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Vanadium procatalysts bearing chelating aryloxides: Structure-activity trends in ethylene polymerisation (2010)
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Redshaw, C. (2010). Vanadium procatalysts bearing chelating aryloxides: Structure-activity trends in ethylene polymerisation. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 39(24), 5595-5604. https://doi.org/10.1039/b924088h

High-valent vanadium complexes bearing a variety of chelating aryloxides including di- and linear tri-phenolates, C/N-capped tripods, phenoxyimines and calixarenes type ligands, when used in combination with dialkylaluminium halides as co-catalyst an... Read More about Vanadium procatalysts bearing chelating aryloxides: Structure-activity trends in ethylene polymerisation.

Iron(III) and Zinc(II) calixarene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies, and use as procatalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerization (2010)
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Arbaoui, A., Redshaw, C., Elsegood, M. R. J., Wright, V. E., Yoshizawa, A., & Yamato, T. (2010). Iron(III) and Zinc(II) calixarene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies, and use as procatalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerization. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 5(3), 621-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.200900514

Treatment of the heterobimetallic iron(II) alkoxides [(THF)MFe(OtBu)3]2 with p-tert-butylcalix[4]areneH4 (L1H4) affords the oxo-bridged diiron(III) complexes {Fe[M(NCMe)x]2L1}2(μ-O), M=Na, x=2 1⋅8(CH3CN), M= K, x=3 2⋅3.5(CH3CN); similar use of p-tert... Read More about Iron(III) and Zinc(II) calixarene complexes: Synthesis, structural studies, and use as procatalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerization.

Metal catalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerisation (2010)
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Arbaoui, A., & Redshaw, C. (2010). Metal catalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerisation. Polymer chemistry, 1(6), 801-826. https://doi.org/10.1039/b9py00334g

Economic pressure, environmental issues and ever increasing demand are driving the shift from oil-based polymers to those available from renewable resources. Ring opening polymerisation of cyclic esters is currently a topical field with metal complex... Read More about Metal catalysts for ε-caprolactone polymerisation.

Synthesis, structures and luminescent behaviour of tridentate salicylaldiminato-type borate complexes (2009)
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Christou, V., Watkins, S. E., McCann, R., Redshaw, C., & Elsegood, M. R. (2010). Synthesis, structures and luminescent behaviour of tridentate salicylaldiminato-type borate complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 363(6), 1173-1178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2009.11.006

Treatment of the ligands 3,5-tBu2-2-(OH)C6H2CHNR [R = 2-(CO2H)C6H4 (1a) and 2-(CO2H)C10H6 (1b)] with trimethylborate, B(OMe)3, in toluene yields, after work-up, the yellow crystalline complexes {[3,5-tBu2-2-(O)C6H2CHNR]B(OMe)} [R = 2-(CO2)C6H4 (2a) a... Read More about Synthesis, structures and luminescent behaviour of tridentate salicylaldiminato-type borate complexes.

Two related lithium calixarene complexes, [p-tert-butyl-calix[4]arene(OMe) (OH)2(OLi)]2·4MeCN and {p-tert-butyl-calix[4] arene(OH)2(OLi)[OLi(NCMe)2]}2·8MeCN, determined using synchrotron radiation (2009)
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Lee, D. S., Elsegood, M. R., Redshaw, C., & Zhan, S. (2009). Two related lithium calixarene complexes, [p-tert-butyl-calix[4]arene(OMe) (OH)2(OLi)]2·4MeCN and {p-tert-butyl-calix[4] arene(OH)2(OLi)[OLi(NCMe)2]}2·8MeCN, determined using synchrotron radiation. Acta Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications, 65(8), m291-m295. https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270109025311

The crystal structures of acetonitrile solvates of two related lithium calixarene complexes have been determined by low-temperature single-crystal X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. Bis(μ-5,11,17,23-tetra-tert- butyl-26,28-dihydr-oxy-25-m... Read More about Two related lithium calixarene complexes, [p-tert-butyl-calix[4]arene(OMe) (OH)2(OLi)]2·4MeCN and {p-tert-butyl-calix[4] arene(OH)2(OLi)[OLi(NCMe)2]}2·8MeCN, determined using synchrotron radiation.

2-Benzoxazolyl-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl cobalt (II) chlorides: A temperature switch catalyst in oligomerization and polymerization of ethylene (2009)
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Gao, R., Wang, K., Li, Y., Wang, F., Sun, W. H., Redshaw, C., & Bochmann, M. (2009). 2-Benzoxazolyl-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl cobalt (II) chlorides: A temperature switch catalyst in oligomerization and polymerization of ethylene. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 309(1-2), 166-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2009.05.021

A series of cobalt (II) complexes ligated by 2-(2-benzoxazolyl)-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridines was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopic and elemental analysis. The molecular structures of Co1 (Ar = 2,6-Me2C6H3), Co2 (Ar = 2,6-Et2C6H3... Read More about 2-Benzoxazolyl-6-(1-(arylimino)ethyl)pyridyl cobalt (II) chlorides: A temperature switch catalyst in oligomerization and polymerization of ethylene.

Multinuclear alkylaluminium macrocyclic Schiff base complexes: Influence of procatalyst structure on the ring opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactone (2008)
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Arbaoui, A., Redshaw, C., & Hughes, D. L. (2008). Multinuclear alkylaluminium macrocyclic Schiff base complexes: Influence of procatalyst structure on the ring opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactone. Chemical communications : Chem comm / the Royal Society of Chemistry, 4717-4719. https://doi.org/10.1039/b810417d

Two remote dialkylaluminium centres supported by a macrocyclic Schiff base ligand exhibited beneficial cooperative effects, whilst aluminoxane-type bonding proved to be detrimental to activity for the ring opening polymerisation of ε-caprolactone.

Early transition metal complexes bearing a C-capped tris(phenolate) ligand incorporating a pendant imine arm: Synthesis, structure, and ethylene polymerization behavior (2008)
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Wright, J. A., Hughes, D. L., Elsegood, M. R., Redshaw, C., & Homden, D. (2008). Early transition metal complexes bearing a C-capped tris(phenolate) ligand incorporating a pendant imine arm: Synthesis, structure, and ethylene polymerization behavior. Inorganic chemistry, 47(13), 5799-5814. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic702506w

The ligand 3-[2,2′-methylenebis(4,6-di-tert-butylphenol)-5-tert- butylsalicylidene-(2,6-diisopropyl)phenylimine] (L 1 H 3 ) was reacted with MCl 4 (M = Ti, Zr) or MCl 5 (M = Nb, Ta) to give complexes of the type [MCl 2 (L 1 H 2 ) 2 ] (M = Ti (1);... Read More about Early transition metal complexes bearing a C-capped tris(phenolate) ligand incorporating a pendant imine arm: Synthesis, structure, and ethylene polymerization behavior.

Cellular uptake of a fluorescent calix[4]arene derivative (2008)
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Matthews, S. E., Redshaw, C., Baillie-Johnson, H., Lalor, R., & Mueller, A. (2008). Cellular uptake of a fluorescent calix[4]arene derivative. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130(10), 2892-2893. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0782596

A rapid synthetic route to a nontoxic fluorescently labeled water-soluble calixarene has been developed. Investigation of the cellular uptake of the labeled calixarene, via confocal microscopy, through coincubation with uptake inhibitors demonstrates... Read More about Cellular uptake of a fluorescent calix[4]arene derivative.