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ORGANOMETALLIC AND COORDINATION CHEMISTRY OF THE MAIN GROUP AND RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

Peter C. Junk School of Chemistry,

Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Science of James Cook University February, 2006 2 CONTENTS

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Summary 3

Signed Statement 4

Acknowledgements 5

PREFACE 6

Table of Collaborators 7

Comments on Collaborative Studies 13

INTRODUCTION 15

1. Statement of Research Record and Contribution to

Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry 16

2. Details of Research Output 18

2.1 Main group organometallic and organoamido chemistry 19

2.2 Organolanthanoid Chemistry 20

2.3 Oxonium Ion Chemistry 21

2.4 involving crown ethers and

hydrated metal ions 21

2.5 Some Significant Publications 22

CURRICULUM VITAE 24

PUBLICATION LIST 31

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SUMMARY

This thesis presents a series of publications relating predominantly to the organometallic, organoamido and coordination chemistry of the main group and rare earth elements as well as some supramolecular chemistry involving crown ethers and oxonium ions. Investigations have concentrated on new synthetic approaches to rare earth and main group organoamido, organometallic and aryloxo compounds and their characterisation. The chemistry of crown ethers has been thoroughly explored, particular with relevance to that involving oxonium ions and a wide variety of metal ion. Supramolecular research has mainly involved studies of hydrogen bonded species in the solid state. Particular emphasis on the characterization has involved X-ray crystallography and the structural elucidation of the compounds in the solid. Systematic studies of rare earth, bismuth and HX salts of amines have been also performed.

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This thesis contains no material which has been submitted for a degree in any University by the author or other person, except where due reference is made in the text.

Peter C. Junk

School of Chemistry

Monash University

February 22, 2006

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I wish to thank all who have been connected with the work involved in this thesis, particularly all my collaborators, but most importantly my PhD supervisor Prof. Colin Raston, my Postdoctoral supervisors, Prof. Jerry Atwood, Prof. Allan White and Prof. Glen Deacon and my other collaborators (Prof. Cameron Jones, Dr Marcus Cole, Dr Jonathan Steed, Prof. Ulrich Kynast and

Prof. Eva-Marie Hey-Hawkins) with whom I have shared a very fruitful and successful number of years of research. My hard toiling PhD, Honours, undergraduate and exchange students have made most of the work in this thesis possible and without their contributions little of it would have been accomplished. Mush of this work has been funded by the Australian Research Council, the

Leverhulme Trust, UK and the DAAD, Germany and I am very grateful for the continued support.

Finally I would like to acknowledge The University of Western Australia, The University of

Alabama, The University of Missouri and Monash University for employment and support and I would particularly like to acknowledge James Cook University for giving me a start to my academic career and their support while I was working in Townsville.