Emeritus Professor Mark J. Winter

Department of Chemistry

Emeritus Professor of Chemistry

mark.winter@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9304

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Emeritus Professor Mark J. Winter
Department of Chemistry
Dainton Building
13 Brook Hill
Sheffield
S3 7HF
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Professor Mark Winter obtained his BSc in Chemistry from the University of Bristol in 1975, followed by a PhD in Chemistry from the same institution in 1978 with Prof Selby Knox and Prof Gordon Stone.

He was a SERC-NATO Postdoctoral Fellow working with Prof Peter Vollhardt at the University of California at Berkeley (USA) from 1978 to 1980. In 1980 he was appointed as a temporary lecturer at the University of Sheffield, where he is now the Director of Studies in the Department of Chemistry.

Mark believes firmly that molybdenum is the best element in the periodic table and that he doesn't play enough cricket. In 2014 he was promoted to Professor.

Awards

  • RSC Sir Edward Frankland Fellow (1986/1987)
  • Royal society of chemistry HE Teaching Award winner (1998)
  • Senate Award Fellow (Sustained Excellence in Learning and Teaching)
Qualifications
  • MRSC
Research interests

Migration Reactions

Hydrogen Transfer ReactionsMigration reactions are an important fundamental class of reactions in organometallic chemistry. The migration of alkyl to carbonyl is well known but we are interested in migrations of hydride, alkyl, and other groups to metal coordinated carbene in processes which result in new alkyl ligands. To date, most of our work has involved molybdenum, tungsten, iron, and ruthenium.

Such reactions are models for some important C-H and C-C bond formations but surprisingly little is known about these rearrangements. We are attempting to understand the the mechanisms by which they proceed. These migrations are the reverse of α-elimination reactions and we find that some of these compounds α-eliminate under photochemical excitation to regenerate the initial carbene starting materials.

Vinylidene chemistry

Cartogram of the Molar Volume of the ElementsVinylidene complexes contain the M=C=CR2 group and are implied by some in Fischer Tropsch processes. We are examining their tendencies towards the migration processes indicated above. Further, we have now developed good routes to chiral molecules of the type CpMXL(=C=CR2) and examining their use for fine chemical synthesis. Much of this work is challenging given the sensitivity of many of the compounds.

Chemical information and data visualisation

I am interested in applications of the world-wide web for chemistry. I developed a number of well known chemical information sources including WebElements and Chemdex. I am working on software to extend "social network" concepts to molecules. Visualisation of chemical data is often a challenge and I have produced new ways of visualising periodicity data for the periodic table including cartograms (illustrated).

Publications

Journal articles

  • Winter MJ (2011) Diffusion cartograms for the display of periodic table data. Journal of Chemical Education, 88(11), 1507-1510. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Adams H, Broughton SG, Walters SJ & Winter MJ (1999) Syntheses of neutral iron, ruthenium and manganese half-sandwich vinylidene complexes. Crystal structure of Fe(SnPh3)(CO)(= C = CHPh)(eta-C5H5). CHEM COMMUN(13), 1231-1232. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Adams H, Cubbon RJ, Sarsfield MJ & Winter MJ (1999) Cyclopropanation in the reaction of [M(CO)(3)Tp](-) [M = Mo, W; Tp = hydridotris(pyrazolyl)borate] with I(CH2)(3)I and the insertion of isocyanide into metal-acyl bonds. CHEM COMMUN(6), 491-492. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Muir JE, Haynes A & Winter MJ (1996) Methyl to alkylidene migration within trans-[WMe(=CHPh)(CO)(2)(eta-C5H5)]. CHEM COMMUN(15), 1765-1766. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ, RZEPA HS & WHITAKER BJ (1995) SURFING THE CHEMICAL NET. CHEM BRIT, 31(9), 685-689. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ (1995) DEVELOPMENTS ON THE WEB-BASED PERIODIC-TABLE DATABASE OF ELEMENT PROPERTIES CALLED WEBELEMENTS. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 210, 39-COMP. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, MALONEY CA, MUIR JE, WALTERS SJ & WINTER MJ (1995) SYNTHESES OF ACYLOXY CARBENE COMPLEXES M(SNPH(3))(CO)(N)(=C(OCOR)PH)(ETA-C5H5) (M=MO,W, N=2, R=ME M=FE, RU, N=1, R=ME, PH, BU(T)) AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF FE(SNPH(3))(CO)(=C(OCOR)PH)(ETA-C5H5) (R=ME, PH). J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(15), 1511-1512. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, MARSON CM, RANDALL L & WINTER MJ (1995) SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLIC MOLYBDENUM CARBENE COMPLEXES USING HALOALKYL-SUBSTITUTED EPOXIDES. J ORGANOMET CHEM, 494(1-2), C12-C14. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, BENTLEY GW, MUIR JE & WINTER MJ (1995) NEW ROUTES TO MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN CARBYNE COMPLEXES [M(CO)(2)(CPH)(ETA-C(5)H(4)R)] (M=MO OR W, R=SNPH(3) - M=W, R=H). J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(5), 515-516. RIS download Bibtex download
  • RZEPA HS, WHITAKER BJ & WINTER MJ (1994) CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE WORLD-WIDE-WEB SYSTEM. J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(17), 1907-1910. RIS download Bibtex download
  • MARSON CM, RANDALL L & WINTER MJ (1994) SYNTHESIS OF HYDROXYMETHYL LACTONES AND SPIROKETALS VIA CYCLIZATION OF EPOXY OXACARBENE COMPLEXES. TETRAHEDRON LETT, 35(36), 6717-6720. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, BENTLEY GW, TATTERSHALL CE, TAYLOR BF & WINTER MJ (1992) METHYL AND BENZYL C-H ACTIVATION THROUGH CARBENE INSERTION IN MR(CO)2(CARBENE)(ETA-C5H5) (M = MO OR W R = ME OR PHCH2). J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(7), 533-535. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1991) HYDRIDE TO CARBENE MIGRATION IN THE CPMH(=C(OET)PH)(CO)2 (M = MO, W) SYSTEM AND SUBSEQUENT REARRANGEMENT OF THE CONSEQUENT PRODUCTS TO ETA-3-BENZYL COMPLEXES - X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE ETA-3-BENZYL CPW(CO)2(ETA-3-C6H5CH(OET)). J ORGANOMET CHEM, 418(3), C39-C42. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, GAUNTLETT JT, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1991) SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE DIMOLYBDENUM ACETALDEHYDE COMPLEX (MO2(ETA-MECHO)(CO)4(ETA-C5H5)2). J CHEM SOC DALTON(9), 2217-2221. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, TATTERSHALL CE & WINTER MJ (1991) BENZOYL-CARBENE COUPLING BY [CPM(COPH)(CO)2(=C(CH2)3NME)] (M = MO, W). J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(14), 912-914. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1991) HYDRIDE TO CARBENE MIGRATION IN THE CPMH(=C(NHET)PH)(CO)2 (M = MO, W) SYSTEM - X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF CPMO(ETA-2-CH(PH)NHET)(CO)2. J ORGANOMET CHEM, 410(2), C21-C24. RIS download Bibtex download
  • GAUNTLETT JT, MANN BE, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1991) REACTION OF [WME(CO)3(ETA-C5H5)] WITH LIBHET3 - FORMATION AND REACTIONS OF THE ANIONIC FORMYL TRANS-[W(CHO)ME(CO)2(ETA-C5H5)] AND THE ANIONIC HYDRIDO ACYL TRANS-[WH(COME)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5)]. J CHEM SOC DALTON(6), 1427-1432. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, GAUNTLETT JT, HARKIN IM, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1991) FORMATION OF THE ALKOXYALKYL COMPLEXES [M(CHME(OME))-(CO)2(ETA-C5H4R)] (M = MO, R = H-M = W, R = H OR ME) AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS BY LOSS OF MEOH INTO ETA-3-PROPENOYL OR VINYL COMPLEXES - CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF [MO(CHME(PPH3))-(CO)2(PPH3)(ETA-C5H5)]BF4, [MO(ETA-3-CH2CHC=O)(CO)(PPH3)-(ETA-C5H5)] AND [W(SIGMA-CH=CH2)(CO)2(PPH3)(ETA-C5H4ME)]. J CHEM SOC DALTON(4), 1117-1128. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Adams H, Bailey NA, Laskowski JJ, Ridgway C & Winter MJ (1991) Communal Products of Nucleophilic Attack at Iron Carbene and Photolysis of Iron Alkyl Complexes. Crystal Structures of (L = CO and PPh3) and. Mendeleev Communications, 1(3), 99-101. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, BENTLEY GW, HOUGH G, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1991) SYNTHESIS AND REACTIONS OF THE CARBENE COMPLEXES [M(SNPH3) (CO)2(=C(OET)PH)L] (M=MO OR W-L=ETA-C5H5,ETA-C5ME5 OR INDENYL), [M(SNPH3)(CO)2(=C(OET)ME)(ETA-C5H5)](M=MO OR W) AND [MI(CO)2(=C(OET)R)(ETA-C5H5)] (M=MO OR W,R = ME OR PH) - X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF [MO(SNPH3) (CO)2(=C(OET)PH)(ETA-C5ME5)] AND [WI(CO)2(=C(OET)PH)(ETA-C5H5)]. J CHEM SOC DALTON, 749-758. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, GRAYSON M, RIDGWAY C, SMITH AJ, TAYLOR P, WINTER MJ & HOUSECROFT CE (1990) CARBENE FORMATION IN THE REACTIONS OF LFE((CH2)3BR)(CO)2 (L = CP, CP-STAR) WITH I- - X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF CPFEI(CO)(=C(CH2)3O) AND CPFEI(CO)(=CCME2(CH2)2O) - ANALYSIS OF THE CARBENE ORIENTATIONS. ORGANOMETALLICS, 9(9), 2621-2628. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ (1990) ChemInform Abstract: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. ChemInform, 21(33). RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, RIDGWAY C, TAYLOR BF, WALTERS SJ & WINTER MJ (1990) CARBENE FORMATION FROM CPM(SNPH3)(CO)2 (M = FE, RU) - CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF CPFEI(CO)(=C(OET)PH), CPRUI(CO)(=C(OET)PH) AND CPRUI(CO)(=C(NHME)PH). J ORGANOMET CHEM, 394(1-3), 349-364. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ (1990) ChemInform Abstract: Unsaturated Dimetal Cyclopentadienyl Carbonyl Complexes. ChemInform, 21(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ (1989) ChemInform Abstract: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. ChemInform, 20(52). RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ (1989) ChemInform Abstract: Hydride to Carbene Migrations. ChemInform, 20(46). RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1989) SYNTHESIS OF MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN NONHETEROATOM STABILIZED CARBENE COMPLEXES M(SNPH3)(CO)2(=CPHR)(ETA-C5H5) (M = MO, W, R = H, ME) AND AN EXAMPLE OF TRIPHENYLTIN TO NONHETEROATOM STABILIZED CARBENE MIGRATION. J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(8), 457-458. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1989) SYNTHESIS AND REACTIONS OF THE TUNGSTEN NONHETEROATOM-STABILIZED CARBENE ANION [CPW(CO)2(=CHPH)]-. J ORGANOMET CHEM, 361(1), C18-C20. RIS download Bibtex download
  • DAVEY CE, DEVONSHIRE R & WINTER MJ (1989) VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCHEMICAL REVERSAL OF HYDRIDE TO CARBENE MIGRATION. POLYHEDRON, 8(13-14), 1863-1864. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, FENTON DE, HEMPSTEAD PD, HEWES BA, KITCHEN SJ & WINTER MJ (1989) THE INTERACTION OF ORGANOTRANSITION METAL FRAGMENTS WITH OXAAZAMACROCYCLES - SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF MO(CO)3[O-EN-N-PYN-H4].CH2CL2. POLYHEDRON, 8(13-14), 1857-1858. RIS download Bibtex download
  • RIDGWAY C, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1989) VINYL TO CARBONYL MIGRATION AT MOLYBDENUM. POLYHEDRON, 8(13-14), 1859-1860. RIS download Bibtex download
  • BENTLEY GW, HOUGH G, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1989) SYNTHESES AND REACTIONS OF LM(SNPH3)(CO)2(=C(OET)PH) (L=C5ME5 OR ETA-5-C9H7, M=MO OR W). POLYHEDRON, 8(13-14), 1861-1862. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ (1989) UNSATURATED DIMETAL CYCLOPENTADIENYL CARBONYL-COMPLEXES. ADV ORGANOMET CHEM, 29, 101-162. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ (1989) HYDRIDE TO CARBENE MIGRATIONS. POLYHEDRON, 8(13-14), 1583-1588. RIS download Bibtex download
  • CLEGG W, COMPTON NA, ERRINGTON RJ, NORMAN NC, TUCKER AJ & WINTER MJ (1988) SYNTHETIC AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON ORGANOMOLYBDENUM AND ORGANOTUNGSTEN COMPLEXES CONTAINING BISMUTH - X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF [BICL(MO(CO)3(ETA-C5H5))2] AND [BICL(MO(CO)2(CNBUT)(ETA-C5H5))2]. J CHEM SOC DALTON(12), 2941-2951. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ (1988) ChemInform Abstract: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. ChemInform, 19(45). RIS download Bibtex download
  • BAILEY NA, DUNN DA, FOXCROFT CN, HARRISON GR, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1988) ChemInform Abstract: Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl Molybdenum and Tungsten Carbene Complexes. X-Ray Crystal Structures of Cyclic cis- and trans-(MoI(CO)2(=C(CH2)3O)(η-C5Me5)).. ChemInform, 19(39). RIS download Bibtex download
  • BAILEY NA, DUNN DA, FOXCROFT CN, HARRISON GR, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1988) PENTAMETHYLCYCLOPENTADIENYL MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN CARBENE COMPLEXES - X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF CIS-[MOL(CO)2(=C(CH2)3O)(ETA-C5ME5)] AND TRANS-[MOL(CO)2(=C(CH2)3O)(ETA-C5ME5)]. J CHEM SOC DALTON(6), 1449-1456. RIS download Bibtex download
  • GAUNTLETT JT, MANN BE, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1988) THE REACTION OF CPWME(CO)3 WITH LIET3BH. FORMATION OF THE FORMYL COMPLEX TRANS-[CPWME(CHO)(CO)2]- AND THE (HYDRIDO) (ACYL) COMPLEX TRANS-[CPWH(COME)(CO)2]-. J ORGANOMET CHEM, 342(1), C5-C9. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, WILLETT DG & WINTER MJ (1987) DITROPYLMOLYBDENUM COMPLEXES BY THE SODIUM REDUCTION OF [MO(CO)3(ETA-C7H7)][BF4] - X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE DITROPYL COMPLEX (MO(CO)3)2(ETA-6, ETA'6-C14H14). J ORGANOMET CHEM, 333(1), 61-69. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, BANNISTER C, FAERS MA, FEDORKO P, OSBORN VA & WINTER MJ (1987) ChemInform Abstract: Addition of Isonitriles to ((M(CO)2(η-C5H5))2) (M: Mo or W). Syntheses and Properties of (M2(.mu±eta.2-CNR)(CO)4(η-C5H5)2) (M: Mo or W, R: Me or tBu) and ((Mo(CNR)(CO)2(η-C5H5))2) (R: Me or tBu). X-Ray Crystal Structures of (Mo2(.mu±e. ChemInform, 18(26). RIS download Bibtex download
  • DAVEY CE, OSBORN VA, PARKER CA, WINTER MJ & WOODWARD S (1987) MIGRATIONS TO CARBENE AT MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN. ABSTR PAP AM CHEM S, 193, 28-INOR. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, OSBORN VA & WINTER MJ (1987) ChemInform Abstract: Syntheses and Reactions of Acyclic and Cyclic Carbene Complexes cis-(MI(=CMeNHMe)(CO)2(η-C5H5)) (M: Mo or W) and Cyclic cis-(MI(=C(CH2)nNMe)(CO)2(η-C5H5)) (M: Mo, n = 3 or 4; M: W, n = 3) Obtained Through Alkyl Migration to Methyl Iso. ChemInform, 18(9). RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, CAHILL P, ROGERS D & WINTER MJ (1987) ChemInform Abstract: Reactions of the Metallabromoalkane (Mo((CH2)3Br)(CO)3(η-C5H5)) and the Carbene Complexes Cyclic trans-(MoI(=C(CH2)3O)(CO)2(η-C5H4R)) (R: H or Me) with Li(BEt3H). The Synthesis (R: H or Me) and X-Ray Structure (R: Me) of Bicyclic (Mo(. ChemInform, 18(9). RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, BANNISTER C, FAERS MA, FEDORKO P, OSBORN VA & WINTER MJ (1987) THE ADDITION OF ISONITRILES TO [(MO(CO)2(ETA-C5H5))2], [(W(CO)2(ETA-C5H5))2] - SYNTHESES AND PROPERTIES OF [M2(MU-ETA-2-CNR)(CO)4(ETA-C5H5)2] (M = MO OR W, R = ME OR BUT) AND [(MO(CNME)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5))2], [(MO(CNBUT)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5))2] - X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURES OF [MO2(MU-ETA-2-CNBUT)(CO)4(ETA-C5H5)2] AND [(MO(CNBUT)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5))2]. J CHEM SOC DALTON(2), 341-348. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, CAHILL P, ROGERS D & WINTER MJ (1986) REACTIONS OF THE METALLABROMOALKANE [MO((CH2)3BR)(CO)3(ETA-C5H5)] AND THE CARBENE COMPLEXES TRANS-[MOI(=C(CH2)3O)(CO)2(ETA-C5H4R)](R=H OR ME) WITH LI(BET3H) - THE SYNTHESIS (R=H OR ME) AND X-RAY STRUCTURE (R=ME) OF [MO(CH(CH2)3O)(CO)2(ETA-C5H4R)] CONTAINING AN UNUSUAL OXYGEN MOLYBDENUM DONOR INTERACTIONH. J CHEM SOC DALTON(10), 2119-2126. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, OSBORN VA & WINTER MJ (1986) SYNTHESES AND REACTIONS OF ACYCLIC AND CYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES CIS-[MI(=CMENHME)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5)](M=MO OR W) AND CIS-[MI(=C(CH2)NNME)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5)](M=MO,N=3 OR 4-M=W,N=3) OBTAINED THROUGH ALKYL MIGRATION TO METHYL ISOCYANIDE COORDINATED TO MOLYBDENUM OR TUNGSTEN - X-RAY STRUCTURE OF CIS-[MOI(=C(CH2)3NME)-(CO)2(ETA-C5H5)]O. J CHEM SOC DALTON(10), 2127-2135. RIS download Bibtex download
  • OSBORN VA, PARKER CA & WINTER MJ (1986) HYDRIDE TO CARBENE MIGRATION AT MOLYBDENUM - THE ISOMERIZATION OF MO(H)(=C[CH2]3NME)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5) TO "MO(CO)2(ETA2-CH[CH2]3NME)(ETA-C5H5). J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(15), 1185-1186. RIS download Bibtex download
  • OSBORN VA & WINTER MJ (1986) CYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES OF THE TYPE CIS-MI[CN(ME)(CH2)NCH2](CO)2(ETA-C5H5) (M = MO, N = 2 OR 3, M = W, N = 2) - THEIR SYNTHESES AND REACTIONS OF THE MOLYBDENUM SYSTEMS WITH LIET3BH. POLYHEDRON, 5(1-2), 435-437. RIS download Bibtex download
  • GAUNTLETT JT & WINTER MJ (1986) ACETALDEHYDE COMPLEXES OF MOLYBDENUM. POLYHEDRON, 5(1-2), 451-459. RIS download Bibtex download
  • OSBORN VA & WINTER MJ (1985) SYNTHESIS OF ANIONIC MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN CARBENE COMPLEXES OF THE TYPE [M(CARBENE)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5)]-(M = MO OR W) BY THE SODIUM NAPHTHALIDE REDUCTION OF IODO CARBENE COMPLEXES. J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(24), 1744-1745. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, OSBORN VA & WINTER MJ (1985) CYCLIC CARBENE FORMATION THROUGH ALKYL MIGRATION TO MOLYBDENUM COORDINATED ISONITRILE, SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY STRUCTURE OF CIS-MOI(C(NME)[CH2]2CH2)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5) - AN EXAMPLE OF A STERICALLY BLOCKED CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION FOR THE [MO(X)(L)(CO)2(ETA-C5H5)] SYSTEM. J ORGANOMET CHEM, 284(1), C1-C4. RIS download Bibtex download
  • GAUNTLETT JT, TAYLOR BF & WINTER MJ (1985) REACTIONS OF HYDRIDE REAGENTS WITH ALKYLMOLYBDENUM CARBONYL-COMPLEXES - REACTION OF LIBHET3 WITH [MOME(CO)3(NORMAL-C5H5)], FORMATION OF AN ANIONIC ACETALDEHYDE COMPLEX, AND A STOICHIOMETRIC CYCLE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ACETALDEHYDE. J CHEM SOC DALTON(9), 1815-1820. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, GAUNTLETT JT & WINTER MJ (1984) AN EXAMPLE OF ACETALDEHYDE BRIDGING 2 METAL ATOMS - SYNTHESES AND THE X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF "MO2(CO)4(MU,ETA-2-MECHO)(ETA-C5H5)2. J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(20), 1360-1361. RIS download Bibtex download
  • GAUNTLETT JT, TAYLOR BF & WINTER MJ (1984) THE REACTION OF MOME(CO)3(ETA-C5H5) WITH LIET3BH, FORMATION OF AN ANIONIC ETA-2-ACETALDEHYDE MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX VIA FORMYL ALKYL AND HYDRIDO ACYL MOLYBDENUM INTERMEDIATES. J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(7), 420-421. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA & WINTER MJ (1984) REACTIONS OF METALLABROMOALKANES [M((CH2)NBR)(CO)3(ETA-C5H5)] (M=MOORW,N=3OR4) WITH TRANSITION-METAL ANIONS - DIMETALLAALKANE AND CYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEX-FORMATION - CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURES OF [(ETA-C5H5)(OC)3MO((CH2)4)MO(CO)3(ETA-C5H5)] AND [(ETA-C5H5)(OC)3MOW(CO)2(C-O-(CH2)2CH2)(ETA-C5H5)]. J CHEM SOC DALTON(2), 273-278. RIS download Bibtex download
  • VILLE GA, VOLLHARDT KPC & WINTER MJ (1984) THERMALLY INDUCED DIASTEREOISOMERIZATION OF (CYCLOBUTADIENE) COBALT COMPLEXES AS A PROBE FOR THE REVERSIBILITY OF THEIR FORMATION FROM COMPLEXED ALKYNES. ORGANOMETALLICS, 3(8), 1177-1187. RIS download Bibtex download
  • ADAMS H, BAILEY NA, CAHILL P, ROGERS D & WINTER MJ (1983) AN UNUSUAL MOLYBDENUM-OXYGEN INTERACTION IN THE PRODUCT FROM REACTION OF MO([CH2]3BR)(CO)3(ETA-C5H4R) (R = H, ME) WITH LIET3BH - SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY STRUCTURE OF MO(CO)2(ETA-2-CH.O.[CH2]2CH2)(ETA-C5H4ME). J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(15), 831-833. RIS download Bibtex download
  • BAILEY NA, CHELL PL, MANUEL CP, MUKHOPADHYAY A, ROGERS D, TABBRON HE & WINTER MJ (1983) CYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES OF MOLYBDENUM AND TUNGSTEN - CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF [MOL(CO)2(CO(CH2)2CH2)(ETA-C5H5)]. J CHEM SOC DALTON(11), 2397-2403. RIS download Bibtex download
  • BAILEY NA, CHELL PL, MUKHOPADHYAY A, TABBRON HE & WINTER MJ (1982) METAL CYCLIC CARBENE COMPLEXES - A MOLYBDENUM COMPLEX OF 2-OXACYCLOPENTYLIDENE - SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY STRUCTURE OF [MOL(CO)2(C4H6O)(ETA-C5H5)]. J CHEM SOC CHEM COMM(4), 215-217. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Winter MJ () Chemdex: quantification and distributions of valence numbers, oxidation numbers, coordination numbers, electron numbers, and covalent bond classes for the elements. Dalton Transactions. RIS download Bibtex download
  • TURNER ML & WINTER MJ () ChemInform Abstract: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. ChemInform, 26(17), no-no. RIS download Bibtex download
  • MARSON CM, RANDALL L & WINTER MJ () ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of Hydroxymethyl Lactones and Spiroketals via Cyclization of Epoxy Oxacarbene Complexes.. ChemInform, 26(5), no-no. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ () ChemInform Abstract: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. ChemInform, 25(23), no-no. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ () ChemInform Abstract: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. ChemInform, 25(17), no-no. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ () ChemInform Abstract: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. ChemInform, 23(28), no-no. RIS download Bibtex download
  • WINTER MJ () ChemInform Abstract: Complexes Containing Metal-Carbon σ-Bonds of the Groups Scandium to Manganese, Including Carbenes and Carbynes. ChemInform, 22(23), no-no. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

Teaching interests

Molecular Structure and Bonding; Transition Metal Chemistry, Internet.

Teaching activities

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules

  • Molecules (Level 1)
    This course introduces methods of predicting molecular shape (VSEPR) and models with which to interpret the bonding in simple molecules.
  • Introduction to d- and f-Block Elements 1 (Level 1)
    This course introduces the concept of metal complexes, examines their geometric and electronic structures, and explains why metal complexes are often coloured materials with unusual magnetic properties.
  • d- and f-Block Elements 1 (Level 2)
    This lecture course addresses how physical and bonding properties of transition metal complexes are, to a large extent, defined by their d-orbitals (and f-orbitals as appropriate). The course moves on to discuss distortions to metal complexes, the electronic nature of bonding of metals to ligands, and metal-metal bonds (including metal-metal quadruple bonds).

Support Teaching:

  • Skills for Success: Database Project.