Professor Bill Henderson

Professor (Inorganic Chemistry)
Qualifications: B.Sc(Hons) Leicester, Ph.D. Leicester, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow (1988-89) Northwestern University, USA. Senior Research Scientist, Albright & Wilson Ltd, UK (1989-92). Fellow of NZIC; Easterfield Medal (NZIC)
Research Interests
- Coordination and organometallic chemistry, especially of the platinum group metals and gold
- Applications of electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry in inorganic chemistry
- Chemistry of hydroxymethylphosphines
- Aspects of main group and ferrocene chemistry
Further information on my research interests
Research Supervised
PhD:
- Okpareke, Obinna (in progress). Metal-organic framework materials for various applications.
- Raymond, Onyekachi (in progress). Using electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry to identify new ligands for beryllium complexation.
- Tang, Haiming (in progress). The chemistry of cycloaurated gold (II) complexes towards N/S ligands.
- Asamizu, Toshie (2013). Stabilisation effects of ferrocenylalkyl groups on hydrides of heavier main group elements.
- Oguejiofo, Ujam (2011). An investigation of the multifunctional alkylation chemistry of [Pt2(µ-S)2(PPh3)4].
MPhil:
- Fortney-Zirker, Ryland (in progress). A synthetic exploration by ESI-MS of novel {M2S2} complexes.
MSc (Research)
- O'Shea, Ben (in progress).
- Wyllie, Megan (2015). Applications of Hydroxymethylphosphines.
MSc:
- Fortney-Zirker, Ryland (2016). Using ESI-MS to explore the synthesis and reactivity of triphenylphosphine platinum(II) complexes etc.
- Sim, Sophie (2014). Synthesis of platinum complexes containing bidentate N,O-donor ligands.
- Spenceley, Jane (2014). Isomerism of complexes containing thiourea dianion ligands.
- Parnell, Joseph (2011). Lanthanide luminescence and its applications in forensic science.
- Smith, Tiffany (2012). Synthesis and characterisation of cycloaurated gold (III) complexes with Bidentate (O,O), (N,S) and (S,S) chelating ligands.
Teaching Commitments
Expertise
Chemistry; Metals
Recent Publications
Henderson, W., Nair, A. G., Halcovich, N. R., & Tiekink, E. R. T. (2018). Dichlorido(η<sup>6</sup>-p-cymene)[tris(2-cyanoethyl)phosphine]ruthenium(II). MolBank, 2018(4). doi:10.3390/M1025
Raymond, O., Henderson, W., Brothers, P. J., & Plieger, P. G. (2018). Electrospray Ionisation Mass Spectrometric (ESI MS) screening and characterisation of beryllium complexes with potentially encapsulating aminopolycarboxylate and related ligands. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (9), 1120-1130. doi:10.1002/ejic.201701435
Fortney-Zirker, R. G., Henderson, W., Lane, J. R., & Tiekink, E. R. T. (2018). Reactivity of the metalloligand [Pt2(µ-S)2(PPh3)4] toward tellurium(II) thiourea complexes: synthesis and structural characterization of the ditellurium(I) derivative [{Pt2(µ-S)2(PPh3)4}2Te2]2+. Journal of Coordination Chemistry. doi:10.1080/00958972.2018.1531285
Perera, L. C., Raymond, O., Henderson, W., Brothers, P. J., & Plieger, P. G. (2017). Advances in beryllium coordination chemistry. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 352, 264-290. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2017.09.009