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Ould, Darren M. C., Tran, Thao T. P., Rawson, Jeremy M. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2019. Structure-property-reactivity studies on dithiaphospholes. Dalton Transactions 48 (45) , pp. 16922-16935. 10.1039/C9DT03577J

Willcox, Darren and Melen, Rebecca L. 2019. Borane-catalyzed heterocycle synthesis. Trends in Chemistry 1 (6) , pp. 625-626. 10.1016/j.trechm.2019.06.011 Item availability restricted.

Gazis, Theodore A., Dasgupta, Ayan, Hill, Michael S., Rawson, Jeremy M., Wirth, Thomas and Melen, Rebecca L. 2019. Reactions of hydrazones and hydrazides with Lewis acidic boranes. Dalton Transactions (33) , pp. 12391-12395. 10.1039/C9DT01359H

Willcox, Darren and Melen, Rebecca L. 2019. Illuminating Lewis acidity strength. Chem 5 (6) , pp. 1362-1363. 10.1016/j.chempr.2019.04.001 Item availability restricted.

Santi, Micol, Ould, Darren M. C., Wenz, Jan, Soltani, Yashar, Melen, Rebecca L. and Wirth, Thomas 2019. Metal-free tandem rearrangement/lactonization: Access to 3,3-disubstituted benzofuran-2-(3H)-ones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58 (23) , pp. 7861-7865. 10.1002/anie.201902985 Item availability restricted.

Melen, Rebecca L. 2019. Frontiers in molecular p-block chemistry: From structure to reactivity. Science 363 (6426) , pp. 479-484. 10.1126/science.aau5105

Zhu, Diya, LaFortune, James H. W., Melen, Rebecca L. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2019. Electrophilic boron carboxylate and phosphinate complexes. Dalton Transactions 48 (6) , pp. 2038-2045. 10.1039/C8DT04818E

Carden, Jamie, Gierlichs, Lukas, Wass, Duncan, Browne, Duncan and Melen, Rebecca 2019. Unlocking the catalytic potential of tris(3,4,5-trifluorophenyl)borane with microwave irradiation. Chemical Communications 55 (3) , pp. 318-321. 10.1039/C8CC09459D

Soltani, Yashar, Adams, Samuel J., Boerger, Jennifer, Wilkins, Lewis C., Newman, Paul D., Pope, Simon J. A. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2018. Synthesis and photophysical properties of imine borane adducts towards vapochromic materials. Dalton Transactions 47 (36) , pp. 12656-12660. 10.1039/C8DT03019G

Khan, Imtiaz, Reed-Berendt, Benjamin G., Melen, Rebecca L. and Morrill, Louis Christian 2018. FLP-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of silyl enol ethers. Angewandte Chemie 57 (38) , pp. 12356-12359. 10.1002/anie.201808800

Ruddy, Adam J., Ould, Darren M. C., Newman, Paul D. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2018. Push and pull: the potential role of boron in N2 activation. Dalton Transactions 47 (31) , pp. 10377-10381. 10.1039/C8DT01168K

Schneider, Carolin, LaFortune, James H. W., Melen, Rebecca L. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2018. Lewis and Brønsted basicity of phosphine-diazomethane derivatives. Dalton Transactions 47 (36) , pp. 12742-12749. 10.1039/C8DT02420K

Melen, Rebecca and Ould, Darren 2018. Arsenic catalysis: Hydroboration of aldehydes using a benzo-fused diaza-benzyloxy-arsole. Chemistry - A European Journal 10.1002/chem.201803508

Hokamp, Tobias, Mollari, Leonardo, Wilkins, Lewis C., Melen, Rebecca L. and Wirth, Thomas 2018. Alternative strategies with iodine: Fast access to new iodine(III) compounds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (27) , pp. 8306-8309. 10.1002/anie.201804642

Wilkins, Lewis C., Soltani, Yashar, Lawson, James R., Slater, Ben and Melen, Rebecca L. 2018. Divergent elementoboration: 1,3-haloboration versus 1,1-carboboration of propargyl esters. Chemistry - A European Journal 24 (29) , pp. 7364-7368. 10.1002/chem.201801493

Melen, Rebecca L. 2018. Metallfreie Stickstoffaktivierung: Ein neues Kapitel in der Chemie frustrierter Lewis-Paare. Angewandte Chemie 130 (4) , pp. 890-892. 10.1002/ange.201711945

Melen, Rebecca L. 2018. A step closer to metal-free dinitrogen activation: a new chapter in the chemistry of frustrated Lewis pairs. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (4) , pp. 880-882. 10.1002/anie.201711945

Melen, Rebecca, Soltani, Yashar and Wilkins, Lewis 2017. A comparative assessment of modern cyclization methods of substituted alkynyl esters, ethers, and acids. Synlett 29 (01) , 01-07. 10.1055/s-0036-1591862

Newman, Paul David, Melen, Rebecca, Platts, James A. and Wilkins, Lewis 2017. Amidine functionalized phosphines: tuneable ligands for transition metals. Dalton Transactions 46 (41) , pp. 14234-14243. 10.1039/C7DT03343E

Khan, Imtiaz, Manzotti, Mattia, Tizzard, Graham J., Coles, Simon J., Melen, Rebecca L. and Morrill, Louis C. 2017. Frustrated Lewis Pair (FLP)-catalyzed hydrogenation of Aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts and sequential Organo-FLP catalysis. ACS Catalysis 7 (11) , pp. 7748-7752. 10.1021/acscatal.7b03077

Wilkins, Lewis C. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2017. Small molecule activation with frustrated Lewis pairs. Encyclopedia of Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry, Wiley, pp. 1-24. (10.1002/9781119951438.eibc2520)

Soltani, Yashar, Wilkins, Lewis C. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2017. Stöchiometrische und katalytische C-C- und C-H-Bindungsbildung mit B(C6 F5 )3 über kationische Zwischenstufen. Angewandte Chemie 129 (39) , pp. 12157-12161. 10.1002/ange.201704789

Ould, Darren M. C., Rigby, Alex C., Wilkins, Lewis C., Adams, Samuel J., Platts, James A., Pope, Simon J. A., Richards, Emma and Melen, Rebecca L. 2017. Investigations into the photophysical and electronic properties of pnictoles and Their pnictenium counterparts. Organometallics 37 (5) , pp. 712-719. 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00564

Wilkins, Lewis C., Santi, Nicolò, Luk, Louis Y. P. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2017. Reactions of biologically inspired hydride sources with B(C6F5)3. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 375 (2101) , 20170009. 10.1098/rsta.2017.0009

Tran, Thao T. P., Ould, Darren M. C., Wilkins, Lewis C., Wright, Dominic S., Melen, Rebecca and Rawson, Jeremy M. 2017. Supramolecular aggregation in dithia-arsoles: chlorides, cations and N-centred paddlewheels. Crystengcomm 19 (32) , pp. 4696-4699. 10.1039/C7CE01117B

Lawson, James, Wilkins, Lewis and Melen, Rebecca 2017. Tris(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)borane: an efficient hydroboration catalyst. Chemistry - a European Journal 23 (46) , pp. 10997-11000. 10.1002/chem.201703109

Wilkins, Lewis, Howard, Joseph, Burger, Stefan, Frentzel-Beyme, Louis, Browne, Duncan and Melen, Rebecca 2017. Exploring multistep continuous flow hydrosilylation reactions catalyzed by tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 359 (15) , pp. 2580-2584. 10.1002/adsc.201700349

Lawson, James R. and Melen, Rebecca 2017. Tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane and beyond: modern advances in borylation chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry 56 (15) , pp. 8627-8643. 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02911

Lawson, James R. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2017. Recent developments and applications of Lewis acidic boron reagents. In: Fairlamb, Ian, Lynam, Jason M, Patmore, Nathan J and Elliott, Paul eds. Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 41. Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 1-27. (10.1039/9781782626923-00001)

Soltani, Yashar, Wilkins, Lewis Charles and Melen, Rebecca 2017. B(C6F5)3: stoichiometric and catalytic C-C and C-H bond formation via cationic intermediates. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 10.1002/anie.201704789

Yin, Qin, Soltani, Yashar, Melen, Rebecca and Oestreich, Martin 2017. BArF3-catalyzed imine hydroboration with pinacolborane not requiring the assistance of an additional Lewis base. Organometallics 36 (13) , pp. 2381-2384. 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00381

Melen, Rebecca, Less, Robert J., Pask, Christopher M. and Rawson, Jeremy M. 2016. Structural studies of Perfluoroaryldiselenadiazolyl Radicals: Insights into Dithiadiazolyl Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry 55 (22) , pp. 11747-11759. 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01771

Lawson, James, Wilkins, Lewis, Andre, Manon, Richards, Emma, Ali, Mohammed, Platts, James A. and Melen, Rebecca 2016. Synthesis and reactivity of N,N’-1,4-diazabutadiene derived borocations. Dalton Transactions 45 (41) , pp. 16177-16181. 10.1039/C6DT03360A

Wilkins, Lewis C. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2016. Enantioselective main group catalysis: modern catalysts for organic transformations. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 324 , pp. 123-139. 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.07.011

Wilkins, Lewis C., Lawson, James R., Wieneke, Philipp, Rominger, Frank, Hashmi, A. Stephen K., Hansmann, Max M. and Melen, Rebecca L. 2016. The propargyl rearrangement to functionalised allyl-boron and borocation compounds. Chemistry - a European Journal 22 (41) , pp. 14618-14624. 10.1002/chem.201602719

Wilkins, Lewis, Günther, Benjamin A.R., Walther, Melanie, Lawson, James, Wirth, Thomas and Melen, Rebecca 2016. Gegensätzliche Reaktivität frustrierter Lewis-Paare mit Selen- und Bor-basierten Lewis-Säuren. Angewandte Chemie 128 (37) , pp. 11462-11465. 10.1002/ange.201605239

Wilkins, Lewis C., Gunther, Benjamin A. R., Walther, Melanie, Lawson, James, Wirth, Thomas and Melen, Rebecca L. 2016. Contrasting frustrated Lewis pair reactivity with selenium- and boron-based Lewis acids. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 55 (37) , pp. 11292-11295. 10.1002/anie.201605239

Lam, Jolie, Guenther, Benjamin, Farrell, Jeff, Eisenberger, Patrick, Bestvater, Brian, Newman, Paul David, Melen, Rebecca L., Crudden, Cathleen and Stephan, Douglas W. 2016. Chiral carbene–borane adducts: precursors for borenium catalysts for asymmetric FLP hydrogenations. Dalton Transactions 45 (39) , pp. 15303-15316. 10.1039/C6DT02202B

Melen, Rebecca L. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2016. Main group transformations. Dalton Transactions 45 (14) , p. 5879. 10.1039/C6DT90027E

Melen, Rebecca L. and Gade, Lutz H. 2016. New chemistry with anionic NNN pincer ligands. Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, Vol. 54. Springer, pp. 179-208. (10.1007/3418_2015_114)

hansmann, Max, Melen, Rebecca, Rudolph, Matthias, Rominger, Frank, Waderpohl, Hubert, Stephan, Doug and Hashmi, Stephen 2015. Cyclopropanation / Carboboration Reactions of Enynes with B(C6F5)3. Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (49) , pp. 15469-15477. 10.1021/jacs.5b09311

Wilkins, Lewis, Wieneke, Philipp, Newman, Paul David, Kariuki, Benson, Rominger, Frank, Hashmi, Sephen, Hansmann, Max and Melen, Rebecca L. 2015. Pathways to functionalized heterocycles: propargyl rearrangement using B(C6F5)3. Organometallics 34 (21) , pp. 5298-5309. 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00753

Wilkins, Lewis, Hamilton, Hugh, Kariuki, Benson, Hashmi, Stephen, Hansmann, Max and Melen, Rebecca 2015. Lewis acid-base 1,2-addition reactions: synthesis of pyrylium borates from en-ynoate precursors. Dalton Transactions 45 , pp. 5929-5932. 10.1039/C5DT03340C

Melen, Rebecca L., Wilkins, Lewis, Kariuki, Benson, Wadepohl, Hubert, Gade, Lutz, Hashmi, Stephen, Stephan, Douglas and Hansmann, Max 2015. Diverging pathways in the activation of allenes with Lewis acids and bases: addition, 1,2-Carboboration, and cyclization. Organometallics 34 (16) , pp. 4127-4137. 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00546

Melen, Rebecca L. 2015. Dehydrocoupling routes to element-element bonds catalysed by main group compounds. Chemical Society Reviews 45 , pp. 775-788. 10.1039/c5cs00521c

Melen, Rebecca L. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2015. Cycloaddition reactions of (C6F5)2BN3 with dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates. Dalton Transactions 44 (11) , pp. 5045-5048. 10.1039/C5DT00316D

Bähr, Alexander, Wilkins, Lewis, Ollegott, Kevin, Kariuki, Benson and Melen, Rebecca L. 2015. σ- versus π-activation of alkynyl benzoates using B(C6F5)3. Molecules 20 (3) , pp. 4530-4547. 10.3390/molecules20034530

Deng, Qing-Hai, Melen, Rebecca L. and Gade, Lutz H. 2014. Anionic chiral tridentate N-donor pincer ligands in asymmetric catalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research , 140828133938004. 10.1021/ar5002457

Sauer, Désirée C., Melen, Rebecca L., Kruck, Matthias and Gade, Lutz H. 2014. Chromophores, fluorophores and robust ancillary ligands for molecular catalysts: 1,3-Bis(2-pyridylimino)isoindolines. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (28) , 4715-N4725. 10.1002/ejic.201402595

Melen, Rebecca L., Simmonds, Hayley R., Wadepohl, Hubert, Wood, Paul T., Gade, Lutz H. and Wright, Dominic S. 2014. Formation of an unusual bis(diguanidinate) ligand via nucleophilic attack of a guanidinate onto a carbodiimide. Australian Journal of Chemistry 67 (7) , pp. 1030-1036. 10.1071/CH14170

Hansmann, Max M., Melen, Rebecca L., Rominger, Frank, Hashmi, A. Stephen K. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2014. B(C6F5)3 promoted cyclisation of internal propargyl esters: structural characterisation of 1,3-dioxolium compounds. Chemical Communications 50 (55) , pp. 7243-7245. 10.1039/c4cc01370k

Hansmann, Max M., Melen, Rebecca L., Rominger, Frank, Hashmi, A. Stephen K. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2014. Activation of alkynes with B(C6F5)3 – boron allylation reagents derived from propargyl esters. Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (2) , pp. 777-782. 10.1021/ja4110842

Melen, Rebecca L. and Rawson, Jeremy M. 2013. Structural variations on an electron precise theme: Rationalising the structures of main group cages. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 257 (7-8) , pp. 1232-1243. 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.11.016

Melen, Rebecca L. 2013. Applications of pentafluorophenyl boron reagents in the synthesis of heterocyclic and aromatic compounds. Chemical Communications 50 (10) , pp. 1161-1174. 10.1039/c3cc48036d

Melen, Rebecca L. 2013. Applications and reactivity trends of homoleptic p-block metal amido reagents. Dalton Transactions 42 (47) , pp. 16449-16465. 10.1039/c3dt52472h

Melen, Rebecca L., Hansmann, Max M., Lough, Alan J., Hashmi, A. Stephen K. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2013. Cyclisation versus 1,1-carboboration: reactions of B(C6F5)3 with propargyl amides. Chemistry - a European Journal 19 (36) , pp. 11928-11938. 10.1002/chem.201301899

Melen, Rebecca L., Lough, Alan J. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2013. Boron azides in Staudinger oxidations and cycloadditions. Dalton Transactions 42 (24) , pp. 8674-8683. 10.1039/c3dt50791b

Melen, Rebecca L. and Stephan, Douglas W. 2013. Cycloaddition reactions between dicyclohexylboron azide and alkynes. Dalton Transactions 42 (14) , pp. 4795-4798. 10.1039/c3dt00068k

Melen, Rebecca L., Eisler, Dana J., Hewitt, Rachel A. and Rawson, Jeremy M. 2013. Synthesis and structural studies on thioimides, R2CNSR and sulfur diimides, R2CNSNCR2. Dalton Transactions 42 (11) , pp. 3888-3895. 10.1039/c2dt32878j

Melen, Rebecca L. 2013. Q&A: The bond shifter [interview]. Nature 502 (7471) , S56-S57. 10.1038/502S56a

Less, Robert J., Melen, Rebecca L. and Wright, Dominic S. 2012. Catalytic versus stoichiometric dehydrocoupling using main group metals. RSC Advances 2 (6) , pp. 2191-2199. 10.1039/c2ra00882c

Melen, Rebecca L., Rawson, Jeremy M. and Eisler, Dana J. 2012. Structural studies of copper(II) complexes derived from di-2-pyridyl-ketone, (py)2CO. Polyhedron 47 (1) , pp. 16-23. 10.1016/j.poly.2012.08.009

Stokes, Francesca A., Less, Robert J., Haywood, Joanna, Melen, Rebecca L., Thompson, Richard I., Wheatley, Andrew E. H., Wright, Dominic S., Johansson, Adam Johannes and Kloo, Lars 2012. Structure and Bonding of the Manganese(II) Phosphide Complex (t-BuPH2)(η5-Cp)Mn{μ-(t-BuPH)}2Mn(Cp)(t-BuPH2). Organometallics 31 (1) , pp. 23-26. 10.1021/om200381p

Hansmann, Max M., Melen, Rebecca L. and Wright, Dominic S. 2011. Group 13 BN dehydrocoupling reagents, similar to transition metal catalysts but with unique reactivity. Chemical Science 2 (8) , pp. 1554-1559. 10.1039/c1sc00154j

Melen, Rebecca L., McPartlin, Mary and Wright, Dominic S. 2011. An unexpected dependence on the SnII base; reactions of Sn(NR2)2 with aromatic dithiols. Dalton Transactions 40 (8) , pp. 1649-1651. 10.1039/c0dt01690j

Cowley, Hugh J., Holt, Mark S., Melen, Rebecca L., Rawson, Jeremy M. and Wright, Dominic S. 2011. Catalytic dehydrocoupling of Me2NHBH3 with Al(NMe2)3. Chemical Communications 47 (9) , pp. 2682-2684. 10.1039/c0cc05294a

Less, Robert J., Melen, Rebecca L. and Wright, Dominic S. 2011. Group 2 (Be-Ba) and Group 12 (Zn-Hg). Organometallic Chemistry : Volume 37 37 , pp. 100-114. 10.1039/9781849732802-00100

McPartlin, Mary, Melen, Rebecca L., Naseri, Vesal and Wright, Dominic S. 2010. Formation and rearrangement of SnII phosphanediide cages. Chemistry - a European Journal 16 (29) , pp. 8854-8860. 10.1002/chem.201000656

Chan, Wesley T.K., García, Felipe, McPartlin, Mary, Melen, Rebecca L. and Wright, Dominic S. 2010. Syntheses and structures of [Me2Si{As(PtBu)3}2] and [(CyP)3SiMe2] (Cy=cyclohexyl, C6H11). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 695 (7) , pp. 1069-1073. 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2009.12.011

Bullock, Thomas H., Melen, Rebecca L. and Wright, Dominic S. 2010. Group 2 (Be-Ba) and Group 12 (Zn-Hg). Organometallic Chemistry : Volume 36 36 , pp. 168-181. 10.1039/9781847559616-00168

Clark, Ewan R., Melen, Rebecca L. and Rawson, Jeremy M. 2010. Oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium and polonium. Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry - Section A 106 , pp. 119-135. 10.1039/b918371j

Less, Robert J., Melen, Rebecca L., Naseri, Vesal and Wright, Dominic S. 2009. Recent perspectives on main group-mediated dehydrocoupling of P–P bonds. Chemical Communications (33) , pp. 4929-4937. 10.1039/b907823a

Haynes, Delia A., Melen, Rebecca L. and Rawson, Jeremy M. 2009. Oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium and polonium. Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry - Section A 105 , pp. 155-164. 10.1039/b818151a

Bacon, Catherine E., Eisler, Dana J., Melen, Rebecca L. and Rawson, Jeremy M. 2008. Formation of N-bridgehead 1,2,5-thiadiazolium and selenadiazolium rings through an intramolecular cyclisation reaction. Chemical Communications 40 , pp. 4924-4926. 10.1039/b809987a