Dr Barbara Procacci
01904 328894
Email: barbara.procacci@york.ac.uk
Supervisors: Professor Simon Duckett and Professor Neil Hunt
Research interests
Development of NMR spectroscopy as a time-resolved technique to monitor organometallic reactions which happen on a fast timescale. Photoinduced C-F, C-H, B-H and Si-H activation by Rh and Ru complexes focusing on mechanistic investigations.
Selected publications
- Activation of B–H, Si–H, and C–F Bonds with Tp′Rh(PMe3) Complexes: Kinetics, Mechanism, and Selectivity,
Barbara Procacci, Yunzhe Jiao, Meagan E. Evans, William D. Jones, Robin N. Perutz and Adrian C. Whitwood, J Amer Chem Soc, 2015, 137 (3), pp 1258–1272. - Photochemical Pump and NMR Probe: Chemically Created NMR Coherence on a Microsecond Time Scale.
O Torres, B Procacci, M E Halse, R W Adams, D Blazina, S B Duckett, B Eguillor, R A Green, R N Perutz and D C Williamson, J Amer Chem Soc, 2014, 136 (28), pp 10124–10131 - Oxidative addition of ether O-methyl bonds at a Pt(0) centre.
N A Jasim, R N Perutz, B Procacci and A C Whitwood, Chem Commun, 2014, 50, 3914-3917. - Photochemical Reactions of Fluorinated Pyridines at Half-Sandwich Rhodium Complexes: Competing Pathways of Reaction.
B Procacci, R J Blagg, R N Perutz, N Rendón and A C Whitwood, Organometallics, 2014, 33, pp 45–52. - Selective photochemistry at stereogenic metal and ligand centers of cis-[Ru(diphosphine) 2(H)2]:preparative, NMR, solid state and laser flash studies.
M V Câmpian, R N Perutz, B Procacci, R J Thatcher, O Torres and A C Whitwood, J Amer Chem Soc, 2012, 134, 3480–3497. - Photosensitized Oxidation of Alkyl Phenyl Sulfoxides. C-S Bond Cleavage in Alkyl Phenyl Sulfoxide Radical Cations.
E Baciocchi, T Del Giacco, O Lanzalunga, P Mencarelli and B Procacci, J Org Chem, 2008, 73, 5675–5682.
