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2,6-Dibenzhydryl-N-(2-aryliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-4-chlorobenzenamino- palladium dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization, and use as catalysts in the Heck-reaction (2012)
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Ban, Q., Zhang, J., Liang, T., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). 2,6-Dibenzhydryl-N-(2-aryliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-4-chlorobenzenamino- palladium dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization, and use as catalysts in the Heck-reaction. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 713, 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.05.015

A series of 2,6-dibenzhydryl-N-(2-aryliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-4- chlorobenzenaminopalladium(II) chloride complexes (C1-C6) were prepared and fully characterized by FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy, and by elemental analysis. The molecular structures of... Read More about 2,6-Dibenzhydryl-N-(2-aryliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-4-chlorobenzenamino- palladium dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization, and use as catalysts in the Heck-reaction.

Tridentate ligands and beyond in group IV metal α-olefin homo-/co-polymerization catalysis (2012)
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Redshaw, C., & Tang, Y. (2012). Tridentate ligands and beyond in group IV metal α-olefin homo-/co-polymerization catalysis. Chemical Society Reviews, 41(12), 4484-4510. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cs35028a

The opening up of new markets, particularly in the Far East, is expected to increase the industrial demand for more (and new) plastic materials. In turn, this will drive the need for further catalyst development, with increased efficiency and with th... Read More about Tridentate ligands and beyond in group IV metal α-olefin homo-/co-polymerization catalysis.

Nickel halide complexes bearing 2-benzimidazolyl-N-arylquinoline-8- carboxamide derived ligands: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene oligomerization and the vinyl polymerization of norbornene (2012)
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He, F., Hao, X., Cao, X., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). Nickel halide complexes bearing 2-benzimidazolyl-N-arylquinoline-8- carboxamide derived ligands: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene oligomerization and the vinyl polymerization of norbornene. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 712, 46-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.04.013

Nickel halide complexes of the type L 2NiX 2 (Ni1-Ni6, X = Cl; Ni7-Ni12, X = Br) bearing 2-benzimidazolyl-N-arylquinoline-8-carboxamide derived ligands have been synthesized and characterized by IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The molecular s... Read More about Nickel halide complexes bearing 2-benzimidazolyl-N-arylquinoline-8- carboxamide derived ligands: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene oligomerization and the vinyl polymerization of norbornene.

Hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives as ionophores for molecular recognition of dopamine, serotonin and phenylethylamine (2012)
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Ni, X. L., Rahman, S., Wang, S., Jin, C. C., Zeng, X., Hughes, D. L., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2012). Hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives as ionophores for molecular recognition of dopamine, serotonin and phenylethylamine. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 10(23), 4618-4626. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ob25177a

The lower rim functionalized hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives cone-3 and cone-5 bearing three benzyl and three N,N-diethyl-2-aminoethoxy groups, respectively, were synthesized from triol 1. Their complexation with 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyla... Read More about Hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene derivatives as ionophores for molecular recognition of dopamine, serotonin and phenylethylamine.

Cellular uptake studies of two hexanuclear, carboxylate bridged, zinc ring structures using fluorescence microscopy (2012)
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Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R., Frese, J. W., Ashby, S., Chao, Y., & Mueller, A. (2012). Cellular uptake studies of two hexanuclear, carboxylate bridged, zinc ring structures using fluorescence microscopy. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 48(53), 6627. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc32060f

Two hexanuclear zinc complexes have been structurally characterized, and evaluation against several cells showed selective toxicity. Cellular uptake revealed a non-specific process, resulting in accumulation within the cell cytoplasm. © 2012 The Roya... Read More about Cellular uptake studies of two hexanuclear, carboxylate bridged, zinc ring structures using fluorescence microscopy.

6-Benzhydryl-4-methyl-2-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)phenol ligands and their zinc complexes: Syntheses, characterization and photoluminescence behavior (2012)
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Zhou, Z., Li, W., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., Chen, L., & Sun, W. H. (2012). 6-Benzhydryl-4-methyl-2-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)phenol ligands and their zinc complexes: Syntheses, characterization and photoluminescence behavior. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 392, 345-353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2012.03.057

The series of 6-benzhydryl-4-methyl-2-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)phenol derivatives (HL) and their zinc complexes (ZnL2) were synthesized and fully characterized. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies were conducted on representative complexes (C1 and... Read More about 6-Benzhydryl-4-methyl-2-(1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)phenol ligands and their zinc complexes: Syntheses, characterization and photoluminescence behavior.

Synthesis, structure and photophysical properties of 2-benzhydryl-4-methyl- 6-(aryliminomethyl)phenol ligands and the zinc complexes thereof (2012)
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Zhou, Z., Li, W., Hou, X., Chen, L., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). Synthesis, structure and photophysical properties of 2-benzhydryl-4-methyl- 6-(aryliminomethyl)phenol ligands and the zinc complexes thereof. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 392, 292-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2012.03.046

The Schiff-base ligands 2-benzhydryl-4-methyl-6-((phenylimino)methyl)phenol (L1-L5), and their corresponding zinc complexes (C1-C5), were prepared and fully characterized. The UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra of the ligands and their Zn(II)... Read More about Synthesis, structure and photophysical properties of 2-benzhydryl-4-methyl- 6-(aryliminomethyl)phenol ligands and the zinc complexes thereof.

Nickel bis{4,6-dibenzhydryl-2-[(arylimino)methyl]phenoxylate} complexes: Synthesis, structures, and catalytic behaviour towards ethylene and norbornene (2012)
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Zhou, Z., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., Chen, L., & Sun, W. H. (2012). Nickel bis{4,6-dibenzhydryl-2-[(arylimino)methyl]phenoxylate} complexes: Synthesis, structures, and catalytic behaviour towards ethylene and norbornene. Catalysis science & technology, 2(7), 1340-1345. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cy20028g

A series of 4,6-dibenzhydryl-2-[(arylimino)methyl]phenol derivatives (L1-L6) and their nickel complexes (Ni1-Ni6) were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic and elemental analyses. Molecular structures of Ni3 and Ni6 were further confirmed b... Read More about Nickel bis{4,6-dibenzhydryl-2-[(arylimino)methyl]phenoxylate} complexes: Synthesis, structures, and catalytic behaviour towards ethylene and norbornene.

Ditopic receptors based on lower- and upper-rim substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arenes: Cation-controlled hydrogen bonding of anion (2012)
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Ni, X. L., Tahara, J., Rahman, S., Zeng, X., Hughes, D. L., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2012). Ditopic receptors based on lower- and upper-rim substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arenes: Cation-controlled hydrogen bonding of anion. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 7(3), 519-527. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.201100926

Heteroditopic hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene receptors that are capable of binding an anion and a cation simultaneously in a cooperative fashion were synthesized. The structure of one of the triamide derivatives was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray dif... Read More about Ditopic receptors based on lower- and upper-rim substituted hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arenes: Cation-controlled hydrogen bonding of anion.

2-Substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline-N,N′ nickel dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene (2012)
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Hou, X., Liang, T., Sun, W. H., Redshaw, C., & Chen, X. (2012). 2-Substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline-N,N′ nickel dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 708-709, 98-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.02.031

A series of 2-substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7- trihydroquinolines (L) was synthesized and fully characterized, and their nickel chloride complexes, namely 2-substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7- trihydroquinoline-N,N′ nickel dichlo... Read More about 2-Substituted 8-(2-benzhydrylarylimino)-5,6,7-trihydroquinoline-N,N′ nickel dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene.

2-[1-(2,6-Dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridyliron(II) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior (2012)
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Cao, X., He, F., Zhao, W., Cai, Z., Hao, X., Shiono, T., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). 2-[1-(2,6-Dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridyliron(II) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior. Polymer, 53(9), 1870-1880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2012.02.050

A series of 2-[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1- (arylimino)ethyl]pyridine ligands (L1-L5) as well as the ligand 2,6-bis[1-(2,6-dibenzhydryl-4-chloro-phenylimino)ethyl]pyridine (L6) were synthesized and reacted with FeCl2·4H2O to a... Read More about 2-[1-(2,6-Dibenzhydryl-4-chlorophenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridyliron(II) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior.

2-[1-(2,4-Dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl]pyridylcobalt(ii) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior (2012)
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Lai, J., Zhao, W., Yang, W., Redshaw, C., Liang, T., Liu, Y., & Sun, W.-H. (2012). 2-[1-(2,4-Dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl]pyridylcobalt(ii) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior. Polymer chemistry, 3(3), 787. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2py00590e

A series of cobalt(ii) dichloride complexes ligated by 2-[1-(2,4- dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino) ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl] pyridines was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The molecular structure of the... Read More about 2-[1-(2,4-Dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino)ethyl]pyridylcobalt(ii) dichlorides: Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior.

Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichlorides (2011)
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Chai, W., Yu, J., Wang, L., Hu, X., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichlorides. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 385, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2011.12.008

A series of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichloride complexes were synthesized in a one-pot reaction with nickel dichloride. All nickel complexes were characterized by elemental and spectroscopic analysis. The molec... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and ethylene oligomerization behavior of N-(2-alkyl-5,6,7-trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)arylaminonickel(II) dichlorides.

N-(5,6,7-Trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)-2-benzhydrylbenzenaminonickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene polymerization (2011)
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Hou, X., Cai, Z., Chen, X., Wang, L., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). N-(5,6,7-Trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)-2-benzhydrylbenzenaminonickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene polymerization. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 41(5), 1617-1623. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1dt11766a

A series of N-(5,6,7-trihydroquinolinylidene)-2-benzhydrylbenzenamine ligands was synthesized and characterized by 1H/ 13C NMR and IR spectroscopy, and by elemental analysis. These ligands reacted with NiCl 2 or NiBr 2(DME) to form the title halide c... Read More about N-(5,6,7-Trihydroquinolin-8-ylidene)-2-benzhydrylbenzenaminonickel halide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene polymerization.

Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior of nickel dihalide complexes bearing bulky unsymmetrical α-diimine ligands (2011)
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Liu, H., Zhao, W., Yu, J., Yang, W., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., Chen, L., & Sun, W. H. (2012). Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior of nickel dihalide complexes bearing bulky unsymmetrical α-diimine ligands. Catalysis science & technology, 2012(2), 415-422. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cy00319d

A series of nickel(ii) dihalide complexes (C1-C10) bearing unsymmetrical α-diimine ligands of the type 2,4-dibenzhydryl-N-(2- phenyliminoacenaphthylenylidene)-6-methylbenzenamine (L1-L5) were synthesized and fully characterized. Single-crystal X-ray... Read More about Synthesis, characterization and ethylene polymerization behavior of nickel dihalide complexes bearing bulky unsymmetrical α-diimine ligands.

Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene (2011)
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Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R. J., Wright, J. A., Baillie-Johnson, H., Yamato, T., Giovanni, S. D., & Mueller, A. (2012). Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 48(8), 1129-1131. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc16480a

Vanadyl bearing calix[4]arene ligands have undergone evaluation against several cell lines, and show varying degrees of toxicity. For vanadyl complexed to a sulfonylcalix[4]arene, monitoring of the strong blue fluorescence revealed slow uptake kineti... Read More about Cellular uptake of a fluorescent vanadyl sulfonylcalix[4]arene.

Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride (2011)
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Zhao, W., Yu, J., Song, S., Yang, W., Liu, H., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2012). Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride. Polymer, 53(1), 130-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2011.11.024

The ligand series 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1- (arylimino)ethyl]pyridines and the iron(II) chloride complexes thereof have been synthesized and characterized by elemental and spectroscopic analyses. The molecular structures... Read More about Controlling the ethylene polymerization parameters in iron pre-catalysts of the type 2-[1-(2,4-dibenzhydryl-6-methylphenylimino)ethyl]-6-[1-(arylimino) ethyl] pyridyliron dichloride.

2-(1-Arylimino)quinolylnickel halides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene (2011)
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Song, S., Xiao, T., Wang, L., Redshaw, C., Wang, F., & Sun, W. H. (2012). 2-(1-Arylimino)quinolylnickel halides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene. Journal of organometallic chemistry, 699, 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.11.001

A series of 2-(1-arylimino)quinolylnickel halides were synthesized and characterized by IR and elemental analyses. Distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometries are adopted for the nickel complexes C1, C4, C7 and C11 as crystallized from either DMF or me... Read More about 2-(1-Arylimino)quinolylnickel halides: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior towards ethylene.

Synthesis and characterization of dialkylaluminum amidates and their ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone (2011)
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Zhang, W., Wang, Y., Cao, J., Wang, L., Pan, Y., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2011). Synthesis and characterization of dialkylaluminum amidates and their ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone. Organometallics, 30(22), 6253-6261. https://doi.org/10.1021/om2008343

The stoichiometric reactions of N-(2-methylquinolin-8-yl) (R)amides (L1-L8; L1, R = Ph; L2, R = p-FPh; L3, R = p-ClPh; L4, R = p-(MeO)Ph; L5, R = o-MePh; L6, R = p-MePh; L7, R = Me; L8, R = CF3) with Me3Al afforded the corresponding dimethylaluminum... Read More about Synthesis and characterization of dialkylaluminum amidates and their ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone.

Ferrous and cobaltous chloride complexes bearing 2-(1-(arylimino)methyl)-8- (1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)quinolines: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior in ethylene polymerization (2011)
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Xiao, T., Zhang, S., Li, B., Hao, X., Redshaw, C., Li, Y. S., & Sun, W. H. (2011). Ferrous and cobaltous chloride complexes bearing 2-(1-(arylimino)methyl)-8- (1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)quinolines: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior in ethylene polymerization. Polymer, 52(25), 5803-5810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2011.10.037

The series of ligands 2-(1-(arylimino)methyl)-8-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl) quinolines was synthesized and used to prepare new iron(II) and cobalt(II) dichloride complexes. X-ray diffraction studies revealed that the coordination geometry around the metal... Read More about Ferrous and cobaltous chloride complexes bearing 2-(1-(arylimino)methyl)-8- (1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)quinolines: Synthesis, characterization and catalytic behavior in ethylene polymerization.