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Nick Roberts

 

Nicholas Kenneth Roberts

B.Sc.(Hons) Ph.D. University of Western Australia
Senior Lecturer
E-mail: n.roberts@unsw.edu.au

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

Born 1952. BSc(Hons), 1973 and PhD ,1979, with Dr S. Bruce Wild, University of Western Australia. Post-doctoral research with Prof. Bryce Bosnich, Lash-Miller Laboratories, University of Toronto, Canada, 1979-81. Research Fellow, Australian National University with Professor Martin A. Bennett 1981-84. Appointed lecturer in the Chemistry School, UNSW, 1984.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Organophosphorus chemistry. Chiral catalysis with metal complexes. Organometallic synthesis, ultrasound in chemical reactions. Copper(I) complexes.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • The ortho Metallation of N,N,N',N'-Tetramethyl-P-phenylphosphonothioic Diamide, Aust. J. Chem. 43(9), 1487-96, (1990)
  • Stable Tertiary Phosphine Adducts of Alane, Organometallics 11(4), 1457-1459, (1992)