Links Departmental Page Introduction Research Areas Overview Recent News Recent Publications Group Members Laboratory Facilities Opportunities Contact details New Chemistry A transition metal borylene complex stabilized by a non- carbonyl ligand set: formation by spontaneous halide loss to give an extremely short metal- -boron bond (video). (work by David Addy)

Archived News (Spring 2010) Dr Aldridge has been awarded the 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry award for Main Group Chemistry, a prize awarded by the RSC since 1970 to recognize outstanding research in any aspect of the chemistry of the s and p block elements. Post-doctoral co-worker Drasko Vidovic’s work on transition metal complexes containing the BF ligand has been the subject of a highlight article in Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Christina Tang’s recent paper in Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. has been selected by the editors as a ‘hot article.’ Dr Aldridge has been invited to give talks at upcoming meetings in the US: SW regional ACS meeting (New Orleans, December 2010), Pacifichem 2010 meeting (Honolulu, December 2010) and in Europe: 5th European Conference on Boron Chemistry (Edinburgh, August 2010), RSEQ Biennial Meeting (Valencia, July 2011). An invited paper in New J. Chem. featuring contributions from former Part 2 students Phil Fitzpatrick and Cally Haynes has been selected as a ‘hot article’.

Further Information (links) RSC Main group Chemistry award Drasko Vidovic’s original article… …and the highlight in Angew. Chem. Christina Tang’s hot paper in Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Phil and Cally’s hot article in New J. Chem. Pacifichem 2010 - Hawaii Euroboron 5 - Edinburgh Earlier archived news Figure Comparative binding of fluoride and cyanide ions by air-stable triaryl- boranes (from invited paper recently accepted by New J. Chem.)