The Nelson Group

70. Nickel Complexes of Allyl and Vinyldiphenylphosphine

M. Clapson, D. J. Nelson, and M. W. Drover

ACS Organic and Inorganic Au 2023, 3, 217

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

69. Terahertz Vibrational Modes of Sodium Magnesium Chlorophyllin and Chlorophyll in Plant Leaves

D. Coquillat, E. O'Connor, E. Brouillet, Y. Meriguet, C. Bray, D. J. Nelson, K. Faulds, J. Torres, and N. Dyakonova

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves 2023, 44, 245

67. Evaluating a Dispersion of Sodium in Sodium Chloride for the Synthesis of Low-Valent Nickel Complexes

E. L. B. Johnson Humphrey, A. R. Kennedy, S. Sproules, and D. J Nelson

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 2022, e202101006

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

Highlighted as a 'pick of the week' on 22^nd February 2022

66. Competitive gold/nickel transmetalation

M. J. Demchuk,† J. A. Zurakowski,† B. J. H. Austen, D. J. Nelson, and M. W. Drover

Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 68

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

Part of the Boron Chemistry in the 21st Century: From Synthetic Curiosities to Functional Molecules themed collection

64. Lewis-Acid Promoted Oxidative Addition at a [Ni⁰(diphosphine)₂] Complex: The Critical Role of a Secondary Coordination Sphere

J. Zurakowski, M. Dufour, B. Austen, D. Spasyuk, D. J. Nelson, and M. W. Drover

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2021, 27, 16021

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

Part of the C-C Coupling 'Hot Topic' collection

63. Optimizating Catalyst and Reaction Conditions in Gold Catalysis - Ligand Development

A. Collado, D. J. Nelson, and S. P. Nolan

Chemical Reviews, 2021, 121, 8559

Part of a special issue on gold chemistry

62. Are rate and selectivity correlated in iridium-catalysed hydrogen isotope exchange reactions?

D. S. Timofeeva, D. M. Lindsay, W. J. Kerr, and D. J. Nelson

Catalysis Science and Technology, 2021, 11, 5498

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

Part of the 2021 Emerging Investigators special issue

61. The Effect of Added Ligands on the Reactions of [Ni(COD)(dppf)] with Alkyl Halides: Halide Abstraction may be Reversible

M. E. Greaves, T. O. Ronson, F. Maseras, and D. J. Nelson

Organometallics, 2021, 40, 1997

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

'ACS Editors' Choice' article

60. Operando Neutron Scattering - Following Reactions in Real Time Using Neutrons

V. Skuakaskas, E. L. B. Johnson Humphrey, I. Hitchcock, A. York, J. Kelleher, E. Gibson, D. J. Nelson, and I. Silverwood

Topics in Catalysis, 2021, 64, 693

59. Reactions of nickel(0) complexes with organohalides: Reaction mechanisms and structure/reactivity relationships

M. E. Greaves, E. L. B. Johnson Humphrey, and D. J. Nelson

Catalysis Science and Technology, 2021, 11, 2980

58. Synthesis of Gold(I)-Trifluoromethyl Complexes and Their Role in Generating Spectroscopic Evidence for a Gold(I)-Difluorocarbene Species

S. M. P. Vanden Broeck, D. J. Nelson, A. Collado, L. Falivene, L. Cavallo, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, K. Van Hecke, F. Nahra, S. P. Nolan, and C. S. J. Cazin

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2021, 27, 8461

56. A quantitative empirical directing group scale for selectivity in iridium-catalysed hydrogen isotope exchange reactions

D. S. Timofeeva, D. M. Lindsay, W. J. Kerr, and D. J. Nelson

Catalysis Science and Technology, 2020, 10, 7249

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

55. Unexpected Nickel Complex Speciation Unlocks Alternative Pathways for the Reactions of Alkyl Halides with dppf-Nickel(0)

M. E. Greaves, T. O. Ronson, G. C. Lloyd-Jones, F. Maseras, S. Sproules, and D. J. Nelson

ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 10717

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

54. Straightforward access to chalcogenoureas derived from N-heterocyclic carbenes and their coordination chemistry

M. Saab, D. J. Nelson, N. V. Tzouras, T. A. C. A. Bayrakdar, S. P. Nolan, F. Nahra, and K. Van Hecke

Dalton Transactions, 2020, 40, 12068

53. Aldehydes and Ketones Influence Reactivity and Selectivity in Nickel-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Reactions

A. K. Cooper, D. K. Leonard, S. Bajo, P. M. Burton, and D. J. Nelson

Chemical Science, 2020, 11, 1905

Pre-print available on ChemRxiv

52. Nickel versus Palladium in Cross-Coupling Catalysis: On the Role of Substrate Coordination to Zerovalent Metal Complexes

A. K. Cooper, P. M. Burton, and D. J. Nelson

Synthesis, 2020, 52, 565

Part of the "Buergenstock Special Section 2019: Future Stars in Organic Chemistry" special issue. Highlighted in SynForm.

50. The Electrophilic Fluorination of Enol Esters using SelectFluor Occurs via a Polar Two-Electron Process

S. H. Wood, S. Etridge, A. R. Kennedy, J. M. Percy, and D. J. Nelson

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2019, 25, 5574

49. An N-Heterocyclic Carbene with a Saturated Backbone and Spatially-Defined Steric Impact

G. Laidlaw, S. H. Wood, A. R. Kennedy, and D. J. Nelson

Zeitschrift Für Anorgische und Allgemeine Chemie, 2019, 645, 105

47. Insights into mechanism and selectivity in ruthenium(II)-catalysed ortho-arylation reactions directed by Lewis basic groups

J. McIntyre, I. Mayoral-Soler, P. Salvador, A. Poater, and D. J. Nelson

Catalysis Science and Technology, 2018, 8, 3174

46. Coinage metal complexes of selenoureas derived from N-heterocyclic carbenes

F. Nahra, K. van Hecke, A. R. Kennedy, and D. J. Nelson

Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 10671

Part of the 'New Talent: Europe' special issue.

45. Metallate Complexes of the Late Transition Metals: Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis

A. Gómez-Suárez, D. J. Nelson, and S. P. Nolan

Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, 2018, 69, 283

44. Interrogating Pd(II) Anion Metathesis Using a Bifunctional Chemical Probe: A Transmetalation Switch

J. J. Molloy, C. P. Seath, M. J. West, C. McLaughlin, N. J. Fazakerley, A. R. Kennedy, D. J. Nelson, and A. J. B. Watson

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 126

Highlighted in SynFacts.

42. Halide Abstraction Competes with Oxidative Addition in the Reactions of Aryl Halides with [Ni(PMe_nPh_(3-n))₄]

I. Funes-Ardoiz, D. J. Nelson, and F. Maseras

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, 23, 16728

41. The preference for dual-gold(I) catalysis in the hydro(alkoxylation vs phenoxylation) of alkynes

È. Casals-Cruañas, O. F. González-Belman, P. Besalú-Sala, D. J. Nelson, and A. Poater

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15, 6416

40. Oxidative Addition of Aryl Electrophiles to a Prototypical Nickel(0) Complex: Mechanism and Structure/Activity Relationships

S. Bajo, G. Laidlaw, A. R. Kennedy, S. Sproules, and D. J. Nelson

Organometallics, 2017, 36, 1662

39. Quantifying and understanding the steric properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes

A. Gómez-Suárez, D. J. Nelson, and S. P. Nolan

Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 2650

38. Synthesis and characterisation of an N-heterocyclic carbene with spatially-defined steric impact

P. Shaw, A. R. Kennedy, and D. J. Nelson

Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 11772

37. Towards Microfluidic Reactors for In Situ Synchrotron Infrared Studies

I. P. Silverwood, N. Al-Rifai, E. Cao, D. J. Nelson, A. Chutia, P. P. Wells, S. P. Nolan, M. D. Frogley, C. R. A. Catlow, and A. Gavriilidis

Review of Scientific Instrumentation, 2016, 87, 024101

36. Recyclable NHC Catalyst for the Development of a Generalized Approach to Continuous Buchwald-Hartwig Reaction and Work-Up

R. E. Meadows, A. Chartoire, C. Claver, M. Corpet, J. Krinsky, J. Mayen, D. J. Nelson, S. P. Nolan, and R. Woodward

Organic Process Research and Development, 2016, 20, 551

35. On the Mechanism of the Digold(I) Hydroxide-Catalysed Hydrophenoxylation of Alkynes

A. Gómez-Suárez, Y. Oonishi, A. R. Martin, S. V. C. Vummaleti, D. J. Nelson, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, L. Cavallo, S. P. Nolan, and A. Poater

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2016, 22, 1125

34. Mechanism of the Transmetalation of Organosilanes to Gold

L. Falivene, D. J. Nelson, S. Dupuy, S. P. Nolan, A. Poater, and L. Cavallo

ChemistryOpen, 2016, 5, 60

32. Accessible Syntheses of Late Transition Metal (Pre-)Catalysts Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands

D. J. Nelson

European Journal of Inorgic Chemistry, 2015, 2015, 2012

31. Evaluation of an Olefin Metathesis Pre-catalyst with a Bulky and Electron-Rich N-Heterocyclic Carbene

S. Manzini, C. A. Urbina Blanco, D. J. Nelson, A. Poater, T. Lebl, S. Meiries, A. M. Z. Slawin, L. Falivene, L. Cavallo and S. P. Nolan

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2015, 780, 43

30. What can NMR spectroscopy of selenoureas and phosphinidenes teach us about the pi-accepting abilities of N-heterocyclic carbenes?

S. V. C. Vummaleti, D. J. Nelson, A. Poater, A. Gómez-Suaréz, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, S. P. Nolan, and L. Cavallo

Chemical Science, 2015, 6, 1895

28. Iridium(I) hydroxides in catalysis: rearrangement of allylic alcohols to ketones

D. J. Nelson, J. A. Fernandez-Salas, B. J. Truscott, S. P. Nolan

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014, 12, 6672

27. Exploring the Co-ordination of Cyclic Selenoureas to Gold(I)

D. J. Nelson, F. Nahra, Scott R. Patrick, David B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin and S. P. Nolan

Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3640

26. Key processes in ruthenium-catalysed olefin metathesis

S. Manzini,† D. J. Nelson,† C. A. Urbina Blanco and S. P. Nolan

Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 10355

25. Insights into the Decomposition of Metathesis Pre-catalysts

S. Manzini, A. Poater, D. J. Nelson, A. M. Z. Slawin, L. Cavallo and S. P. Nolan

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2014, 53, 8995

24. Methoxy-functionalised N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

D. J. Nelson, A. Collado, S. Manzini, S. Meiries, A. M. Z. Slawin and S. P. Nolan

Organometallics, 2014, 33, 2048

23. Efficient C—N and C—S Bond Formation Using the Highly Active [Ni(allyl)Cl(IPr*OMe)] Pre-Catalyst

A. R. Martin, D. J. Nelson, S. Meiries, A. M. Z. Slawin, and S. P. Nolan

European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 2014, 3127

22. Does the rate of competing isomerisation during alkene metathesis depend on pre-catalyst initiation rate?

D. J. Nelson and J. M. Percy

Dalton Transactions, 2014, 43, 4674

21. From ruthenium olefin metathesis catalyst to (η5-3-phenylindenyl)hydrido complex via alcoholysis

S. Manzini, D. J. Nelson, T. Lebl, A. Poater, L. Cavallo, A. M. Z. Slawin and S. P. Nolan

Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 2205

20. How phenyl makes a difference: mechanistic insight into ruthenium(II)-catalysed isomerisation of allylic alcohols

S. Manzini, A. Poater, D. J. Nelson, L. Cavallo and S. P. Nolan

Chemical Science, 2014, 5, 180

19. CO2 fixation employing an Iridium(I)-hydroxide complex

B. J. Truscott, D. J. Nelson, A. M. Z. Slawin and S. P. Nolan

Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 286

17. Synthesis and Reactivity of New Bis(N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Iridium(I) Complexes

D. J. Nelson, B. J. Truscott, A. M. Z. Slawin and S. P. Nolan

Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52, 12674

16. Olefin metathesis by Grubbs-Hoveyda complexes: computational and experimental studies of the mechanism and substrate-dependent kinetics

I. W. Ashworth, I. H. Hillier, D. J. Nelson, J. M. Percy and M. A. Vincent

ACS Catalysis, 2013, 3, 1929

15. A highly active cationic ruthenium complex as an efficient catalyst for alkene isomerisation towards high value molecules

S. Manzini,† D. J. Nelson,† and S. P. Nolan

ChemCatChem, 2013, 5, 2848

14. Exploring the limits of catalytic ammonia borane dehydrogenation by a bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) iridium (III) complex

D. J. Nelson,‡ B. J. Truscott,‡ J. D. Egbert, A. M. Z. Slawin and S. P. Nolan

Organometallics, 2013, 32, 3769

13. Quantifying and understanding the electronic properties of N-heterocyclic carbenes

D. J. Nelson and S. P. Nolan

Chemical Society Reviews, 2013, 42, 6723

12. Iridium(I)-hydroxides: powerful synthons for bond activation

B. J. Truscott, D. J. Nelson, C. Luján, A. M. Z. Slawin and S. P. Nolan

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2013, 19, 7904

11. Deuteration of boranes: catalysed versus non-catalysed processes

D. J. Nelson, J. D. Egbert and S. P. Nolan

Dalton Transactions, 2013, 42, 4105

10. Synergic effects between N-Heterocyclic Carbene and chelating-benzylidene ligands towards the initiation step of Grubbs-Hoveyda type complexes

D. J. Nelson, P. Queval, M. Rouen, M. Magrez, F. Caijo, E. Borré, I. Laurent, C. Crévisy, O. Baslé, M. Mauduit, and J. M. Percy

ACS Catalysis, 2013, 3, 259

9. Solvent effects on Grubbs' pre-catalyst initiation rates

I. W. Ashworth, D. J. Nelson, and J. M. Percy

Dalton Transactions, 2013, 42, 4110

6. Toward a simulation approach for alkene ring-closing metathesis: scope and limitations of a model for RCM

D. J. Nelson, D. Carboni, I. W. Ashworth and J. M. Percy

Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011, 220, 144

5. What is the initiation step of the Grubbs-Hoveyda olefin metathesis catalyst?

I. W. Ashworth, I. H. Hillier, D. J. Nelson, J. M. Percy, and M. A. Vincent

Chemical Communications, 2011, 47, 5428

2. Prediction of ring formation efficiency via diene ring-closing metathesis (RCM) using the M06 density functional

S. Pandian, I. H. Hillier, M. A. Vincent, N. A. Burton, I. W. Ashworth, D. J. Nelson, J. M. Percy, and G. Rinaudo

Chemical Physics Letters, 2009, 476, 37

1. Pyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinolin-4-one and pyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinolin-6-one

H. McNab, D. J. Nelson and E. J. Rozgowska

Synthesis, 2009, 13, 2171