Academic staff

Professor D.W. Allen, Ph.D., D.Sc., C.Chem., F.R.S.C.
Head of Division of Chemistry

Research

Organophosphorus chemistry, in particular that of phosphines and phosphonium salts, and the metal-template synthesis of aryl-phosphorus systems.

Related chemistry of arsenic and antimony systems.

Study of the solvatochromic properties of Group 15- 'onium betaines.

Recent Publications

1. David W. Allen and Peter Benke, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 1995, 2789 Ligand coupling and neighbouring-group effects in the alkaline hydrolysis of arylphosphonium salts: new stable tetraarylphosphonium benzimidazolate betaines

2. David W. Allen and Xing Li, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 1997, 1099 Solvatochromic and halochromic properties of some phosphonioarylimino- and phosphonioarylazo-phenolate betaine dyes

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