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Michael K. Whittlesey
Researcher at University of Bath
Publications - 158
Citations - 6279
Michael K. Whittlesey is an academic researcher from University of Bath. The author has contributed to research in topics: Carbene & Ruthenium. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 153 publications receiving 5774 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael K. Whittlesey include Heriot-Watt University & University of York.
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Transition metal catalysed reactions of alcohols using borrowing hydrogen methodology
TL;DR: The reactivity of alcohols can be enhanced by the temporary removal of hydrogen using a transition metal catalyst to generate an intermediate aldehyde or ketone, which has a greater reactivity towards nucleophilic addition accommodating the in situ formation of imines or alkenes.
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Ruthenium-Catalyzed Meta Sulfonation of 2-Phenylpyridines
Ourida Saidi,Jameel A. Marafie,Araminta E. W. Ledger,Po Man Liu,Mary F. Mahon,Gabriele Kociok-Köhn,Michael K. Whittlesey,Christopher G. Frost +7 more
TL;DR: A selective catalytic meta sulfonation of 2-phenylpyridines was found to occur in the presence of (arene)ruthenium(II) complexes upon reaction with sulfonyl chlorides, offering access to atypical regioselectivity for reactions involving chelation-assisted cyclometalation.
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Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Magnetism of [Ni(6-Mes)2]+: A Two-Coordinate Nickel(I) Complex Stabilized by Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Rebecca C. Poulten,Michael J. Page,Andrés G. Algarra,Jennifer J. Le Roy,Isidoro López,Emma Carter,Antoni Llobet,Stuart MacGregor,Mary F. Mahon,Damien Martin Murphy,Muralee Murugesu,Michael K. Whittlesey +11 more
TL;DR: Density functional theory calculations revealed that the five occupied metal-based orbitals are split in an approximate 2:1:2 pattern, leading to single-ion magnet (SIM) behavior.
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C-H activation reactions of ruthenium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: application in a catalytic tandem reaction involving C-C bond formation from alcohols.
Suzanne Burling,Belinda M. Paine,Devendrababu Nama,Victoria S Brown,Mary F. Mahon,Timothy J. Prior,Paul S. Pregosin,Michael K. Whittlesey,Jonathan M. J. Williams +8 more
TL;DR: These results provide a rare case in which N-alkyl carbenes afford higher catalytic activity than their N-aryl counterparts and a novel example of the importance of NHC C-H activation in a catalytic cycle.
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C-C and C-H bond activation reactions in N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of ruthenium.
TL;DR: Thermolysis of Ru(PPh3)3(CO)H2 with the N-heterocyclic carbene bis(1,3-(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene) (IMes) results in C-C activation of an Ar-CH3 bond in one of the mesityl rings of the carbene ligand.