news

the group's diffractometer: the Xcalibur Eos single crystal x-ray diffractometer is running smoothly. pictures to follow.


members

two postdocs: Dr Stephen Mansell is working on organometallic f-block chemistry. Dr Emma Hollis is working on the collaborative uranium macrocycle project with Jason Love's group.

seven PhD students: Anne-Germeroth, Isobel Marr, and Chloe Jones are working on f-block N-heterocyclic carbene chemistry, including C-H activation and new element bond forming reactions. Aaron Gamboa is working on catalysts for polymerisation of biorenewable monomers and carbon dioxide chemistry. Rebecca White is working on small molecule activation chemistry (hydrocarbons, CO, CO2, and N2 activation and catalysis). Anne-Frederique Pecharman and Guy Jones are working on the collaborative uranium macrocycle project with Jason Love.


space

view a drawing of our labs.

Each group member has their own high-vacuum Schlenk line in their own wide fumehood. The labs are centrally plumbed for inert gases and two, controllable levels of low-level vacuum for organic chemical procedures.

We share the group office, tea-room and library, and glove box room, with Jason Love's group.

lab line line
office office and tea room

 


kit

Full set of solvent drying towers. The towers are from Vac Atmospheres, and run on a new, recirculating system designed to dry solvents more effectively than conventional solvent towers.

towers

We have two single MBraun glove boxes, running at sub 1ppm oxygen and moisture levels, and have just commissioned a new double Vac Atmospheres glove box which we share with Jason Love's group.

The glove boxes are equipped with feed-throughs for electrical leads, so that cyclic voltammetric (CV) experiments can be run inside the box. The CV kit can be moved between boxes as required.

We have both a turbomolecular pump - controlled glass line for high vacuum sublimations, and a large, high-vacuum glass line for vacuum transfers and gas reactions.

In addition to the glove box -30C freezers, we have fridges and freezers covering the temperature range 0C to -80C.

We also appreciate the importance of having a well stocked chemical fridge.


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