Research
Thesis
Establishment and technology transfer of special metal-containing molecule synthesis that is used for the ultrathinfilm deposition technology in semiconductor fabrication process
Supervisors
Professor Rebecca Melen
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and EPSRC Early Career Fellow
Dr Alberto Roldan Martinez
Senior Lecturer in Catalytic & Computational Chemistry
Publications
2024
- Pahar, S., van Ingen, Y., Babaahmadi, R., Kariuki, B. M., Wirth, T., Richards, E. and Melen, R. L. 2024. Diverse reactivity of amidinate-supported boron centers with the hypersilyl anion and access to a monomeric secondary boron hydride. Inorganic Chemistry 63(18), pp. 8302–8311. (10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00612)
- Guerzoni, M. G., van Ingen, Y., Babaahmadi, R., Wirth, T., Richards, E. and Melen, R. L. 2024. An un-forgotten classic: the nitro-Mannich reaction between nitrones and silyl nitronates catalysed by B(C6F5)3 †. Chemical Science 15(7) (10.1039/d3sc05672d)
- van Ingen, Y. 2024. Modifying the coordination sphere of bismuth and tungsten: synthesis and applications. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2023
- Khan, M. N., van Ingen, Y., Boruah, T., McLauchlan, A., Wirth, T. and Melen, R. L. 2023. Advances in CO2 activation by frustrated Lewis pairs: from stoichiometric to catalytic reactions. Chemical Science 14(47), pp. 13661-13695. (10.1039/d3sc03907b)
- Sokolnicki, T. et al. 2023. Reactivity of a series of triaryl borates, B(OAr x) 3, in hydroboration catalysis. Dalton Transactions 52(44), pp. 16118-16122. (10.1039/d3dt03333c)
- Alharbi, M., van Ingen, Y., Roldan Martinez, A., Kaehler, T. and Melen, R. 2023. Synthesis and Lewis acidity of fluorinated triaryl borates. Dalton Transactions 52(6), pp. 1820-1825. (10.1039/D2DT04095F)
- Stefkova, K., Guerzoni, M. G., van Ingen, Y., Richards, E. and Melen, R. L. 2023. B(c6f5)3-catalyzed diastereoselective and divergent reactions of vinyldiazo esters with nitrones: synthesis of highly functionalized diazo compounds. Organic Letters 25(3), pp. 500-505. (10.1021/acs.orglett.2c04198)
2022
- Dasgupta, A. et al. 2022. Chemo- and regio-selective amidation of indoles with isocyanates using borane Lewis acids. Catalysis Science & Technology 12(19), pp. 5982-5990. (10.1039/D2CY01441F)
- Dasgupta, A. et al. 2022. Lewis acid assisted Brønsted acid catalysed decarbonylation of Isocyanates: a combined DFT and experimental study. Chemistry - A European Journal 28(45), article number: e202201422. (10.1002/chem.202201422)
- Kuveke, R. E. H. et al. 2022. An international study evaluating elemental analysis. ACS Central Science 8(7), pp. 855-863. (10.1021/acscentsci.2c00325)
- Guerzoni, M. G., van Ingen, Y. and Melen, R. L. 2022. Recent applications of fluorinated arylborane derivatives. In: Perez, P. J. ed. Advances in Organometallic Chemistry., Vol. 78. Academic Press, pp. 133-187., (10.1016/bs.adomc.2022.03.004)
2021
- Heard, M. J., Stefkova, K., van Ingen, Y. and Melen, R. L. 2021. Frustrated Lewis pairs in organic synthesis. In: Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering. Elsevier, (10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00041-X)
2020
- Yang, H., Ingen, Y., Blom, B., Rastogi, S. and Romano, D. 2020. Structural modification of phenoxyimine titanium complexes and activation studies with alkylaluminum compounds. ChemCatChem 12(20), pp. 5209-5220. (10.1002/cctc.202000731)