Research

Recent research highlights

The use of metal carbonyls as pharmaceuticals

Mechanisms of Fluxionality

• Demonstration of the low energy fluxional mechanism in Fe₃(CO)₁₂

• Demonstration of the merry-go-round mechanism in Cp₂Mo₂(CO)₆

• Demonstration of the trigonal twist mechanism in RuH₂(CO)(PPh₃)₃

• Demonstration of the coexistence of Ir₄(µ-CO)₃(CO)₈(PH₂Ph) and Ir₄(CO)₁₁(PH₂Ph) on the merry-go-round pathway

Catalysis

• Proof of the existence of [RhCl(CH₃)(CO)I₃]^- in the catalytic cycle of the Monsanto process

• Determination of the mechanism of the reaction of RuCl(H)(PPh₃)₃ with dienes and trienes