F. Geoffrey N. Cloke
University of Sussex
178 Papers
3K Citations
F. Geoffrey N. Cloke is an academic researcher from University of Sussex. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pentalene & Chemistry. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 178 publications. Previous affiliations of F. Geoffrey N. Cloke include University College London & Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Papers
Reductive Cyclotrimerization of Carbon Monoxide to the Deltate Dianion by an Organometallic Uranium Complex
TL;DR: It is found that an organouranium(III) complex induces efficient reductive trimerization of carbon monoxide at room temperature and pressure to form a triangular, cyclic C3O 2–3, or deltate, dianion held between two uranium(IV) units.
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Reversible Binding and Reduction of Dinitrogen by a Uranium(III) Pentalene Complex
TL;DR: The U(III) mixed-sandwich compound may be prepared by sequential reaction of UI(3) with KCp followed by K(2)[C(8)H(4)[Si(i)Pr(3)-1,4](2)], and has been crystallographically characterized.
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Unexpected reactivity of two-coordinate palladium carbene complexes; synthetic and catalytic implications
TL;DR: In this paper, the carbene ligands in two coordinate palladium(0) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes were found to be very effective catalysts for amination of aryl chlorides.
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Synthetic, structural, and mechanistic studies on the oxidative addition of aromatic chlorides to a palladium (N-heterocyclic carbene) complex: Relevance to catalytic amination
Alexandra K. de K. Lewis,Stephen Caddick,F. Geoffrey N. Cloke,Norman C. Billingham,Peter B. Hitchcock,John E. Leonard +5 more
TL;DR: Rate data for the oxidation addition of Me-4-C(6)H(4)Cl to [Pd(NHC)(2)]-catalyzed coupling of morpholine with 4-chlorotoluene are consistent with a rate-determining oxidative addition in the catalytic amination reaction.
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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)
Alistair S. P. Frey,F. Geoffrey N. Cloke,Peter B. Hitchcock,Iain J. Day,Jennifer C. Green,Georgina D. C. Aitken +5 more
TL;DR: Spectroscopic and computational studies suggest a plausible mechanism for the formation of the deltate complex, in which a "zig-zag" diuranium ynediolate species is the key intermediate.
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