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Prof. Dr. John Forster Nixon

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Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsInorganic Molecular Chemistry,Organic Molecular Chemistry
KeywordsHauptgruppen, Metalle, Phosphor, ungesättigt, Übergangsmetalle

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityBrighton
InstitutionUniversity of Sussex
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Othmar StelzerFach Anorganische Chemie, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Manfred ScheerInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Manfred ScheerInstitut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2001

Programme(s)

2001Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor J. F. Nixon is renowned for his trail-blazing achievements in phospha-organometallic chemistry - a research domain that has had a great impact on the development of new synthetic methods in chemistry and modern bonding theories. He has published many major contributions to the rapidly developing field of unsaturated phosphorus compounds with phosphorus-carbon multiple bonds and metals from every sector of the periodic table. The planned research project is expected to contribute to the further development of organo-metallic chemistry and its application in homogeneous catalysis.

Publications (partial selection)

2002M. M. Al-Ktaifani, W. Bauer, U. Bergsträßer, B. Breit, M.D. Francis, F.W. Heinemann, P.B. Hitchcock, A. Mack, J.F. Nixon, H. Pritzkow, M. Regitz, M. Zeller, and U. Zenneck: Hexaphosphaprismane, P6C4But4: A New Gateway to Organophosphorus Cage Chemistry. In: European Journal of Chemistry, 2002, 1517
2002M.D. Francis, P.B. Hitchcock, J. Nixon, H-G Schnoeckel and J. Steiner: Synthesis and structural characterisation of the 3,5- ditertiarybutyl, 1,2,4-triphospholyl complexes of monovalent gallium and thallium, M(eta-P3C2But2),(M=Ga, Tl). In: J. Organometal. Chem., 2002, 191
2001M. Al-Ktaifani, D.P. Chapman, M.D. Francis, L. Nyulaszi, P.B. Hitchcock and J. F. Nixon: The hexaphospha-pentaprismane P6C4But4, a 'Jaws' like molecule that bites!'. In: Angew. Chemie. Int. Edn., 2001, 3474
U.Vogel, J. F. Nixon and M. Scheer,: Copper(I)Mediated Oligomerisation of a Phospha-alkyne . In: J. C. S. Chem. Commun, 2007, 5055, ,
S. Deng, C. Schwarzmaier, M. Zabel, J. F. Nixon, Al.Y. Timoshkin and M. Scheer: Coordination Behaviour of the 1, 2, 3 -triphosphaferrocene [CpFe(η5-P3C2(H)Ph)] with organometallic moieties.. In: Organometallics 2009, 28, 1075, ,
A. Schindler, M.. Zabel, J. F. Nixon and M. Scheer: Hexaphosphaferrocene, [Fe(η5-P3C2tBu2)2], as a connecting moiety in oligomeriic and polymeric compounds. In: Z. Naturforsch., 2009, 64b, 1429., ,
S. Deng, C. Schwarzmaier, M. Zabel, J. F. Nixon, G. Balazs and M. Scheer: Remarkable differences in the Coordination Chemistry of structurally related 1, 2, 4 –Triphosphaferrocenes with Copper(I) and Ag(I) salts. In: European J. Inorg. Chem., to be submitted, ,
S.Deng, C. Schwarzmaier, U.Vogel, M. Zabel, J. F. Nixon and M. Scheer: Unexpected differences in the coordination behaviour of 1,2,4-triphosphaferrocenes towards Cu(I) chloride. In: European J. Inorg. Chem., 2008, 4870., ,