-difluorophenyl)phosphite complexes of platinum group metals: Structure of trans-PtCl2(PEt3){P(O-2,6-C6H3F2)3}

    Article • Polyhedron, August 1995, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  43. Cleavage of both alkyl C–H bonds and aryl C–F bonds and concomitant C–C bond formation in a pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodium phosphine complex: X-ray structure of [η5-C5Me3[CH2C6F4P(C<...

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  44. Synthesis and structure of η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyldichloro-iridiumtris(2,6-difuluorophenyl)phosphite

    Article • Polyhedron, November 1993, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  45. Synthesis and electrochemistry of dimolybdenum crown ether imido complexes

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, December 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  46. Coordinatively unsaturated σ-aryl iridium(III) complexes containing iridiummercury bonds

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, June 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  47. Electrochemistry of dimolybdenum complexes containing oxo, imido, and sulphido moieties. A measure of their relative π-donor abilities?

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, March 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  48. The effect of sodium cations on the molecular dynamics of N-acetylaza-15-crown-5

    Article • Polyhedron, January 1991, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  49. Synthesis and electrochemistry of crown ether dithiolene complexes

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1990, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  50. Synthetic and electrochemical studies on electroactive ionophores based on the di-η-cyclopentadienyl-molybendum and -tungsten fragments

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, November 1988, Elsevier

    Dr Graham C Saunders

  51. Effects of sodium ions on the molecular dynamics of bis(aza-15-crown-5)thiuram disulphide

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1988, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Graham C Saunders