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Published January 21, 2024 in Henry Rzepa's Blog

Geoffrey Wilkinson first reported his famous work on the hydrogenation catalyst that now bears his name in 1965[cite]10.1039/C19650000131[/cite] and I met him at Imperial College around 1969 and again when I returned there in 1977.

References

Trimethyl and diethylphenylphosphine complexes of rhenium(I, III, IV, V) and their reactions. X-ray crystal structures of a bis(η5-cyclopentadienyl)-ethane-bridged dirhenium(I) complex obtained from phenylacetylene, tetrakis-(diethylphenylphosphine) (dinitrogen) hydridorhenium (I), tetrakis(trimethyl-phosphine) (η2-dimethylphosphinomethyl) rhenium(I) and tetrakis(trimethylphosphine) (iodo)methyl rhenium(III) iodide-tetramethylphosphonium iodide

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-5387(00)86558-4

Published January 1, 1982 in Polyhedron

Authors Chiu Kwok W., Christopher G. Howard, Henry S. Rzepa, Richard N. Sheppard, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Anita M.R. Galas, Michael B. Hursthouse

A Computational Study of the Nondissociative Mechanisms that Interchange Apical and Equatorial Atoms in Square Pyramidal Molecules

https://doi.org/10.1021/ic0519988

Published April 20, 2006 in Inorganic Chemistry

Authors Henry S. Rzepa, Marion E. Cass

General Chemistry

Hydride intermediates in homogeneous hydrogenation reactions of olefins and acetylenes using rhodium catalysts

https://doi.org/10.1039/c19650000131

Published January 1, 1965 in Chemical Communications (London)

Authors J. F. Young, J. A. Osborn, F. H. Jardine, G. Wilkinson

Two-dimensional δ/J-resolved³¹P n.m.r. spectroscopy of [bis(diphenylphosphino)methane](trimethylphosphine)chlororhodium(I)

https://doi.org/10.1039/c39820000482

Published January 1, 1982 in J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.

Authors Kwok W. Chiu, Henry S. Rzepa, Richard N. Sheppard, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Wai-Kwok Wong

Mechanistic insights into boron-catalysed direct amidation reactions

https://doi.org/10.1039/c7sc03595k

Published January 1, 2018 in Chemical Science

Authors Sergey Arkhipenko, Marco T. Sabatini, Andrei S. Batsanov, Valerija Karaluka, Tom D. Sheppard, Henry S. Rzepa, Andrew Whiting

The generally accepted monoacyloxyboron mechanism of boron-catalysed direct amidation is brought into question in this study, and new alternatives are proposed.

Chemical sciences

Harnessing FAIR data: A suggested useful persistent identifier (PID) for quantum chemical calculations.

https://doi.org/10.59350/nk414-18p76

Published August 7, 2018

Author Henry Rzepa

Harnessing FAIR data is an event being held in London on September 3rd; no doubt all the speakers will espouse its virtues and speculate about how to realize its potential. ^♥ Admirable aspirations indeed. Capturing hearts and minds also needs lots of real life applications!

A mechanistic exploration of the Wilkinson hydrogenation catalyst. Part 1: Model templates