Peter Bird, PhD

Education

Ph.D. (Sheffield)

Research interests

Inorganic Chemistry
Inactive for the moment! Formerly inorganic/organometallic synthesis and X-ray crystallography.

Organometallic Chemistry

Studies have involved the preparation and characterization of a variety of transition metal complexes involving π-bonded organic ligands, for example, η5 cyclopentadiene.

Journal Articles

P.H.Bird, X. Li and J.A. Osborn, “The Preparation and Redox Properties of Compounds with Hydrazido(2-) and Imido Ligands Bound to the Mo(dttd) Group (dttd = 2,3;8,9 dibenzo-1,4,7,10-tetrathiadecane-2)) and the Crystal Structure of Mo(dttd)Cl(NNPh₂)”. In preparation.

Hocine Merazig, Fatima Setifi, Zouaoui Setifi, Peter H. Bird, Georges Dénès and Korzior Tam, 2005, K₃Sn₅Cl₃F₁₀ with a corrugated layered structure” Acta Cryst., E61, i120 - i122

Laurence K. Thompson, Virginie Niel, Hilde Grove, David O. Miller, Michael Newlands, Peter H. Bird, Wasantha A. Wickramasinghe, A.B.P. Lever, 2004,  “Cobalt and nickel complexes of a tetradentate phthalazine ligand – mononuclear, dinuclear and trinuclear derivatives” Polyhedron 23, 1175 - 1184.

A. Shaver, J.M. McCall, P.H. Bird and U. Siriwardane, 1991, "The Structure of a Complex Containing a Chelating S₃^2- Ligand: [(C₅Me₅)₂TiS₃]" Acta Cryst., C47, 659.

P68.  C. Moralejo, C.H. Langford, and P.H. Bird, 1991, "The Crystal Structure of W(CO)₅piperidine: Implications for Photoreactivity of W(CO)₅L Complexes" Can. J. Chem., 69, 2033.

A. Shaver, B. Soo Lum, P. Bird, E. Livingstone, and M. Schweitzer, 1990, "Preparation and Crystal Structure of Bis(cyclopentadienyl)tetracarbonylbis(μ‑2‑propanethiolato)ditungsten(II), [CpW(CO)₂(μ-SCHMe₂)]₂, and Bis(cyclopentadienyl)dicarbonylbis(μ‑2‑propanethiolatoditungsten(II), [CpW(CO)(μ-SCHMe₂)]₂." Inorg. Chem. 29, 1832.