Publications arising from Hons, PhD and postdoctoral research:

1.   M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, J.M. Patrick and A.H. White, Aust. J. Chem., 1983, 36, 2065-2072:
Cyclopentadienyl-Ruthenium and -Osmium Chemistry XXII. Synthesis, X-ray structure and some reactions of RuCl(PPh3)(h1‑Ph2PCH2PPh2)(h‑C5H5), containing a monodentate CH2(PPh2)2 ligand

2.     M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, A.G. Swincer and R.C. Wallis, Aust. J. Chem., 1984, 37, 1747-1755:
Cyclopentadienyl-Ruthenium and -Osmium Chemistry XXIII. Synthesis and reactions of some hydrido complexes containing ruthenium or osmium and related chemistry

3.     M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, J.G. Matisons, S.K. Roy and A.G. Swincer, Aust. J. Chem., 1984, 37, 1955-1961:
Some More Transition Metal Acetylides

4.   M.I. Bruce, D.N. Duffy, M.G. Humphrey and A.G. Swincer, J. Organomet. Chem., 1985, 282, 383-397:
Cyclopentadienyl-Ruthenium and -Osmium Chemistry XXV. Conversion of alkoxycarbene complexes to vinyl ether derivatives: X-ray structure of Ru{C(OPri)=CHPh}(CO)(PPh3)(h-C5H5)

5.   M.I. Bruce, C. Dean, D.N. Duffy, M.G. Humphrey and G.A. Koutsantonis, J. Organomet. Chem., 1985, 295, C40-C44:
Reactions of Transition Metal s-Acetylide Complexes III. Synthesis of some aryldiazovinylidene and cycloheptatrienylvinylidene complexes. X-ray structures of [Ru(C=CPhN=NC6H3Me2‑3,4)(PPh3)2(h‑C5H5)][BF4].0.67CH2Cl2 and [Ru{C=CPh(C7H7)}(DPPE)(h-C5H5)][PF6].0.63CH2Cl2 (communication)

6.     M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, G.A. Koutsantonis and B.K. Nicholson, J. Organomet. Chem., 1985, 296, C47-C50:
Reactions of Transition Metal Acetylide Complexes IV. Synthesis and X-ray structure of a bromovinylidene complex, [Ru{C=CBr(C6H4Br‑4)}(PPh3)2(h-C5H5)][Br3].CHCl3  (communication)

7.   M.I. Bruce, D.N. Duffy and M.G. Humphrey, Aust. J. Chem., 1986, 39, 159-163:
Reactions of Transition Metal s-Acetylides V. Synthesis and X-ray structure of Co2{m-h2-PhC2Fe(CO)2(h-C5H5)}(CO)6

8.   M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, M.R. Snow and E.R.T. Tiekink, J. Organomet. Chem., 1986, 314, 213-225:
Cyclopentadienyl-Ruthenium and -Osmium Chemistry XXVII. X-ray structures of Ru(CºCPh)(dppe)(h-C5H5) and of [Ru(L)(PPh3)2(h-C5H5)]X   (L = C(OMe)Et, X = PF6; L = C=CMePh, X = I)

9.   M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, M.R. Snow, E.R.T. Tiekink and R.C. Wallis, J. Organomet. Chem., 1986, 314, 311-322:
Cluster Chemistry XXXXVIII. Some reactions of Ru3(CO)12 with nitrogen heterocycles. X-ray crystal structures of Ru3(m-CO)2(CO)8(bipy) and Ru3(m-H){m-N2C3H(CF3)2-3,5}(CO)10

10. M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, O. bin Shawkataly, M.R. Snow and E.R.T. Tiekink, J. Organomet. Chem., 1986, 315, C51-C55:
Cluster Chemistry L. Trapping of arylnitrenes formed by cleavage of azoarenes in reactions with M3(CO)12 (M = Fe or Ru): X-ray structure of Ru3(m3-NPh)2(m-dppm)(CO)7  (communication)

11. M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey and M.J. Liddell, J. Organomet. Chem., 1987, 321, 91-102:
Reactions of Transition Metal s-Acetylides VIII. Preparation and properties of some aryldiazovinylidene complexes

12. M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, G.A. Koutsantonis and M.J. Liddell, J. Organomet. Chem., 1987, 326, 247-256:
Reactions of Transition Metal s-Acetylide Complexes IX. Preparation and properties of some cycloheptatrienylvinylidene complexes

13. M.I. Bruce, M.G. Humphrey, O. bin Shawkataly, M.R. Snow and E.R.T. Tiekink, J. Organomet. Chem., 1987, 336, 199-219:
Cluster Chemistry LIII. Preparation and some substitution reactions of bis(arylimido)triruthenium complexes: X-ray structures of Ru3(m3-NPh)(m3-NC6H4F-3)(CO)9 and Ru3(m3-NPh)2(CO)8(L)  (L = CNC6H3Me2-2,6 and PPh3)

14. M.I. Bruce, A. Catlow, M.G. Humphrey, G.A. Koutsantonis, M.R. Snow and E.R.T. Tiekink, J. Organomet. Chem., 1988, 338, 59-80:
Cyclopentadienyl-Ruthenium and -Osmium Chemistry XXVIII. Reactions and isomerisation of 1,2-bis(methoxycarbonyl)ethenyl complexes; X-ray structures of Ru{(Z)-C(CO2Me)=CH(CO2Me)}(CO)(PPh3)(h-C5H5).0.5EtOH, Ru{(E)-C(CO2Me)=CH(CO2Me)}(dppe)(h-C5H5) and Ru{C(CO2Me)=C(CO2Me)C-(CO2Me)=CH(CO2Me)}(PPh3)(h-C5H5)

15.   M.I. Bruce, M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey, E. Poczman, M.R. Snow and E.R.T. Tiekink, J. Organomet. Chem., 1988, 338, 237-48:
Cyclopentadienyl-Ruthenium and -Osmium Chemistry XXIX. The effect of chelation on Ru-C(sp2) bond lengths: X-ray structures of Ru(C6H4PPh2)(PPh3)(h-C5H5).0.5CH2Cl2 and Ru{C(=CMePh)CH(PPh2)CH2PPh2}(h-C5H5)

16.   M.G. Humphrey, F. Sosna, G. Erker, R. Zwettler and C. Krüger, in Advances in Metal Carbene Chemistry, NATO ASI Series C, U. Schubert, ed.,  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1989, 269, 163-165:
New (butadiene)-zirconocene carbene complex chemistry

17. M.I. Bruce and M.G. Humphrey, Aust. J. Chem., 1989, 42, 1067-1075:
Reactions of Transition Metal s-Acetylide Complexes XIII. Alkylation and related reactions

18. G. Erker  and M.G. Humphrey, J. Organomet. Chem., 1989, 378, 163-169:
Reaction of (h4-butadiene)-zirconocene and -hafnocene with 2-methyl-2-nitrosopropane

19.   M.I. Bruce, M.P. Cifuentes and M.G. Humphrey, Polyhedron, 1991, 10, 277-322:
Ruthenium clusters containing N-donor ligands (invited review)

20. J.R. Shapley, M.G. Humphrey and C.H. McAteer, in Selectivity in Catalysis, ACS Symposium Series, S.L. Suib and M. Davis, eds, ACS, Washington DC, USA, 1993, 517, 127-135:
Alkyne Coordination, Dimerization and Scission on a Tungsten-Triiridium Cluster Core. Reaction Modeling Studies Related to Cluster-Derived Butane Hydrogenolysis Catalysts

 

Refereed journal publications and book chapters arising from independent research:

21.   M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Organomet. Chem., 1993, 458, 211-218:
Ruthenium Cluster Complexes With Nitrogen Ligands II: syntheses, X-ray structures and interconversion of Ru3(m-H)(m-h2-NC5H8)(CO)10 and Ru3(m-H)(m3-h2-NC5H8)(CO)9

22.   J. Lee, M.G. Humphrey, D.C.R. Hockless, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, Organometallics, 1993, 12, 3468-3473:
Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. Site-Selective Reactions of CpWIr3(CO)11 with PPh3 and Bidentate Phosphines; X-ray Crystal Structures of CpWIr3(m-dppe)(m-CO)3(CO)6, CpWIr3(m-dppm)(m-CO)3(CO)6 and CpWIr3(m-dppa)(m-CO)3(CO)6

23.  M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, Organometallics, 1993, 12, 4272-4274:
High Nuclearity Ruthenium Carbonyl Cluster Chemistry: synthesis and X-ray structure of [Ru2(m-H)(m-NC5H4)2(CO)4(NC5H5)2][Ru10(m-H)(m6-C)(CO)24] (communication)

24.   M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Organomet. Chem., 1994, 466, 211-220:
Ruthenium Cluster Complexes With Nitrogen Ligands III. Reaction of Ru3(m-AuPPh3)(m-Cl)(CO)10 with pyridine; X-ray structures of Ru3(m-H)(m-NC5H4)(CO)9(PPh3), Ru3(m-Cl)2(CO)8(h1-NC5H5)(PPh3) and Ru3(m-Cl)2(CO)8(h1-NC5H5)2

25.   M.P. Cifuentes, T.P. Jeynes, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans, 1994, 925-930:
Ruthenium Cluster Complexes With Oxygen Ligands II. Auration of a hexaruthenium raft cluster; X-ray structures of Ru6(m3-H)(m-H)(m-(O):m-(C):h6-OC6H3OMe-4)(CO)16 and AuRu6(m3-H)(m-(O):m-(C):h6-OC6H3OMe-4)(CO)16(PPh3)

26.   I.R. Whittall, M.P. Cifuentes, M.J. Costigan, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton, A.H. White and S.C. Goh, J. Organomet. Chem., 1994, 471, 193-199:
Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. Second harmonic generation by aryldiazovinylidene ruthenium complexes; X-ray structure of [Ru(C=CPhN=NC6H4OMe-4)(PPh3)2(h-C5H5)][BF4].CH2Cl2

27.   T.P. Jeynes, M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey, G.A. Koutsantonis and C.L. Raston, J. Organomet. Chem., 1994, 476, 133-143:
Ruthenium Carbonyl Cluster Complexes With Oxygen Ligands. Reactions between Ru3(CO)12 and 4-methoxyphenol or 2-naphthol; X-ray structure of Ru4(m3-OC6H4OMe-4)2(m-Cl)(m-OC6H4OMe-4)(CO)10, an unusual mixed valence cluster complex

28.   C.A. Rowbottom  and M.G. Humphrey, J. Chem. Educ., 1994, 71, 985-987:
Cobalt Cluster Chemistry

29.  M.P. Cifuentes and M.G. Humphrey, in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II, G. Wilkinson,  F.G.A. Stone and E.W. Abel, eds, Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK, 1995, 7, 909-962:
Medium and high nuclearity carbonyl clusters of ruthenium and osmium (invited review)

30.  M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, Organometallics, 1995, 14, 1536-1538:
High Nuclearity Ruthenium Carbonyl Cluster Chemistry. 2. Reaction of [Ru2(m-H)(m-NC5H4)2(CO)4-          (NC5H5)2][Ru10(m-H)(m6‑C)(CO)24] with triphenylphosphine; stepwise apical substitution on a "giant tetrahedral" cluster

31.   M.P. Cifuentes, T.P. Jeynes, M. Gray, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Organomet. Chem., 1995, 494, 267-272:
Ruthenium Cluster Complexes With Nitrogen Ligands IV. Double C-H activation of a Schiff base methyl group; X-ray structure of Ru3(m-H)2(m3-h2-HCC(CH3)=NC6H4OH-4)(CO)9

32.  I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey, D.C.R. Hockless, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, Organometallics, 1995, 14, 3970-3979:
Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 2. Syntheses, Electrochemical Studies, Structural Characterization and Computationally-Derived Molecular Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities of Ruthenium s-Arylacetylides; X-ray Crystal Structures of Ru(CºCPh)(PMe3)2(h-C5H5) and Ru(CºCC6H4NO2-4)(L)2(h-C5H5) (L = PPh3, PMe3)

33.  I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey, M. Samoc, J. Swiatkiewicz and B. Luther-Davies, Organometallics, 1995, 14, 5493-5495:
Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 4. Cubic Hyperpolarizabilities of (Cyclopentadienyl)bis(phosphine)ruthenium s-Arylacetylides (communication)

34.   M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Organomet. Chem., 1996, 507, 163-178:
High Nuclearity Ruthenium Carbonyl Cluster Chemistry III: Synthesis of [Ru10(m‑H)(m6-C)(CO)24]-, its reactivity towards triphenylphosphine, and ligand dynamics on the resulting decaruthenium cluster anions

35.   M.A. Bennett, D.C.R. Hockless, M.G. Humphrey, M. Schultz and E. Wenger, Organometallics, 1996, 15, 928-933:
Insertion Reactions of Benzyne-Nickel(0) Complexes with Carbon Monoxide: X-Ray Structure of a (Phthalato)nickel(II) Complex Formed by Oxidation of an h1:h1-Phthaloyl Intermediate

36.   S.M. Waterman, M.G. Humphrey, V.-A. Tolhurst, D.C.R. Hockless, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, Organometallics, 1996, 15, 934-940:
Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. 2. Site-Selective Substitution of CpWIr3(CO)11 by Phosphines; X-ray Crystal Structures of CpWIr3(m-CO)3(CO)7(PPh3), CpWIr3(m-CO)3(CO)6(PPh3)2 and CpWIr3(m-CO)3(CO)7(PMe3)

37.   S.M. Waterman, M.G. Humphrey and D.C.R. Hockless, Organometallics, 1996, 15, 1745-1748:
Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. 4. Synthesis and X-ray structure of Cp3W3Ir4(m-H)(CO)12

38. I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey and D.C.R. Hockless, Acta Crystallogr. C, 1996, 52,  535-537:
Chloro(cyclopentadienyl)(triphenylphosphine)nickel(II)

39.  I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey, A. Persoons and S. Houbrechts, Organometallics, 1996, 15, 1935-1941:
Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics. 3. Molecular Quadratic Hyperpolarizabilities of Ene‑, Imine‑, and Azo-linked Ruthenium s-Acetylides; X-ray Crystal Structure of Ru{(E)-4,4'-CºCC6H4CH=CHC6H4NO2}(PPh3)2(h-C5H5)

40.   S.M. Waterman, M.G. Humphrey, V.-A. Tolhurst, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Organomet. Chem., 1996, 515, 89-98:
Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry III.  P-C Activation at Tungsten-Triiridium Cores; X-ray Crystal Structures of CpWIr3{m3-h2-PPh(C6H4)}(m-CO)2(CO)7 and CpWIr3{m3-h2-PPh(C6H4)}(m-CO)2(CO)6(PPh3)

41.   M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey and A.C. Willis, J. Organomet. Chem., 1996, 513, 85-95:
High Nuclearity Ruthenium Carbonyl Cluster Chemistry IV: Reactivity of [Ru10(m‑H)(m6-C)(CO)24]- towards trimethylphosphite or bis(diphenylphosphino)acetylene. X-ray structure of [PPh4][Ru10(m-H)(m6‑C)(CO)22{P(OMe)3}2]

42.   M.P. Cifuentes, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Organomet. Chem., 1996, 513, 201-211:
Ruthenium Clusters with Nitrogen Ligands V. Pyridyl ligands on triruthenium cores. X-ray structures of Ru3(m-H)2(m-NC5H4)2(CO)8 and Ru3(m3-h2-PPhCH2PPh2)(m-NC5H4)(CO)8

43. D.C.R. Hockless, S.B. Wild, A.M. McDonagh, I.R. Whittall and M.G. Humphrey, Acta Crystallogr. C, 1996, 52, 1639-1641:
Structure of trans-dichlorobis[(R,R)-1,2-phenylenebis(methylphenylphosphine)]ruthenium(II)

44.   A.M. McDonagh, I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Organomet. Chem., 1996, 519, 229-235:
Organometallic Complexes for Nonlinear Optics V. Syntheses and computationally-derived quadratic nonlinearities of trans-[Ru(CºCC6H4R-4)Cl(dppm)2] (R = H, NO2, C6H4NO2-4, CH=CHC6H4NO2-4,(E)); X-ray crystal structure of trans-[Ru(CºCC6H4C6H4NO2-4,4')Cl(dppm)2]

45.   A.M. McDonagh, I.R. Whittall, M.G. Humphrey, D.C.R. Hockless, B.W. Skelton and A.H. White, J. Organomet. Chem., 1996, 523, 33-40:
Organometal