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

Easily assembled, modular N,O-chelating ligands for Ta(V) complexation: A comparative study of ligand effects in hydroaminoalkylation with N-methylaniline and 4-methoxy-N-methylaniline

P Garcia, PR Payne, E Chong, RL Webster, BJ Barron, AC Behrle, JAR Schmidt, LL Schafer

Tetrahedron

(2013)

69

5737

(doi: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.04.070)

Titanium pyridonates and amidates: novel catalysts for the synthesis of random copolymers

RL Webster, N Noroozi, SG Hatzikiriakos, JA Thomson, LL Schafer

Chemical Communications

(2012)

49

57

(doi: 10.1039/c2cc37201k)

Mild C-H Halogenation of Anilides and the Isolation of an Unusual Palladium(I)-Palladium(II) Species

RB Bedford, MF Haddow, CJ Mitchell, RL Webster

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

(2011)

50

5524

(doi: 10.1002/anie.201101606)

Mild CH Halogenation of Anilides and the Isolation of an Unusual Palladium(I)–Palladium(II) Species

RB Bedford, MF Haddow, CJ Mitchell, RL Webster

Angewandte Chemie

(2011)

123

5638

(doi: 10.1002/ange.201101606)

Solvent-free aromatic C-H functionalisation/halogenation reactions

RB Bedford, JU Engelhart, MF Haddow, CJ Mitchell, RL Webster

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003)

(2010)

39

10464

(doi: 10.1039/c0dt00385a)

Solvent free catalytic C-H functionalisation.

RB Bedford, CJ Mitchell, RL Webster

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

(2010)

46

3095

(doi: 10.1039/c003074k)

Palladium-catalysed ortho -arylation of carbamate-protected phenols

RB Bedford, RL Webster, CJ Mitchell

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

(2009)

7

4853

(doi: 10.1039/b916724m)

The catalytic ortho-arylation of tyrosine

RB Bedford, MF Haddow, RL Webster, CJ Mitchell

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

(2009)

7

3119

(doi: 10.1039/b906119c)

Highly E-Selective Alkene Isomerization Using Me₄NF at Room Temperature

L Webster, RA Shoetan, C Alder, R Webster

Journal of Organic Chemistry

(doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.5c02159)

Reactivity of Iron(II) Bis(imino)pyridine Complexes with PH3

S Lau, MF Mahon, R Webster

Canadian Journal of Chemistry