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2020

Unique Triple Ruthenacarborane Cluster,
J. J. Jones, A. P. M. Robertson, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Russ. Chem. Bull., 2020, 69, 1594-1597. DOI: 10.1007/s11172-020-2940-2
Exopolyhedral Ligand Orientation Controls Disastereoisomer in Mixed-metal Bis(carboranes),
A. P. Y. Chan, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Molecules, 2020, 25, 519. DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030519
Bis(phosphine)hydridorhodacarborane Derivatives of 1,1'-Bis(ortho-carborane) and Their Catalysis of Alkene Isomerization and the Hydrosilylation of Acetophenone,
A. P. Y. Chan, J. A. Parkinson, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 2011-2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03351
The Lewis Acidity of Borylcarboranes,
A. Benton, J. D. Watson, S. M. Mansell, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
J. Organomet. Chem., 2020, 907, 121057. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2019.121057
Do Gold(III) Complexes Form Hydrogen Bonds? An Exploration of AuIII Dicarboranyl Chemistry,
I. Chambrier, D. L. Hughes, R. J. Jeans, A. J. Welch, P. H. Budzelaar and M. Bochmann
Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 939-947. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904790


2019

On the Basicity of Carboranylphosphines,
A. Benton, D. J. Durand, Z. Copeland, J. D. Watson, N. Fey, S. M. Mansell, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 14818-14829. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02486
Arene-Ruthenium Complexes of 1,1'-Bis(ortho-carborane): Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis,
R. J. Jeans, A. P. Y. Chan, L. E. Riley, J. Taylor, G. M. Rosair, A. J. Welch and I. B Sivaev
Inorg. Chem., 2019, 58, 11751-11761. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01774
Crystal Structure of 1-heptafluorotolyl-closo-1,2-dicarbadodecaborane,
J. D. Watson, A. Benton, H. Tricas, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Acta. Cryst., 2019, E75, 512-515. DOI: 10.1107/S2056989019004067


2018

Exploiting the Electronic Tuneability of Carboranes as Supports for Frustrated Lewis Pairs,
A. Benton, Z. Copeland, S. M. Mansell, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Molecules, 2018, 23, 3099. DOI: 10.3390/molecules23123099
Heterometalation of 1,1'-bis(ortho-carborane),
A. P. Y. Chan, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 8002-8011. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01166
Mixed Ligand (Triphenylphosphine)ruthenium Complexes of Diphenylcarborane by Ligand Manipulation and an Asymmetric, Bimolecular "Symbiotic" Cluster,
J. J. Jones, L. E. English, A. P. M. Robertson, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
J. Organometal. Chem., 2018, 865, 65-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2018.02.007

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2017

What Can We Learn from the Crystal Structures of Metallacarboranes?,
A. J. Welch
Crystals, 2017, 7, 234. DOI: 10.3390/cryst7080234
Balancing Steric and Electronic Effects in Carbonyl-Phosphine Molybdacarboranes,
A. P. M. Robertson, A. Reckzeigel, J. J. Jones, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 2017, 4581-4588. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700492
Large, Weakly-Basic, Bis(carboranyl)phosphines: An Experimental and Computational Study,
L. E. Riley, T. Krämer, C. L. McMullin, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair, I. B. Sivaev and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 5218-5228. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT00485K
Double Deboronation and Homometalation of 1,1'-bis(ortho-carborane),
G. Thiripuranathar, A. P. Y. Chan, D. Mandal, W. Y. Man, M. Argentari, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 1811-1821. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04457C

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2016

Steric versus Electronic Factors in Metallacarborane Isomerisation: Nickelacarboranes with 3,1,2-, 4,1,2- and 2,1,8-NiC2B9 Architectures and Pendant Carborane Groups, derived from 1,1'-bis(o-carborane),
D. Mandal, W. Y. Man, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 15013-15025. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT02855A
Further studies of the Enhanced Structural Carborane Effect: Tricarbonylruthenium and related derivatives of benzocarborane, dihydrobenzocarborane and biphenylcarborane,
S. L. Powley, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 11742-11752. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT01888B
14-Vertex Heteroboranes with 14 Skeletal Electron Pairs: An Experimental and Computational Study,
A. P. M. Robertson, N. A. Beattie, G. Scott, W. Y. Man, J. J. Jones, S. A. Macgregor, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 8706-8710. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602440
Carborane Substituents Promote Direct Electrophilic Insertion over Reduction-Metalation Reactions,
W. Y. Man, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55 4596-4599. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201600635
Developing Nitrosocarborane Chemistry,
S. L. Powley, L. Schaefer, W. Y. Man, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45 3635-3647. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT04831A
Facile Synthesis of closo-nido bis(carborane) and its Highly Regioselective Halogenation,
G. S. Kazakov, I. B. Sivaev, K. Y. Suponitsky, A. D. Kirilin, V. I. Bregadze and A. J. Welch
J. Organometal. Chem., 2016, 805 1-5. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2016.01.009
Unprecedented Flexibility of the 1,1'-bis(o-carborane) Ligand: Catalytically-Active Species Stabilised by B-agostic
B-H⇀Ru Interactions,
L. E. Riley, A. P. Y. Chan, J. Taylor, W. Y. Man, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair, A. J. Welch and I. B. Sivaev
Dalton Trans., 2016, 45 1127-1137. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03417E

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2015

Synthesis and Crystal Structures of the racemic and meso forms of [1-{1'-4'-cyclopentadienyl-4'-cobalta-1',12'-dicarba-closo-dodecaboranyl(10)}-4-cyclopentadienyl-4-cobalta-1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(10)], the former as its tetrahydrofuran disolvate,
D. Mandal, W. Y. Man, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Acta Cryst., 2015, C71, 793-798. DOI: 10.1107/S2053229615014539
Reduction-Induced Facile Isomerisation of Metallacarboranes: Synthesis and Crystallographic Characterisation of 4-Cp-4,1,2-closo-CoC2B9H11,
W. Y. Man, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 15417-15419. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT02506K
Crystal Structure of a Second Polymorph of 2-cyclopentadienyl-2-cobalta-1,7-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(11),
W. Y. Man, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Acta Cryst., 2015, E71, m141-m142. DOI: 10.1107/S2056989015011445
The Exopolyhedral Ligand Orientation (ELO) in 3-(nitrato-κO)-3,3-bis(triphenylphosphane-κP)-3-rhoda-1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(11) dichloromethane 2.2-solvate,
G. M. Rosair, G. Scott and A. J. Welch
Acta Cryst., 2015, C71, 461-464. DOI: 10.1107/S2053229615008724
1,1'-bis(ortho-carborane) as a κ2 co-ligand,
M. J. Martin, W. Y. Man, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
J. Organometal. Chem., 2015, 798, 36-40. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2015.04.011
Isomerisation of nido-[C2B10H12]2- Dianions: Unprecedented Rearrangements and New Structural Motifs in Carborane Cluster Chemistry,
D. McKay, S. A. Macgregor and A. J. Welch
Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 3117-3128. DOI: 10.1039/C5SC00726G
Icosahedral Metallacarborane/Carborane Species Derived from 1,1'-bis(o-carborane),
G. Thiripuranathar, W. Y. Man, C. Palmero, A. P. Y. Chan, B. T. Leube, D. Ellis, D. McKay, S. A. Macgregor, L. Jourdan, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 5628-5637. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT00081E
The Enhanced Structural Carborane Effect,
S. L. Powley, W. Y. Man, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
J. Organometal. Chem., 2015, 792 51-54. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2015.01.004

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2014

Definitive Crystal Structure of 1,1'-bis[1,2-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(11)],
W. Y. Man, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Acta Cryst., 2014, E70, 462-465. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814023897
How to Make 8,1,2-closo-MC2B9 Metallacarboranes,
W. Y. Man, S. Zlatogorsky, H. Tricas, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 12222-12225. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408395
Crystal Structure of 1,1'-bis(1,7-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane(11)),
L. Elrick, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Acta Cryst., 2014, E70, 376-378. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536814022132
Asymmetric 1,8/13,2,x-M2C2B10 14-Vertex Metallacarboranes by Direct Electrophilic Insertion Reactions; The VCD and BHD Methods in Critical Analysis of Cage C Atom Positions,
A. McAnaw, M. E. Lopez, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 5095-5105. DOI: 10.1039/C3DT52101J

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2013

Capping the Thiaborate Anion [7-nido-SB10H11]-,
M. T. Serrate, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
J. Organometal. Chem., 2013, 747, 211-216. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2013.04.042
Synthesis and Characterisation of Sigma- and Pi-Bonded Metallaphosphacarboranes,
R. McLellan, M. Bailo, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2013, 639, 1095-1100. DOI: 10.1002/zaac.201300157
The Significance and Impact of Wade's Rules,
A. J. Welch
Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 3615-3616. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC00069A
The Synthesis and Characterisation of Homo- and Heterobimetallic 1,14,2,9- and 1,14,2,10-M2C2B10 14-Vertex Metallacarboranes,
A. McAnaw, M. E. Lopez, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 671-679. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31598J
The VCD Method - A Simple and Reliable Way to Distinguish Cage C and B atoms in (Hetero)carborane Structures Determined Crystallographically,
A. McAnaw, G. Scott, L. Elrick, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 645-664. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31515G

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2012

Icosahedral and Supraicosahedral Naphthalene Ruthenacarboranes,
G. Scott, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
J. Organometal. Chem., 2012, 721-722, 78-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.05.039
Untethered 4,1,2-MC2B10 Supraicosahedral Metallacarboranes, their C,C'-dimethyl 4,1,6-, 4,1,8- and 4,1,12-MC2B10 Analogues, and DFT Study of the (4,)1,2- to (4,)1,6- Isomerisations of C2B11 Carboranes and MC2B10 Metallacarboranes,
A. McAnaw, M. E. Lopez, G. Scott, D. Ellis, D. McKay, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2012, 41, 10957-10969. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT31283B
Facile Isomerization and Unprecedented Decarbonation of Metallacarboranes with Fluorinated Aryl Substituents,
J. S. Ward, H. Tricas, G. Scott, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Organometallics, 2012, 31, 2523-2525. DOI: 10.1021/om200691z


2011

Diphosphaborane and Metalladiphosphaborane: Ligands for Transition-Metal Chemistry,
R. McLellan, D. Ellis, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 12339-12341. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201105820
New Chemistry of 1,2-closo-P2B10H10 and 1,2-closo-As2B10H10; in silico and Gas Electron Diffraction Structures, and New Metalladiphospha- and Metalladiarsaboranes,
R. McLellan, N. M. Boag, K. Dodds, D. Ellis, S. A. Macgregor, D. McKay, S. L. Masters, R. Noble-Eddy, N. P. Platt, D. W. H. Rankin, H. E. Robertson, G. M. Rosair and A. J. Welch
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 7181-7192. DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10540J
Spectroscopic, Structural, Computational and (Spectro)electrochemical Studies of Icosahedral Carboranes Bearing Fluorinated Aryl Groups,
H. Tricas, M. Colon, D. Ellis, S. A. Macgregor, D. McKay, G. M. Rosair, A. J. Welch, I. V. Glukhov, F. Rossi, F. Laschi and P. Zanello
Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 4200-4211. DOI: 10.1039/C0DT01798A

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