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Publications 1969-1975

  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
The Reaction of Allene with Acetylacetonato-π-allylpalladium(II);
Formation of 2,2'-Bi-π-allyl Complexes of Palladium(II),
J. Organomet. Chem., 1969, 20, P17.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
The Interaction of Conjugated and Cumulated Dienes with
Allylic Palladium Systems.
The Nature of the Rate-Determining Step for Insertion Reactions,
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1971, 275.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
Cis-Addition of a Palladium-Carbon Bond to Coordinated Olefins,
J. Organomet. Chem., 1971, 30, C45.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
Insertion of 1,2-Dienes into π-Homoallylic
Complexes of Palladium(II),
J. Organomet. Chem., 1972, 34, C51.
  1. E.M. Ban, R.P. Hughes, and J. Powell,
The Interaction of Olefins, 1,2-Dienes, and 1,3-Dienes with
Allylic and Homoallylic Palladium Systems,
Proc. XIVth Intern. Conf. Coord. Chem.(Toronto), 1972, 77.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
Annual Surveys of Organometallic Chemistry:
Nickel, Palladium, and Platinum,
J. Organomet. Chem. Revs., 1972, 10, 207.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
Transition Metal Promoted Reactions of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons.
Part I. The Mechanism of 1,3-Diene Insertion
into the Allyl-Palladium Bond,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 7723.
  1. D.G. Cooper, R.P. Hughes, and J. Powell,
Studies of Carbon-13 Shielding Effects in
Metal-Alkyl, Metal-Olefin, and Metal-Allyl Bonds,
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1972, 94, 9244.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
2,2'-Bi-π-Allyl Complexes of Palladium(II),
J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 54, 345.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
The Dynamic Stereochemistry of the Allylic Ligand
in a µ-Allylic Complex of Platinum(II),
J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 55, C45.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
Transition Metal Promoted Reactions of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons.
Part II. Insertion of Bicyclic Olefins into
Allylic-Palladium and Platinum Bonds,
J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 60, 387.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
Transition Metal Promoted Reactions of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons.
Part III. Insertion of 1,2-Dienes into Allylic-Palladium Bonds,
J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 60, 409.
  1. R.P. Hughes and J. Powell,
A 1H and 13C NMR Investigation of the Bonding in
Norbornenyl Complexes of Palladium(II) and Platinum(II),
J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 60, 427.
  1. E.M. Ban, R.P. Hughes, and J. Powell,
The Role of Electronic Effects in Determining the
Thermodynamic Stabilities
of Olefin Complexes of Palladium(II) and Platinum(II),
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1973, 591.
  1. R.P. Hughes, T.R. Jack, and J. Powell,
A Study of Trihapto-pentahapto Equilibria in
Heptadienyl-Palladium(II) Complexes and the Possible Role
of Such Complexes in Metal Complex Catalyzed
1,4-Polymerizations of 1,3-Butadiene,
J. Organomet. Chem., 1973, 63, 451.
  1. E.M. Ban, R.P. Hughes, and J. Powell,
Transition Metal Promoted Reactions of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons.
Part IV. Reactions of Norbornenyl Complexes of Palladium(II) with
Group V Donor Ligands, Olefins, 1,3-Dienes, and 1,2-Dienes,
J. Organomet. Chem., 1974, 69, 455.
  1. M. Green and R.P. Hughes,
Transition Metal Complexes of Methylenecyclopropanes:
Ring-Opening Reactions Promoted by Palladium(II),
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1974, 686.
  1. M. Bottrill, R. Goddard, M. Green, R.P. Hughes, M.K. Lloyd,
S.H. Taylor, and P. Woodward,
Reaction of Trifluoroacetonitrile with π-Allylic Complexes of
Iridium(I) and with Dicarbonyl(cyclopentadienyl)methyliron:
the Molecular and Crystal Structure of
Carbonyl(cyclopentadienyl)-1-[1-iminotrifluoroethyl)imino]-
trifluoroethyl-Nw-iron,
J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1975, 1150.
  1. M. Bottrill, R. Goddard, M. Green, R.P. Hughes, B. Lewis,
M.K. Lloyd, and P. Woodward,
Addition of Hexafluorobut-2-yne to Coordinated 1,3-Dienes;
Crystal Structures of the Adducts
[Ru(CO)2{P(OCH2)3CMe}(C6H8)(C4F6)2] and
[Fe(CO)2{P(OCH2)3CMe}(C7H8)(C4F6)2],
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1975, 253.
  1. M. Green, J.A.K. Howard, R.P. Hughes, S.C. Kellett,
and P. Woodward,
Methylenecyclopropane Complexes of Rhodium(I), Iridium(I),
Platinum(0), and Platinum(II);
the Crystal and Molecular Structure of
Acetylacetonatobis(methylenecyclopropane)rhodium(I),
J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1975, 2007.
  1. R. Davis, M. Green, and R.P. Hughes,
The Stepwise Diels-Alder Addition of
Hexafluorobut-2-yne to Coordinated 1,3-Dienes,
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1975, 405.
  1. M. Green, R.P. Hughes, and A.J. Welch,
Ring Opening of 2,3-Bis(hydroxymethyl)methylenecyclopropanes
with Fe2(CO)9; the Molecular Structure of a
1,4-Diene Complex of Iron(0),
Tricarbonyl-η4-[3-methylene-4-vinyldihydrofuran-2(3H)-one]iron,
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1975, 487.
  1. M. Green and R.P. Hughes,
Regiospecific Rearrangements of
η2- and η4-1,4-Diene Complexes of Iron(0);
The Mechanisms of Metal Promoted 1,3-Hydrogen Shifts,
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1975, 619.
  1. M Green and R.P. Hughes,
Reactions of Cyclopentadienyl Metal Carbonyl Anions with the
1,2,3-Tri-t-butylcyclopropenium Cation;
Electrophilic Attack at Peripheral Ligands,
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1975, 862.