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Allan J. Canty is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics primarily within the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a substantial number of contributions in subfields such as Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Spectroscopy.

Their recent publications cover various aspects of organometallic chemistry and catalytic processes. Selected papers include:

  • "Palladium-Mediated CO2 Extrusion Followed by Insertion of Isocyanates for the Synthesis of Benzamides: Translating Fundamental Mechanistic Studies To Develop a Catalytic Protocol" (2020, Organometallics)
  • "Synthesis of Arylpalladium(II) Boronates: Confirming the Structure and Chemical Competence of Pre-transmetalation Intermediates in the Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction" (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Pretransmetalation Intermediates in Suzuki-Miyaura C-C and Carbonylative Cross-Couplings: Synthesis and Structural Authentication of Aryl- and Aroylnickel(II) Boronates" (2023, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Modeling Metal-Catalyzed Polyethylene Depolymerization: [(Phen)Pd(X)]+ (X = H and CH3) Catalyze the Decomposition of Hexane into a Mixture of Alkenes via a Complex Reaction Network" (2021, Organometallics)
  • "Enhanced synthesis of oxo-verdazyl radicals bearing sterically-and electronically-diverse C3-substituents" (2021, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Richard A. J. O'Hair
  • Alex C. Bissember
  • Paul S. Donnelly
  • Weam A. O. Altalhi
  • Alasdair I. McKay

Publications have appeared predominantly in specialized journals and databases. Frequent venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Australian Journal of Chemistry

Their main topics of research focus on:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Overall, Allan J. Canty's work spans multiple interconnected areas within chemistry, with a significant emphasis on catalysis, organometallic synthesis, and structural characterization techniques.

Best Publications

  • Development of organopalladium(IV) chemistry: fundamental aspects and systems for studies of mechanism in organometallic chemistry and catalysis

    Allan J. Canty

  • Mechanisms of d8 organometallic reactions involving electrophiles and intramolecular assistance by nucleophiles

    AJ Canty;G van Koten

  • The van der Waals radius of mercury

    A.J. Canty;G.B. Deacon

  • Role of Silver Salts in Palladium-Catalyzed Arene and Heteroarene C–H Functionalization Reactions

    Monica D. Lotz;Nicole M. Camasso;Allan J. Canty;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Organopalladium and platinum chemistry in oxidising milieu as models for organic synthesis involving the higher oxidation states of palladium

    Allan J. Canty

  • Synthetic routes to methylpalladium(II) and dimethylpalladium(II) chemistry and the synthesis of new nitrogen donor ligand systems

    Peter K. Byers;Allan J. Canty

  • Reactivity and mechanism in oxidative addition to palladium(II) and reductive elimination from palladium(IV) and an estimate of the palladium methyl bond energy

    Peter K. Byers;Allan J. Canty;Margarita. Crespo;Richard J. Puddephatt

  • Cu-catalyzed fluorination of diaryliodonium salts with KF.

    Naoko Ichiishi;Allan J. Canty;Brian F. Yates;Melanie S. Sanford

  • Connecting Binuclear Pd(III) and Mononuclear Pd(IV) Chemistry by Pd−Pd Bond Cleavage

    David Charles Powers;Eunsung Lee;Alireza Ariafard;Alireza Ariafard;Melanie S. Sanford

  • The oxidative addition of lodomethane to [PdMe2(bpy)] and the X-ray structure of the organopalladium(IV) product fac-[PdMe3(bpy)l](bpy = 2,2′-bipyridyl)

    Peter K. Byers;Allan J. Canty;Brian W. Skelton;Allan H. White

  • Design and Performance of Rigid Nanosize Multimetallic Cartwheel Pincer Compounds as Lewis-Acid Catalysts

    HP Dijkstra;Meijer;J Patel;R Kreiter

  • Carbon–Carbon Bond-Forming Reductive Elimination from Isolated Nickel(III) Complexes

    James R. Bour;Nicole M. Camasso;Elizabeth A. Meucci;Jeff W. Kampf

  • Organometallic chemistry of palladium and platinum with poly(pyrazol-1-yl)alkanes and poly(pyrazol-1-yl)borates

    PK Byers;AJ Canty;RT Honeyman

  • Synthesis, reactivity, and structural studies in trimethylpalladium(IV) chemistry, including PdIMe3(bpy) and [MMe3((pz)3CH)]+ (M = palladium, platinum)

    Peter K. Byers;Allan J. Canty;Brian W. Skelton;Allan H. White

  • Reactivity of Diaryliodine(III) Triflates toward Palladium(II) and Platinum(II): Reactions of C(sp2)−I Bonds to Form Arylmetal(IV) Complexes; Access to Dialkyl(aryl)metal(IV), 1,4-Benzenediyl-Bridged Platinum(IV), and Triphenylplatinum(IV) Species; and Structural Studies of Platinum(IV) Complexes

    Allan J. Canty;Jim Patel;Thomas Rodemann;John H. Ryan

  • Carbon-oxygen bond formation at metal(IV) centers: Reactivity of palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of the [2,6-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-N, C, N]- (pincer) ligand toward iodomethane and dibenzoyl peroxide; structural studies of M(II) and M(IV) complexes

    A.J. Canty;M.C. Denney;G. Van Koten;Brian Skelton

  • Oxidation of Complexes by (O2CPh)2 and (ER)2 (E = S, Se), Including Structures of Pd(CH2CH2CH2CH2)(SePh)2(bpy) (bpy = 2,2'-Bipyridine) and MMe2(SePh)2(L2) (M = Pd, Pt; L2 = bpy, 1,10-Phenanthroline) and C...O and C...E Bond Formation at Palladium(IV)

    Allan J. Canty;Hong Jin;Brian W. Skelton;Allan H. White

  • Alkyl Halide Transfer from Palladium(IV) to Platinum(II) and a Study of Reactivity, Selectivity, and Mechanism in This and Related Reactions

    Khin-Than Aye;Allan J. Canty;Margarita Crespo;Richard J. Puddephatt

  • Nickel(IV)-Catalyzed C-H Trifluoromethylation of (Hetero)arenes.

    Elizabeth A. Meucci;Shay N. Nguyen;Nicole M. Camasso;Eugene Chong

  • Synthesis and Theoretical Studies of a Diorganohydridoplatinum(IV) Complex, PtHMe2{(pz)3BH-N,N‘,N‘‘} ([(pz)3BH]- = Tris(pyrazol-1-yl)borate)

    Allan J. Canty;Alain Dedieu;Hong Jin;and Anne Milet

  • Structural Chemistry of the Platinum Group Metals: MCl2(bpy) (M = Pd, Pt; bpy = 2,2'-Bipyridine)

    A.J. Canty;Brian Skelton;P.R. Traill;Allan White

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan H. White
Allan H. White University of Western Australia
Brian W. Skelton
Brian W. Skelton University of Western Australia
Richard A. J. O'Hair
Richard A. J. O'Hair University of Melbourne
Melanie S. Sanford
Melanie S. Sanford University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Brian F. Yates
Brian F. Yates University of Tasmania
Rosanne M. Guijt
Rosanne M. Guijt Deakin University
Glen B. Deacon
Glen B. Deacon Monash University
Kingsley J. Cavell
Kingsley J. Cavell Cardiff University
Ray Colton
Ray Colton La Trobe University
Gerard van Koten
Gerard van Koten Utrecht University

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