University Assistant Professor


Research interests

The Webster group focuses on catalysis with first row transition metals, with a focus on iron catalyst design for the synthesis of bonds between main-group elements. We are interested in trying to understand mechanism and in order to do so we use a varity of in situ and in-line techniques.

 

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Publications

Taming PH3: State of the Art and Future Directions in Synthesis
TM Hood, S Lau, RL Webster
J Am Chem Soc
(2022)
144
Broken Promises? On the Continued Challenges Faced in Catalytic Hydrophosphination.
S Lau, TM Hood, RL Webster
ACS Catal
(2022)
12
Catalytic Hydrophosphination of Allenes Using an Iron(II) β-Diketiminate Complex
RL Webster, CR Woof, TG Linford-Wood, MF Mahon
Synthesis
(2022)
55
An Iron‐Catalyzed Route to Dewar 1,3,5‐Triphosphabenzene and Subsequent Reactivity
AN Barrett, M Diefenbach, MF Mahon, V Krewald, RL Webster
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2022)
61
An Iron‐Catalyzed Route to Dewar 1,3,5‐Triphosphabenzene and Subsequent Reactivity
AN Barrett, M Diefenbach, MF Mahon, V Krewald, RL Webster
Angewandte Chemie
(2022)
134
Iron-Catalyzed H/D Exchange of Primary Silanes, Secondary Silanes, and Tertiary Siloxanes.
TG Linford-Wood, MF Mahon, MN Grayson, RL Webster
ACS catalysis
(2022)
12
Hydrogen/Halogen Exchange of Phosphines for the Rapid Formation of Cyclopolyphosphines
AN Barrett, CR Woof, CA Goult, D Gasperini, MF Mahon, RL Webster
Inorg Chem
(2021)
60
Hydroboration of aldehydes, ketones and CO2 under mild conditions mediated by iron(iii) salen complexes
S Lau, CB Provis-Evans, AP James, RL Webster
Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)
(2021)
50
Polymerization of Allenes by Using an Iron(II) β-Diketiminate Pre-Catalyst to Generate High Mn Polymers
CR Woof, DJ Durand, RL Webster
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
(2021)
27
Phosphirenium Ions as Masked Phosphenium Catalysts: Mechanistic Evaluation and Application in Synthesis
D Gasperini, SE Neale, MF Mahon, SA Macgregor, RL Webster
ACS catalysis
(2021)
11

Research Group

Research Interest Group

Telephone number

01223 336405

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