Publications Dr. Jan Klett

Papers published in refereed journals:
Authors in alphabetical order, main author(s) identified by *

1.

J. Klett, K. W. Klinkhammer, M. Niemeyer "Ligand Exchange between Aryl Copper Compounds and Bis(hypersilyl)tin or Bis(hypersilyl)lead: Synthesis and Characterization of Hypersilylcopper and a Stannanediyl Complex with a Cu-Sn Bond" Chem. Eur J. 1999, 5, 2531-2536.

2.

J.-P. Praly, J.-C. Brendlé, J. Klett, F. Péquery "Synthesis of Peracetylated D-galactopyranosylidene dihalides" C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Chimie / Chemistry 2001, 4, 611-617.

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K. W. Klinkhammer, J. Klett, Y. Xiong, S. L. Yao "Homo- and Heteroleptic Hypersilylcuprates – Valuable Reagents for the Synthesis of Molecular Compounds with a Cu-Si Bond" Eur. J. Inorg Chem. 2003, 3417-3424.

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J. Garcia-Álvarez, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey "Alkali-Metal-Mediated-Manganation: A Method for Directly Attaching Manganese(II) Centers to Aromatic Frameworks" Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 1123-1127; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 1105-1109.

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J. Garcia-Álvarez, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey "Lewis Base Stabilized Lithium-TMP Aluminate: An Unexpected Fragmentation and Capture Reaction Involving Cyclic Ether 1,4-Dioxane" Chem. Commun. 2007, 2402-2402.

6.

L. M. Carrella, W. Clegg, D. V. Graham, L. M. Hogg, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, E. Rentschler, L. Russo "Sodium-Mediated Manganation: Direct Mono- and Dimanganation of Benzene and Synthesis of a Transition-Metal Inverse-Crown Complex" Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 4746-4750; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4662-4666.

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A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett,* R. E. Mulvey, S. Newton, D. Wright "Manganese(II)-Lithium and –Sodium Inverse Crown Ether (ICE) Complexes" Chem. Commun. 2008, 308-310.

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V. L. Blair, W. Clegg, B. Conway, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, L. Russo "Alkali-Metal-Mediated-Manganation(II) of Functionalized Arenes and Applications of ortho-Manganated Products in Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions with Iodobenzene" Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 65-72 (highlighted in Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed., highlighted as front cover).

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V. L. Blair, L. M. Carrella, W. Clegg, B. Conway, R. W. Harrington, L. M. Hogg, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, E. Rentschler, L. Russo "Tuning the Basicity of Synergic Bimetallic Reagents: Switching the Regioselectivity of the Direct Dimetalation of Toluene from 2,5- to 3,5-Positions" Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 6304-6307; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6208-6211.

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B. Conway, D. V. Graham, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey "Structurally-defined potassium-mediated regioselective zincation of amino- and alkoxy-substituted pyridines" Chem. Commun. 2008, 2638-2640.

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P. García-Álvarez, D. V. Graham, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, C. T. O'Hara, S. Weatherstone "Unmasking Representative Structures of TMP-Active Hauser and Turbo-Hauser Bases" Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 8199-8201; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8079-8081.

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V. L. Blair, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey "Structural complexity of the magnesiation of furan: an octadecanuclear product with a subporphyrin-like Mg3(2,5-fur-di-yl)3 substructure" Chem. Commun. 2008, 5426-5428.

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V. L. Blair, L. M. Carrella, W. Clegg, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, E. Rentschler, L. Russo "Structural and Magnetic Insights into the Trinuclear Ferrocenophane and Unexpected Hydrido Inverse Crown Products of Alkali-Metal-Mediated Manganation(II) of Ferrocene" Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 856-863.

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A. Alberola, V. L. Blair, L. M. Carrella, W. Clegg, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, S. Newton, E. Rentschler, L. Russo "Bis(trimethylsilylmethyl)manganese: Structural Variations of its Solvent-Free, TMEDA-, Pyridine- and Dioxane-Complexed Forms" Organometallics 2009, 28, 2112-2118.

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P. Alborés, L. M. Carrella, W. Clegg, P. García-Álvarez, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett,* R. E. Mulvey, E. Rentschler, L. Russo "Direct C-H Metalation with Chromium(II) and Iron(II): New Transition Metal-Host Benzenediide-Guest Magnetic Inverse-Crown Complexes" Angew. Chem. 2009, 121, 3367-3371 (Front Cover); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3317-3321.

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E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, M. D. McCall "Direct lateral metallation using alkali-metal mediated zincation (AMMZn): SiC–H vs.Si–O bond cleavage" Chem. Commun. 2009, 3240-3242.

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L. Balloch, A. M. Drummond, P. García-Álvarez, D. V. Graham, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, C. T. O’Hara, P. J. A. Rodger, I. D. Rushworth "Structural Variations within Group 1 (Li−Cs)+(2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy) Complexes Made via Metallic Reduction of the Nitroxyl Radical" Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 6934-6944.

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A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, D. S. Wright "Synergic Sedation of Sensitive Anions: Alkali Mediated Zincation of Cyclic Ethers and Ethene" Science 2009, 326 (5953), 706-709 (Highlighted in Science, CE&N, Chemistry World, Nachrichten aus der Chemie).

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W. Clegg, B. Conway, P. García-Álvarez, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, L. Russo "Potassium-mediated zincation of ferrocene and ruthenocene: potassium, the architect behind supramolecular structural variations" Dalton Trans. 2009, 1, 62-65.

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A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, C. T. O'Hara, R. E. Mulvey, G. M. Robertson "Structural Elucidation of tmeda-Solvated Alkali Metal Diphenylamide Complexes" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 33, 5029-5035.

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R. Campbell, B. Conway, G. S. Fairweather, P. García-Álvarez, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, C. T. O'Hara, G. M. Robertson "Cis-2,6-Dimethylpiperidide: A structural mimic for TMP (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide) or DA (diisopropylamide)?" Dalton Trans. 2010, 2, 511-519.

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E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, Z. Livingstone, M. D. McCall "New insights into addition reactions of dialkylzinc reagents to trifluoromethyl ketones: Structural authentication of α-hydride elimination product containing a tetranuclear zinc chain" Dalton Trans. 2010, 2, 520-526.

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L. Balloch, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, C. T. O Hara "Structural elaboration of the surprising ortho-zincation of benzylmethylether" Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2319-2321.

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R. Forret, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, S. D. Robertson "Multistep Self-Assembly of Heteroleptic Magnesium and Sodium−Magnesium Benzamidinate Complexes" Organometallics 2010, 29, 1436-1442.

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R. E. Mulvey, V. L. Blair, W. Clegg, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, L. Russo "Cleave and capture chemistry illustrated through bimetallic-induced fragmentation of tetrahydrofuran" Nature Chem. 2010, 2, 588-591.

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B. Conway, P. García-Álvarez, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, S. D. Robertson "Structural insights into mono-amido tris-alkyl potassium aluminates" New J. Chem. 2010, 34, 1707-1712.

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L. M. Carrella, C. Förster, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, E. Rentschler "Synthesis and Structure of a Potassium Potassiochromate: A Bis-Chromium(II) Molecule Held Together by Near-Square-Planar Potassium−Ligand Bridges" Organometallics 2010, 29, 4756-4758.

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S. E. Baillie, W. Clegg, P. García-Álvarez, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, L. Russo "Synthesis and characterization of an infinite sheet of metal–alkyl bonds: unfolding the elusive structure of an unsolvated alkali-metal trisalkylmagnesiate" Chem. Commun. 2010, 47, 388-390.

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E. Crosbie, P. García-Álvarez, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, S. D. Robertson "Structurally Engineered Deprotonation/Alumination of THF and THTP with Retention of Their Cycloanionic Structures" Angew. Chem. 2010, 122, 9578-9581; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 9388-9391.

30.

W. Clegg, B. Conway, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett,* R. E. Mulvey, L. Russo "Synthesis and Structures of Trimethylsilylmethylsodium and Trimethylsilylmethylpotassium with Bi- and Tridentate N-Donor Ligands" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 721-726.

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J. J. Crawford, B. J. Fleming, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, C. T. O'Hara, S. A. Orr "Remote functionalisation via sodium alkylamidozincate intermediates: access to unusual fluorenone and pyridyl ketone reactivity patterns" Chem. Commun. 2011, 3772-3774.

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A. A. Fyfe, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett,* R. E. Mulvey "Crossing Organolithium Compounds with Organolithium Compounds: Molecular Squares and a Cage-Encapsulating Reaction" Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 7922-7926; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed 2011, 50, 7776-7780 (Highlighted as frontpiece and twice in Nachrichten aus der Chemie).

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A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, S. D. Robertson "N-Heterocyclic-Carbene-Induced Monomerization of Sterically Encumbered Dialkylmagnesium and Dialkylmanganese Polymers" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 4675-4679 (Highlighted as front cover).

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D. R. Armstrong, L. Balloch, J. J. Crawford, B. J. Fleming, L. M. Hogg, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, R. E. Mulvey, C. T. O'Hara, S. A. Orr, S. D. Robertson "Single electron transfer (SET) activity of the dialkyl-amido sodium zincate [(TMEDA)•Na(μ-TMP)(μ-tBu)Zn(tBu)] towards TEMPO and chalcone" Chem. Commun. 2012, 1541-1543.

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W. Clegg, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett,* R. E. Mulvey, L. Russo "Adding Rubidium and Cesium to the Homologous Series of Alkali Metal Compounds of Trimethylsilylmethanides and 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidides" Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 2989-2994 (Highlighted as front cover).

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S. E. Baillie, W. Clegg, P. Garciá-Álvarez, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, L. Russo "Synthesis, Structural Elucidation, and Diffusion-Ordered NMR Studies of Homoleptic Alkyllithium Magnesiates: Donor-Controlled Structural Variations in Mixed-Metal Chemistry" Organometallics 2012, 31, 5131-5142.

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J. Saßmannshausen, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, J. A. Parkinson, D. Armstrong "Taming the Shrew: [(TMEDA)Li-Zn(C2H4)2L] as a model compound for anionic ethene polymerisation" New J. Chem. 2013, 37, 494-501.

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W. Clegg, B. J. Fleming, P. García-Álvarez, L. M. Hogg, A. R. Kennedy, J. Klett, A. J. Martínez-Martínez, R. E. Mulvey, L. Russo, C. T. O'Hara "Structural elucidation of homometallic anthracenolates synthesised via deprotonative metallation of anthrone" Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 2512-2519.