Publications

29. R.K. Brown, T.N. Hooper, F. Rekhroukh, A.J.P. White, P.J. Costa and M.R. Crimmin, Alumination of aryl methyl ethers: switching between sp2 and sp3 C–O bond functionalisation with Pd-catalysis, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 11673-11676.

28. T.N. Hooper, R.K. Brown, F. Rekhroukh, M. Garçon, A.J.P. White, P.J. Costa and M.R. Crimmin, Catalyst control of selectivity in the C-O bond alumination of biomass derived furans, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 7850 – 7857.

27. N.A. Phillips, J. O’Hanlon, T.N. Hooper, A.J.P. White and M.R. Crimmin, Dihydridoboranes: Selective Reagents for Hydroboration and Hydrodefluorination, Org. Lett., 2019, 21, 7289 – 7293.

26. T.N. Hooper, S. Lau, W. Chen, R.K. Brown, M. Garçon, K. Luong, N.S. Barrow, A.S. Tatton, G.A. Sackman, C. Richardson, A.J.P. White, R.I. Cooper, A.J. Edwards, I.J. Casely and M.R. Crimmin, The partial dehydrogenation of aluminium dihydrides, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 8083 – 8093.

25. T.N. Hooper, M. Garçon, A.J.P. White and M.R. Crimmin, Room Temperature Catalytic Carbon–Hydrogen Bond Alumination of Unactivated Arenes: Mechanism and Selectivity, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 5435 – 5440.

24. W. Chen, T.N. Hooper, J. Ng, A.J. P. White and M.R. Crimmin, Palladium Catalysed Carbon–Fluorine and Carbon–Hydrogen Bond Alumination of Fluoroarenes and Heteroarenes, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 12687-12691.

23. T.N. Hooper, S.K. Langley, S. Gómez-Coca, G. Lorusso, E. Ruiz, K.S. Murray, M. Evangelisti and E.K. Brechin, Coming full circle: constructing a [Gd6] wheel dimer by dimer and the importance of spin topology, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 10255-10263.

22. X. Wang, T.N. Hooper, A. Kumar, I.K. Priest, Y. Sheng, T.O.M. Samuels, S. Wang, A.W. Robertson, M. Pacios, H. Bhaskaran, A.S. Weller and J.H. Warner., Oligomeric aminoborane precursors for the chemical vapour deposition growth of few-layer hexagonal boron nitride, CrystEngComm., 2017, 19, 285-294.

21. T.N. Hooper, R. Inglis, N. Scott-Gray, G. Lorusso, J. Ujma, P.E. Barran, D. Uhrin, J. Schnack, S. Piligkos, M. Evangelisti and E.K. Brechin, The structurally flexible and solution stable [Ln4M8(OH)8(L)8(O2CR)8(MeOH)y][X4]: A playground for magnetic refrigeration, Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 10535-10546.

20. A. Kumar, I.K. Priest, T.N. Hooper* and A.S. Weller*, Variable Coordination Modes and Catalytic Dehydrogenation of B-Phenyl Amine-Boranes, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 6183-6195.

19. T.N. Hooper, N.A. Beattie, S.A. Macgregor and A.S. Weller, Dehydrocoupling of phosphine-boranes using the [RhCp*Me(PMe3)(CH2Cl2)][BArF4] precatalyst: stoichiometric and catalytic studies, Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 2414-2426.

18. A. Kumar, J.S.A. Ishibashi, T.N. Hooper, S.-Y. Liu and A.S. Weller, The Synthesis, Characterization and Dehydrogenation of Sigma–Complexes of BN–Cyclohexanes, Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 310-322.

17. H.C. Johnson, T.N. Hooper and A.S. Weller, The Catalytic Dehydrocoupling of Amine-Boranes and Phosphine-Boranes, Top. Organomet. Chem., 2015, 49, 153-220. Published as a chapter contribution to “Synthesis and Application of Organoboron Compounds”, E. Fernandez and A. Whiting (eds), Springer, 2015.

16. J. Luo, R. Theron, L.J. Sewell, T.N. Hooper, A.S. Weller, A.G. Oliver and J.S. McIndoe, Rhodium-catalyzed selective partial hydrogenation of alkynes, Organometallics, 2015, 34, 3021-3028.

15. T.N. Hooper, M.A. Huertos, T. Jurca, S.D. Pike, A.S. Weller and I. Manners, Effect of the Phosphine Steric and Electronic Profile on the Rh-Promoted Dehydrocoupling of Phosphine-Boranes, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53, 3716-3729.

14. A. Kumar, H.C. Johnson, T.N. Hooper, A.S. Weller, A.G. Algarra and S.A. Macgregor, Multiple metal-bound oligomers from Ir-catalysed dehydropolymerisation of H3B·NH3 as probed by experiment and computation, Chem. Sci., 2014, 5, 2546-2553.

13. V. Corradini, A. Ghirri, A. Candini, R. Biagi, U. del Pennino, V. De Renzi, G. Dotti, E. Otero, T.N. Hooper, R. Inglis, E.K. Brechin and M. Affronte, Surface Investigation on Gd4M8 (M = Zn, Ni) Single Molecule Coolers, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2014, 24, 4782-4788.

12. T.N. Hooper, R. Inglis, M.A. Palacios, G.S. Nichol, M.B. Pitak, S.J. Coles, G. Lorusso, M. Evangelisti and E.K. Brechin, CO2 as a reaction ingredient for the construction of metal cages: a carbonate-panelled [Gd6Cu3] tridiminished icosahedron, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3498-3500.

11. N. Berg, T.N. Hooper, J. Liu, C.C. Beedle, S. Kumar Singh, G. Rajaraman, S. Piligkos, S. Hill, E.K. Brechin and L.F. Jones, Synthetic, structural, spectroscopic and theoretical study of a Mn(III)-Cu(II) dimer containing a Jahn-Teller compressed Mn ion, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 207-216.

10. L. Ungur, S.K. Langley, T.N. Hooper, B. Moubaraki, E.K. Brechin, K.S. Murray, and L.F. Chibotaru, Net Toroidal Magnetic Moment in the Ground State of a {Dy6}‑Triethanolamine Ring, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 18554-18557.

9. T.N. Hooper, J. Schnack, S. Piligkos, M. Evangelisti and E.K. Brechin, The Importance of Being Exchanged: [GdIII4MII8(OH)8(L)8(O2CR)8]4+ Clusters for Magnetic Refrigeration, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 4633-4636.

8. R.A. Sanguramath, T.N. Hooper, C.P. Butts, M. Green, J.E. McGrady and C.A. Russell, The Interaction of Gold(I) Cations with 1,3-Dienes, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 7592-7595. (Very important paper).

7. M. Evangelisti, O. Roubeau, E. Palacios, A. Camón, T.N. Hooper, E.K. Brechin and J.J. Alonso, Cryogenic Magnetocaloric Effect in a Ferromagnetic Molecular Dimer, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 6606-6609. (Very important paper).

6. S.K. Langley, N.F. Chilton, B. Moubaraki, T.N. Hooper, E.K. Brechin, M. Evangelisti and K.S. Murray, Molecular Coolers: The Case for [CuII5GdIII4], Chem. Sci., 2011, 2, 1166-1169. (Featured in Chemistry World online article “Molecular fridge can reach millikelvin”).

5. T.N. Hooper, M. Green and C.A. Russell, Cationic Au(I) Alkyne Complexes: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 2313-2315.

4. T.N. Hooper, C.P. Butts, M. Green, M.F. Haddow, J.E. McGrady and C.A. Russell, Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Stable Homoleptic Gold(I) Alkene Cations, Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 12196-12200.

3. T.N. Hooper, M. Green, J.E. McGrady, J.R. Patel and C.A. Russell, Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Stable Cationic Gold(I) Alkene Complexes, Chem. Commun., 2009, 3877-3879. (Hot article).

2. C.P. Butts, M. Green, T.N. Hooper, R.J. Kilby, J.E. McGrady, D.A. Pantazis and C.A. Russell, 1,2-Diphosphinobenzene as a Synthon for the 1,2,3-Triphospha- and 2-Arsa-1,3-Diphosphaindenyl Anions and a Stable Organo Derivative of the P-8 Unit of Hittorf’s Phosphorus, Chem. Commun., 2008, 856-858.

1. J.M. Slattery, C. Fish, M. Green, T.N. Hooper, J.C. Jeffery, R.J. Kilby, J.M. Lynam, J.E. McGrady, D.A. Pantazis, C.A. Russell and C.E. Willans, Evidence for a SN2-type Pathway for Phosphine Exchange in Phosphine-Phosphenium Cations, [R2P-PR’3]+, Chem. Eur. J., 2007, 13, 6967-6974.