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F. Geoffrey N. Cloke

F. Geoffrey N. Cloke

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
9257
World Ranking
11340
National Ranking
640

Overview

F. Geoffrey N. Cloke is a researcher affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a significant emphasis on materials chemistry and organic chemistry within those broad fields.

Their research includes topics such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis. Additional areas include lanthanide and transition metal complexes, radioactive element chemistry and processing, magnetism in coordination complexes, as well as coordination chemistry and organometallics.

Cloke has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • T-Shaped Palladium and Platinum {MNO}10Nitrosyl Complexes, 2024, published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Reactions of a Bis(pentalene)dititanium complex with alkenes; the molecular structure of the butadiene complex [Ti2(µ: η5,η5-Pn††)2(μ: η2,η2-s-trans-C4H6)] (Pn†† = 1,4-(Si Pr3)2-C8H4), 2021, published in Polyhedron
  • CCDC 2298155: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2024, published in The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 2298158: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2024, published in The Cambridge Structural Database
  • CCDC 1913464: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2020, published in The Cambridge Structural Database

The most frequent publication venues for Cloke's work are The Cambridge Structural Database, Inorganic Chemistry, and Polyhedron.

Collaborations have been an important part of Cloke's research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Nikolaos Tsoureas
  • Matthew J. G. Sinclair
  • Nil Roig
  • Matthew R. Gyton
  • Mercedes Alonso

Best Publications

  • Reductive Cyclotrimerization of Carbon Monoxide to the Deltate Dianion by an Organometallic Uranium Complex

    Owen T. Summerscales;F. Geoffrey N. Cloke;Peter B. Hitchcock;Jennifer C. Green

  • Reversible Binding and Reduction of Dinitrogen by a Uranium(III) Pentalene Complex

    F Geoffrey N Cloke;Peter B Hitchcock

  • Reductive Cleavage of Dinitrogen by a Vanadium Diamidoamine Complex: the Molecular Structures of [V(Me3SiN{CH2CH2NSiMe3}2)(μ-N)]2 and K[V(Me3SiN{CH2CH2NSiMe3}2)(μ-N)]2

    Guy K B Clentsmith;Vanessa M E Bates;Peter B Hitchcock;F Geoffrey N Cloke

  • Reductive Cyclotetramerization of CO to Squarate by a U(III) Complex: The X-ray Crystal Structure of [(U (η-C8H6{SiiPr3-1,4}2)(η-C5Me4H)]2(μ-η2: η2-C4O4)

    Owen T Summerscales;F Geoffrey N Cloke;Peter B Hitchcock;Jennifer C Green

  • Mechanistic Studies on the Reductive Cyclooligomerisation of CO by U(III) Mixed Sandwich Complexes; the Molecular Structure of [(U(η-C8H6{SiiPr3-1,4}2)(η-Cp*)]2(μ-η1:η1-C2O2)

    Alistair S Frey;F Geoffrey N Cloke;Peter B Hitchcock;Iain J Day

  • Unusual Reactivity of a Nickel N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complex: tert‐Butyl Group Cleavage and Silicone Grease Activation

    Stephen Caddick;F. Geoffrey N. Cloke;Peter B. Hitchcock;Alexandra K. de K. Lewis

  • An experimental and theoretical investigation of the electronic structure of Pd and Pt bis(carbene) complexes

    Jennifer C. Green;Robert G. Scurr;Polly L. Arnold;F. Geoffrey N. Cloke

  • Synthetic, structural, and mechanistic studies on the oxidative addition of aromatic chlorides to a palladium (N-heterocyclic carbene) complex: Relevance to catalytic amination

    Alexandra K de K Lewis;Stephen Caddick;F Geoffrey N Cloke;Norman C Billingham

  • Lipophilic strontium and calcium alkyls, amides and phenoxides; X-ray structures of the crystalline square-planar [{trans-Sr(NR′2)2(µ-1,4-dioxane)}∞] and tetrahedral [CaR2(1,4-dioxane)2]; R′= SiMe3, R = CH(SiMe3)2]

    F. Geoffrey N. Cloke;Peter B. Hitchcock;Michael F. Lappert;Gerard A. Lawless

  • Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl and alkyl halides using palladium/imidazolium salt protocols

    Katherine Arentsen;Stephen Caddick;F.Geoffrey N Cloke;Adam P Herring

  • Zero oxidation state compounds of scandium, yttrium, and the lanthanides

    Unknown

  • Metal vapor synthesis as a straightforward route to group 10 homoleptic carbene complexes

    Polly L Arnold;F Geoffrey N Cloke;Tillman Geldbach;Peter B Hitchcock

  • The First Example of a Formal Scandium(I) Complex: Synthesis and Molecular Structure of a 22-Electron Scandium Triple Decker Incorporating the Novel 1,3,5-Triphosphabenzene Ring

    Polly L Arnold;F Geoffrey N Cloke;Peter B Hitchcock;John F Nixon

  • Novel zirconium complexes derivedfrom C2-symmetric diamide ligands; the X-ray crystal structure of [Zr(η1-CH2Ph)(η2-CH2Ph){(C6H3)2-2,2′-(NCH2C6H4Ph-4)2-6, 6′-Me2}]

    F.Geoffrey N. Cloke;Tilmann J. Geldbach;Peter B. Hitchcock;Jason B. Love

  • Tuning the Reactivity of Dirhodium(II) Complexes with Axial N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands: The Arylation of Aldehydes

    Pedro M. P. Gois;Pedro M. P. Gois;Pedro M. P. Gois;Alexandre F. Trindade;Luís F. Veiros;Vania André

  • Unexpected reactivity of two-coordinate palladium carbene complexes; synthetic and catalytic implications

    Lisa R. Titcomb;Stephen Caddick;F. Geoffrey N. Cloke;D. James Wilson

  • Zirconium complexes incorporating the new tridentate diamide ligand [(Me3 Si)N{CH2CH2N(SiMe3)}2]2–(L); the crystal structures of [Zr(BH4)2L] and [ZrCl{CH(SiMe3)2}L]

    F. Geoffrey N. Cloke;Peter B. Hitchcock;Jason B. Love

  • Titanium(IV) complexes incorporating the aminodiamide ligand [(SiMe3)N CH2CH2 N(SiMe3)]2−(L) ; the X-ray crystal structures of [TiMe2(L) ] and [TiClCH(SiMe3)(L)]

    Howard C.S. Clark;F.Geoffrey N. Cloke;Peter B. Hitchcock;Jason B. Love

  • The organometallic chemistry of pentalene

    Owen T. Summerscales;F. Geoffrey N. Cloke

  • Axial coordination of NHC ligands on dirhodium(II) complexes: generation of a new family of catalysts.

    Alexandre F. Trindade;Pedro M. P. Gois;Luís F. Veiros;Vânia André

  • An improved synthesis of bis(1,3-di- N - tert -butylimidazol-2-ylidene)palladium(0) and its use in C–C and C–N coupling reactions

    Stephen Caddick;F.Geoffrey N. Cloke;Guy K.B. Clentsmith;Peter B. Hitchcock

  • Synthesis and Characterization of the First Sandwich Complex of Trivalent Thorium: A Structural Comparison with the Uranium Analogue

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. Hitchcock
Peter B. Hitchcock University of Sussex
Jennifer C. Green
Jennifer C. Green University of Oxford
Stephen Caddick
Stephen Caddick University College London
Malcolm L. H. Green
Malcolm L. H. Green University of Oxford
S. Mark Roe
S. Mark Roe University of Sussex
Polly L. Arnold
Polly L. Arnold University of Edinburgh
Dermot O'Hare
Dermot O'Hare University of Oxford
Carlos A. M. Afonso
Carlos A. M. Afonso University of Lisbon
Luis F. Veiros
Luis F. Veiros Instituto Superior Técnico
Peter Scott
Peter Scott University of Warwick

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