Michael Whittlesey

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Research interests

Our interests lie in the organometallic and coordination chemistry of late transition metals. We have a particular focus on bond activation reactions (e.g. C-H activation) in both stoichiometric and catalytic processes.

We employ a combination of Schlenk, vacuum line and glove box techniques for the manipulation of air and water sensitive compounds, replying heavily on multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography for characterisation.

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Carbon Monoxide Chemical Compounds

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Projects 2005 2021

2 Active
10 Finished

Hub 'Science' 3: Catalysis for the Circular Economy and Sustainable Manufacturing - WP4: Earth-abundant metals in resource efficient catalysis

Webster, R., Davidson, M., Hill, M. & Whittlesey, M.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

1/12/18 → 31/05/21

Project: Research council

Ru-Zn Heterobimetallic Complexes (Marie Curie IF)

Whittlesey, M.

EU - Horizon 2020

1/06/18 → 31/05/20

Project: EU Commission

EU Marie Curie Individual Fellowship - Maia Espinal - Low Coordinate TM Magnets

Whittlesey, M.

EU - Horizon 2020

13/02/17 → 27/08/19

Project: EU Commission

Magnets

Molecules

Computational chemistry

Paramagnetism

Lanthanoid Series Elements

Single Molecule Magnets (Dr Sara Sabater)

Whittlesey, M.

The Royal Society

1/03/16 → 28/02/18

Project: Research council

Catalytic Functionalisation of Aromatic Fluorocarbons

Whittlesey, M.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

24/07/12 → 22/01/16

Project: Research council

Fluorocarbons

Catalysts

Fluorine

Ruthenium

Regioselectivity

Research Output 2001 2019

107 Article
7 Chapter

(Carbene)CuF Complexes Featuring Arduengo-Type, Ring-Expanded and Cyclic(Alkyl)(Amino) Carbenes: Applications in Catalytic Aldehyde Allylation

Hall, J., Seeberger, F., Mahon, M. & Whittlesey, M., 3 Dec 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Organometallics.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2 Citations (Scopus)

Heterobimetallic Ruthenium-Zinc Complexes with Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Syntheses, Structures and Reactivity

Espinal-Viguri, M., Varela-Izquerido, V., Miloserdov, F., Riddlestone, I., Mahon, M. & Whittlesey, M., 26 Mar 2019, In : Dalton Transactions . 48, 13, p. 4176-4189 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

1 Citation (Scopus)

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Non-Innocence in the Catalytic Hydrophosphination of Alkynes

Blackaby, W. J. M., Neale, S. E., Isaac, C. J., Sabater, S., MacGregor, S. A. & Whittlesey, M. K., 4 Apr 2019, In : ChemCatChem. 11, 7, p. 1893-1897 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2 Citations (Scopus)

Reductive Elimination at Carbon under Steric Control

Tolentino, D., Neale, S., Isaac, C., Macgregor, S., Whittlesey, M., Jazzar, R. & Bertrand, G., 26 Jun 2019, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141, 25, p. 9823-9826 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article