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  • 1986 - Meldola Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Nicholas C. Norman is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Chemistry, with significant contributions in Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Oncology, and Inorganic Chemistry. The topics covered in their work span History and Advancements in Chemistry, Various Chemistry Research Topics, Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Inorganic/Organometallic Compounds, and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

Norman's publication record includes both journal articles and a book. The book titled Periodicity and the s- and p-Block Elements was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. This work has been referenced within the scientific community, indicating its use in related scholarly discourse.

Key papers authored by Nicholas C. Norman include:

  • "Hypervalence: A Useful Concept or One That Should Be Gracefully Retired?" (2022), published in Chemistry
  • "In defence of oxidation states" (2021), published in Dalton Transactions
  • "The dn Number in Transition Metal Chemistry: Its Utility and Limitations" (2023), published in Chemistry
  • "Pulmonary Embolism after Liposuction Totally by Tumescent Local Anesthesia in a Patient with Large Uterine Fibroids" (2023), published in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • "Reply to the 'Comment on 'In Defence of Oxidation States' by J. C. Green, Dalton Transactions, 2022" (2021), published in Dalton Transactions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Norman include:

  • Paul G. Pringle
  • Mark J. Winter
  • Paytra A. Klein
  • Noah J. Choi
  • David G. Smith

Norman's work has been featured predominantly in the following venues:

  • Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • Organometallics
  • Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

The scientific contributions of Nicholas C. Norman have been recognized by awards such as the Meldola Medal and Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) awarded in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Transition Metal−Boryl Compounds: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Structure

    Geoffrey J. Irvine;M. J. Gerald Lesley;Todd B. Marder;Nicholas C. Norman

  • Transition metal catalysed diboration

    Todd B. Marder;Nicholas C. Norman

  • Chemistry of arsenic, antimony and bismuth

    Nicholas C. Norman

  • SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLATINUM(II)-BIS(BORYL) CATALYST PRECURSORS FOR DIBORATION OF ALKYNES AND DIYNES : MOLECULAR STRUCTURES OF CIS-(PPH3 )2PT(B-4-BUTCAT)2, CIS-(PPH3)2PT(BCAT)2, CIS-(DPPE)PT(BCAT)2, CIS-(DPPB)PT( BCAT)2, (E)-(4-MEOC6H4)C(BCAT)=CH(BCAT), (Z)-(C6H5)C(BCAT)=C(C6H5)(BCAT), A

    G. Lesley;P. Nguyen;N. J. Taylor;T. B. Marder

  • The Structures of the Group 15 Element(III) Halides and Halogenoanions

    George A. Fisher;Nicholas C. Norman

  • Transition Metal Complexes Incorporating Atoms of the Heavier Main-Group Elements

    Neville A. Compton;R. John Errington;Nicholas C. Norman

  • Synthesis and structure of a diarsene: the first compound with an unsupported arsenic-arsenic double bond

    A. H. Cowley;J. G. Lasch;N. C. Norman;M. Pakulski

  • Oxidative addition of B-B bonds by rhodium(I) phosphine complexes: molecular structures of B2cat2 (cat = 1,2-O2C6H4) and its 4-But and 3,5-But2 analogs

    Paul Nguyen;Gerry Lesley;Nicholas J. Taylor;Todd B. Marder

  • SECONDARY BONDING AS A POTENTIAL DESIGN ELEMENT FOR CRYSTAL ENGINEERING

    Jonathan Starbuck;Nicholas C. Norman;A. Guy Orpen

  • Synthesis and structures of compounds containing double bonds between the heavier Group VA elements: diphosphenes, diarsenes, phosphaarsenes, and phosphastibenes

    Alan H. Cowley;Jan E. Kilduff;Jon G. Lasch;Sushil K. Mehrotra

  • Platinum catalysed 1,4-diboration of α,β-unsaturated ketones

    Yvonne G. Lawson;M. J. Gerald Lesley;Nicholas C. Norman;Craig R. Rice

  • Phosphine exchange reactions involving cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(Bcat)2] (cat = 1,2-O2C6H4) and the oxidative addition of 1,2-B2Cl2(NMe2)2 to Pt0

    David Curtis;M. J. Gerald Lesley;Nicholas C. Norman;A. Guy Orpen

  • Oxidative addition of boron–boron, boron–chlorine and boron–bromine bonds to platinum(0)

    William Clegg;Fiona J. Lawlor;Gerry Lesley;Todd B. Marder

  • Lewis-base adducts of the diborane(4) compounds B2(1,2-E2C6H4)2(E=O or S)

    William Clegg;Chaoyang Dai;Fiona J. Lawlor;Todd B. Marder

  • Synthesis and reactivity of cobalt boryl complexes

    Christopher J. Adams;R. Angharad Baber;Andrei S. Batsanov;George Bramham

  • Lewis base adducts of diboron compounds: molecular structures of [B2(cat)2(4-picoline)] and B2(cat)2(4-picoline)2](cat = 1.2-O2C6H4)

    Paul Nguyen;Chaoyang Dai;Nicholas J. Taylor;William P. Power

  • Platinum Catalysed Diboration of Terminal Alkenes with Chiral Diborane(4) Compounds

    Todd B Marder;Todd B Marder;Nicholas C Norman;Craig R Rice

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Rhodium(I) Boryl and Rhodium(III) Tris(Boryl) Compounds: Molecular Structures of [(PMe3)4Rh(B(cat))] and fac-[(PMe3)3Rh(B(cat))3] (cat = 1,2-O2C6H4)

    Chaoyang Dai;Graham Stringer;Todd B. Marder;Andrew J. Scott

  • Synthesis and Structures of Intramolecularly Base-Coordinated Group 15 Aryl Halides.

    Claire J. Carmalt;Alan H. Cowley;Robert D. Culp;Richard A. Jones

  • SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURES OF FREE AND COORDINATED PHOSPHAALKENES

    A. H. Cowley;R. A. Jones;J. G. Lasch;N. C. Norman

  • STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF BIS-CATECHOLATE, BIS-DITHIOCATECHOLATE, AND TETRAALKOXY DIBORANE(4) COMPOUNDS

    William Clegg;Mark R. J. Elsegood;Fiona J. Lawlor;Nicholas C. Norman

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan H. Cowley
Alan H. Cowley The University of Texas at Austin
William Clegg
William Clegg Newcastle University
Todd B. Marder
Todd B. Marder University of Würzburg
A. Guy Orpen
A. Guy Orpen University of Bristol
Claire J. Carmalt
Claire J. Carmalt University College London
George R. Whittell
George R. Whittell University of Bristol
Mark R. J. Elsegood
Mark R. J. Elsegood Loughborough University
Jerry L. Atwood
Jerry L. Atwood University of Missouri
Dudley E. Shallcross
Dudley E. Shallcross University of Bristol
William E. Hunter
William E. Hunter University of Alabama

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