Professor Michael Beckett
Emeritus Professor
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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 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).
- 2024
- E-pub ahead of print
Co(II)-doped hybrid Zn(II) tetraborate complexes, [ZnxCo(1-x)(1,3-dap)B4O7] (1,3-dap = 1,3-diaminopropane): BET analysis and N2/H2O/D2O adsorption studies
Liu, L., Pan, C-Y., He, Y., Zhong, L-J. & Beckett, M., 5 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Dalton Transactions. 53, 10, p. 4637-4642 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
- Published
Synthesis and thermal studies of two phosphonium tetrahy-droxidohexaoxidopentaborate(1-) salts: single-crystal XRD characterization of [iPrPPh3][B5O6(OH)4].3.5H2O and [MePPh3][B5O6(OH)4].B(OH)3.0.5H2O
Beckett, M., Horton, P., Hursthouse, M. B. & Timmis, J., 29 Sept 2023, In: Molecules. 28, 19, 12 p., 6867.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structural (XRD) Characterization and an Analysis of H-Bonding Motifs in Some Tetrahydroxidohexaoxidopentaborate(1-) Salts of N-Substituted Guanidinium Cations
Beckett, M., Coles, S. J., Horton, P. & Rixon, T., 6 Apr 2023, In: Molecules. 28, 7, 15 p., 3273.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
- Published
Synthesis and characterization of a tertiary amine:boric acid (1:1) co-crystal and a neutral zwitterionic diamine pentaboron adduct
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S., Horton, P. & Jones, C., 1 Sept 2022, In: Inorganica Chimica Acta. 539, 120998.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
- Published
Oxidoborates templated by cationic nickel(II) complexes and self-assembled from B(OH)3
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., 31 Aug 2021, In: Inorganics. 9, 9, 68.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recent advances in crystalline oxidopolyborate complexes of d-block or p-block metals: structural aspects, syntheses and physical properties
Xin, S-S., Zhou, M-H., Beckett, M. & Pan, C-Y., 22 Jun 2021, In: Molecules. 26, 13, 15 p., 3815.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
Oxidopolyborate chemistry: The self-assembled, templated, synthesis, and an XRD study of a 1-D coordination polymer, [Cu(en){B6O7(OH)(6)}](.)3H(2)O (en=1,2-diaminoethane)
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., 1 Nov 2020, In: Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements. 195, 11, p. 952-956 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nomenclature for boranes and related species
Beckett, M., Brellochs, B., Chizhevsky, I. T., Damhus, T., Hellwich, K-H., Kennedy, J. D., Laitinen, R., Powell, W. H., Rabinovich, D., Vinas, C. & Yerin, A., 1 Mar 2020, In: Pure and Applied Chemistry. 92, 2, p. 355-381Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nomenclature for boranes and related species (IUPAC Recommendations 2019)
Beckett, M. A., Brellochs, B., Chizhevsky, I. T., Damhus, T., Hellwich, K-H., Kennedy, J. D., Laitinen, R., Powell, W. H., Rabinovich, D., Viñas, C. & Yerin, A., 25 Feb 2020, In: Pure and Applied Chemistry. 92, 2, p. 355-381 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Oxidopolyborate anions templated by transition-metal complex cations: Self-assembled syntheses and structural studies (XRD) of [Co(NH3)(6)](2)[B4O5(OH)(4)](3)center dot 11H(2)O, [Ni(phen)(3)][B7O9(OH)(5)]center dot 9.5H(2)O and [Zn(dac)(2)(H2O)(2)][B7O9(OH)(5)]center dot H2O
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., 15 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Molecular Structure. 1200, 127071Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Synthesis, XRD studies and NLO properties of [p-H2NC6H4CH2NH3][B5O6(OH)4].1/2H2O and NLO properties of some related pentaborate(1-) salts
Beckett, M., Coles, S. J., Horton, P. N., Jones, C. & Krueger, K., Jul 2017, In: Journal of Cluster Science. 28, 4, p. 2087-2095Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polyborate anions partnered with large non-metal cations: triborate(1-), pentaborate(1-), and heptaborate(2-) salts
Beckett, M., Coles, S., Horton, P. N. & Jones, C., 2017, In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry . 2017, 38-39, p. 4510-4518Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
- Published
Recent advances in crystalline hydrated borates with non-metal or transition-metal complex cations
Beckett, M., 15 Sept 2016, In: Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 323, p. 2-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis and characterization of templated pentaborate(1-) salts: X-ray structure of [(2-HOCH2CH2)C4H7NMeH][B5O6(OH)4]·0.3H2O
Jones, C., Beckett, M., Coles, S. J., Davies, R. & Horton, P. N., 1 Aug 2016, In: Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements. 191, 4, p. 628-630Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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DFT studies on hexaborate(2-) and heptaborate(2-) anions
Davies, R., Beckett, M. & Jones, C., 1 Apr 2016, In: Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements. 191, 4, p. 633-637Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polyborate anions templated by cationic transition-metal complexes: [Co(diNOsar)]2[B3O3(OH)4]Cl5.4.75 H2O
Altahan, M., Beckett, M., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., 1 Apr 2016, In: Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements. 191, 4, p. 572-575Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
- Published
A new polyborate anion, [B7O9(OH)6]3−: Self assembly, XRD and thermal properties of s-fac-[Co(dien)2][B7O9(OH)6]·9H2O
Altahan, M. A., Beckett, M. A., Coles, M. J. & Horton, P. N., 17 Jul 2015, In: Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 59, p. 95-98Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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K(I)-M(II) (M=Co, Mn) heterometallic-(perfluorinated) organic frameworks containing inorganic layered K-O-M linkages: synthesis, crystal structure, and magnetic properties
Yan, Q., Huang, X. C., Zhong, J., Gao, J., Chen, S. C., He, M. Y., Chen, Q. & Beckett, M. A., 30 Jun 2015, In: Journal of Coordination Chemistry. 68, 15, p. 2691-2702Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pentaborate(1-) salts templated by substituted pyrrolidinium cations: synthesis, structural characterization, and modelling of solid-state H-bond interactions by DFT calculations
Beckett, M. A., Coles, S., Davies, R. A., Horton, P. & Jones, C. L., 10 Mar 2015, In: Dalton Transactions. 44, p. 7032-7040Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Boron chemistry
Beckett, M. A., 2 Feb 2015, In: Chemistry International. 37, 1, p. 28Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A New Decaoxidooctaborate(2-) Anion, [B8O10(OH)(6)}(2-): Synthesis and Characterization of [Co(en)3][B5O6(OH)(4)][B8O10(OH)(6))]center dot 5H(2)O (en=1,2-Diaminoethane)
Altahan, M. A., Beckett, M. A., Coles, S. J. & Horton, P. N., 2015, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 54, 2, p. 412-414Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2014
- Published
Computational studies on gas phase polyborate anions
Beckett, M. A., Davies, R. A. & Thomas, C. D., 22 Jun 2014, In: Computational and Theoretical Chemistry. 1044, p. 74-79Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Organic biomolecules bind to phosphate through borate linkages in aqueous solution: a possible role of boron as a phosphorylation chaperone in the prebiotic world
Aydogmus, N., Kose, D. A., Beckett, M. A. & Zumreoglu Karan, B., 11 Jun 2014, In: Turkish Journal of Chemistry. 38, p. 617-628Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis and X-ray structural studies of pentaborate(1−) salts containing substituted imidazolium cations
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B. & Timmis, J. L., 19 Apr 2014, In: Polyhedron. 77, p. 96-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2013
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Compounds containing boron-chalcogen bonds
Beckett, M. A., 31 Jul 2013, Handbook of Chalcogen Chemistry: New Perspectives in Sulfur: Selenium and Tellurium: volume 1. 2013 ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, p. 5-34Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Triborate and pentaborate salts of non-metal cations derived from N-substituted piperazines: synthesis, structural (XRD) and thermal properties
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B. & Timmis, J. L., 17 Jun 2013, In: RSC Advances. 3, p. 15185-15191Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2012
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Synthesis, spectroscopic and thermal characterization on non-metal cation (NMC) pentaborate salts containing cations derived from histidine and arginine
Kose, D. A., Beckett, M. A. & Colak, N., 19 Jun 2012, In: Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry. 40, 3, p. 219-225Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis, thermal properties and structural characterisation, of the tetraphenylphosphonium pentaborate salt, [PPh4][B5O6(OH)4]1.5H2O
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B., Timmis, J. L. & Varma, K. S., 30 Mar 2012, In: Inorganica Chimica Acta. 383, p. 199-203Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structural and thermal studies of non-metal cation pentaborate salts with cations derived from 1,5-diazobicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene, 1,8-diazobicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene and 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene
Kreuziger, A., Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Coles, S. J., Kose, D. A. & Kreuziger, A. M., 17 Mar 2012, In: Polyhedron. 38, 1, p. 157-161Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Templated heptaborate and pentaborate salts of cyclo-alkylammonium cations: structural and thermal properties
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B., Timmis, J. L. & Varma, K. S., 17 Feb 2012, In: Dalton Transactions. 41, 15, p. 4396-4403Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2011
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Synthesis and Structural Characterization of an Unprecedented Nonmetal Cation Polyborate Salt Containing Two Different “Isolated” Polyborate Anions: [H2en]2[B4O5(OH)4][B7O9(OH)5]·3H2O (en = H2NCH2CH2NH2)
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Coles, S. K. & Martin, D. W., 5 Dec 2011, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 50, 23, p. 12215-12218Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Boron Hydrides and related compounds
Beckett, M. A. & Leigh, J. (ed.), 25 Nov 2011, Principles of Chemical Nomenclature: A Guide to IUPAC Recommendations 2011 Edition. 2011 ed. Royal Society of ChemistryResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- 2010
- Published
Synthesis, characterization, and thermal properties of benzylammonium pentaborate[C6H5CH2NH3][B5O6(OH)4]
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B., Timmis, J. L. & Varma, K. S., 22 Sept 2010, In: Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. 75, 9, p. 971-980Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tetraphenylboroxinate(1-) salts of monoborate cations: Synthesis and single-crystal X-ray structures of [Ph2B{OCH2CH2N(Me)(CH2)n}2][Ph4B3O3] (n = 4, 5)
Beckett, M. A., Bennett, E. L., Horton, P. N. & Hursthouse, M. B., 1 Apr 2010, In: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 695, 7, p. 1080-1083Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tetraphenylphosphonium octahydrotriborate.
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B. & Pszolla, C., 1 Apr 2010, In: Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online. 66, 4, p. o833Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structural (XRD) and thermal (DSC,TGA) and BET analysis of materials derived from non-metal cation pentaborate salts
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B., Knox, D. A. & Timmis, J. L., 11 Mar 2010, In: Dalton Transactions. 39, 16, p. 3944-3951Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bis(triphenylphosphoranylidene)ammonium iodide.
Beckett, M. A., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B. & Timmis, J. L., 1 Feb 2010, In: Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online. 66, 2, p. o319-U2063Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2008
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A 11B NMR study of zwitterionic and cationic monoborate complexes with cationic 1,2-diol ligands
Beckett, M. A., Bland, C. C. & Varma, K. S., 26 Jun 2008, In: Polyhedron. 27, 9-10, p. 2226-2230Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis of aluminium borate-boron oxide and binary titanium-boron and zirconium-boron oxides from metal alkoxides and (MeO)(3)B3O3 in non-aqueous solvents
Beckett, M. A., Rugen-Hankey, M. P., Timmis, J. L. & Varma, K. S., 1 Jan 2008, In: Dalton Transactions. 11, p. 1503-1506Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2007
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Supramolecular structures containing ‘isolated' pentaborate anions and non-metal cations: crystal structures of [Me3NCH2CH2OH][B5O6(OH)4] and [4-MepyH, 4-Mepy][B5O6(OH)4]
Beckett, M. A., Bland, C. C., Horton, P. N., Hursthouse, M. B. & Varma, K. S., 1 Jun 2007, In: Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 692, 13, p. 2832-2838Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review