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Gregory A. Solan is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a significant number of publications in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple research topics including:

  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Gregory A. Solan has contributed to a range of scientific papers, some of their recent publications include:

  • Recent advancements in N-ligated group 4 molecular catalysts for the (co)polymerization of ethylene, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Manganese(I)-catalyzed asymmetric (transfer) hydrogenation of ketones: An insight into the effect of chiral PNN and NN ligands, 2023, Journal of Catalysis
  • Trifluoromethoxy-substituted nickel catalysts for producing highly branched polyethylenes: impact of solvent, activator and N,N'-ligand on polymer properties, 2022, Polymer Chemistry
  • Bis-cycloheptyl-fused bis(imino)pyridine-cobalt catalysts for PE wax formation: positive effects of fluoride substitution on catalytic performance and thermal stability, 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • High molecular weight polyethylenes of narrow dispersity promoted using bis(arylimino)cyclohepta[b]pyridine-cobalt catalysts ortho-substituted with benzhydryl & cycloalkyl groups, 2020, Dalton Transactions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Solan include:

  • Wen-Hua Sun
  • Tongling Liang
  • Yanping Ma
  • Mingyang Han
  • Ivan I. Oleynik

Their work is often published in several recurrent venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Catalysts
  • Catalysis Science & Technology
  • Applied Organometallic Chemistry
  • Polymer

Best Publications

  • IRON AND COBALT ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS BEARING 2,6-BIS(IMINO)PYRIDYL LIGANDS : SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURES, AND POLYMERIZATION STUDIES

    George J. P. Britovsek;Michael Bruce;Vernon C. Gibson;Brian S. Kimberley

  • Novel olefin polymerization catalysts based on iron and cobalt

    George J. P. Britovsek;Vernon C. Gibson;Stuart J. McTavish;Gregory A. Solan

  • Bis(imino)pyridines : Surprisingly reactive ligands and a gateway to new families of catalysts

    Vernon C. Gibson;Carl Redshaw;Gregory A. Solan

  • Oligomerisation of ethylene by bis(imino)pyridyliron and cobalt complexes

    Gjp Britovsek;Sergio Mastroianni;Ga Solan;Spd Baugh

  • Oligomerisation of ethylene by bis(imino)pyridyliron and -cobalt complexes

    George J.P. Britovsek;Sergio Mastroianni;Gregory A. Solan;Simon P. D. Baugh

  • Recent advances in Ni-mediated ethylene chain growth: N imine -donor ligand effects on catalytic activity, thermal stability and oligo-/polymer structure

    Zheng Wang;Zheng Wang;Qingbin Liu;Gregory A. Solan;Gregory A. Solan;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Carbocyclic-fused N,N,N-pincer ligands as ring-strain adjustable supports for iron and cobalt catalysts in ethylene oligo-/polymerization

    Zheng Wang;Gregory A. Solan;Gregory A. Solan;Wenjuan Zhang;Wenjuan Zhang;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Cationic alkyl aluminium ethylene polymerization catalysts based on monoanionic N,N,N-pyridyliminoamide ligands

    Michael Bruce;Vernon C. Gibson;Carl Redshaw;Gregory A. Solan

  • Chromium(III) complexes bearing N,N-chelate ligands as ethene polymerization catalysts

    Vernon C. Gibson;Claire Newton;Carl Redshaw;Gregory A. Solan

  • Recent advances in homogeneous chromium catalyst design for ethylene tri-, tetra-, oligo- and polymerization

    Chantsalnyam Bariashir;Chuanbing Huang;Gregory A. Solan;Gregory A. Solan;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Bi- and tri-dentate imino-based iron and cobalt pre-catalysts for ethylene oligo-/polymerization

    Jing Ma;Chun Feng;Shaoli Wang;Ke-Qing Zhao

  • Developments in compartmentalized bimetallic transition metal ethylene polymerization catalysts

    Hongyi Suo;Gregory A. Solan;Gregory A. Solan;Yanping Ma;Wen-Hua Sun

  • Synthesis, Structures and Ethylene Polymerisation Behaviour of Low Valent β-Diketiminato Chromium Complexes

    Vernon C. Gibson;Claire Newton;Carl Redshaw;Gregory A. Solan

  • A five-coordinate chromium alkyl complex stabilised by salicylaldiminato ligands

    Vernon C. Gibson;Sergio Mastroianni;Claire Newton;Carl Redshaw

  • A decanuclear iron(III) single molecule magnet: use of Monte Carlo methodology to model the magnetic properties.

    Cristiano Benelli;Joan Cano;Yves Journaux;Roberta Sessoli

  • Elastomeric polyethylenes accessible via ethylene homo-polymerization using an unsymmetrical α-diimino-nickel catalyst

    Xinxin Wang;Linlin Fan;Yanping Ma;Cun-Yue Guo

  • Bis(imino)pyridyl iron and cobalt complexes: the effect of nitrogen substituents on ethylene oligomerisation and polymerisation

    George J. P. Britovsek;Vernon C. Gibson;Brian S. Kimberley;Sergio Mastroianni

  • Ferric Wheels and Cages: Decanuclear Iron Complexes with Carboxylato and Pyridonato Ligands

    Simon Parsons;Gregory A. Solan;Richard E. P. Winpenny;Cristiano Benelli

  • Ultra-high molecular weight elastomeric polyethylene using an electronically and sterically enhanced nickel catalyst

    Qaiser Mahmood;Yanning Zeng;Erlin Yue;Gregory A. Solan;Gregory A. Solan

  • Imine Versus Amine Donors in Iron‐Based Ethylene Polymerisation Catalysts

    George J. P. Britovsek;Vernon C. Gibson;Sergio Mastroianni;Daniel C. H. Oakes

  • Synthesis and characterisation of neutral dialkylaluminium complexes stabilised by salicylaldiminato ligands, and their conversion to monoalkylaluminium cations

    Paul A. Cameron;Vernon C. Gibson;Carl Redshaw;John A. Segal

Frequent Co-Authors

Wen-Hua Sun
Wen-Hua Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul R. Raithby
Paul R. Raithby University of Bath
Vernon C. Gibson
Vernon C. Gibson Imperial College London
Andrew J. P. White
Andrew J. P. White Imperial College London
Richard E. P. Winpenny
Richard E. P. Winpenny University of Manchester
Simon Parsons
Simon Parsons University of Edinburgh
Carl Redshaw
Carl Redshaw Tokyo Metropolitan University
Xiang Hao
Xiang Hao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mary McPartlin
Mary McPartlin University of Cambridge
Gráinne Conole
Gráinne Conole University of Leicester

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