Peer-Reviewed Publications 

37. Helical dinuclear 3d metal complexes with bis(bidentate) [S,N] ligands: synthesis, structural and computational studies

J. Allen, J. Saßmannshausen, K. Singh and A. F. R. Kilpatrick Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 17608-17619. DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02395A

36. Catenated (Bi)n (n=2, 3, 4) Complexes with Formally Monovalent Bismuth Centres

R. J. Schwamm, A. F. R. Kilpatrick and M. P. Coles Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2022, e202200260. DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202200260

35. Debondable adhesives and their use in recycling

K. R. Mulcahy, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, G. Harper, A. Walton and A. P. Abbott Green Chem., 2022, 24, 36. DOI: 10.1039/D1GC03306A

34. Reactions of a bis(pentalene)dititanium complex with alkenes; the molecular structure of the butadiene complex [Ti2(µ:η5,η5-Pn††)2(μ:η2,η2-s-trans-C4H6)] (Pn†† = 1,4-(SiiPr3)2-C8H4)

M. Molloy, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, N. Tsoureas and F. G. N. Cloke Polyhedron, 2022, 212, 115574. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115574

33. Cyclopentadienyl and Phospholyl Complexes of Group 4 Metals

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, and F. M. Chadwick, Comprehensive Organomet. Chem., 2021, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00074-3

32. Polymethylaluminoxane organic frameworks (sMAOF) – highly active supports for slurry phase ethylene polymerisation

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, H. S. Geddes, Z. R. Turner, J.-C. Buffet, A. L. Goodwin and D. O’Hare Catal. Sci. Tech., 2021, 11, 5472. DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00767j

31. Transformation of formazanate at nickel(II) centers to give a singly reduced nickel complex with azo-iminate radical ligands and its reactivity towards dioxygen

D. Ar, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, D. Ar, B. Cula, C. Herwig and C. Limberg Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 13844. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03761

30. CO2 activation by permethylpentalene amido zirconium complexes

E. Hamilton, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, Z. R. Turner, D. A. X. Fraser, J.-C. Buffet and D. O’Hare Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 4494. DOI: 10.1039/D1DT00770J

29. Electron transfer within β-diketiminato nickel bromide and cobaltocene redox couples activating CO2

P. Zimmermann, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, D. Ar, S. Demeshko, B. Cula and C. Limberg Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 875. DOI: 10.1039/D0CC06983C

28. Physicochemical surface-structure studies of highly active zirconocene polymerisation catalysts on solid polymethylaluminoxane activating supports  

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, N. H. Rees, Z. R. Turner, J.-C. Buffet and D. O'Hare Mater. Chem. Front., 2020, 4, 3226. DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00482K

27. Realising the electrochemical stability of graphene: scalable synthesis of an ultra-durable platinum catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction
G. M. A. Angel, N. Mansor, R. Jervis, Z. Rana, C. Gibbs, A. Seel, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, P. R. Shearing, C. A. Howard, D. J. L. Brett and P. L. Cullen, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 16113. DOI: 10.1039/D0NR03326J

26. Understanding metal synergy in heterodinuclear catalysts for CO2/epoxide copolymerisation
A. C. Deacy, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, A. Regoutz and C. K. Williams, Nat. Chem., 2020, 12, 372. DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0450-3
Highlighted in News & Views.

25. Ethene activation and catalytic hydrogenation by a low-valent uranium pentalene complex

N. Tsoureas, L. Maron, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, R. A. Layfield and F. G. N. Cloke, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 89. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11929

24. Solochrome cyanine: A histological stain for cobalt-chrome wear particles in metal-on-metal periprosthetic tissues

I. Papadimitriou-Olivgeri, J. Brown, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, R. Gill and N. Athanasou, J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Med., 2019, 30, 103. DOI: 10.1007/s10856-019-6304-0

23. Synthesis, characterisation and slurry phase ethylene polymerisation of rac-(PhBBI*)ZrCl2 immobilised on modified layered double hydroxides

G. E. Hickman, C. M. R. Wright, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, Z. R. Turner, J.-C. Buffet, and D. O'Hare, Mol. Catal., 2019, 468, 139. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2019.02.025

22. Ring-opening polymerisation of low-strain nickelocenophanes: Synthesis and magnetic properties of polynickelocenes with carbon and silicon main chain spacers

R. L. N. Hailes, R. A. Musgrave, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, A. D. Russell, G. R. Whittell, D. O’Hare and I. Manners, Chem. –Eur. J., 2019, 25, 1044. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804326
Highlighted as Very Important Paper.

21. Geoff Cloke at 65: a pioneer in organometallic chemistry

P. L Arnold, J. C. Green, M. L. H. Green, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, R. A. Layfield, J. B. Love, D. O’Hare and J. F. C. Turner, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 9929. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT90115E

20. Single-molecule magnet properties of a monometallic dysprosium pentalene complex

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, F.-S. Guo, B. M. Day, A. Mansikkamäki, R. A. Layfield and F. G. N. Cloke, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 7085. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC03516D

19. Slurry-phase ethylene polymerization using pentafluorophenyl- and pentafluorophenoxy-modified solid polymethylaluminoxanes

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, N. H. Rees, S. Sripothongnak, J.-C. Buffet and D. O’Hare Organometallics, 2018, 37, 156. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00846

18. Zirconium arene triple-decker sandwich complexes: synthesis, electronic structure and bonding

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, J. C. Green, Z. R. Turner, J.-C. Buffet and D. O’Hare. Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 12048. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC07083G

17. Hydrodeoxygenation of water-insoluble bio-oil to alkanes using a highly dispersed Pd-Mo catalyst

H. Duan, J. Dong, X. Gu, Y.-K. Peng, W. Chen, T. Issariyakul, W. Myers, M.-J. Li, N. Yi, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, Y. Wang, X. Zheng, S. Ji, Q. Wang, J. Feng, D. Chen, Y. Li, J.-C. Buffet, H.-C. Liu, S. C. E. Tsang and D. O'Hare, Nat. Commun., 2017, 8, 591. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00596-3

16. Carbon dioxide activation by a uranium(III) complex derived from a chelating bis(aryloxide) ligand

C. J. Inman, A. S. P. Frey, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, F. G. N. Cloke and S. M. R. Roe, Organometallics, 2017, 36, 4549. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00263

15. Controlling the surface hydroxyl concentration by thermal treatment of layered double hydroxides

C. M. R. Wright, K. Ruengkajorn, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, J.-C. Buffet and D. O'Hare, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 7842. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00582

14. Bonding in pentalene complexes and their recent applications

F. G. N. Cloke, J. C. Green, A. F. R. Kilpatrick and D. O'Hare, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2017, 344, 238. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.12.006

13. A base-free synthetic route to anti-bimetallic lanthanide pentalene complexes

A. F. R. Kilpatrick and F. G. N. Cloke, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 5587. DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04475A

12. Reactivity of a dititanium bis(pentalene) complex toward heteroallenes and main-group element–element bonds

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, J. C. Green and F. G. N. Cloke, Organometallics, 2017, 36, 352. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00791

11. Synthesis and characterization of solid polymethylaluminoxane;
a bifunctional activator and support for slurry-phase ethylene polymerization

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, J.-C. Buffet, S. Sripothongnak, P. Nørby, N. P. Funnell and D. O’Hare, Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 7444. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03009

10. Complexes of iron(II) with silylated pentalene ligands; building blocks for homo- and heterobimetallics

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, D. R. Johnston, J. C. Green, N. Tsoureas, M. P. Coles and F. G. N. Cloke, Polyhedron, 2016, 116, 26. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2016.03.001

9. Steric control of redox events in organo-uranium chemistry: Synthesis and characterisation of U(V) oxo and nitrido complexes

N. Tsoureas, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, C. J. Inman and F. G. N. Cloke, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 4624. DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00632a

8. Bonding in complexes of bis(pentalene)dititanium, Ti2(C8H6)2

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, J. C. Green and F. G. N. Cloke, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 4830. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00363

7. The reductive activation of CO2 across a Ti═Ti double bond: synthetic, structural, and mechanistic studies

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, J. C. Green and F. G. N. Cloke, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 4816. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00315
Highlighted as ACS Editors’ Choice (04/07/2015) & Front Cover for volume 34, issue 20.

6. Controlling selectivity in the reductive activation of CO2 by mixed sandwich uranium(III) complexes

N. Tsoureas, L. Castro, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, F. G. N. Cloke and L. Maron, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 3777. DOI: 10.1039/C4SC01401D

Highlighted in magazines Chemistry World and Scientific American, July 2014.

5. Reductive deoxygenation of CO2 by a bimetallic titanium bis(pentalene) complex

A. F. R. Kilpatrick and F. G. N. Cloke, Chem. Commun., 2014, 2769. DOI: 10.1039/c3cc48379g

4. Bis(1,2-bis(dimethylphosphano)ethane)tricarbonyltitanium(0) and hexacarbonyltitanate(2−)

R. E. Jilek, P. J. Fischer, J. E. Ellis, A. F. R. Kilpatrick and F. G. N. Cloke, Inorg. Synth., 2013, 36, 129. DOI: 10.1002/9781118744994.ch24

3. The first example of the two-electron reduction of a phosphaalkyne

N. Tsoureas, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, O. T. Summerscales, J. F. Nixon, F. G. N. Cloke and P. B. Hitchcock, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2013, 2013, 4085. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201300256

2. Bis(pentalene)di-titanium: a bent double-sandwich complex with a very short Ti-Ti bond

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, J. C. Green, F. G. N. Cloke and N. Tsoureas, Chem. Commun., 2013, 9434. DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45187a
Paper shortlisted for 2015 Reaxys PhD Prize.

1. Synthesis and ethylene trimerisation capability of new chromium(II) and chromium(III) heteroscorpionate complexes

A. F. R. Kilpatrick, S. V. Kulangara, M. G. Cushion, R. Duchateau and P. Mountford, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 3653. DOI: 10.1039/b926333k

Patents

5. Compounds suitable for use in the polymerisation of cyclic esters

D. O’Hare, J.-C. Buffet, C. M. R. Wright and A. F. R. Kilpatrick, WO2020120936A1

4. Catalytic compounds for use in olefins polymerization

D. O’Hare, J.-C. Buffet, C. M. R. Wright and A. F. R. Kilpatrick, WO2020120935A1

3. Modified solid polymethylaluminoxane

D. O’Hare, J.-C. Buffet and A. F. R. Kilpatrick, WO2019086906A1

2. Catalytic support and uses thereof

D. O’Hare, J.-C. Buffet, A. F. R. Kilpatrick, E. Somsook, N. Nealmongkolrattana, S. Charoenchaidet, S. Sripothongnak, WO2017191467A1

1. Solid support material

D. O’Hare, J.-C. Buffet, A. F. R. Kilpatrick and C. M. R. Wright, WO2019086905A1