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Overview

Geoffrey Wilkinson was affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom during their academic career. Their work contributed to the scientific community primarily through their association with this institution.

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Best Publications

  • Basic Inorganic Chemistry

    F. Albert Cotton;Geoffrey Wilkinson;Paul L. Gaus

  • The preparation and properties of tris(triphenylphosphine)halogenorhodium(I) and some reactions thereof including catalytic homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins and acetylenes and their derivatives

    J. A. Osborn;F. H. Jardine;J. F. Young;G. Wilkinson

  • THE STRUCTURE OF IRON BIS-CYCLOPENTADIENYL

    Geoffrey Wilkinson;M. Rosenblum;M. C. Whiting;R. B. Woodward

  • Comprehensive coordination chemistry. The synthesis, reactions, properties and applications of coordination compounds. V. 3. Main group and early transition elements

    Geoffrey Wilkinson;R D Gillard;J A McCleverty

  • Hydroformylation of alkenes by use of rhodium complex catalysts

    D. Evans;J. A. Osborn;G. Wilkinson

  • Dichlorotetrakis(dimethyl sulphoxide)ruthenium(II) and its use as a source material for some new ruthenium(II) complexes

    I. P. Evans;A. Spencer;G. Wilkinson

  • Synthesis and x-ray crystal structures of hexakis(trimethylphosphine)tris-.mu.-methylene-diruthenium(III) and its mono- and dicationic derivatives

    Michael B. Hursthouse;Richard A. Jones;K. M. Abdul Malik;Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Homogeneous Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation using Ruthenium Complexes

    D. Evans;J. A. Osborn;F. H. Jardine;G. Wilkinson

  • Carboxylato-triphenylphosphine complexes of ruthenium, cationic triphenylphosphine complexes derived from them, and their behaviour as homogeneous hydrogenation catalysts for alkenes

    Robert W. Mitchell;Alwyn Spencer;Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • WATER-SOLUBLE TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHINE COMPLEXES AND THEIR USE IN TWO-PHASE CATALYTIC REACTIONS OF OLEFINS

    A. F. Borowski;D. J. Cole-Hamilton;G. Wilkinson

  • The Polarographic Chemistry of Ferrocene, Ruthenocene and the Metal Hydrocarbon Ions

    John A. Page;Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of oxotrimesityliridium(V)

    Robyn S. Hay-Motherwell;Geoffrey Wilkinson;Bilquis Hussain-Bates;Michael B. Hursthouse

  • THE IRON SANDWICH. A RECOLLECTION OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS

    Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Cyclopentadienyl Compounds of Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten

    Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • The Preparation and Some Properties of Ruthenocene and Ruthenicinium Salts

    Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • The Preparation and Some Properties of the Cobalticinium Salts

    Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Tris(2-pyridyl)phosphine complexes of ruthenium(II) and rhodium(I). Hydroformylation of hex-1-ene by rhodium complexes

    Kurti Kurtev;Dominique Ribola;Richard A. Jones;David J. Cole-Hamilton

  • Reactions of tetra-µ-carboxylato-diruthenium(II,II) compounds. X-Ray crystal structures of Ru2(µ-O2CCF3)4(thf)2, Ru2(µ-O2CR)4(NO)2(R = Et or CF3), and {Na3[Ru2(µ-O2CO)4]·6H2O}n

    Alan J. Lindsay;Geoffrey Wilkinson;Majid Motevalli;Michael B. Hursthouse

  • Elimination stabilized alkyls. Part I. Chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium

    W. Mowat;A. Shortland;G. Yagupsky;N. J. Hill

  • The reactions of chlorohydrido- and dichloro-tris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) with alkali hydroxides and alkoxides. Hydridohydroxobis(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) monosolvates, their reactions and related compounds

    Bruno N. Chaudret;David J. Cole-Hamilton;Ronald S. Nohr;Geoffrey Wilkinson

  • Further studies on the homogeneous hydroformylation of alkenes by use of ruthenium complex catalysts

    Roberto A. Sanchez-Delgado;John S. Bradley;Geoffrey Wilkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael B. Hursthouse
Michael B. Hursthouse University of Southampton
Majid Motevalli
Majid Motevalli Queen Mary University of London
Andreas A. Danopoulos
Andreas A. Danopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Richard A. Jones
Richard A. Jones The University of Texas at Austin
David J. Cole-Hamilton
David J. Cole-Hamilton University of St Andrews
Andrew R. Barron
Andrew R. Barron Swansea University
Mark Thornton-Pett
Mark Thornton-Pett University of Leeds
Gregory S. Girolami
Gregory S. Girolami University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wai-Kwok Wong
Wai-Kwok Wong Hong Kong Baptist University
John Arnold
John Arnold University of California, Berkeley

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