John Nixon
Emeritus Professor (Chemistry)

Selected publications

Article

Pearce, Kyle G, Canham, Elinor P F, Nixon, John F and Crossley, Ian R (2021) A benzodiphosphaborolediide. Chemistry. ISSN 0947-6539

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

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

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

Clendenning, Scott B, Hitchcock, Peter B, Lappert, Michael F, Merle, Philippe G, Nixon, John F and Nyulazi, Laszlo (2007) Synthesis of the 2,4,5-tri-tert-butyl-1, 3-diphospholyl anion, P2C3But3-via phosphinidene elimination from 2, 4, 6 tri-tert-butyl-1, 3, triphosphabenzene, P3C3But3, on treatment with the amide Li[NPh(SiMe3)]. Chemistry - A European Journal, 13 (25). pp. 7121-7128. ISSN 0947-6539

Clendenning, Scott B, Gehrhus, Barbara, Hitchcock, Peter B, Moser, Daniel F, Nixon, John F and West, Robert (2002) [1+4]-Cycloadditions of silylenes to 2,4,6-tri-tert-butyl-1,3,5-triphosphabenzene. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 4 (4). pp. 484-490. ISSN 1472-7773

Nixon, John F, Hitchcock, Peter B and Buyukkidan, Nurgun Sakarya (2001) Remarkable organophosphorus cage compounds from the reaction of cobaltocene and the triphosphole (P3C2Bu2CH)-C-t(SiMe3)(2): crystal and molecular structures of [Co(eta(C5H5)-C-5)(eta(H4CHCHP6C4Bu4t)-H-4)] and (P6C4Bu4CH)-C-t(SiMe3). Chemical Communications, 24 (24). pp. 2720-2721. ISSN 1359-7345

Al-Ktaifani, Mahmoud M, Chapman, Daniel P, Francis, Matthew D, Hitchcock, Peter B, Nixon, John F and Nyulászi, Laszlo (2001) The hexaphosphapentaprismane P(6)C(4)tBu(4): A "Jaws-like" cage molecule that bites! Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 40 (18). pp. 3474-3477. ISSN 1433-7851