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Dr Keith Izod

Reader in Main Group Chemistry

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7101
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  • Address: Room 1.34
Background

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=IQ8JrcMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCID: 0000-0003-3882-9343

Research

Research Interests

Research in the Izod group focuses on main group and lanthanide organometallic and coordination chemistry. We place particular emphasis on the synthesis and reactions of metal complexes having novel coordination environments by virtue of their unusual metal-ligand contacts, coordinative unsaturation or metal oxidation state.  Current projects include:

New Methods for the Stabilisation of Heavier Main Group Carbene Analogues - Applications in Small Molecule Activation

Since the discovery of the first stable N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) in 1991, these compounds have become ubiquitous in coordination chemistry and catalysis.  The chemistry of the heavier group 14 analogues of these species (tetrylenes) is less well developed, especially for systems where the group 14 centre is substituted by atoms other than nitrogen.  Our interest in this area is twofold: (i) the development of new ways to stabilise unusually-substituted tetrylenes and (ii) the application of these species in the activation of small molecules such as H2, CO, CO2.  In the course of these studies we have established a new method for the stabilisation of dialkyltetrylenes (R2E, E = Sn, Pb) through the use of weak, hemilabile, agostic-type B-H...E interactions.  We have also synthesised the first examples of diphosphatetrylenes (R2P)2E stabilised by P-E pi-interactions; the degree of pi-interaction, and hence the reactivities of the diphosphatetrylenes can be tuned through careful manipulation of the substituents at phosphorus.  We are currently developing this chemistry further, with a view to the application of dialkyl- and diphosphatetrylenes in small molecule activation.

New Directions in Organolanthanide Chemistry

The chemistry of the lanthanide elements has seen a remarkable resurgence of interest in the last two decades, due, at least in part, to the unique reactions mediated by the lanthanide ions.  We have an especial interest in the chemistry of low oxidation state lanthanide compounds and have isolated some of the first examples of sigma-bonded organolanthanide(II) compounds. Our current interest is in the novel reactions exhibited by dialkyllanthanide complexes and in new scaffolds to support organolanthanide(II) chemistry, including hybrid ligand systems with potential applications in small molecule activation and catalysis.

Development of Phosphine-Borane-Stabilised Carbanions

The chemistry of silicon-stabilised carbanions is well established and these ligands have been responsible for some of the major advances in inorganic chemistry over the last four decades.  In contrast, the isoelectronic phosphine-borane-stabilised carbanions (PBCs) have been little studied, in spite of their straightforward syntheses and the ease with which their steric and electronic properties may be tuned.  The Izod group has been at the forefront of the development of PBCs as ligands for main group and lanthanide elements.  We have shown that these ligands are incredibly versatile, adopting numerous bonding modes with metal centres, while the hemilability of the frequently observed B-H...M contacts engenders unusual structures and reactions in their compounds.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Madlool AM, Alwaaly A, Dixon CM, Waddell PG, Clegg W, Probert MR, Harrington RW, Izod K. . Organometallics 2024, 43(2), 164–173.
    • Liu M, Alwaaly A, Waddell PG, Izod K. . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2023, 1001, 122865.
    • Izod K, Madlool AM, Craig A, Waddell PG. . Dalton Transactions 2023, 52(4), 947-954.
    • Izod K, Madlool AM, Craig A, Waddell PG. . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 2022(15), e202200123.
    • Izod K, Liu M, Evans P, Wills C, Dixon CM, Waddell PG, Probert MR. . Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2022, 61(39), e202208851.
    • Izod K, Watson JM, Harrington RW, Clegg W. . Dalton Transactions 2021, 50(3), 1019-1024.
    • Izod K, Evans P, Waddell PG. . Inorganic Chemistry 2020, 59(1), 863-874.
    • Izod K, Madlool AM, Waddell PG. . Organometallics 2019, 38(13), 2654-2663.
    • Izod k, Evans P, Waddell PG. . Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2019, 58(32), 11007-11012.
    • Izod K, Evans P, Horsley Downie T, McFarlane W, Waddell PG. . Inorganic Chemistry 2018, 57(23), 14733-14747.
    • Izod K, Evans P, Waddell PG. . Chemical Communications 2018, 54(20), 2526-2529.
    • Izod K, Watson JM, El-Hamruni SM, Harrington RW, Waddell PG. . Organometallics 2017, 36(11), 2218-2227.
    • Izod K, Jones CF, Wildman EP, Harrington RW, Waddell PG. . Organometallics 2017, 36(21), 4238-4245.
    • Izod K, Evans P, Waddell PG. . Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 2017, 56(20), 5593-5597.
    • Izod K, Evans P, Waddell PG, Probert MR. . Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 55(20), 10510-10522.
    • Izod K, Wills C, El-Hamruni S, Harrington RW, Waddell PG, Probert MR. . Organometallics 2015, 34(11), 2406-2414.
    • Izod K, Dixon CM, Harrington RW, Probert MR. . Chemical Communications 2015, 51(4), 679-681.
    • Izod K, Waddell PG. . Organometallics 2015, 34(12), 2726-2730.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Probert MR, Harrington RW. . Main Group Metal Chemistry 2014, 37(5-6), 113-117.
    • Izod K, Dixon CM, McMeekin E, Rodgers L, Harrington RW, Baisch U. . Organometallics 2014, 33(1), 378-386.
    • Izod K, Rayner DG, El-Hamruni SM, Harrington RW, Baisch U. . Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2014, 53(14), 3636-3640.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Anderson E, Harrington RW, Probert MR. . Organometallics 2014, 33(19), 5283-5294.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Harrington RW, Clegg W. . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2013, 725, 11-14.
    • Izod K, Watson JM, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52(3), 1466-1475.
    • Izod K, Clark ER, Foster P, Percival RJ, Riddlestone IM, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Chemistry: A European Journal 2013, 19(19), 6094-6107.
    • Izod K, Clark ER, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2012, 31(1), 246-255.
    • Izod K, Watson JM, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2012, (10), 1696-1701.
    • Izod K, Watson JM, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2011, 40(44), 11712-11718.
    • Izod K, Clark ER, Stewart J. . Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 50(8), 3651-3661.
    • Izod K, Stewart J, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2010, 29(1), 108-116.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2010, 29(21), 4774-4777.
    • Wills C, Izod K, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2010, 39(9), 2379-2384.
    • Izod K, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2010, 39(29), 6705-6709.
    • Izod K, Stewart J, Clark ER, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Inorganic Chemistry 2010, 49(10), 4698-4707.
    • Izod K, Bowman LJ, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2009, (17), 3340-3347.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2009, 28(7), 2211-2217.
    • Wills C, Izod K, Young J, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2009, (31), 6159-6165.
    • Izod K, Stewart J, Clark ER, McFarlane W, Allen B, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2009, 28(12), 3327-3337.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2009, 28(19), 5661-5668.
    • Izod K, Stewart JC, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2008, (3), 363-370.
    • Izod K, McFarlane W, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2008, 27(17), 4386-4394.
    • Bowman LJ, Izod K, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2007, 692(4), 806-812.
    • Bowman LJ, Izod K, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2007, 26(10), 2646-2651.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2007, 26(11), 2861-2866.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2007, 692(22), 5060-5064.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Inorganic Chemistry 2007, 46(10), 4320-4325.
    • Izod K, Stewart JC, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2007, (2), 257-264.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2007, (33), 3669-3675.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2006, 25(1), 38-40.
    • Izod K, McFarlane W, Tyson BV, Carr I, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2006, 25(5), 1135-1143.
    • Bowman LJ, Izod K, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2006, 25(12), 2999-3006.
    • Izod K, Wills C, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2006, 25(22), 5326-5332.
    • Izod K, Liddle ST, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2006, (28), 3431-3437.
    • Bowman LJ, Izod K, Clegg W, Harrington RW, Smith JD, Eaborn C. . Dalton Transactions 2006, (3), 502-508.
    • Khrustalev VN, Antipin MYu, Zemlyansky NN, Borisova IV, Ustynyuk YA, Lunin VV, Izod K. . Applied Organometallic Chemistry 2005, 19(3), 360-362.
    • Izod K, Young J, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2005, (9), 1658-1663.
    • Izod K, McFarlane W, Allen B, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Organometallics 2005, 24(9), 2157-2167.
    • Izod K, McFarlane W, Tyson BV, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Chemical Communications 2004, 10(5), 570-571.
    • Izod K, Liddle ST, McFarlane W, Clegg W. . Organometallics 2004, 23(11), 2734-2743.
    • Izod K, Liddle ST, McFarlane W, Clegg W. . Organometallics 2004, 23(11), 2734-2743.
    • Liddle ST, Izod K. . Organometallics 2004, 23(23), 5550-5559.
    • Izod K, McFarlane W, Tyson BV. . European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2004, (5), 1043-1048.
    • Izod K, Liddle ST, Clegg W. . Chemical Communications 2004, 10(15), 1748-1749.
    • Blair S, Izod K, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Inorganic Chemistry 2004, 43(26), 8526-8531.
    • Izod K, McFarlane W, Tyson BV, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . Dalton Transactions 2004, (23), 4074-4078.
    • Izod K, Liddle ST, Clegg W. . Inorganic Chemistry 2004, 43(1), 214-218.
    • Liddle ST, Izod K. . Chemical Communications 2003, 9(6), 772-773.
    • Blair S, Izod K, Harrington RW, Clegg W. . Organometallics 2003, 22(2), 302-308.
    • Blair S, Izod K, Clegg W, Harrington RW. . European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2003, (18), 3319-3324.
    • Blair S, Izod K, Clegg W. . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2003, 688(1-2), 92-99.
    • Izod K, Liddle ST, Clegg W. . Journal of the American Chemical Society 2003, 125(25), 7534-7535.
    • Izod K, McFarlane W, Tyson BV, Clegg W, Harrington RW, Liddle ST. . Organometallics 2003, 22(18), 3684-3690.
    • Izod K, O'Shaughnessy P, Clegg W. . Organometallics 2002, 21(4), 641-646.
    • Blair S, Izod K, Taylor R, Clegg W. . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2002, 656(1-2), 43-48.
    • Izod K, McFarlane W, Clegg W. . Chemical Communications 2002, (21), 2532-2533.
    • Izod K. . Angewandte Chemie: International Edition 2002, 41(5), 743-744.
    • Izod K. . Angewandte Chemie: International Edition 2002, 41(5), 743-744.
    • Blair S, Izod K, Clegg W. . Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 41(15), 3886-3893.
    • Blair S, Izod K, Clegg W. . Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 41(15), 3886-3893.
    • Izod K, Clegg W, Liddle ST. . Organometallics 2001, 20(3), 367-369.
    • Izod K, O'Shaughnessy P, Clegg W, Liddle ST. . Organometallics 2001, 20(4), 648-653.
    • Stuart Hill MN, Izod K, O'Shaughnessy P, Clegg W. . Organometallics 2000, 19(22), 4531-4535.
    • Clegg W, Izod K, Liddle ST, O'Shaughnessy P, Sheffield JM. . Organometallics 2000, 19(11), 2090-2096.
    • Izod K, O'Shaughnessy P, Sheffield JM, Clegg W, Liddle ST. . Inorganic Chemistry 2000, 39(21), 4741-4748.
    • Izod K, Clegg W, Liddle ST. . Organometallics 2000, 19(18), 3640-3643.
    • Eaborn C, Hitchcock PB, Smith JD, Zhang SB, Clegg W, Izod K, O'Shaughnessy P. . Organometallics 2000, 19(6), 1190-1193.
    • Eaborn C, Hitchcock PB, Smith JD, Zhang S, Clegg W, Izod K, O'Shaughnessy P. . Organometallics 2000, 19(6), 1190-1193.
    • Izod K. . Advances in Inorganic Chemistry 2000, 50, 33-107.
    • Al-Juaid SS, Eaborn C, El-Hamruni S, Farook A, Hitchcock PB, Hopman M, Smith JD, Clegg W, Izod K, O'Shaughnessy P. . Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions 1999, (18), 3267-3273.
    • Clegg W, Izod K, McFarlane W, O'Shaughnessy P. . Organometallics 1999, 18(20), 3950-3952.
    • Clegg W, Doherty S, Izod K, Kagerer H, O'Shaughnessy P, Sheffield JM. . Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions 1999, (11), 1825-1829.
    • Clegg W, Izod K, O'Shaughnessy P. . Organometallics 1999, 18(16), 2939-2940.

  • Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

    • Izod K, Wills C, Harrington RW, Clegg W. . In: Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society: 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 2011, Anaheim, California, USA: American Chemical Society.

  • Notes

    • Liddle ST, Izod K. . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2006, 691(11), 2599-2603.
    • Clegg W, Izod K, Liddle ST. . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2000, 613(1), 128-131.

  • Reviews

    • Izod K. . Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2012, 256(23-24), 2972-2997.
    • Izod K. . Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2002, 227(2), 153-173.