Publications
27. M. J. G. Lesley, A. D. Hunter, S. G. Bott, "Synthesis and Characterization of Linear Mono, Bi-, and Trimetallic Bis(tributylphosphine)palladium Complexes and Polymer Having Tetrafluoro-p-phenylene Bridges; X-ray Crystal Structures of trans- Pd(PBu3)2(1,4-C6F4H)2, trans-[Pd(PBu3)2Cl]2(m-1,4-C6F4), and trans- [Pd(PBu3)2(1,4-C6F4H)]2(m-1,4-C6F4)", manuscript in preparation.
26. M. J. G. Lesley, N. C. Norman, C. R. Rice, "Synthesis of Diborane(4) Compounds: B2(NMe2)4, B2(NMe2)2Cl2, and B2Cat2 (Cat = 1,2-O2C6H4)", Inorg. Synth. in press.
25. H. Nguyen, A. P. Jarvis, M. J. G. Lesley, M. Kelly, S. V. Reddy, N. J. Taylor, S. Collins, "Isotactic Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Using Prochiral, Zirconium Enolate Initiator", Macromolecules, 33(5), 1508-1510 (2000)
24. M. J. G. Lesley, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen, J. Starbuck, "New Synthetic Routes to Cyclic and Asymmetric Diborane (4) Compounds", New J. Chem., 24, 115-117 (2000).
23. K. Andersen, M. J. G. Lesley, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen, J. Starbuck, "The Platinum Catalysed Diboration of Alkynes Using 1,2-B2(NMe2)2Cl2: Formation of 1-Azonia-2-Borata-5-Borole Derivatives", New J. Chem., 23, 1053-1055 (1999).
22. K. Andersen, M. J. G. Lesley, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen, M. Quayle, C. R. Rice, J. Starbuck, P. M. Timms, G. R. Whittell, "Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Diborane(4) Compounds", in Contemporary Boron Chemistry, M. G. Davidson, A. K. Hughes, T. B. Marder, K. Wade, Eds., R. Soc. Chem. Spec. Publ., Cambridge, 2000, 391-394.
21. M. J. G. Lesley, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen, J. Starbuck, T. B. Marder, W. Clegg, A. J. Scott, "Structural Characterisation of Pt-Catecholato and Thiocatecholato Compounds", Acta. Crystallogr., C55, 1272 - 1275 (1999).
20. D. Curtis, M. J. G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen, J. Starbuck, "Phosphine Exchange Reactions Involving cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(B-1,2-O2C6H4)2] and Oxidative Addition to Pt(0) Compounds with 1,2-B2(NMe2)2Cl2", J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1687 - 1694 (1999).
19. M. J. G. Lesley, U. Mock, C. R. Rice, M. Quayle, A. G. Orpen, N. C. Norman, "Synthesis of a [4]-Ferrocenophane Containing a Boron-Boron Bond", J. Organomet. Chem., 582, 116 - 118 (1999).
18. G. J. Irvine, M. J. G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, N. C. Norman, C. R.Rice, E. G.Robins, W. Roper, G. R. Whittell, "Metal Boryl Compounds: An Overview of Synthesis, Reactivity and Structure", Chem. Rev. 98, 2685 - 2722 (1998).
17. P. Nguyen, G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, E. C. Robins, N. L. Pickett, W. Clegg, N. C. Norman, J. A. Ashmore, J. C. Green, "Bis-Catecholate, Bis-Dithiocatecholate and Tetraalkoxy Diborane (4) Compounds: Aspects of Synthesis and Electronic Structure", Inorg. Chem. 37, 5282 - 5288 (1998).
16. M. J. G. Lesley, A. Woodward, N. J. Taylor, T. B. Marder, I. Cazenobe, I. Ledoux, J. Zyss, A. Thornton, D. Bruce, A. K. Kakkar, "Lewis Acidic Borane Complexes of Pyridines and Stilbazoles for Nonlinear Optics", Chem. Mater.10, 1355 - 1365 (1998).
15. W. Clegg, F. J. Lawlor, G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, N. C. Norman, A. G. Orpen, M. J. Quayle, C. R. Rice, A. J. Scott, F. E. Souza, "Oxidative Addition of Boron-Boron, Boron-Chlorine and Boron-Bromine Bonds to Platinum(0)", J. Organomet. Chem., 550, 183 - 192 (1998).
14. G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, N. C. Norman, C. Rice, "Diborane (4) Compounds: An Overview of Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity", Main Group Chemical News, 5, 4 - 11 (1997).
13. Y. G. Lawson, M. J. G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, N. C. Norman, C. R. Rice, "Diboration of a,b-Unsaturated Ketones",Chem. Commun., 2051 - 2052 (1997).
12. P. Nguyen, G. Lesley, T.B. Marder, I. Ledoux, and J. Zyss, "Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Push-Pull Bis(phenylethynyl)benzenes and Unsymmetric Platinum Bis(Phenylacetylide) Complexes", Chem. Mater., 9, 406 - 408 (1997).
11. W. Clegg, C. Dai, F. J. Lawlor, G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, P. Nguyen, N. C. Norman, N. L. Pickett, C. R. Rice, E. G. Robins, A. J. Scott, N. J. Taylor, "Diborane (4) Compounds and Transition Metal Catalyzed Diboration Reactions", in Advances in Boron Chemistry, W. Siebert, Ed., pp.389 - 392, R. Soc. Chem. Spec. Publ., Cambridge, 1997.
10. W. Clegg, A. J. Scott, C. Dai, G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, N. C. Norman, L. J. Farrugia, "(m2-Pinacolato-O,Oí)-bis(pinacolato-O,Oí)-diboron", Acta. Crystallogr., C52, 2545 - 2547 (1996).
9. W. Clegg, A. J. Scott, G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, " The Products of Catalysed Diboration of 4-cyanophenylacetylene and Bis(p-tolyl)ethyne by Bis(catecholato-O,O') diboron", Acta. Crystallogr., C52, 1991 (1996).
8. W. Clegg, A. J. Scott, G. Lesley, T. B. Marder, " The Product of Catalysed Diboration of Bis(4-methoxyphenyl)ethyne by Bis(pinacolato-O,O') diboron", Acta. Crystallogr., C52, 1989 - 1995 (1996).
7. G. Lesley, P. Nguyen, N. J. Taylor, T. B. Marder, A. J. Scott, W. Clegg, and N. C. Norman, "The Synthesis and Characterization of Platinum(II)-Bis(Boryl) Catalyst Precursors for Diboration of Alkynes and Diynes: Molecular Structures of [(PPh3)2Pt (B-4-But-cat)2], cis-[(PPh3)2Pt(Bcat)2], cis-[(dppe)Pt(Bcat)2], cis-[(dppb)Pt(Bcat)2], (E)-(4-MeOC6H4)C(Bcat)=CH(Bcat), (Z)-(C6H5)C(Bcat)=C(C6H5)(Bcat) and (Z,Z)- (4-MeOC6H4)C(Bcat)=C(Bcat)-C(Bcat)=C(4-MeOC6H4)(Bcat), (cat = 1,2-O2C6H4; dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2-PPh2, dppb = Ph2P(CH2)4PPh2)", Organometallics, 15, 5137 - 5154 (1996).
6. P. Nguyen, G. Lesley, C. Dai, N. J. Taylor, T. B. Marder, V. Chu, C. Viney, I. Ledoux, and J. Zyss, "Well-Defined Conjugated Rigid-Rods as Multifunctional Materials: Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties and Liquid Crystalline Behaviour", in Applications of Organometallic Chemistry in the Preparation and Processing of Advanced Materials, J.F. Harrod and R.M. Laine, Eds., NATO ASI Series E, Vol. 297, pp 333 - 347, Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, 1995.
5. P. Nguyen, Z. Yuan, L. Agocs, G. Lesley, and T. B. Marder, "Synthesis of Symmetric and Unsymmetric 1,4-Bis(p - R-phenylethynyl) benzenes via Palladium /Copper Catalyzed Cross-Coupling and Comments on the Coupling of Aryl Halides with Terminal Acetylenes", invited contribution for a special "Topical Volume 1994 - Metals in Organic Synthesis" issue of Inorg. Chim. Acta., 220, 289 - 296.
4. P. Nguyen, G. Lesley, N. J. Taylor, T. B. Marder, N. L. Pickett, W. Clegg, M. R. J. Elsegood, and N. C. Norman, "Oxidative Addition of B-B Bonds by Rhodium (I) Phosphine Complexes: Molecular Structures of B2cat2 (cat = 1,2-O2C6H4) and its 4- But and 3,5-But2- Analogues", Inorg. Chem., 33, 4623 - 4624 (1994).
3. P. M. Macdonald, A. D. Hunter, G. Lesley and J. Li, "Solid State Distortions of Linear Mono-, Bi-, and Trimetallic Bis(Tri-n-butylphosphine) Nickel and Palladium Complexes Having 1,4-Tetrafluorophenylene Bridges as Observed Via 31P CPMAS Spectroscopy", Solid State Nucl. Magn. Reson., 2, 47 - 55 (1993).
2. T. B. Marder, G. Lesley, Z. Yuan, H. B. Fyfe, P. Chow, G. Stringer, I. R. Jobe, N. J. Taylor, I. D. Williams, and S. K. Kurtz, "Transition Metal Acetylides for Nonlinear Optics", in Materials for Nonlinear Optics: Chemical Perspectives, S. R. Marder, J. Sohn, and G. D. Stucky, Eds., ACS Symposium Series455: 605 - 615 (1991).
1. G. Lesley,
Z. Yuan, G. Stringer, I. R. Jobe, N. J. Taylor, L. Koch, K. Scott, T. B.
Marder, I. D. Williams, and S. K. Kurtz, "Second-Order Optical Nonlinearities
in Linear Donor-Acceptor Substituted Transition Metal Acetylides", in Organic
Materials for Nonlinear Optics II, R. A. Hahn and D. Bloor, Eds., R.
Soc. Chem. Spec. Publ. No. 91, Cambridge, 197 - 203 (1991).
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