list of publications

  • tassone, j.p; mawhinney, r.c.; spivak, g.j. "an examination of the effects of borate group proximity on phosphine donor power in anionic (phosphino)tetraphenylborate ligands", j. organomet. chem. 2015, 776, 1.
  • walker, j.m.; tassone, j.p.; jenkins, h.a.; spivak, g.j. "the synthesis of an anionic, tetraphenylborate-functionalized, [p,n]-hybrid phosphinobenzimidazole ligand and its hemilabile behaviour in ruthenium zwitterion chemistry", j. organomet. chem. 2014, 761, 56-63.
  • beach, m.t.; walker, j.m.; wang, r.; spivak, g.j. "ruthenium piano-stool complexes containing mono- or bidentate pyrrolidinylalkylphosphines and their reactions with small molecules", j. organomet. chem. 2011, 696, 3198-3205.
  • walker, j.m.; cox, a.m.; wang, r.; spivak, g.j. "synthesis and reactivity of [(phb(ch2pph2)3-κ3p)ru(ncme)3]pf6 and its potential as a transfer hydrogenation catalyst", organometallics 2010, 29, 6121-6124.
  • walker, j.m.; mcewan, a; pycko, r., tassotto, m.l.; gottardo, c.; th'ng, j.; wang, r.; spivak, g.j. "[tris(pyrazolyl)methane]ruthenium complexes capable of inhibiting cancer cell growth", eur. j. inorg. chem. 2009, 4629-4633.
  • beach, m.t.; walker, j.m.; larocque, t.g.; deagle, j.l.; wang, r.; spivak, g.j. "the (phosphino)tetraphenylborate ligand in ruthenium-arene chemistry", j. organomet. chem. 2008, 693, 2921-2928.
  • beach, n.j.; walker, j.m.; jenkins, h.a.; spivak, g.j. "ruthenium vinylidene and carbyne complexes containing a multifunctional tridentate ligand with a pnn donor set", j. organomet. chem. 2006, 691, 4147-4152.
  • beach, n.j.; williamson, a.e.; spivak, g.j. "a comparison of cp*- and tp-ruthenium carbyne complexes prepared via site selective electrophilic addition to neutral ruthenium vinylidenes", j. organomet. chem. 2005, 690, 4640-4647.
  • beach, n.j.; jenkins, h.a.; spivak, g.j. "electrophilic attack on cp*cl(pph3)ru(cchr): carbyne formation vs. chloride abstraction", organometallics 2003, 22, 5179-5181.
  • beach, n.j.; spivak, g.j. "ruthenium complexes supported by 2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridines" inorg. chim. acta 2003, 343, 244-252.
  • lin, m.; spivak, g.j.; baird, m.c. "kinetics study of β-methyl elimination from a metallocene compound of the type cp2hfr(µ-me)b(c6f5)3 (r = alkyl)", organometallics 2002, 21, 2350-2352.
  • ferrando, g.; gerard, h.; spivak, g.j.; coalter, j.n., iii; eisenstein, o.; caulton, k.g. "facile c(sp2)/or bond cleavage by ru or os", inorg. chem. 2001, 40, 6610-6621.
  • spivak, g.j.; caulton, k.g. "hydrogen migration and hcl elimination promoted by metal-centred nucleophilic attack on osmium hydrido-carbynes", organometallics 1998, 17, 5260-5266.
  • spivak, g.j.; vittal, j.j.; puddephatt, r.j. "heteronuclear hexaplatinum cluster complexes: structure as a function of electron count", inorg. chem. 1998, 37, 5474-5481.
  • huang, d.; spivak, g.j.; caulton, k.g. "mechanistic and thermodynamic aspects of methylene transfer from ch2n2 to mhcl(co)l2 (m = ru, os; l = tertiary phosphine): non- least motion behavior and extreme dependence on phosphine identity", new j. chem. 1998, 1023-1025.
  • coalter, j.n.; spivak, g.j.; gerard, h.; clot, e.; eisenstein, o.; caulton, k.g. "carbenes from olefins using ruhcl(p-i-pr3)2. influence of the olefin substituent", j. am. chem. soc. 1998, 120, 9388-9389.
  • sterenberg, b.t.;spivak, g.j.; yap, g.p.a.; puddephatt, r.j. "trinuclear and tetranuclear platinum-iridium cluster complexes: a remarkable metal for metal substitution reaction", organometallics 1998, 17, 2433-2439.
  • gao, y.; holah, d.g.; hughes, a.n.; spivak, g.j.; havighurst, m.d.; lundeen, c.; magnuson, v.r. "some reaction chemistry of trans-[fe(h)(eta-2-h2)(eta-2-dppm)2][bf4]. the crystal and molecular structure of trans-[fe(h)(ch3cn)(eta-2-dppm)2][bf4], dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane", polyhedron 1998, 17, 3881-3888.
  • spivak, g.j.; coalter, j.n.; olivan, m.; eisenstein, o.; caulton, k.g. "osmium converts terminal olefins to carbynes: "-hydrogen migration redox isomers with reversed stability for ru and os", organometallics 1998, 17, 999-1001.
  • spivak, g.j.; puddephatt, r.j. "coordination, fluxionality and fragmentation in reactions of platinum cluster complexes with alkynes", j. organomet. chem. 1998, 551, 383-386.
  • spivak, g.j.; yap, g.p.a.; puddephatt, r.j. "pt3ir cluster complexes: butterfly clusters with iridium at a wingtip", polyhedron 1997, 16, 3861.
  • spivak, g.j.; puddephatt, r.j. "evidence for long range electronic effects in hexaplatinum clusters: the case of phosphite ligand addition and migration", invited paper, inorg. chim. acta 1997, 264, 1-3.
  • spivak, g.j.; gao, y.; holah, d.g.; hughes, a.n.; havighurst, m.d.; magnuson, v.r.; polyakov, v. "reactions of fe(iii) with lialh4 and libh4 in the presence of bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) and co. the crystal and molecular structures of trans-[fe(cl)(co)(eta-2-dppm)2][fecl4], trans-[feh2(eta-2-dppm)2] and cis-[fe(s2ch)(eta-2-dppm)2][bf4]", polyhedron 1997, 16, 2797-2807.
  • spivak, g.j.; holah, d.g.; hughes, a.n.; krysa, e.; havighurst, m.d.; magnuson,v.r. "a convenient synthetic route to bi- and trinuclear palladium and platinum complexes. the crystal structures of [m3(µ3-co)(cl)(µ-dppm)3]cl, m = pd, pt, dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane", polyhedron 1997, 16, 2353-2359.
  • spivak, g.j.; hao, l.; manojlovic-muir, lj.; muir, k.w.; yufit, d.; vittal, j.j.; puddephatt, r.j. "the bicluster oxidative addition as a route to bicapped hexaplatinum clusters", invited paper, inorg. chim. acta 1997, 265, 65-74.
  • spivak, g.j.; hao, l.; vittal, j.j.; puddephatt, r.j. "bicluster oxidative addition: the bicapped trigonal prism in [pt6(µ3-snbr3)2(µ-co)6(µ-ph2pch2pph2)3] and related clusters", j. am. chem. soc. 1996, 118, 225-226.
  • hao, l; spivak, g.j.; vittal, j.j.; xiao, j.; puddephatt, r.j. "the first octahedral platinum cluster: structure as a function of electron count in pt6 clusters", j. am. chem. soc. 1995, 117, 7011-7012.