Research Interests

Research interests include four areas:
- New Heterocyclic Ligands:
The design and synthesis of new heterocyclic compounds and the study of their transition metal complexes. Recent emphasis has been on new binucleating ligands, new monochiral ligands, and ligands containing less-common heterocyclic rings systems.
- Metallosupramolecular Chemistry:
The use of metal ions to control the self-assembly of new supramolecular structures with unusual molecular architecture. Recent examples include topologically-new molecular cages, boxes, rings, ladders, clefts and helicates.
- Cyclometallated Compounds:
The synthesis and study of new cyclometallated compounds, with particular emphasis on multiply metallated compounds and applications of NMR spectroscopy to the prediction of the regio- and stereo-chemistries of the cyclometallation reactions.
- Heterocyclic Compounds:
The synthesis and study of heterocyclic compounds. New heterocyclic ring systems. Structural studies of the tautomerism of heterocyclic compounds, both in solution and the solid state. Fundamental aspects of the structure and properties of heterocycles.