By Associate Professor Steve Colbran

Journal articles

Lonnon DG; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 2006, 'Programmed helicity in self-assembled hydrogen-bonded chains of chiral copper(II) complexes', European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 1190 - 1197

Colbran SB; Craig DC; Lonnon DG, 2006, 'Rhodium, palladium and platinum complexes of tris(pyridylalkyl)amine and tris(benzimidazolylmethyl) amine N4-tripodal ligandst', Journal of the Royal Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 3785 - 3797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b602556k

Ji XK; Black DS; Colbran SB; Craig DC; Edbey KM; Harper JB; Willett GD, 2005, 'meso-Indanyl calix[4]pyrrole receptors', Tetrahedron, 61, pp. 10705 - 10712, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6THR-4H45GTC-4/2/0288ad49f0a9cd0f1e6fe0df04a97b4e

Lucas N; Hook JM; Mcdonagh AM; Colbran SB, 2005, 'Titanium dioxide nanoparticles functionalized with Pd and W complexes of a catecholphosphane ligand', European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 496 - 503

Lonnon DG; Craig DC; Colbran SB; Bernhardt PV, 2004, 'Novel one-dimensional structures and solution behaviour of copper(II)bromide and chloride complexes of a new pentapyridyldiamine ligand', Journal of the Royal Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 778 - 787

Lonnon DG; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2004, 'Synthesis and structure of copper(II) complexes of two newpoly(2-pyridylalkyl)diamine ligands', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357, pp. 3793 - 3798

Colbran SB; Paddon-Row MN, 2003, 'Could the tyrosine-histidine ligand to CuB in cytochrome c oxidase be coordinatively labile? Implications from a quantum chemical model study of histidine substitutional lability and the effects of the covalent tyrosine-histidine cross-link', Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 8, pp. 855 - 865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00775-003-0488-x

Lonnon DG; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2003, 'An unusual but informative synthesis and the crystal structure of [Co(tpa CO2)Cl]ClO4)(tpa CO2- = 6-carboxylato-2-pyridylmethylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine.', Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 6, pp. 1351 - 1353

Watkins SE; Craig DC; Colbran SB; Evans AJ, 2003, 'Copper complexes with ferrocenyl pendants: Evidence for an FeII~CuII ÷ FeIII~CuI electron transfer equilibrium leading to a reaction with dioxygen', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, pp. 983 - 994

He Z; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 2003, 'Could redox-switched binding of a redox-active ligand to a copper(II) centre drive a conformational proton pump gate? A synthetic model study.', Chemistry - a European Journal, 9, pp. 116 - 129

Colbran SB; Paddon-Row MN, 2003, 'Could the tyrosine-histidine ligand to CuB in cytochrome c oxidase be coordinatively labile? Implications from a quantum chemical model study of histidine substitutional lability and the effects of the covalent tyrosine-histidine cross-link.', Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 8, pp. 855 - 865

Evans AJ; Watkins SE; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2002, 'Copper complexes with ferrocenyl pendants:: Evidence for an Fe^II ∼ CuII ⇆ Fe^III ∼ Cu^I electron transfer equilibrium leading to a reaction with dioxygen', JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS, pp. 983 - 994, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b105150b

Lonnon DG; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2002, 'Monomeric and dimeric metal complexes of a simply prepared and versatile pentapyridyl diamine', Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 5, pp. 958 - 962

He Z; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2002, 'Structures and properties of 6-aryl substituted [tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine] transition metal complexes', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, pp. 4224 - 4235

Watkins SE; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2002, 'Towards co-operative reactivity in conjoint ¿classical¿¿¿organometallic¿ heterometallic complexes: The co-ordination chemistry of novel ligands with triphenylphosphine and bis(pyridylethyl)amine or triazacyclononane domains', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, pp. 2423 - 2436

Chcn ZJ; Karasck N; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2000, 'Copper(n/i) complexes of a bulky tris(pyrazolylmethyl)amine ligand', Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 3445 - 3452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b0050Slo

Chen ZX; Karasek N; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2000, 'Copper(II/I) complexes of a bulky tris(pyrazolylmethyl)amine ligand', JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS, pp. 3445 - 3452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b005081o

Watkins SE; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2000, 'A palladium(ii) complex of a new iminophosphine ligand derived from diethylenetriamine and 2-(diphenylphosphino)-benzaldehyde', Inorganica Chimica Acta, pp. 134 - 138

Chen ZL; Karasek N; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2000, 'Copper(ii) and copper(i) complexes of a bulky tris(pyrazolylmethyl)amine ligand', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 2000, pp. 344 - 3452

He Z; Chaimungkalanont PJ; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 2000, 'Copper(ii) complexes of 6-hydroxymethyl-substituted tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine ligands', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 2000, pp. 1419 - 1429

Watkins SE; Yang X; Craig DC; Colbran SB, 1999, 'A new route to (N)-n-donor functionalised phosphines; novel homo- and hetero-nuclear complexes of a phosphino-substituted triazacyclononane ligand', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 10, pp. 1539 - 1540

Storrier GD; Colbran SB, 1999, 'A simple route to bis(terpyridyl)transition metal oligomers', Inorganica Chimica Acta, pp. 76 - 84

Sembiring SB; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 1999, 'Synthesis and electrochemistry of platinum complexes of hydroquinon-2-ylmethyl- and p-benzoquinon-2-ylmethyl-diphenylphosphine', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 10, pp. 1543 - 1554

Storrier GD; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 1998, 'Transition-metal complexes of terppyridine ligands with hydroquinone or quinone substituents', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, pp. 1351 - 1363

Storrier GD; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 1997, 'Bis{4`(4-Anilino)-2,2`:6`,2``-terpyridine} Transition Metal Complexes: Electrochemically-active Monomers with a Wide Range of Magnetic and Optical Properties for Syntheses of Rigid-rod Oligomers and Polymers', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, pp. 3011 - 3028

Harrison WM; Saadeh C; Colbran SB, 1997, 'Reduction of (h5-C5Ph4q)Ru(CO)2Br (q = 2,5-Benzoquinonyl): Evidence for a 18¿d Metalate Anion with a Reduced, Semiquinone Substituent', Organometallics, 16, pp. 4254 - 4256

Storrier GD; Colbran SB, 1997, 'Syntheses, Electrochemistry and Electrodeposition of Ruthenium(II) Complexes of 4,4`-Bis(4-anilinovinyl)-2,2`-bipyridine', Polyhedron, 16, pp. 2705 - 2710

Harrison WM; Saadeh C; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 1997, 'Synthesis, Structure, and Redox Properties of the Mo(VI) Complexes (h5-C5Ph4Ar)MoO2X (Ar = 2,5-dimethoxyphenyl; X = Br or alkoxide)', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, pp. 3785 - 3792

Storrier GD; Colbran SB, 1996, 'Transition-metal complexes of 4`(4-anilino)-2,2`:6`2`-terpyridine (and derivatives): versatile building blocks for construction of metallooligomers and macromolecules', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 10, pp. 2185 - 2186

Sembiring SB; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 1995, 'complexes of new electronically-active p-quinonyl-/p-hydroquinonyl-phospines: multiple electron/proton transfer reactions and electrochemical/pH control of p-quinonyl-/p-hydroquinonyl o-oxygen atom coordination', Inorganic Chemistry, pp. 761 - 762

Storrier GD; Colbran SB; Hibbert DB, 1995, 'homoleptic Fe(II) complexes of new 2,2`:6` ,2`-terpyridine ligands with 4`-p-hydroquinonyl or 4`-p-quinonyl pendants', Inorganica Chimica Acta, pp. 1 - 4

Sembiring SB; Colbran SB; Bishop R; Craig DC; Rae AD, 1995, 'Inclusion properties of palladium(II) and platinum(II) hydroxyquinonylphosphine complexes: the molecular and crystal structures of trans-[PdCI2(pphqH2)2] (acetone)2, trans-[PtCI2(pphqH2)2] (dimethylformamide)4 and trans-[PdCl2(pp', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 228, pp. 109 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0020-1693(94)04157-Q

Sembiring SB; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 1995, 'palladium(II) diphenylphosphino-p-hydroquinone (pphqH2) complexes: preparation and x-ray structure analyses of a novel cluster [PdBr{h2- (m2-o), P-pphqH}]4 2H2O and a phosphine-phosphinite complex, cis-[PdBr2{1-PPh2-2-OPPh2-5-OH-', Journal of the Royal Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 1995, pp. 3731 - 3741

COLBRAN SB; HARRISON WM; SAADEH C, 1994, 'REDUCTION OF TRANSITION-METAL COMPLEXES WITH P-HYDROQUINONYL-SUBSTITUTED OR P-QUINONYL-SUBSTITUTED CYCLOPENTADIENYL LIGANDS', ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 208, pp. 34 - INOR

Colbran SB; Harrison WM; Saadeh C, 1994, 'Reduction Chemistry of Organometallic Molybdenum, Tungsten, and Ruthenium Bromo Complexes of the Bulky, Perarylated Cyclopentadienyl Ligand η⁵-C5Ph4hqMe2: Evidence for the Intermediacy of Metal-Centered Radicals and Nucleophilic Reactions of Product Metalate Anions with Chlorinated Solvent', Organometallics, 13, pp. 1061 - 1063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om00016a005

Storrier GD; Colbran SB; Hibbert DB, 1994, 'Chemical and electrochemical syntheses, and characterization of poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline) (PDMA): a novel, soluble, conducting polymer', Synthetic Metals, 62, pp. 179 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0379-6779(94)90309-3

Berthon RA; Colbran SB; Moran GM, 1993, 'Synthesis, electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of pendant hydroquinone- and quinone-substituted polypyridyl ruthenium(II) complexes', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 204, pp. 3 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0020-1693(00)88106-2

Saadeh C; Colbran SB; Craig DC; Rae AD, 1993, 'Syntheses, Properties, and X-ray Crystal Structures of the Molybdenum Dimers [^#Cp2Mo2Br2(CO)2] and [^#Cp2Mo2Br4] (^#Cp = η⁵-1-(2,5-Dimethoxyphenyl)-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylcyclopentadienyl)', Organometallics, 12, pp. 133 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om00025a025

Sembiring SB; Colbran SB; Hanton LR, 1992, 'The preparation, properties and X-ray crystal structure of the nickel(II) hydroquinonylphosphine complex cis-[Ni(pphqH)2]·H2O·2(CH3)2NCHO', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 202, pp. 67 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0020-1693(00)85352-9

Berthon RA; Colbran SB; Craig DC, 1992, 'Palladium(II) complexes of 2-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1,10-phenanthroline (phenhqMe2) and 2-(2,5-hydroquinonyl)-1,10-phenanthroline (phenhqH2). The x-ray crystal structure of [PdCl(phenhqH)]·H2O·(CH3)2SO', Polyhedron, 11, pp. 243 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5387(00)83288-X

Colbran SB; Craig DC; Harrison WM; Grimley AE, 1991, 'Pendant-para-benzoquinonyl substituted cyclopentadienyl ligands: preparation of 1-para-benzoquinonyl-2,3,4,5-tetraphenylcyclopentadienyl (η⁵-^‡CpQ) ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-328X(91)83214-O

Colbran SB; Craig DC; Sembiring SB, 1990, 'Reactions of [MCl2(ppqMe2)2] (M=Pd, Pt) with I^- and with CF3SO3H/I^- including the synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of the palladium phosphidoxo complex [Pd2(μ-I)2{(PPh20)2H}2]', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 176, pp. 225 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0020-1693(00)84848-3

Colbran SB; Irele PT; Johnson BFG; Kaye PT; Lewis J; Raithby PR, 1989, 'Reactions of the cyclometallated triosmium cluster [os3H2(CO)9{P(C6H4)Ph}] with brøsnsted acids and dihydrogen: Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of [os3H2(CF3CO2)(CO) 9(μ-PPh2)]', Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 2033 - 2037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/DT9890002033

Colbran SB; Irele PT; Johnson BFG; Lahoz FJ; Lewis J; Raithby PR, 1989, 'Cluster activation via cyclometallation. Formation of the cyclometallated triosmium carbonyl cluster [os3H2(CO)9{P(C6H4)Ph}] and its reactions with phosphorus donor ligands.', Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 2023 - 2031, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/DT9890002023

Colbran SB; Lahoz FJ; Raithby PR; Lewis J; Johnson BFG; Cardin CJ, 1988, 'Erratum: Stepwise construction of [Os6(CO)18(μ6-P)]^-, a hexanuclear osmium cluster monoanion with trigonal-prismatic co-ordination for phosphorus. (Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (1988) (173-181))', Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 1107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/DT9880001107

Colbran SB; Lahoz FJ; Raithby PR; Lewis J; Johnson BFG; Cardin CJ, 1988, 'Stepwise construction of [Os6(CO)18(μ6-P)]^-, a hexanuclear osmium cluster monoanion with trigonal-prismatic co-ordination for phosphorus: X-ray crystal structures of [Os6(μ-H)2(CO)20(MeCN)(μ3-PH)] and [PPh3Me][Os6(CO)18(μ6-P)]', Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 173 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/DT9880000173

Colbran SB; Johnson BFG; Lahoz FJ; Lewis J; Raithby PR, 1988, 'Synthesis and characterisation of the tetranuclear phosphinidene clusters [os3MH2(CO)12(PR)] (M = Os, R = Ph or cyclo-C6H11; M = Ru, R = cyclo-C6H11) and the crystal and molecular structure of [os4(μ-H)2(CO)12(μ3-PC 6H11)]', Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 1199 - 1204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/DT9880001199

Colbran SB; Housecroft CE; Johnson BFG; Lewis J; Owen SM; Raithby PR, 1988, 'An X-ray crystal and electronic structural investigation of the interstitial phosphide cluster [Os6(CO)18PCl]', Polyhedron, 7, pp. 1759 - 1765, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0277-5387(00)80408-8

Colbran SB; Hanton LR; Robinson BH; Robinson WT; Simpson J, 1987, 'Electron transfer in organometallic clusters. XIV. Crystal and electronic structures of the tricobalt carbon cluster...', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 330, pp. 415 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-328X(00)99054-5

Colbran SB; Johnson BFG; Lewis J; Sorrell RM, 1986, 'Coupling reactions of phosphido-triosmium carbonyl clusters with [M 3(CO)12] (M=Ru, Os): A simple route to higher nuclearity homo- and hetero-nuclear phosphinidene-osmium carbonyl clusters', Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, pp. 525 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C39860000525

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