• Carbon monoxide coupling and functionalisation at a simple uranium coordination complex P. L. Arnold, Z. R. Turner, R. M. Bellabarba, R. P. Tooze, Chemical Science, 2011, 2, 77. DOI:10.1039/C0SC00452A.
• Uranium-mediated activation of small molecules [highlight article] P. L. Arnold, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 9005. DOI:10.1039/C1CC10834D.
• Oxo group protonation and silylation of pentavalent uranyl Pacman complexes P. L. Arnold, A. F. Pecharman, J. B. Love, Angew. Chem.-Int. Ed., 2011, DOI:10.1002/anie.201104359.
• Carbon-silicon and carbon-carbon bond formation by elimination reactions at metal N-heterocyclic carbene complexes P. L. Arnold, Z. R. Turner, R. Bellabarba, R. P. Tooze, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 11744. DOI:/10.1021/ja204209t.
• Single-electron uranyl reduction by a rare-earth cation P. L. Arnold, E. Hollis, F. J. White, N. Magnani, R. Caciuffo, J. B. Love, Angew. Chem.-Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 887. DOI:10.1002/anie.201005511.
• Small molecule activation by uranium tris(aryloxides): Experimental and computational studies of binding of N2, coupling of CO, and deoxygenation insertion of CO2 under ambient conditions S. M. Mansell, N. Kaltsoyannis, P. L. Arnold, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133, 9036. DOI:10.1021/ja2019492.
• Theoretical predictions of cofacial bis(actinyl) complexes of a stretched Schiff-base calixpyrrole ligand Q.-J. Pan, G. Schreckenbach, P. L. Arnold, J. B. Love, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 5720. DOI:10.1039/C1CC10979K.

2010

• Uranyl oxo activation and functionalization by metal cation coordination P. L. Arnold, A.-F. Pecharman, E. Hollis, A. Yahia, L. Maron, S. Parsons, J. B. Love Nature Chem., 2010, 2, 1056. DOI:10.1038/nchem.904.
• Cation 'o nine tails P. L. Arnold, Nature, 2010, 466, 7307. DOI:10.1038/466704a.
• Addition-Elimination Reactions across the MC Bond of Metal N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Z. R. Turner, R. Bellabarba, R. P. Tooze, P. L. Arnold, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 4050. DOI:10.1021/ja910673q.
• Constructing cerium supramolecular wheels and encapsulating uranium with a Schiff-base calixpyrrole ligand P. L. Arnold, N. A. Potter (nee Jones), C. D. Carmichael, A. M. Z. Slawin, P. Roussel, J. B. Love, Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 1833. DOI:10.1039/b921132b.
• Covalency in Ce(IV) and U(IV) halide and N-heterocyclic carbene bonds P. L. Arnold, Z. R. Turner, N. Kaltsoyannis, P. Pelekanaki, R. M. Bellabarba, R. P. Tooze Chem. Eur. J., 2010,16, 9623. DOI:10.1021/ja910673q.
• Synthesis of Bimetallic Uranium and Neptunium Complexes of a Binucleating Macrocycle and Determination of the Solid-State Structure by Magnetic Analysis P. L. Arnold, N. A. Potter (nee Jones), N. Magnani, C. Apostolidis, J. C. Griveau, E. Colineau, A. Morgenstern, R. Caciuffo, J. B. Love, Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 5341. DOI:10.1021/ic100374j.
  
• The effect of the equatorial environment on oxo-group silylation of the uranyl dication; A computational study A. Yahia, P. L. Arnold, J. B. Love, L. Maron Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4881. DOI:10.1002/chem.201001471.
• Chiral Indium Alkoxide Complexes as Initiators for the Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide J. C. Buffet, J. Okuda, and P. L. Arnold Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 419. DOI:10.1021/ic900740n.
• Equatorial ligand substitution by hydroxide in uranyl Pacman complexes of a ditopic Schiff-base pyrrole macrocycle P. L. Arnold, D. Patel, A.-F. Pecharman, J. B. Love Dalton Trans., 2010, 3501. DOI:10.1039/b922115h.
• New U(III) and U(IV) Silylamides and an improved synthesis of NaN(SiMe2R)2 (R = Me, Ph) S. M. Mansell, B. Fernandez-Perandones, P. L. Arnold J. Organomet. Chem., 2010 695, 6808. DOI:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2010.08.019.
• Lanthanide/actinide differentiation with sterically encumbered N-heterocyclic carbene ligands P. L. Arnold, Z. R. Turner, A. I. Germeroth, I. J. Casely, R. M. Bellabarba, R. P. Tooze Dalton Trans., 2010,39, 6808. DOI:10.1039/c001584a.
• Uranium nitrogen multiple bonding: isostructural anionic, neutral, and cationic nitride complexes featuring a linear N=U=N core A. R. Fox, P. L. Arnold, C. C. Cummins J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 3250. DOI:10.1021/ja910364u.
  

• Organometallic Actinides; Now U=C it P. L. Arnold, Nature Chem., 2009,1, 29. DOI: 10.1038/nchem.153.
• F-Block N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes Arnold, P. L. and I. J. Casely, 2009, Chem. Rev. 109, 3599. DOI:10.1021/cr8005203.
• Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Alkoxide as a Supporting Ligand for Pd-II/IV C-H Bond Functionalization Catalysis P. L. Arnold, M. S. Sanford, S. M. Pearson, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13912. DOI:10.1021/ja905713t.
• Ligand Recognition Processes in the Formation of Homochiral C₃-Symmetric LnL₃ Complexes of a Chiral Alkoxide Arnold, P. L., J.-C. Buffet, et al., 2009, Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 8241. DOI:10.1002/chem.200900522.
• Magnesium and zinc complexes of functionalised, saturated N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: carbene lability and functionalisation, and lactide polymerisation catalysis Arnold, P. L., I. J. Casely, et al., Dalton Trans. 2009, 7236. DOI: 10.1039/b907034f.
• Organometallic Cerium(IV) complexes from tetravalent coordination complexes Arnold, P. L., I. J. Casely, et al., Helv. Chim. Acta, 2009, 11, 2291. DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200900152.
  
• A DFT study of the single electron reduction and silylation of the U–O bond of the uranyl dication in a macrocyclic environment A. Yahia, P. L. Arnold, J. B. Love, Laurent Maron, Chem. Commun., 2009, 2402. DOI: 10.1039/b900571d.
• An unsupported transition metal – lanthanide bond; synthesis and crystal structure of an Nd-Fe amido N-heterocyclic carbene complex P. L. Arnold, J. McMaster, S. T. Liddle, Chem. Commun, 2009, 818. doi10.1039/b819072k.

• Reduction and Selective Oxo-Group Silylation of the Uranyl Dication. P. L. Arnold, D. Patel, C. Wilson, J. B. Love. Nature, 2008,451, 315. doi:10.1038/nature06467.
•  C3-symmetric lanthanide tris(alkoxide) complexes formed by preferential complexation and their stereoselective polymerization of rac-lactide  P. L. Arnold, J.-C. Buffet, R. Blaudeck, S. Sujecki, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 6033. doi:10.1002/anie.200801279.
•  Functionalized saturated-backbone carbene ligands; yttrium and uranyl alkoxy-carbene complexes and bicyclic carbene-alcohol adducts P. L. Arnold, I. J. Casely, Z. R. Turner, C. D. Carmichael, Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 10415. doi:10.1002/chem.200801321.
• Comparisons between yttrium and titanium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes in the search for early transition metal NHC backbonding interactions P. L. Arnold, S. Zlatogorsky, N. A. Jones, C. D. Carmichael, S. T. Liddle, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 9042.
• Magnesium amido N-heterocyclic carbene complexes P. L. Arnold, I. S. Edworthy, C. D. Carmichael, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, Dalton Trans., 2008, 3739.     
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• Low-valent uranium iodides: straightforward solution syntheses of UI3 and UI4 etherates C. D. Carmichael, N. A. Jones, P. L. Arnold, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 8577. doi:10.1021/hc801138e.
• A computational Density Functional (DFT) study of polypyrrolic macrocycles: analysis of actinyl–oxo to 3d transition metal bonding J. J. Berard, G. Schreckenbach, P. L. Arnold, D. Patel, J. B. Love, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 11583.
• Synthesis and structural characterization of a lanthanide-alkyl-alkylidene S. T. Liddle, J. McMaster, J. C. Green, P. L. Arnold, Chem. Commun., 2008, 1747.
• Synthesis and reactivity of neodymium(III) amido-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene complexes P. L. Arnold, S. T. Liddle, Comptes Rendus Chem., 2008, 11, 603.

• Tetravalent cerium carbene complexes.  I. J. Casely, S. T. Liddle, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, P. L. Arnold, Chem. Commun., 2007, 5037. doi:10.1039/b713041d.
• A lanthanide-gallium complex stabilized by the N-heterocyclic carbene group.  P. L. Arnold, S. T. Liddle, J. McMaster, C. Jones, D. P. Mills, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129, 5360. doi:10.1021/ja0710858.
• Abnormal N-heterocyclic carbenes.  P. L. Arnold, S. Pearson, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2007, 251, 596. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2006.08.006.
• Titanium(III) Alkoxy-N-heterocyclic Carbenes and a Safe, Low-Cost Route to TiCl3(THF)3.  N. A. Jones, S. T. Liddle, C. Wilson, P. L. Arnold, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 755. doi10.1021/om060486d.
• Synthesis and NHC Lability of d0 Lithium, Yttrium, Titanium, and Zirconium Amido Bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) Complexes.  I. S. Edworthy, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, P. L. Arnold, Organometallics, 2007, 26, 3684. doi10.1021/om0701874.
• P. L. Arnold and R. Blaudeck, Patent no. P114230WO, 2007.
• Anionic tethered N-heterocyclic carbene chemistry.  S. T. Liddle, I. S. Edworthy, P. L. Arnold, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2007, 1732.
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• Synthesis and characterisation of yttrium complexes supported by the beta-diketiminate ligand {ArNC(CH3)CHC(CH3)NAr}– {Ar = 2,6-(Pri)2C6H3}.  S. T. Liddle, P. L. Arnold, Dalton Trans., 2007, 3305.
• Sterically demanding bi- and tridentate alkoxy-N-heterocyclic carbenes.  P. L. Arnold, C. Wilson, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2007, 360, 190.

• F-block N-heterocyclic carbene complexes.  Review article. P. L. Arnold, S. T. Liddle, Chem. Commun., 2006, 3959.
• Bifunctional yttrium(III) and titanium(IV) NHC catalysts for lactide polymerisation.  D. Patel, S. T. Liddle, S. A. Mungur, M. Rodden, A. J. Blake, P. L. Arnold, Chem. Commun., 2006, 1124. doi 10.1039/b514406j.
• Group I cation templated formation of luminescent mono- and bis-substituted thionaphthol heterobimetallic complexes of Pr, Nd, Eu and Tb.  L. S. Natrajan, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, J. A. Weinstein, P. L. Arnold, Dalton Transactions, 2006, 4465.
• Titanium(IV) alkoxy-N-heterocyclic carbenes; structural preferences of alkoxide and bromide adducts.  S. A. Mungur, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, J. McMaster, P. L. Arnold, Organometallics, 2006, 25, 1861-7. doi 10.1021/om0508839.
• Bent Metal Carbenes – Electrostatic Bonds vs. Covalency In Organometallic Actinide Chemistry.  S. T. Liddle, S. A. Mungur, M. Rodden, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, P. L. Arnold, Advances in Actinide Science, 2006, 2P10.
• Metal Vapor Synthesis, F. G. N. Cloke and P. L. Arnold, Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 20.
• Selective Oxo Functionalization of the Uranyl Ion with 3d Metal Cations.  P. L. Arnold, D. Patel, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, J. B. Love, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 9610. doi 10.1021/ja0634167.
• Uranyl complexation by a hinged polypyrrolic macrocycle; hydrogen bonding with the uranyl oxo atom and enforced π-stacking in the equatorial plane.  P. L. Arnold, J. B. Love, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, Advances in Actinide Science, 2006, 2P11.
• Covalency in uranium complexes and new f-element chemistry that exploits soft organometallic carbene ligands.  P. L. Arnold, S. T. Liddle, S. A. Mungur, M. Rodden, C. Wilson, Advances in Actinide Science, 2006, 7C04.
• Deprotonation of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to Afford Heterobimetallic Organolanthanide Complexes.  P. L. Arnold, S. T. Liddle, Organometallics, 2006, 24, 2597. doi10.1021/om050895u.

• Synthesis of Heteroleptic Cerium(III) Anionic Amido-Tethered N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes.  S. T. Liddle and P. L. Arnold, Organometallics, 2005, 24, 2597-605.
• Silver alkoxide and amino N-heterocyclic carbenes; syntheses and crystal structures.  I. S. Edworthy, M. Rodden, S. A. Mungur, K. M. Davis, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, M. Schröder and P. L. Arnold, J. Organomet. Chem., 2005, 690, 5710.
• Thermally stable potassium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes with alkoxide ligands, and a polymeric crystal structure with distorted, bridging carbenes.  P. L. Arnold, M. Rodden and C. Wilson, Chem. Commun., 2005, 1743-5. doi10.1039/b418302a.
• Regioselective C-H activation of lanthanide-bound N-heterocyclic carbenes.  P. L. Arnold and S. T. Liddle, Chem. Commun., 2005, 5638. doi10.1039/b511265f.
• Synthesis and small molecule reactivity of uranium(IV) alkoxide complexes with both bound and pendant N-heterocyclic carbene ligands.  P. L. Arnold, A. J. Blake and C. Wilson, Chem. Eur. J., 2005, 11, 6095. doi10.1002/chem.200500481.
• Uranyl complexation by a schiff-base, polypyrrolic macrocycle.  P. L. Arnold, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson and J. B. Love, Inorg. Chem., 2004, 43, 8206-8.
• Group 4 complexes of chelating dianionic [OSO] binaphtholate ligands; Synthesis and alkene polymerisation catalysis.  L. S. Natrajan, C. Wilson, J. Okuda and P. L. Arnold, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2004, 3724-32.
• Synthesis and luminescence studies of mono- and C-3-symmetric, tris(ligand) complexes of Sm(III), Y(III) and Eu(III) with sulfur-bridged binaphtholate ligands.  L. S. Natrajan, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, J. A. Weinstein and P. L. Arnold, Dalton Transactions, 2004, 3748-55.
• Bent metal carbene geometries in amido N-heterocyclic carbene complexes.  S. A. Mungur, S. T. Liddle, C. Wilson, M. J. Sarsfield and P. L. Arnold, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2738-9. doi10.1039/b410074c.
• Silver nanoparticles and polymeric medical devices: a new approach to prevention of infection?  F. Furno, K. S. Morley, B. Wong, B. L. Sharp, P. L. Arnold, S. M. Howdle, R. Bayston, P. D. Brown, P. D. Winship and H. J. Reid, J. Antimicrob. Chemother., 2004, 54, 1019-24.
• Di- and trivalent ruthenium complexes of chelating, anionic N- heterocyclic carbenes.  P. L. Arnold and A. C. Scarisbrick, Organometallics, 2004, 23, 2519-21.
• Asymmetric lithium(I) and copper(II) alkoxy-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes; crystallographic characterisation and Lewis acid catalysis.  P. L. Arnold, M. Rodden, K. M. Davis, A. C. Scarisbrick, A. J. Blake and C. Wilson, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1612.
• Anionic amido N-heterocyclic carbenes: Synthesis of covalently tethered lanthanide-carbene complexes.  P. L. Arnold, S. A. Mungur, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, Angew. Chem.-Int. Edit., 2003, 42, 5981. doi10.1002/anie.200352710.
• Mechanistic insight into the lanthanide (III) salt catalysed monoacylation of symmetrical diols from structural models.  P. A. Clarke, P. L. Arnold, M. A. Smith, L. S. Natrajan, C. Wilson, C. Chan, Chem. Commun., 2003, 2588.
• Sulfur-bridged phenoxide and naphthyloxide-based ligands for lanthanide chemistry and catalysis.  L. S. Natrajan, J. J. Hall, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, P. L. Arnold, J. Solid State Chem., 2003, 171, 90.
• Arene complexation of Sm, Eu, Tm and Yb atoms: a variable temperature spectroscopic investigation.  P. L. Arnold, M. A. Petrukhina, V. E. Bochenkov, T. I. Shabatina, V. V. Zagorskii, G. B. Sergeev, F. G. N. Cloke, J. Organomet. Chem., 2003, 688, 49.
• Synthesis of mono- and di-potassium salts and methoxy adducts of sulfur-bridged biphenols by selective deprotonation.  P. L. Arnold, J. J. Hall, L. S. Natrajan, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, Dalton Trans., 2003, 1053.
• Symmetric and asymmetric samarium alkoxide derivatives of bridging sulfur biphenolate and binaphtholate ligands; synthetic, structural, and catalytic studies.  P. L. Arnold, L. S. Natrajan, J. J. Hall, S. J. Bird and C. Wilson, J. Organomet. Chem., 2002, 647, 205.
• Organometallic chemistry of monometallic species.  P. L. Arnold, Annual Reports A, 2002, 98, 369.
• Organometallic chemistry of silver and copper N-heterocyclic carbene complexes.  P. L. Arnold, Heteroatom Chem., 2002, 13, 534-9.
• Chelating alkoxy-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of silver and copper.  P. L. Arnold, A. C. Scarisbrick, A. J. Blake, C. Wilson, Chem. Commun., 2001, 2340.
• A functional model for lanthanide doped silicate materials: synthesis of an apically substituted samarium silsesquioxane complex.  P. L. Arnold, A. J. Blake, S. N. Hall, B. D. Ward, C. Wilson, J. Chem. Soc.-Dalton Trans., 2001, 488.
• Selective reduction in ring size of silsesquioxane oligomers mediated by potassium metal.  P. L. Arnold, A. J. Blake, Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E., 2001, 57, o131.
• Arene-bridged diuranium complexes: Inverted sandwiches supported by delta backbonding.  P. L. Diaconescu, P. L. Arnold, T. A. Baker, D. J. Mindiola and C. C. Cummins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 6108. doi10.1021/ja994484e.
• Metal vapor synthesis as a straightforward route to group 10 homoleptic carbene complexes.  P. L. Arnold, F. G. N. Cloke, T. Geldbach, P. B. Hitchcock, Organometallics, 1999, 18, 3228.
• Heterodinuclear uranium/molybdenum dinitrogen complexes.  A. L. Odom, P. L. Arnold, C. C. Cummins, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 5836. doi10.1021/ja980095t.
• The first stable scandocene: synthesis and characterisation of bis(eta-2,4,5-tri-tert-butyl-1,3- diphosphacyclopentadienyl)scandium(II).  P. L. Arnold, F. G. N. Cloke, J. F. Nixon, Chem. Commun., 1998, 797.
• An experimental and theoretical investigation of the electronic structure of Pd and Pt bis(carbene) complexes.  J. C. Green, R. G. Scurr, P. L. Arnold, F. G. N. Cloke, Chem. Commun., 1997, 1963.
• Bis(h-heteroarene)titanium complexes derived from 2,4,6-tri- tert-butylpyridine and 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphosphorin: Conformational preference in solution and redox activity.  P. L. Arnold, F. G. N. Cloke, K. Khan, P. Scott, J. Organomet. Chem., 1997, 528, 77.
• The first structurally authenticated zerovalent heteroarene complex of a lanthanide; Synthesis and x-ray structure of bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphosphorin)holmium(0).  P. L. Arnold, F. G. N. Cloke, P. B. Hitchcock, Chem. Commun., 1997, 481.
• The first example of a formal scandium(I) complex: Synthesis and molecular structure of a 22-electron scandium triple decker incorporating the novel 1,3,5-triphosphabenzene ring.  P. L. Arnold, F. G. N. Cloke, P. B. Hitchcock, J. F. Nixon, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 7630. doi10.1021/ja961253o.
• Synthesis of Permethylindenyl Complexes of the Early Transition-Metals - Crystal-Structures of Ti(h5-C9Me7)Cl3 and Zr(h5-C9Me7)2Cl2.  D. O'Hare, V. Murphy, G. M. Diamond, P. Arnold, P. Mountford, Organometallics, 1994, 13, 4689.