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Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Maron, Laurent, Kilpatrick, Alexander F R, Layfield, Richard A and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2020) Ethene activation and catalytic hydrogenation by a low-valent uranium pentalene complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (1). pp. 89-92. ISSN 0002-7863

Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Green, Jennifer C and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2018) Bis(pentalene)dititanium chemistry: C–H, C–X and H–H bond activation. Dalton Transactions, 47 (41). pp. 14531-14539. ISSN 1477-9226

Tsoureas, Nikolaos and Cloke, Frederick Geoffrey (2018) Activation of carbon suboxide (C3O2) by U(III) to form a cyclobutane-1,3-dione Ring. Chemical Communications, 54 (64). pp. 8830-8833. ISSN 1359-7345

Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Cloke, Geoff, Green, Jennifer, Puschmann, Horst, Roe, Mark and Tizzard, Graham (2018) Trimerisation of carbon suboxide at a di-titanium centre to form a pyrone ring system. Chemical Science, 9 (22). pp. 5008-5014. ISSN 2041-6520

Kilpatrick, Alexander, Guo, Fu-Sheng, Day, Benjamin M, Mansikkamäki, Akseli, Layfield, Richard A and Cloke, F Geoffry (2018) Single-molecule magnet properties of a monometallic dysprosium pentalene complex. Chemical Communications, 54 (51). pp. 7085-7088. ISSN 1359-7345

Ansell, Melvyn B, Furfari, Samantha K, Cloke, F Geofffrey N, Roe, S Mark, Spencer, John and Navarro, Oscar (2018) Comparison of the reactivity of the low buried-volume carbene complexes (ITMe)2Pd(PhC≡CPh) and (ITMe)2Pd(PhN=NPh). Organometallics, 37 (7). pp. 1214-1218. ISSN 0276-7333

Tsoureas, Nikolaos and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2018) Mixed sandwich imido complexes of Uranium(V) and Uranium(IV): Synthesis, structure and redox behaviour. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 857. pp. 25-53. ISSN 0022-328X

Kahan, Rachel J, Farnaby, Joy H, Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Coles, Martyn P, Roe, S Mark and Wilson, Claire (2018) Sterically encumbered mixed sandwich compounds of uranium(III): synthesis and reactivity with small molecules. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 857. pp. 110-122. ISSN 0022-328X

Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Green, Jennifer C and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2017) C-H and H-H activation at a Di-titanium centre. Chemical Communications, 53. pp. 13117-13120. ISSN 1359-7345

Inman, Christopher J, Frey, Alistair S P, Kilpatrick, Alexander F R, Cloke, F Geoffrey and Roe, S Mark (2017) Carbon dioxide activation by a uranium(III) complex derived from a chelating bis(aryloxide) ligand. Organometallics, 36 (23). pp. 4539-4545. ISSN 0276-7333

Kilpatrick, Alexander F R and Cloke, F. Geoffrey N (2017) A base-free synthetic route to anti-bimetallic lanthanide pentalene complexes. Dalton Transactions, 46 (17). pp. 5587-5597. ISSN 1477-9226

Kilpatrick, Alexander F R, Green, Jennifer C and Cloke, F. Geoffrey N (2016) Reactivity of a dititanium bis(pentalene) complex toward heteroallenes and main-group element–element bonds. Organometallics, 36 (2). pp. 352-362. ISSN 0276-7333

Kilpatrick, Alexander, Johnston, David, Green, Jennifer, Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Coles, Martyn and Cloke, Geoff (2016) Complexes of Iron(II) with silylated pentalene ligands; building blocks for homo- and heterobimetallics. Polyhedron, 116. pp. 26-37. ISSN 0277-5387

Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Kilpatrick, Alexander, Inman, Christopher and Cloke, Frederick Geoffrey (2016) Steric control of redox events in organo-uranium chemistry: synthesis and characterisation of U(V) oxo and nitrido complexes. Chemical Science, 7 (7). pp. 4624-4632. ISSN 2041-6539

Ansell, Melvyn B, Roberts, Debbie E, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Navarro, Oscar and Spencer, John (2015) Synthesis of an (NHC)2Pd(SiMe3)2 (NHC = N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Complex. Catalytic, cis-Bis-Silylations of Internal Alkynes with Unactivated Disilanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54 (19). pp. 5578-5582. ISSN 1433-7851

Higgins Frey, Jessica A, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Roe, S Mark (2015) Synthesis and reactivity of a mixed-sandwich uranium(IV) primary amido complex. Organometallics, 34 (11). pp. 2102-2105. ISSN 0276-7333

Kilpatrick, Alexander F R, Green, Jennifer C and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2015) Bonding in complexes of bis(pentalene)di-titanium, Ti2(C8H6)2. Organometallics, 34 (20). pp. 4830-4843. ISSN 0276-7333

Button, Zoë E, Higgins, Jessica A, Suvova, Markéta, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Roe, S Mark (2015) Mixed sandwich thorium complexes incorporating bis(tri-isopropylsilyl)cyclooctatetraenyl and pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ligands: synthesis, structure and reactivity. Dalton Transactions, 44. pp. 2588-2596. ISSN 1477-9226

Kilpatrick, Alexander F R, Green, Jennifer C and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2015) The reductive activation of CO2 across a Ti═Ti double bond: synthetic, structural, and mechanistic studies. Organometallics, 34 (20). pp. 4816-4829. ISSN 0276-7333

Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Castro, Ludovic, Kilpatrick, Alexander F R, Cloke, F Geoffey N and Maron, Laurent (2014) Controlling selectivity in the reductive activation of CO2 by mixed sandwich uranium(III) complexes. Chemical Science, 5 (10). pp. 3777-3788. ISSN 2041-6520

Kefalidis, Christos E, Frey, Alistair S P, Roe, S Mark, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Maron, Laurent (2014) Formation of cyanates in low-valent uranium chemistry: a synergistic experimental/theoretical study. Dalton Transactions, 2014 (43). pp. 11202-11208. ISSN 1477-9226

Kilpatrick, Alexander F R and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2014) Reductive deoxygenation of CO2 by a bimetallic titanium bis(pentalene) complex. Chemical Communications, 50. pp. 2769-2771. ISSN 1359-7345

Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Kilpatrick, Alexander F R, Summerscales, Owen T, Nixon, John F, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2013) The first example of the two-electron reduction of a phosphaalkyne - Synthesis and structural characterisation of the diuranium(IV) pentalene complex [(U{η⁵-C<inf>5</inf>Me<inf>5</inf>}{η⁸-C <inf>8</inf>H<inf>4</inf>(SiiPr<inf>3</inf>-1,4)<inf>2</inf>}) <inf>2</inf>(μ-η²:η¹-tBuCP)]. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013 (22-23). pp. 4085-4089. ISSN 1434-1948

Tsoureas, Nikolaos, Summerscales, Owen T, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Roe, S Mark (2013) Steric effects in the reductive coupling of CO by mixed-sandwich uranium(III) complexes. Organometallics, 32 (5). pp. 1353-1362. ISSN 0276-7333

Kilpatrick, Alexander F R, Green, Jennifer C, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Tsoureas, Nikolaos (2013) Bis(pentalene)di-titanium: a bent double-sandwich complex with a very short Ti–Ti bond. Chemical Communications, 49. pp. 9434-9436. ISSN 1359-7345

Cloke, Geoff (2011) Facile Conversion of CO/H2 to Methoxide at a Uranium(III) Centre. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50 (30). pp. 6881-6883. ISSN 14337851

Frey, Alistair S P, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Coles, Martyn P, Maron, Laurent and Davin, Thomas (2011) Facile conversion of CO/H2 into methoxide at a uranium(III) center. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50 (30). pp. 6881-6883. ISSN 1433-7851

Button, Z E, Cloke, F G N, Morley-Smith, N A, Coles, M P and Hitchcock, P B (2010) Mixed-sandwich complexes of zirconium(III) and hafnium( III): Potential analogues of [U(eta-C8H6{(SiPr3)-Pr-i-1,4}(2))(eta-Cp*)] for cyclooligomerisation of CO. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 695 (25-26). pp. 2809-2813. ISSN 0022-328X

Ketkov, Sergey Y, Selzle, Heinrich L, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Markin, Gennady V, Shevelev, Yury A, Domrachev, Georgy A and Schlag, Edward W (2010) Zero Kinetic Energy Spectroscopy: Mass-Analyzed Threshold Ionization Spectra of Chromium Sandwich Complexes with Alkylbenzenes, (η6-RPh)2Cr (R = Me, Et, i-Pr, t-Bu). Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114 (42). pp. 11298-11303. ISSN 1089-5639

Frey, Alistair S P, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Coles, Martyn P and Hitchcock, Peter B (2010) UIII-Induced Reductive Co-Coupling of NO and CO to Form UIV Cyanate and Oxo Derivates. Chemistry - A European Journal, 16 (31). pp. 9446-9448. ISSN 0947-6539

Farnaby, Joy H, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Coles, Martyn P, Green, Jennifer C and Aitken, Georgina (2010) Tris(pyrazolyl)borate half-sandwich complexes of trivalent uranium incorporating the [C8H6{(SiPr3)-Pr-i-1,4}(2)](2-) and [C8H4{(SiPr3)-Pr-i-1,4)(2)](2-) ligands. Comptes Rendus Chimie, 13 (6-7). pp. 812-820. ISSN 1631-0748

Evans, Lloyd T J, Coles, Martyn P, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2010) Group 3 complexes incorporating (furyl)-substituted disilazide ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 363 (6). pp. 1114-1125. ISSN 0020-1693

Summerscales, Owen T, Jones, Simon C, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2009) Anti-Bimetallic Complexes of Divalent Lanthanides with Silylated Pentalene and Cyclooctatetraenyl Bridging Ligands as Molecular Models for Lanthanide-Based Polymers. Organometallics, 28 (20). pp. 5896-5908. ISSN 0276-7333

Esposito, Oriana, Roberts, Deborah E, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Caddick, Stephen, Green, Jennifer C, Hazari, Nilay and Hitchcock, Peter B (2009) Carbon-Silicon Bond Activation by [Pd(ItBu)(2)] - the Molecular Structures of [Pd(Me3Si)(ItBu)(mu-I)](2) and [Pd(CH(2)ItBu)I-2]. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (13). pp. 1844-1850. ISSN 1434-1948

Summerscales, Owen T, Frey, Alistair S P, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2009) Reductive disproportionation of carbon dioxide to carbonate and squarate products using a mixed-sandwich U(III) complex. Chemical Communications, 45 (2). pp. 198-200. ISSN 1359-7345

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F, Suter, James L and Wilson, D James (2009) Syntheses, structural studies, photoelectron spectra and density functional theory calculations of the "pseudo" tetraphospha-metallocenes [M(eta-P2C3Bu3t)(2)], (M = Ni, Pd, Pt). Dalton Transactions (7). pp. 1164-1171. ISSN 1477-9226

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F, Suter, James L and Wilson, D James (2009) Syntheses, structural studies, photoelectron spectra and density functional theory calculations of the “pseudo” tetraphospha-metallocenes [M(η-P2C3But3)2], (M = Ni, Pd, Pt). Dalton Transactions. pp. 1164-1171. ISSN 1477-9226

Lewis, Alexandra k de k, Caddick, Stephen, Esposito, Oriana, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2009) Synthetic and structural studies on amine coordination to Pd-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes. Dalton Transactions, 35. pp. 7094-7098. ISSN 1477-9226

Esposito, Oriana, Gois, Pedro M P, Lewis, Alexandra k de k, Caddick, Stephen, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2008) Alkylpalladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Properties. Organometallics, 27 (24). pp. 6411-6418. ISSN 0276-7333

Summerscales, Owen T, Johnston, David R, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2008) Samarium(III) Pentalene Sandwich Compounds [Sm(η8-C8H4{SiiPr3-1,4}2)(Cp*)] and [Sm(η8-C8H4{SiiPr3-1,4}2)(η5-C8H5{SiiPr3-1,4}2)] and a Mixed-Valence Hexasamarium Cluster Derived from Sm(II)-Based Solvent Activation. Organometallics, 27 (21). pp. 5612-5618. ISSN 0276-7333

Frey, Alistair S, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Day, Iain J, Green, Jennifer C and Aitken, Georgina (2008) Mechanistic Studies on the Reductive Cyclooligomerisation of CO by U(III) Mixed Sandwich Complexes; the Molecular Structure of [(U(η-C8H6{SiiPr3-1,4}2)(η-Cp*)]2(μ-η1:η1-C2O2). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (42). pp. 13816-13817. ISSN 1520-5126

Frey, Alistair S, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Day, Iain J, Green, Jennifer C and Aitken, Georgina (2008) Mechanistic studies on the reductive cyclooligomerisation of CO by U(III) mixed sandwich complexes; the molecular structure of [(U(eta-C8H6{Si(i)Pr3-1,4}2)(eta-Cp*)]2(mu-eta1:eta1-C2O2). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (42). pp. 13816-13817. ISSN 1520-5126

Clentsmith, Guy K B, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Francis, Matthew D, Hanks, John R, Hitchcock, Peter B and Nixon, John F (2008) Synthesis and structural characterisation of lanthanide and actinide phosphaorganometallic complexes derived from the 3,5-di-tert-butyl-1,2,4-triphospholyl ring anion, P3C2But−2: Crystal and molecular structures of [M(η5-P3C2But2)2(η2-P3C2But2)] (M = Sc, Y, Tm, and U). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 693 (13). pp. 2287-2292. ISSN 0022-328X

Trindade, Alexandre F, Gois, Pedro M P, Veiros, Luis F, Andre, Vania, Duarte, M. Teresa, Carlos A. M., Afonso, Caddick, Stephen and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2008) Axial coordination of NHC ligands on dirhodium(II) complexes: Generation of a new family of catalysts. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73 (11). pp. 4076-4086. ISSN 0022-3263

Balazs, Gabor, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Gagliardi, Laura, Green, Jennifer C, Harrison, Andrew, Hitchcock, Peter B, Shahi, Abdul Rehaman Moughal and Summerscales, Owen T (2008) A Dichromium(II) BiS(eta(8)-pentalene) double-sandwich complex with a spin equilibrium: Synthetic, structural, magnetic, and theoretical studies. Organometallics, 27 (9). pp. 2013-2020. ISSN 0276-7333

Larch, Christopher P, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2008) Activation and reduction of diethyl ether by low valent uranium: formation of the trimetallic, mixed valence uranium oxo species [U(CpRR')(mu-I)2]3(mu3-O) (CpRR' = C5Me5, C5Me4H, C5H4SiMe3). Chemical Communications (1). pp. 82-84. ISSN 1359-7345

Larch, Christopher P, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2008) Activation and reduction of diethyl ether by low valent uranium: formation of the trimetallic, mixed valence uranium oxo species [U(CpRR)(µ-I)2]3(µ3-O) (CpRR = C5Me5, C5Me4H, C5H4SiMe3). Chemical Communications, 44 (1). pp. 82-84. ISSN 1364-548X

Cawley, M J, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Fitzmaurice, R J, Pearson, S E, Scott, J S and Caddick, S (2008) Development of a practical Buchwald-Hartwig amine arylation protocol using a conveniently prepared (NHC)Pd(R-allyl)Cl catalyst. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 6 (15). pp. 2820-2825. ISSN 1477-0520

Gois, Pedro M P, Trindade, Alexandre F, Veiros, Luis F, Andre, Vania, Duarte, M Teresa, Afonso, Carlos A M, Caddick, Stephen and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2007) Tuning the Reactivity of Dirhodium(II) Complexes with Axial N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: The Arylation of Aldehydes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46 (30). pp. 5750-5753. ISSN 14337851

Balazs, Gabor, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C, Harker, Robert M, Harrison, Andrew, Hitchcock, Peter B, Jardine, Christian N and Walton, Richard (2007) Cerium(III) and Cerium(IV) Bis(n8-pentalene) Sandwich Complexes: Synthetic, Structural, Spectroscopic, and Theoretical Studies. Organometallics, 26 (13). pp. 3111-3119. ISSN 02767333

Evans, Lloyd T J, Coles, Martyn P, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2007) Main Group Complexes Incorporating 1,3-bis(furyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisilazide Ligands. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 692 (12). pp. 2548-2553. ISSN 0022328X

Evans, Lloyd T J, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Coles, Martyn P and Hitchcock, Peter B (2007) Exploring the Chelating Potential of 1,3-bis(furyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisilazides. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 360 (4). 1258 - 1265. ISSN 0020-1693

Esposito, Oriana, Lewis, Alexandra K de K, Hitchcock, Peter B, Caddick, Stephen and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2007) Synthesis and reactivity of alkyl palladium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes. Chemical Communications (11). pp. 1157-1159. ISSN 1359-7345

Evans, Lloyd T J, Coles, Martyn P, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2007) Deactivation Pathways of Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts Derived from Titanium and Zirconium 1,3-bis(furyl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisilazide Complexes. Dalton Transactions, - (25). pp. 2707-2717. ISSN 14779226

Ketkov, Sergey Y, Selzle, Heinrich L and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2007) Direct detection of individual bis(arene) rotational isomers in the gas phase by mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46 (37). pp. 7072-7074. ISSN 1433-7851

Cloke, Geoff, Hitchcock, Peter, Summerscales, Owen, Balazs, G, Harrison, A and Green, JC (2007) Mn2 bis(pentalene): a mixed-spin bimetallic with two extremes of bonding within the same molecule. Chemical Communications (8). pp. 873-875. ISSN 13597345

Summerscales, Owen T, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Green, Jennifer C and Hazari, Nilay (2006) Reductive Cyclotetramerization of CO to Squarate by a U(III) Complex; the X-ray Crystal Structure of [(U(n-C8H6{SiiPr3-1,4}2)(n-C5Me4H)]2(m-n2:n2-C4O4). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128 (30). pp. 9602-9603. ISSN 0002-7863

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C, Hazari, Nilay, Hitchcock, Peter B, Mountford, Philip, Nixon, John F and Wilson, D James (2006) Reactions of tBuCP with Cyclooctatetraene-Supported Titanium Imido Complexes. Organometallics, 25 (15). pp. 3688-3700. ISSN 02767333

Summerscales, Owen T and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2006) The organometallic chemistry of pentalene. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 250 (9). pp. 1122-1140. ISSN 00108545

Summerscales, Owen T, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Green, Jennifer C and Hazari, Nilay (2006) Reductive Cyclotrimerization of Carbon Monoxide to the Deltate Dianion by an Organometallic Uranium Complex. Science, 311 (5762). pp. 829-831. ISSN 0036-8075

Calucci, Lucia, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Englert, Ulli, Hitchcock, Peter B, Pampaloni, Guido, Pinzino, Calogero, Puccini, Filippo and Volpe, Manuel (2006) Synthesis of chromium(0) and molybdenum(0) bis (n6-arene) derivatives and their monoelectronic oxidation to [M(n6-arene)2]+ cations. Dalton Transactions (35). pp. 4228-4234. ISSN 14779226

Lerma, Israel Conesa, Cawley, Mark J, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Arentsen, Katherine, Scott, James S, Pearson, Stuart E, Hayler, John and Caddick, Stephen (2005) Studies on Pd/imidazolium salt protocols for aminations of aryl bromides and iodides using lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LHMDS). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 690 (24). pp. 5841-5848. ISSN 0022328X

Arentsen, Katherine, Caddick, Stephen and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2005) On the efficiency of two-coordinate palladium(0) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in amination and Suzuki-Miyaura reactions of aryl chlorides. Tetrahedron, 61 (41). pp. 9710-9715. ISSN 00404020

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F, Wilson, D James, Nyulászi, Laszlo and Karpati, Tamas (2005) 1-Triphenylstannyl-2,4,5-tritertiarybutyl-1,3-diphosphole, Ph3SnP2C3But3: Preparation, X-ray crystal structure, theoretical studies and solution fluxional behaviour. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 690 (17). 3983 - 3989. ISSN 0022328X

Bermingham, Michael J, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Gardiner, Michael G, Hitchcock, Peter B, Wise, Lauren E and Yates, Brian F (2005) Structural studies of Group 1 metal 4-azapentalenyl complexes. Dalton Transactions, - (7). pp. 1157-1158. ISSN 14779226

Studt, Felix, Lamarche, Vanessa M E, Clentsmith, Guy K B, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Tuczek, Felix (2005) Vibrational and electronic structure of the dinuclear bis(µ-nitrido) vanadium(V) complex [V(N{N }2)(µ-N)]2: spectroscopic properties of the M2(µ-N)2 diamond core. Dalton Transactions, 6. pp. 1052-1057. ISSN 14779226

Caddick, Stephen, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B and Lewis, Alexandra K de K (2004) Unusual reactivity of a nickel N-heterocyclic carbene complex: tert-butyl group cleavage and silicone grease activation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 43 (43). pp. 5824-5827. ISSN 1433-7851

Cloke, Geoff, Hitchcock, Peter, Morley-Smith, Neil and Kuchta, MC (2004) Mononuclear tantalum (V) pentalene complexes: synthesis of [Ta n8-C8H4(1,4-SiiPr3)2 X3] (X = CH3, Cl, I) and the X-ray crystal structures of [Ta n8-C8H4(1,4-SiiPr3)2 (CH3)3], [Ta n8-C8H4(1,4-SiiPr3)2 (CH3)2Cl], [Ta n8-C8H4(1,4-SiiPr3)2 (CH3)Cl2] and [Ta n8-C8H4(1,4-SiiPr3)2 I3]. Polyhedron, 23 (17). pp. 2625-2630. ISSN 02775387

Cloke, F Geoffrey Cloke, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F and Vickers, David M (2004) Metal-vapour synthesis of phospha-organometallic compounds: reaction of nickel atoms with the phospha-alkyne tBuCP. Structural characterisation of [Ni(n3-PC2tBu2)(n5-P3C2tBu2)], a derivative of the novel, aromatic phosphirenyl cation. Comptes Rendus Chimie, 7 (8-9). pp. 931-940. ISSN 16310748

Avent, A G, Cloke, F G, Elvidge, B R and Hitchcock, P B (2004) Yttrium complexes incorporating the chelating diamides {ArN(CH2)xNAr}2-(Ar = C6H3-2,6-iPr2, x= 2, 3) and their unusual reaction with phenylsilane. Dalton Transactions, - (7). pp. 1083-1096. ISSN 14779226

Arentsen, Katherine, Caddick, Stephen, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Herring, Adam P and Hitchcock, Peter B (2004) Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl and alkyl halides using palladium/imidazolium salt protocols. Tetrahedron Letters, 45 (17). pp. 3511-3515. ISSN 00404039

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C and Kaltsoyanniss, Nikolas (2004) Electronic structure of [U2(µ2-N2)(n5-C5Me5)2(n8-C8H4(SiPri3)2)2]. Organometallics, 23 (4). pp. 823-825. ISSN 0276-7333

Arnold, Polly L, Petrukhina, Marina A, Bochenkov, Vladimir E, Shabatina, Tatyana I, Zagorskii, Vyacheslav V, Sergeev, Gleb B and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (2003) Arene complexation of Sm, Eu, Tm and Yb atoms: a variable temperature spectroscopic investigation. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 688 (1-2). pp. 49-55. ISSN 0022328X

Lewis, Alexandra K de K, Caddick, Stephen, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Billingham, Norman C, Hitchcock, Peter B and Leonard, John (2003) Synthetic, Structural, and Mechanistic studies on the oxidative addition of Aromatic Chlorides to a palladium (N-heterocyclic carbene) complex: Relevance to catalytic amination. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125 (33). pp. 10066-10073. ISSN 0002-7863

Wilson, D James, Sebastian, Alfredo, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Avent, Anthony G and Hitchcock, Peter B (2003) Synthesis and Molecular Structures of Uranium and Thorium Diamidoamine Complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 345 (-). pp. 89-94. ISSN 00201693

Clentsmith, Guy K B, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C, Hanks, John, Hitchcock, Peter B and Nixon, John F (2003) Stabilization of low-oxidation-state early transition-metal complexes bearing 1,2,4-triphosphacyclopentadienyl ligands: Structure of [{Sc(P(3)C(2)tBu(2))(2)}(2)];Sc-II or mixed oxidation state? Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 42 (9). pp. 1038-1041. ISSN 1433-7851

McCarroll, Andrew J, Sandham, David A, Titcomb, Lisa R, Lewis, Alexandra K de k, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Davies, Brian P, Santana, Alejandro Perez de, Hiller, Wolfgang and Caddick, Stephen (2003) Studies on high-temperature amination reactions of aromatic chlorides using discrete Palladium-N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) complexes and in situ palladium/imidazolium salt protocols. Molecular Diversity, 7 (2-4). pp. 115-123. ISSN 13811991

Kaupp, Martin, Kopf, Thomas, Murso, Alexander, Stalke, Dietmar, Strohmann, Carsten, Hanks, John R, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2002) Trigonal Prismatic Structure of Tris(butadiene)molybdenum and Related Complexes Revisited: Diolefin or Metallacyclopentene Coordination? Organometallics, 21 (23). pp. 5021-5028. ISSN 02767333

Caddick, Stephen, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Leonard, John, Lewis, Alexandra K de K, McKerrecher, Darren and Titcomb, Lisa R (2002) The first example of simple oxidative addition of an aryl chloride to a discrete palladium (n-heterocyclic carbene) amination precatalyst. Organometallics, 21 (21). pp. 4318-4319. ISSN 02767333

Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Hitchcock, Peter B (2002) Reversible binding and reduction of dinitrogen by a uranium(III) pentalene complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124 (32). pp. 9352-9353. ISSN 0002-7863

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Elvidge, Benjamin R, Hitchcock, Peter B and Lamarche, Vanessa M E (2002) Yttrium iodide and bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl complexes of the chelating diamide [ArN(CH2)3NAr]2- (Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3). Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, - (12). pp. 2413-2414. ISSN 1470479X

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F and Vickers, David M (2001) Metal vapour synthesis of phospha-organometallic compounds via reaction of cobalt atoms with the phospha-alkyne tBuC_P: synthesis and structural characterisation of the sandwich compounds [Co(n5-P3C2tBu2)(n4-P2C2tBu2)],[Co(n5 P2C3tBu3)(n4P2C2tBu2)] and the protonated tetraphospha-barrelene complex [Co(n4-P4C4 tBu4H)(n4-P2C2 tBu2)], the latter as its [W(CO)5] adduct. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 635 (1-2). pp. 212-221. ISSN 0022328X

Titcomb, Lisa R, Caddick, Stephen, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Wilson, D James and McKerrecher, Darren (2001) Unexpected reactivity of two-coordinate palladium carbene complexes; synthetic and catalytic implications. Chemical Communications (15). pp. 1388-1389. ISSN 13597345

Caddick, Stephen, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Clentsmith, Guy K B, Hitchcock, Peter B, McKerrecher, Darren, Titcomb, Lisa R and Williams, Meredith R V (2001) An improved synthesis of bis(1, 3-di-N-tert-buylimidazol-2-ylidene)palladium(0) and its use in C-C and C-N coupling reactions. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 617-61. pp. 635-639. ISSN 0022328X

Cloke, Geoff (2001) Organometallic pentalene complexes. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 73 (2). pp. 233-238. ISSN 00334545

Bartsch, Rainer, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C, Matos, Robson M, Nixon, John F, Suffolk, Roger J, Suter, James L and Wilson, D James (2001) A Study of the Molecular and Electronic Structure of Iron (II) and Ruthenium (II) 1,3-Di and 1,2,4-Triphospholyl sandwich compounds by Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory. Dalton Transactions. pp. 1013-1022.

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F and Wilson, D James (2000) First catalytic dihydroamination of a phosphaalkyne. Crystal and molecular structure of trans-[PdCl2{P(Pr(i)NH)2CH2Bu(t)}2]. Chemical Communications, - (23). pp. 2387-2388. ISSN 13597345

Cloke, Geoff (2000) Trialkylsilyl-substituted pentalene ligands. Organometallics, 19 (26). ISSN 02767333

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F, Wilson, D James, Schiemann, U and Streubel, R (2000) Syntheses of complexes containing the novel 1,2,3-azadiphosphole and 1,2,5-azadiphosphole ring systems: Crystal and molecular structure of[Ir (¿-C5Me5)(¿4-(Bu(t)CPNBu(t)PCBu(t)]. Chemical Communications (17). pp. 1659-1660. ISSN 13597345

Pugh, Stephen M, Trosch, Dominique J M, Wilson, D James, Bashall, Alan, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Gade, Lutz H, Hitchcock, Peter B, McPartlin, Mary, Nixon, John F and Mountford, Philip (2000) Cycloaddition reactions of the titanium imide [Ti(NBut){MeC(2-C5H4N)(CH2NSiMe 3)2}(py)] with ButCP and MeCN. Organometallics, 19 (16). ISSN 02767333

Bates, Vanessa M E, Clentsmith, Guy K B, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C and Jenkin, Huw D Ll (2000) Theoretical investigation of the pathway for reductive cleavage of dinitrogen by a vanadium diamidoamine complex. Chemical Communications, - (11). pp. 927-928. ISSN 13597345

Collier, Philip E, Pugh, Stephen M, Clark, Howard S C, Love, Jason B, Blake, Alexander J, Cloke, F Geoffrey N and Mountford, Philip (2000) Titanium and niobium imido complexes derived from diamidoamine ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 39 (9). ISSN 00201669

Avent, Anthony G, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Francis, Matthew D, Hitchcock, Peter B and Nixon, John F (2000) Synthesis, crystal and molecular structures of the novel, structurally different, cage compounds P6C4Bu(t)4SiI2 and P6C4Bu(t)4GeI2, resulting from intra-molecular coupling of two 1,2,4-triphospholyl rings. Chemical Communications (10). pp. 879-880. ISSN 13597345

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F and Wilson, D James (2000) Remarkable Transformation of 2,4,6-Tri-tert-butyl-1,3,5-triphosphabenzene into the 2,4,5-Tri-tert -butyl-1,3-diphosphacyclopentadienide Anion. Organometallics, 19 (3). pp. 219-220. ISSN 02767333

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Unset, Green, Jennifer C, Hanks, John R, Nixon, John F and Suter, James L (2000) Photoelectron spectroscopy and electronic structure of the hexaphosphatitanocene [Ti(¿5-P3C2But2)2]. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (20). pp. 3534-3536. ISSN 1470479X

Clentsmith, Guy K B, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Francis, Matthew D, Green, Jennifer C, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F, Suter, James L and Vickers, David M (2000) A study of the molecular and electronic structures of the indium(i) phospholyls [InOf-PBuS] and [InOf-PaCaBu'j] by X-ray diffraction, photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory t. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (11). pp. 1715-1721. ISSN 1470479X

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F, Wilson, D James, Tabellion, Frank, Fischbeck, Uwe, Preuss, Fritz and Regitz, Manfred (1999) Synthetic, structural and theoretical studies on new aromatic 1,2,4- azadiphosphole ring systems: Crystal and molecular structure of P2C2Bu(t)2NPh. Chemical Communications, - (23). pp. 2363-2364. ISSN 13597345

Clentsmith, Guy K B, Bates, Vanessa M E, Hitchcock, Peter B and Cloke, F Geoffrey N (1999) Reductive Cleavage of Dinitrogen by a Vanadium Diamidoamine Complex: the Molecular Structures of [V(Me3SiN\{CH2CH2NSiMe3\}2)( m -N)]2 and K[V(Me3SiN\{CH2CH2NSiMe3)2) m -N)]2. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121 (44). 10444 - 10445. ISSN 00027863

Clancy, Gerald P, Clark, Howard C S, Cloke, F Geoffrey, Clentsmith, Guy K B and Hitchcock, Peter B (1999) Vanadium(III) complexes incorporating the silylamino(disilylamido) ligand [(Me3Si)N{CH2CH2N(SiMe3)} 2]2- [N{N¿}2]2-. Synthesis and crystal structure of the dimeric, non-metallocene vanadium(III) hydride [{V(N{N¿}2)}2(µ-H)2]. Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 19. pp. 3345-3347. ISSN 03009246

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hanks, John R, Hitchcock, Peter B and Nixon, John F (1999) Synthesis structure and reactivity of the hexaphospha-titanocene bis-( 5-35-di-i tert -butyl-124-triphosohacyclopentadieny) titanium(II). Chemical Communications (17). 1731 - 1732. ISSN 13597345

Arnold, Polly L, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Geldbach, Tillman and Hitchcock, Peter B (1999) Metal vapor synthesis as a straightforward route to group 10 homoleptic carbene complexes. Organometallics, 18 (16). pp. 3228-3233. ISSN 02767333

Parry, Julian S, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Coles, Simon J and Hursthouse, Michael B (1999) Synthesis and Characterization of the First Sandwich Complex of Trivalent Thorium: A Structural Comparison with the Uranium Analogue. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121 (29). 6867 - 6871. ISSN 00027863

Love, Jason B, Clark, Howard C S, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Green, Jennifer C and Hitchcock, Peter B (1999) A Non-Metallocene Hydride of Titanium (III). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121 (29). 6843 - 6849. ISSN 00027863

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F, Wilson, D James and Mountford, Philip (1999) One- and two-step [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of group 4 imides with the phosphaalkyne Bu(t)CP. Crystal and molecular structures of [Zr(¿5-C5H5)2(PCBu(t)NC6H3Me2-2,6)] and [TiCl2(P2C2Bu(t)2NBu(t))(py)] (py) = pyridine). Chemical Communications, - (7). pp. 661-662. ISSN 13597345

Cloke, Geoff, Green, JC and Jardine, CN (1999) Electronic structure and photoelectron spectra of bispentalene complexes of thorium and uranium. Organometallics, 18 (6). ISSN 02767333

Callaghan, Charlotte, Clentsmith, Guy K B, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F and Vickers, D M (1999) (Phosphacyclopentadienyl)indium(I) derivatives: Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of [In(¿5-P3C2But2)]. Organometallics, 18 (4). ISSN 02767333

Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B, Hunnable, Philip, Nixon, John F, Nyulászi, Laszlo, Niecke, Edgar and Thelen, Vera (1998) The first delocalized phosphole containing a planar tricoordinate phosphorus atom: 1-[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-3,5-bis(trimethylsilyl)-1,2,4-triphosphole. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 37 (8). pp. 1083-1086. ISSN 1433-7851

Abbasali, Qasim A, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B and Joseph, Stephen C P (1997) The first mononuclear h8 -coordinated pentalene complex: synthesis and molecular structure of [Ta\{ h8 -C8H4(siMe3)2-14\}CI3]. Chemical Communications, - (16). 1541 - 1542. ISSN 13597345

Arnold, Polly L, Cloke, F Geoffrey N, Hitchcock, Peter B and Nixon, John F (1996) The First Example of a Formal Scandium(I) Complex: Synthesis and Molecular Structure of a 22-Electron Scandium Triple Decker Incorporating the Novel 1 3 5-Tripohosphabenzene Ring. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 118 (32). 7630 - 7631.

Burton, N C, Cloke, N Geoffrey F, Hitchcock, P B, Mepsted, G O, Newton, C and Patel, H (1995) Preparation of bis(¿6-2-R-benzo[b]thiophene)-chromium and -molybdenum (R = H, Me, SiMe3) sandwich complexes via metal vapour synthesis. Crystal structure of [Cr(¿6-2-Me C8H5S)2]. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 494 (1-2). pp. 241-246. ISSN 0022328X

Book Section

Cloke, Geoff and Summerscales, Owen (2008) Activation of Small Molecules by U(III) Cyclooctatetraene and Pentalene Complexes. In: Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry of the Actinides. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 87-118. ISBN 9783540778363

Cloke, F G N and Arnold, P L (2006) Metal Vapour Synthesis; Principles and Practice. In: Mingos, D M P and Crabtree, Robert H (eds.) Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III. Elsevier, pp. 219-238. ISBN 008044590X

Conference or Workshop Item

Cloke, F G N, Charmichael, D, Dias, A R, Galvão, A M and Silva, J L, Ferreira da (2000) Metal vapour synthesis and conformational analysis of bis(2-trimethylsilyl-3-methyl-phosphobenzene. In: Published in: Applied Organometallic Chemistry.