Dr Joy Farnaby

  • Lecturer (School of Chemistry)

Research interests

The Farnaby group studies the fundamental science and applications of f-element chemistry.

These elements have unique properties with wide application in materials science and are a critical resource in low-carbon and renewable energy technologies.

To develop future energy materials, there is a need for ‘bottom-up’ synthetic routes and better understanding of structure/property/function relationships.

Our interest is in the synthesis of complex multi-metallic lanthanide and actinide systems from organometallic building-blocks.

  • Organometallic precursors to functional actinide materials
  • Hetero-metallic compounds (5f with 3d/4f) for materials science
  • Nuclear reprocessing chemistry and next generation fuels
  • Synthetic uranium chemistry: Molecular and Supramolecular

 

PhD Studentship:

Informal enquiries from eligible PhD, PRDA and fellowship candidates are welcome at any time to joy.farnaby@glasgow.ac.uk

Publication Highlights:

Hickson, J. R., Horsewill, S. J., McGuire, J., Wilson, C. , Sproules, S. and Farnaby, J. H. (2018) The semiquinone radical anion of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione: synthesis and rare earth coordination chemistry. Chemical Communications, 54(80), pp. 11284-11287.(doi:10.1039/C8CC05591B) (PMID:30239538)

‘Organometallic neptunium(III) complexes,’ M. S. Dutkiewicz, J. H. Farnaby, C. Apostolidis, E. Colineau, O. Walter, N. Magnani, M. G. Gardiner, J. B. Love, N. Kaltsoyannis, R. Caciuffo and P. L. Arnold,* Nat. Chem., 2016, 8, 797.

‘Characterizing Pressure-induced Uranium C-H Agostic Bonds,’ P. L. Arnold,* A. Prescimone, J. H. Farnaby, S. M. Mansell, S. Parsons* and N. Kaltsoyannis,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 6735.

‘New Chemistry from an Old Reagent: Mono- and Dinuclear Macrocyclic Uranium(III) Complexes from [U(BH4)3(THF)2],’ P. L. Arnold,* C. J. Stevens,‡ J. H. Farnaby,‡ M. G. Gardiner and J. B. Love* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 10218. 


Publications

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Number of items: 19.

2019

McGuire, J., Wilson, B., McAllister, J. , Miras, H. N. , Wilson, C. , Sproules, S. and Farnaby, J. H. (2019) Molecular and electronic structure of the dithiooxalato radical ligand stabilised by rare earth coordination. Dalton Transactions, 48, pp. 5491-5495. (doi:10.1039/C9DT00688E) (PMID:30892339)

2018

Hickson, J. R., Horsewill, S. J., McGuire, J., Wilson, C. , Sproules, S. and Farnaby, J. H. (2018) The semiquinone radical anion of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione: synthesis and rare earth coordination chemistry. Chemical Communications, 54(80), pp. 11284-11287. (doi:10.1039/C8CC05591B) (PMID:30239538)

Hickson, J. R., Horsewill, S., Bamforth, C., McGuire, J., Wilson, C. , Sproules, S. and Farnaby, J. H. (2018) The modular synthesis of rare earth-transition metal heterobimetallic complexes utilizing a redox-active ligand. Dalton Transactions, 47(31), pp. 10692-10701. (doi:10.1039/C8DT01262H) (PMID:29897068)

Kahan, R. J., Farnaby, J. H. , Tsoureas, N., Cloke, F. G. N., Hitchcock, P. B., Coles, M. P., Roe, S. M. and Wilson, C. (2018) Sterically encumbered mixed sandwich compounds of uranium(III): Synthesis and reactivity with small molecules. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 857, pp. 110-122. (doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.10.038)

2017

Suvova, M., O’Brien, K. T.P., Farnaby, J. H. , Love, J. B., Kaltsoyannis, N. and Arnold, P. L. (2017) Thorium(IV) and uranium(IV) trans-calix[2]benzene[2]pyrrolide alkyl and alkynyl complexes: synthesis, reactivity, and electronic structure. Organometallics, 36(23), pp. 4669-4681. (doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00633)

2016

Dutkiewicz, M. S. et al. (2016) Organometallic neptunium(III) complexes. Nature Chemistry, 8(8), pp. 797-802. (doi:10.1038/nchem.2520) (PMID:27442286)

2015

Arnold, P. L., Farnaby, J. H. , Gardiner, M. G. and Love, J. B. (2015) Uranium(III) coordination chemistry and oxidation in a flexible small-cavity macrocycle. Organometallics, 34(11), pp. 2114-2117. (doi:10.1021/om5012193)

Arnold, P. L., Prescimone, A., Farnaby, J. H. , Mansell, S. M., Parsons, S. and Kaltsoyannis, N. (2015) Characterizing pressure-induced uranium C-H agostic bonds. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 54(23), pp. 6735-6739. (doi:10.1002/anie.201411250) (PMID:25882329) (PMCID:PMC4515102)

Evans, L. T.J., Farnaby, J. H. , Coles, M. P., Cloke, F. G. N. and Hitchcock, P. B. (2015) Group 4 metal compounds incorporating the amide ligand, [N(SiMe2{C6H4-2-OMe})2]−. Dalton Transactions, 44(19), pp. 8950-8958. (doi:10.1039/C5DT00684H) (PMID:25876026)

2014

Arnold, P. L., Stevens, C. J., Farnaby, J. H. , Gardiner, M. G., Nichol, G. S. and Love, J. B. (2014) New chemistry from an old reagent: mono- and dinuclear macrocyclic uranium(III) complexes from [U(BH4)3(THF)2]. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(29), pp. 10218-10221. (doi:10.1021/ja504835a) (PMID:25003979)

Arnold, P. L., Farnaby, J. H. , White, R. C., Kaltsoyannis, N., Gardiner, M. G. and Love, J. B. (2014) Switchable π-coordination and C–H metallation in small-cavity macrocyclic uranium and thorium complexes. Chemical Science, 5(2), pp. 756-765. (doi:10.1039/C3SC52072B)

2013

Mansell, S. M., Farnaby, J. H. , Germeroth, A. I. and Arnold, P. L. (2013) Thermally stable uranium dinitrogen complex with siloxide supporting ligands. Organometallics, 32(15), pp. 4214-4222. (doi:10.1021/om4003957)

Wu, J., Dai, W., Farnaby, J. H. , Hazari, N., Le Roy, J. J., Mereacre, V., Murugesu, M., Powell, A. K. and Takase, M. K. (2013) Synthesis and catalytic activity of iron complexes with bidentate NHC ligands. Dalton Transactions, 42(20), pp. 7404-7413. (doi:10.1039/C3DT32551B) (PMID:23435436)

2012

Farnaby, J. H. , Fang, M., Ziller, J. W. and Evans, W. J. (2012) Expanding yttrium Bis(trimethylsilylamide) chemistry through the reaction chemistry of (N2)2–, (N2)3–, and (NO)2–complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 51(20), pp. 11168-11176. (doi:10.1021/ic301778q) (PMID:23036077)

Corbey, J. F., Farnaby, J. H. , Bates, J. E., Ziller, J. W., Furche, F. and Evans, W. J. (2012) Varying the Lewis Base Coordination of the Y2N2Core in the reduced dinitrogen complexes {[(Me3Si)2N]2(L)Y}2(μ-η2:η2-N2) (L = benzonitrile, pyridines, triphenylphosphine oxide, and trimethylamine N-oxide). Inorganic Chemistry, 51(14), pp. 7867-7874. (doi:10.1021/ic300934g) (PMID:22757962)

Fang, M., Farnaby, J. H. , Ziller, J. W., Bates, J. E., Furche, F. and Evans, W. J. (2012) Isolation of (CO)1–and (CO2)1–radical complexes of rare earths via Ln(NR2)3/K reduction and [K2(18-crown-6)2]2+oligomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(14), pp. 6064-6067. (doi:10.1021/ja211220r) (PMID:22435647)

Ashley, J. M., Farnaby, J. H. , Hazari, N., Kim, K. E., Luzik, E. D., Meehan, R. E., Meyer, E. B., Schley, N. D., Schmeier, T. J. and Tailor, A. N. (2012) Axially chiral dimeric Ir and Rh complexes bridged by flexible NHC ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 380, pp. 399-410. (doi:10.1016/j.ica.2011.11.034)

2011

Blakemore, J. D., Chalkley, M. J., Farnaby, J. H. , Guard, L. M., Hazari, N., Incarvito, C. D., Luzik, E. D. and Suh, H. W. (2011) New bidentate trans-chelating N-heterocyclic carbene ligands for palladium. Organometallics, 30(7), pp. 1818-1829. (doi:10.1021/om100890q)

2010

Farnaby, J. H. , Cloke, F. G. N., Coles, M. P., Green, J. C. and Aitken, G. (2010) Tris(pyrazolyl)borate half-sandwich complexes of trivalent uranium incorporating the [C8H6{SiiPr3-1,4}2]2− and [C8H4{SiiPr3-1,4}2]2− ligands. Comptes Rendus Chimie, 13(6-7), pp. 812-820. (doi:10.1016/j.crci.2010.04.017)

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Number of items: 19.

Articles

McGuire, J., Wilson, B., McAllister, J. , Miras, H. N. , Wilson, C. , Sproules, S. and Farnaby, J. H. (2019) Molecular and electronic structure of the dithiooxalato radical ligand stabilised by rare earth coordination. Dalton Transactions, 48, pp. 5491-5495. (doi:10.1039/C9DT00688E) (PMID:30892339)

Hickson, J. R., Horsewill, S. J., McGuire, J., Wilson, C. , Sproules, S. and Farnaby, J. H. (2018) The semiquinone radical anion of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione: synthesis and rare earth coordination chemistry. Chemical Communications, 54(80), pp. 11284-11287. (doi:10.1039/C8CC05591B) (PMID:30239538)

Hickson, J. R., Horsewill, S., Bamforth, C., McGuire, J., Wilson, C. , Sproules, S. and Farnaby, J. H. (2018) The modular synthesis of rare earth-transition metal heterobimetallic complexes utilizing a redox-active ligand. Dalton Transactions, 47(31), pp. 10692-10701. (doi:10.1039/C8DT01262H) (PMID:29897068)

Kahan, R. J., Farnaby, J. H. , Tsoureas, N., Cloke, F. G. N., Hitchcock, P. B., Coles, M. P., Roe, S. M. and Wilson, C. (2018) Sterically encumbered mixed sandwich compounds of uranium(III): Synthesis and reactivity with small molecules. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 857, pp. 110-122. (doi:10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.10.038)

Suvova, M., O’Brien, K. T.P., Farnaby, J. H. , Love, J. B., Kaltsoyannis, N. and Arnold, P. L. (2017) Thorium(IV) and uranium(IV) trans-calix[2]benzene[2]pyrrolide alkyl and alkynyl complexes: synthesis, reactivity, and electronic structure. Organometallics, 36(23), pp. 4669-4681. (doi:10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00633)

Dutkiewicz, M. S. et al. (2016) Organometallic neptunium(III) complexes. Nature Chemistry, 8(8), pp. 797-802. (doi:10.1038/nchem.2520) (PMID:27442286)

Arnold, P. L., Farnaby, J. H. , Gardiner, M. G. and Love, J. B. (2015) Uranium(III) coordination chemistry and oxidation in a flexible small-cavity macrocycle. Organometallics, 34(11), pp. 2114-2117. (doi:10.1021/om5012193)

Arnold, P. L., Prescimone, A., Farnaby, J. H. , Mansell, S. M., Parsons, S. and Kaltsoyannis, N. (2015) Characterizing pressure-induced uranium C-H agostic bonds. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 54(23), pp. 6735-6739. (doi:10.1002/anie.201411250) (PMID:25882329) (PMCID:PMC4515102)

Evans, L. T.J., Farnaby, J. H. , Coles, M. P., Cloke, F. G. N. and Hitchcock, P. B. (2015) Group 4 metal compounds incorporating the amide ligand, [N(SiMe2{C6H4-2-OMe})2]−. Dalton Transactions, 44(19), pp. 8950-8958. (doi:10.1039/C5DT00684H) (PMID:25876026)

Arnold, P. L., Stevens, C. J., Farnaby, J. H. , Gardiner, M. G., Nichol, G. S. and Love, J. B. (2014) New chemistry from an old reagent: mono- and dinuclear macrocyclic uranium(III) complexes from [U(BH4)3(THF)2]. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(29), pp. 10218-10221. (doi:10.1021/ja504835a) (PMID:25003979)

Arnold, P. L., Farnaby, J. H. , White, R. C., Kaltsoyannis, N., Gardiner, M. G. and Love, J. B. (2014) Switchable π-coordination and C–H metallation in small-cavity macrocyclic uranium and thorium complexes. Chemical Science, 5(2), pp. 756-765. (doi:10.1039/C3SC52072B)

Mansell, S. M., Farnaby, J. H. , Germeroth, A. I. and Arnold, P. L. (2013) Thermally stable uranium dinitrogen complex with siloxide supporting ligands. Organometallics, 32(15), pp. 4214-4222. (doi:10.1021/om4003957)

Wu, J., Dai, W., Farnaby, J. H. , Hazari, N., Le Roy, J. J., Mereacre, V., Murugesu, M., Powell, A. K. and Takase, M. K. (2013) Synthesis and catalytic activity of iron complexes with bidentate NHC ligands. Dalton Transactions, 42(20), pp. 7404-7413. (doi:10.1039/C3DT32551B) (PMID:23435436)

Farnaby, J. H. , Fang, M., Ziller, J. W. and Evans, W. J. (2012) Expanding yttrium Bis(trimethylsilylamide) chemistry through the reaction chemistry of (N2)2–, (N2)3–, and (NO)2–complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 51(20), pp. 11168-11176. (doi:10.1021/ic301778q) (PMID:23036077)

Corbey, J. F., Farnaby, J. H. , Bates, J. E., Ziller, J. W., Furche, F. and Evans, W. J. (2012) Varying the Lewis Base Coordination of the Y2N2Core in the reduced dinitrogen complexes {[(Me3Si)2N]2(L)Y}2(μ-η2:η2-N2) (L = benzonitrile, pyridines, triphenylphosphine oxide, and trimethylamine N-oxide). Inorganic Chemistry, 51(14), pp. 7867-7874. (doi:10.1021/ic300934g) (PMID:22757962)

Fang, M., Farnaby, J. H. , Ziller, J. W., Bates, J. E., Furche, F. and Evans, W. J. (2012) Isolation of (CO)1–and (CO2)1–radical complexes of rare earths via Ln(NR2)3/K reduction and [K2(18-crown-6)2]2+oligomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(14), pp. 6064-6067. (doi:10.1021/ja211220r) (PMID:22435647)

Ashley, J. M., Farnaby, J. H. , Hazari, N., Kim, K. E., Luzik, E. D., Meehan, R. E., Meyer, E. B., Schley, N. D., Schmeier, T. J. and Tailor, A. N. (2012) Axially chiral dimeric Ir and Rh complexes bridged by flexible NHC ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 380, pp. 399-410. (doi:10.1016/j.ica.2011.11.034)

Blakemore, J. D., Chalkley, M. J., Farnaby, J. H. , Guard, L. M., Hazari, N., Incarvito, C. D., Luzik, E. D. and Suh, H. W. (2011) New bidentate trans-chelating N-heterocyclic carbene ligands for palladium. Organometallics, 30(7), pp. 1818-1829. (doi:10.1021/om100890q)

Farnaby, J. H. , Cloke, F. G. N., Coles, M. P., Green, J. C. and Aitken, G. (2010) Tris(pyrazolyl)borate half-sandwich complexes of trivalent uranium incorporating the [C8H6{SiiPr3-1,4}2]2− and [C8H4{SiiPr3-1,4}2]2− ligands. Comptes Rendus Chimie, 13(6-7), pp. 812-820. (doi:10.1016/j.crci.2010.04.017)

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