Dr Ruth Webster | Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

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

Hydroboration of aldehydes, ketones and CO2under mild conditions mediated by iron(iii) salen complexes

S Lau, CB Provis-Evans, AP James, RL Webster

Dalton Trans

(2021)

50

10696

(doi: 10.1039/d1dt02092g)

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

12335

(doi: 10.1002/chem.202101078)

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

5452

(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01133)

Iron Catalyzed Double Bond Isomerization: Evidence for an FeI /FeIII Catalytic Cycle.

CR Woof, DJ Durand, N Fey, E Richards, RL Webster

Chemistry - A European Journal

(2021)

27

5972

(doi: 10.1002/chem.202004980)

Amine-Boranes as Transfer Hydrogenation and Hydrogenation Reagents: A Mechanistic Perspective.

S Lau, D Gasperini, RL Webster

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

(2021)

60

14272

(doi: 10.1002/anie.202010835)

Heterobimetallic Complexes of 1,1-Diphosphineamide Ligands

NT Coles, D Gasperini, CB Provis-Evans, MF Mahon, RL Webster

Organometallics

(2021)

40

148

(doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00662)

Room temperature iron catalyzed transfer hydrogenation usingn-butanol and poly(methylhydrosiloxane)

TG Linford-Wood, NT Coles, RL Webster

Green Chemistry

(2021)

23

2703

(doi: 10.1039/d0gc04175k)

Room temperature iron catalyzed transfer hydrogenation using n-butanol and poly(methylhydrosiloxane) (vol 23, pg 2703, 2021)

TG Linford-Wood, NT Coles, RL Webster

Green Chemistry

(2021)

23

3750

(doi: 10.1039/d1gc90042k)

Regioselective Alkyne Cyclotrimerization with an In Situ-Generated [Fe(II)H(salen)]•Bpin Catalyst

CB Provis-Evans, S Lau, V Krewald, RL Webster

ACS Catalysis

(2020)

10

10157

(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03068)

Seeking Heteroatom-Rich Compounds: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies into Iron Catalyzed Dehydrocoupling of Silanes

D Gasperini, AK King, NT Coles, MF Mahon, RL Webster

ACS Catalysis

(2020)

10

6102

(doi: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01440)