Professor Andrew S. Weller
Tutorial Fellow
Subject Area: Chemistry
Email:
remove.me.andrew.weller@chem.ox.ac.uk
Tel: +44-(0)1865-276000
Webpage:
www.chem.ox.ac.uk/researchguide/asweller.html
Undergraduate Teaching
Inorganic ChemistryResearch Interests
Research in the Weller group is based upon synthetic organometallic chemistry, and in particular the generation and stabilisation of transition metal complexes with a low coordination number or which are “operationally unsaturated”. Through this we are interested in topics related to catalysis (e.g. weakly coordinating anions, hemi-labile ligands), C-H, C-C, B-H complexes and activation (via agostic or sigma interactions) and the self-assembly of metal fragments to form novel clusters that show promise as models for hydrogen on metal surfaces and new hydrogen storage devices. Our research themes broadly encompass organometallic and inorganic chemistry and catalysis.Selected Publications
T. M. Douglas, A. B. Chaplin and A. S. Weller Amine-Borane Sigma-Complexes of Rhodium. Relevance to Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Amine-Boranes J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 14432
G. L. Moxham, H. Randell-Sly, S. K. Brayshaw, A. S. Weller and M.C. Willis Intermolecular Alkene Hydroacylation using beta-S-substituted Aldehydes. Mechanistic Insight into the Role of a Hemilabile P-O-P Ligand, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 8383.
T. M. Douglas, S. K. Brayshaw, R. Dallanegra, S. A. Macgregor, G. L. Moxham, G. Kociok-Köhn, P. Vadivelu, A. S. Weller and T.Wondimagegn, Intramolecular Alkane Dehydrogenation in Cationic Rhodium Complexes of Tris-Cyclopentylphosphine, Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 1004.
S. K. Brayshaw, E. L. Sceats, J. C. Green and A. S. Weller C-C sigma-complexes of Rhodium , Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 2007, 104, 6921.
S. K. Brayshaw, A. Harrison, J. S. McIndoe , F.Marken, P. R. Raithby, J. E. Warren and A. S. Weller, Sequential Reduction of High Hydride Count Rhodium Octahedral Clusters [Rh6(PR3)6H12][BArF4]2: Redox-Switchable Hydrogen Storage. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 1793.