Research Group
51. Pocock, E.; Diefenbach, M.; Hood, T. M.; Nunn, M.; Richards, E.*; Krewald, K.*; Webster, R. L.*
Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies into the Reductive Functionalization of Nitro Compounds Catalyzed by an Iron(salen) Complex
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, accepted
50. Lau, S.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Synthesis and Characterization of a Terminal Iron(II)-PH2 Complex and
a Series of Iron(II)-PH3 Complexes
Inorg. Chem. 2024, accepted
49. Farcaş-Johnson, M. A.; Gasperini, D.; King, A. K.; Mohan, S.; Barrett, A. N.; Lau, S.; Mahon, M. F.; Sarazin, Y.; Kyne, S. H.*; Webster, R. L.*
Iron(II)-Catalyzed Activation of Si–N and Si–O Bonds Using Hydroboranes
Organometallics, 2023, 42, 3013–3024
48. Hood, T. M.; Lau, S.; Diefenbach, M. Firmstone, L.; Mahon, M. F.*; Krewald, V. K.*; Webster R. L.*
The Complex Reactivity of [(salen)Fe]2(μ-O) with HBpin and Its Implications in Catalysis
ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 11841-11850
47. Wheelhouse, K. M. P.; Webster, R. L.; Beutner, G. L.
Advances and Applications in Catalysis with Earth-Abundant Metals
Organometallics, 2023, 42, 1677-1679
Org. Process Res. Dev. 2023, 27, 1157-1159
Editorial
46. Hood, T. M.; Lau, S.; Webster R. L.*
Taming PH3: State of the Art and Future Directions in Synthesis
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16684–16697
Invited Perspective
45. Lau, S.*; Hood, T. M.*; Webster R. L.*
Broken Promises? On the Continued Challenges Faced in Catalytic Hydrophosphination
ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 10939–10949
Invited Perspective
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44. Farcas-Johnson, M. A.; Kyne, S. H.*; Webster, R. L.*
Dehydrocoupling Polymerization: Poly(silylether) Synthesis by Using an Iron β-Diketiminate Catalyst
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 10.1002/chem.202201642
HOT PAPER
43. Barrett, A. N.; Diefenbach, M.; Mahon, M. F.*; Krewald, V.*; Webster, R. L.*
An Iron-Catalyzed Route to Dewar 1,3,5-triphosphabenzene and Subsequent Reactivity
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 10.1002/ange.202208663
HOT PAPER
42. Woof, C. R.; Linford-Wood, T. G.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Catalytic hydrophosphination of allenes using an iron(II) β-diketiminate complex
Synthesis, 2022, 10.1055/a-1902-5592
Invited article for a Special Edition "Synthetic Advancements Enabled by Phosphorous Redox"
41. Linford-Wood, T. G.; Mahon, M. F.; Grayson, M. N.*; Webster, R. L.*
Iron-Catalyzed H/D Exchange of Primary Silanes, Secondary Silanes, and Tertiary Siloxanes
ACS Catal. 2022, 15, 2979-2985
40. Barrett, A. N.; Woof, C. R.; Goult, C. A.; Gasperini, D.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Hydrogen/Halogen Exchange of Phosphines for the Rapid Formation of Cyclopolyphosphines
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 16826–16833
39. Lau, S.; Provis-Evans, C. B.; James, A. P.; Webster, R. L.*
Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 10696-10700
38. Woof, C. R.; Durand, D. J.; Webster, R. L.*
Polymerization of allenes using an iron(II) β-diketiminate pre-catalyst to generate high Mn polymers
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 12335-12340
37. Gasperini, D.; Neale, S. E.; Mahon, M. F.; Macgregor, S. A.*; Webster, R. L.*
ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 5452-5462
36. Linford-Wood, T. G.; Coles, N. T.; Webster, R. L.*
Room temperature iron catalyzed transfer hydrogenation using n-butanol and poly(methylhydrosiloxane)
Green Chem. 2021, 23, 2703-2709
35. Woof, C. R.; Durand, D. J.; Fey, N.*; Richards, E.*; Webster, R. L.*
Iron catalyzed double bond isomerization: evidence for an
Fe(I)/Fe(III) catalytic cycle
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 5972-5977
34. Coles, N. T.‡; Gasperini, D.‡; Provis-Evans, C. E.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Heterobimetallic complexes of 1,1-diphosphineamide ligands
Organometallics, 2021, 40, 148–155
‡ Equal contribution
33. Barrett, A. N.; Sanderson, H. J.; Mahon, M. F.;
Webster, R. L.*
Hydrophosphination using [GeCl{N(SiMe3)2}3] as a pre-catalyst
Chem Commun. 2020, 56, 13623-13626
Highlighted by ChemistryViews
32. Lau, S.‡; Gasperini, G.‡; Webster, R. L.*
Amine‐Boranes as Transfer Hydrogenation and Hydrogenation Reagents: A Mechanistic Perspective
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010835
‡ Equal contribution
30. Gasperni, D.; King, A. K.; Coles, N. T.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 6102-6112
31. Provis-Evans, C. B.; Lau, S.; Krewald,V.*; Webster, R. L.*
Regioselective Alkyne Cyclotrimerization with an In Situ-Generated [Fe(II)H(salen)]·Bpin Catalyst
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 10157–10168
Highlighted by Synfacts
29. Provis-Evans, C. B.; Farrar, E. H. E.; Grayson, M. N.; Webster, R. L.*; Hill, A. K.*
Highly Sensitive Real-Time Isotopic Quantification of Water by ATR-FTIR
Anal. Chem. 2020, 92, 7500-7507
28. Espinal-Viguri, M.; Neale, S. E.; Coles, N. T.; Macgregor. S. A.*; Webster, R. L.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 572-582.
27. Webster, R. L.*
Room Temperature Ni(II) Catalyzed Hydrophosphination and Cyclotrimerization of Alkynes
Inorganics, 2018, 6, 120-131.
Invited Article for a Special Edition on First-Row Transition Metal Complexes.
26. Coles, N. T.; Mahon. F.; Webster, R. L.*
1,1-Diphosphines and divinylphosphines via base catalyzed hydrophosphination,
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 10443-10446.
25. Provis-Evans, C. B.; Emanuelsson, E. A. C.; Webster, R. L.*
Rapid metal-free formation of free-phosphines from phosphine oxides,
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 3999-4004.
24. Coles, N. T.; Webster, R. L.*
Iron Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling of Amine- and Phosphine-Boranes
Isr. J. Chem. 2017, 57, 1070-1081.
23. King, A. K.; Gallagher, K. J.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 9039–9043.
22. Coles, N. T.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Organometallics, 2017, 36, 2262–2268.
20. Espinal-Viguri, M.; Mahon, M. F.; Tyler, S. N. G.; Webster, R. L.*
Tetrahedron 2017, 1, 64-69.
21. Webster, R. L.*
β-Diketiminate complexes of the first row transition metals: applications in catalysis,
Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 4483-4498.
19. Espinal-Viguri, M.; King, A. K.; Lowe, J. P.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 7892-7897.
18. Espinal-Viguri, M.; Woof, C. R.; Webster, R. L.*
Iron catalyzed hydroboration: unlocking reactivity through ligand modulation,
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 11605–11608.
17. Gallagher, K. J.; Espinal-Viguri, M.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 2460-2468.
16. King, A. K.; Buchard, A.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Facile, catalytic dehydrocoupling of phosphines using β-diketiminate iron(II) complexes,
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 15960-15963.
15. Gilmour, D. J.; Webster, R. L.; Perry, M. R.; Schafer, L. L. Titanium pyridonates for the homo- and copolymerization of rac-lactide and ε-caprolactone, Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 12411-12419.
14. Bent, S. J.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster, R. L.*
Copper malonamide complexes and their use in azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions,
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 10253-10258.
13. Bedford, R. B.; Bowen, J. G.; Davidson, R. B.; Haddow, M. F.; Seymour-Julen, A. E.; Sparkes, H. A.; Webster R. L. Facile hydrolysis and alcoholysis of palladium acetate, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6591-6594.
12. Brown, C. A.; Nile, T. A.; Mahon, M. F.; Webster R. L.*
Iron catalysed Negishi cross-coupling using simple ethyl-monophosphines,
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 12189-12195.
11. Gallagher K. J.; Webster R. L.*
Room temperature hydrophosphination using a simple iron salen pre-catalyst,
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 12109-12111.
10. Evans V.; Mahon M. F.; Webster R. L.*
A mild, copper-catalysed amide deprotection strategy: use of tert-butyl as a protecting group,
Tetrahedron, 2014, 70, 7593-7597.
9. Tyler S. N. G.; Webster R. L.*
Sterically hindered malonamide monomers for the step growth synthesis of polyesters and polyamides,
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 10665-10668.
8. Webster R. L.*
Random copolymerisations catalysed by simple titanium α-amino acid complexes
RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 5254-5260.
7. Garcia P.; Payne P. R.; Chong E.; Webster R. L.; Barron B. J.; Behrle A. C.; Schmidt J. A. R.; Schafer L. L. Easily assembled, modular N,O-chelating ligands for Ta(V) complexation: a comparative study of ligand effects in hydroaminoalkylation with N-methylaniline and 4-methoxy-N-methylaniline, Tetrahedron, 2013, 69, 5737-5743.
6.Webster R. L.; Noroozi N.; Hatzikiriakos S. G.; Thomson J. A.; Schafer L. L. Titanium pyridonates and amidates: novel catalysts for the synthesis of random copolymers, Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 57-59.
5. Bedford R. B.; Haddow M. F.; Mitchell C. J.; Webster R. L. Mild C-H halogenation of anilides and the isolation of an unusual palladium(I)-palladium(II) species, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5524-5527.
4. Bedford R. B.; Mitchell C. J.; Webster R. L. Solvent free catalytic C–H functionalisation, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 3095-3097.
3. Bedford R. B.; Engelhart J. U.; Haddow M. F.; Mitchell C. J.; Webster R. L. Solvent-free aromatic C–H functionalisation/halogenation reactions, Dalton Trans. 2010, 39, 10464-10472.
2. Bedford R. B.; Webster R. L.; Mitchell C. J. Palladium-catalysed ortho-arylation of carbamate-protected phenols, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 4853-4857.
1. Bedford R. B.; Haddow M. F.; Webster R. L.; Mitchell C. J. The catalytic ortho-arylation of tyrosine, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 3119-3127.