David Smith
Emeritus Reader (Chemistry)

Selected publications

Article

Smith, David (2009) Organometallic compounds of the heavier s-block elements - What next? Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 48 (36). pp. 6597-6599. ISSN 15213773

Avent, Anthony G, Bonafoux, Dominique, Eaborn, Colin, Hill, Michael S, Hitchcock, Peter B and Smith, J David (2000) Crowded organometallic compounds of the alkali metals with diphenylphosphino substituents in the organic group. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (13). 2183 - 2190. ISSN 2183-2190

Al-Juaid, Salih S, Eaborn, Colin, Hitchcock, Peter B, Hill, Michael S and Smith, J David (2000) A versatile bulky bidentate ligand for both main group and transition metals. Derivatives of lithium potassium magnesium chromium manganese and cobalt containing the C(SiMe3)2(SiMe2C5H4N-2). Organometallics, 19. pp. 3224-3231.

Eaborn, Colin, Hill, Michael S, Hitchcock, Peter B, Patel, Deepa, Smith, J David and Zhang, Suobo (2000) Oxidative addition to a monomeric stannylene to give four-coordinate tin compounds containing the bulky bidentate ligand C(SiMe3)2SiMe2CH2CH2Me2Si(Me3Si)2C. Crystal structures of CH2Me2Si(Me3Si)2CSnC(SiMe3)2SiMe2CH2, CH2Me2Si(Me3Si)2CSnMe(OCOCF3)C(SiMe3)2SiMe2CH2, and (CF3COO)2MeSnC(SiMe3)2SiMe2CH2CH2Me2Si- (Me3Si)2CSnMe(OCOCF3)2. Organometallics, 19 (1). 49 - 53. ISSN 0276-7333

Al-Juaid, Salih S, Eaborn, Colin, El-Hamruni, Salima M, Hitchcock, Peter B and Smith, J David (1999) Attachment of the New Bulky Ligand (Me3Si)2(Me2NMe2Si)C to Li Hg Al Ga and Sn. Crystal Structures of [Li\{C(SiMe3)2(SiMe2NMe2)\}(THF)2] [Hg\{C(SiMe3)2(SiMe2NMe2)\}2] [Al\{C(SiMe3)2(SiMe2NMe2)\}X2] (X=Cl Ph) and [Ga\{c(SiMe3)2(SiMe2NMe2)\}Cl2]. ACS Publications, 18. 45 - 52.

Andrianarison, Mbolatiana M, Avent, Anthony G, Ellerby, Miles C, Gorrell, Ian B, Hitchcock, Peter B, Smith, J David and Stanley, David R (1998) Complexes of lithium tetrahydroaluminate with NNN'N'-tetra-methylethane-12-diamine(tmen). Crystal structures of [\{Li(tmen)-(AlH4)\}2] and [Li(tmen)2][AlH4] and the use of the 6Li-\{1H\} nuclear Overhauser effect to study LiAlH4 and LiBH4 in donor sol. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions. 249 - 253. ISSN 1472-7773

Eaborn, Colin, Farook, Adam, Hitchcock, Peter and Smith, David J (1997) Tris[\{dimethylamido)dimethylsilyl\}magnesium iodide. A Grignard Reagent without a carbon-magnesium bond? Organometallics, 16. pp. 503-504.

Eaborn, Colin, Hawkes, Simon A, Hitchcock, Peter B and Smith, J David (1997) The first structurally charcterised solvent-free sigma -bonded diorganocalcium Ca[C(SiMe 3 ) 3 ] 2. Chemical Communications, 20. 1961 - 1962. ISSN 1359-7345