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Simon Aldridge is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their primary research interests lie in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a focus on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Science.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic and organometallic compounds, organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, coordination chemistry and organometallics, and catalytic cross-coupling reactions.

Simon Aldridge has contributed numerous papers to various scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Molecular Main Group Metal Hydrides," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "The Aluminyl Anion: A New Generation of Aluminium Nucleophile," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Carbon Monoxide Activation by a Molecular Aluminium Imide: C−O Bond Cleavage and C−C Bond Formation," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Diberyllocene, a stable compound of Be(I) with a Be-Be bond," 2023, Science
  • "Fluorochemicals from fluorspar via a phosphate-enabled mechanochemical process that bypasses HF," 2023, Science

The venues where Simon Aldridge frequently publishes include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaboration forms a significant part of their scholarly activity, as reflected by repeated co-authorship with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include Andreas Heilmann, Jamie Hicks, Caitilín McManus, Petra Vasko, and José M. Goicoechea.

Best Publications

  • Fluoride Ion Complexation and Sensing Using Organoboron Compounds

    Casey R Wade;Alexander E J Broomsgrove;Simon Aldridge;François P Gabbaï

  • Hydrides of the Main-Group Metals: New Variations on an Old Theme

    Simon Aldridge;Anthony J. Downs

  • A stable two-coordinate acyclic silylene.

    Andrey V Protchenko;Krishna Hassomal Birjkumar;Deepak Dange;Andrew D Schwarz

  • Synthesis, structure and reaction chemistry of a nucleophilic aluminyl anion

    Jamie Hicks;Petra Vasko;Petra Vasko;Jose M. Goicoechea;Simon Aldridge

  • Transition metal boryl and borylene complexes: substitution and abstraction chemistry

    Simon Aldridge;Deborah L. Coombs

  • Molecular Main Group Metal Hydrides

    Matthew M. D. Roy;Alvaro A. Omaña;Andrew S. S. Wilson;Michael S. Hill

  • The Aluminyl Anion: A New Generation of Aluminium Nucleophile

    Jamie Hicks;Petra Vasko;Jose M. Goicoechea;Simon Aldridge

  • Reversible, Room-Temperature C—C Bond Activation of Benzene by an Isolable Metal Complex

    Jamie Hicks;Petra Vasko;Petra Vasko;Jose Manuel Goicoechea;Simon Aldridge

  • E-H Bond Activation of Ammonia and Water by a Geometrically Constrained Phosphorus(III) Compound.

    Thomas P. Robinson;Daniel M. De Rosa;Simon Aldridge;Jose M. Goicoechea

  • Dehydrogenation of Saturated CC and BN Bonds at Cationic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Stabilized M(III) Centers (M = Rh, Ir)

    Christina Y Tang;Amber L Thompson;Simon Aldridge

  • Enabling and Probing Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination at a Group 14 Metal Center: Cleavage and Functionalization of E–H Bonds by a Bis(boryl)stannylene

    Andrey V. Protchenko;Joshua I. Bates;Liban M. A. Saleh;Matthew P. Blake

  • Cooperative Bond Activation and Catalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide at a Group 13 Metal Center

    Joseph A. B. Abdalla;Ian M. Riddlestone;Rémi Tirfoin;Simon Aldridge

  • A nucleophilic gold complex

    Jamie Hicks;Akseli Mansikkamäki;Petra Vasko;Petra Vasko;Jose M. Goicoechea

  • Amidinato– and Guanidinato–Cobalt(I) Complexes: Characterization of Exceptionally Short Co–Co Interactions

    Cameron Jones;Christian Schulten;Christian Schulten;Richard P. Rose;Andreas Stasch

  • Cationic terminal borylenes by halide abstraction: synthesis and spectroscopic and structural characterization of an Fe=B double bond.

    Deborah L. Coombs;Simon Aldridge;Cameron Jones;David J. Willock

  • A generic one-pot route to acyclic two-coordinate silylenes from silicon(IV) precursors: synthesis and structural characterization of a silylsilylene.

    Andrey V Protchenko;Andrew D Schwarz;Matthew P Blake;Cameron Jones

  • Selective electrochemical detection of hydrogen fluoride by ambiphilic ferrocene derivatives.

    Christopher Bresner;Simon Aldridge;Ian A. Fallis;Cameron Jones

  • Rhodium and Iridium Aminoborane Complexes: Coordination Chemistry of BN Alkene Analogues

    Christina Y. Tang;Amber L. Thompson;Simon Aldridge

  • Colorimetric fluoride ion sensing by polyborylated ferrocenes: structural influences on thermodynamics and kinetics.

    Joanna K. Day;Christopher Bresner;Natalie D. Coombs;Ian Andrew Fallis

  • Transition metal borylene complexes: boron analogues of classical organometallic systems

    Dragoslav Vidovic;Glesni A. Pierce;Simon Aldridge

  • The Group 13 Metals Aluminium, Gallium, Indium and Thallium: Chemical Patterns and Peculiarities

    Anthony J. Downs;Simon Aldridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Cameron Jones
Cameron Jones Monash University
Amber L. Thompson
Amber L. Thompson University of Oxford
Andreas Stasch
Andreas Stasch University of St Andrews
Michael B. Hursthouse
Michael B. Hursthouse University of Southampton
Jose M. Goicoechea
Jose M. Goicoechea University of Oxford
Simon J. Coles
Simon J. Coles University of Southampton
Philip Mountford
Philip Mountford University of Oxford
Thomas P. Fehlner
Thomas P. Fehlner University of Notre Dame
Mark E. Light
Mark E. Light University of Southampton
Simon Parsons
Simon Parsons University of Edinburgh

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