Professor Michael Beckett
Emeritus Professor
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Affiliations
Links
- https://www.bangor.ac.uk/chemistry/mab/index.php?text=true
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Contact info
email: m.a.beckett@bangor.ac.uk
telephone: 01248 382378
Professor Mike Beckett is Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry within the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences and he is a specialist in the chemistry of boron. He has published more than 150 articles (h = 28) and has co-written a text book ('Periodic Table at a Glance', Wiley, 2006). His research papers on Lewis acidity measurement are internationally recognised and often cited as the 'Gutmann-Beckett method'. Mike Beckett has been an elected Titular/Associate Member/National Representative of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) since 2012, a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem FRSC) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
- 2020
- Published
Pentaborate(1-) Salts and a Tetraborate(2-) Salt Derived from C 2- or C 3-Linked Bis(alkylammonium) Dications: Synthesis, Characterization, and Structural (XRD) Studies.
Beckett, M., Meena, B., Rixon, T., Coles, S. & Horton, P., Jan 2020, In: Molecules. 25, 1, p. 53Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
- Published
Copper(2+) complexes of hydroxyoxidopolyborates: Synthesis and characterization of [Cu(MeNHCH2CH2NMeH)2(H2O)2][B5O6(OH)4]2.2B(OH)3.
Altahan, M. A., Beckett, M. A., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., 3 Oct 2019, In: Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements. 194, 10, p. 948-951Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Synthesis and XRD study of an C2-linked bis(quaternary ammonium) pentaborate: [Me3NCH2CH2NMe3][B5O6(OH)4]2
Beckett, M., Coles, S. J., Horton, P. N. & Rixon, T., 3 Oct 2019, In: Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements. 194, 10, p. 952-955Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Copper(2+) Complexes of Hydroxyoxidoborates. Synthesis and Characterization of Two Clusters Containing the Hexaborate(2-) Ligand: [Cu(NH2CH2CH2NEt2){B6O7(OH)(6)}]center dot 5H(2)O and [Cu(NH3)(2){B6O7(OH)(6)}]center dot 2H(2)O
Beckett, M., Altahan, M., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., May 2019, In: Journal of Cluster Science. 30, 3, p. 599-605Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Hexaborate(2-) and Dodecaborate(6-) Anions as Ligands to Zinc(II) Centres: Self-Assembly and Single-Crystal XRD Characterization of [Zn{O-3-B6O7(OH)(6)}(N-3-dien)]center dot 0.5H(2)O (dien = NH(CH2-CH2NH2)(2)), (NH4)(2)[Zn{O-2-B6O7(OH)(6)}(2) (H2O)(2)]center dot 2H(2)O and (1,3-pnH(2))(3)[(N-1-H3N{CH2}(3)NH2) Zn{O-3-B12O18(OH)(6)}](2)center dot 14H(2)O (1,3-pn = 1,3-diaminopropane)
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., Apr 2019, In: Inorganics. 7, 4, 44.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2018
- Published
Two 1-D Coordination Polymers containing Zinc(II) Hexaborates: [Zn(en){B6O7(OH)6}].2H2O (en = 1,2-diaminoethane) and [Zn(pn){B6O7(OH)6}].1.5H2O (pn = 1,2-diaminopropane)
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., 14 Dec 2018, In: Crystals. 8, 12, 9 p., 470.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis and Characterization by a single-crystal XRD study of [H3O]4[Cu7(NH3)2(H2O)4{B24O39(OH)12}]·13H2O: an unusual [{(H2O)2(NH3)Cu}2{B2O3(OH)2}2Cu]2+ trimetallic bis(dihydroxytrioxidodiborate) chain supported by a [{Cu4O}{B20O32(OH)8}]6- cluster.
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. & Horton, P., Nov 2018, In: Journal of Cluster Science. 29, 6, p. 1337-1343Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Amine adducts of (4-ClC6H4)3B3O3, Lewis acidity of triarylboroxines, and an XRD study on the related tetraphenylboroxinate(1-) salt, [C6H11NMe3][Ph4B3O3]
Beckett, M., Coles, S., Horton, P. N., jones, C., Marshall, E. & Perry, T., 15 Jun 2018, In: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 865, p. 72-79Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transition-metal complexes with oxidoborates. Synthesis and XRD characterization of [(H3NCH2CH2NH2)Zn{κ3O,O′,O′′-B12O18(OH)6-κ1O′′′}Zn(en)(NH2CH2CH2NH3)]·8H2O (en=1,2-diaminoethane): a neutral bimetallic zwiterionic polyborate system containing the ‘isolated’ dodecaborate(6−) anion
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. & Horton, P. N., Apr 2018, In: Pure and Applied Chemistry. 90, 4, p. 625-632Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
- Published
Synthesis and characterization of polyborates templated by cationic copper(II) complexes: structural (XRD), spectroscopic, thermal (TGA/DSC) and magnetic properties
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. & Horton, P. N., 15 Oct 2017, In: Polyhedron. 135, p. 247-257Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review