Dr David Brown
Curtin Research and Teaching Fellow
Room: 500.4112
Phone: +61 8 9266 1279
Email: D.H.Brown@curtin.edu.au
Fields of Interest
Synthetic organic, organometallic and coordination chemistry, azamacrocycles, N-heterocyclic carbenes, catalysis, immobilised catalysts, microreactors, biomaterials and polymer chemistry
Biography
- BSc(Hons) in Chemistry, The University of Western Australia (1996)
- PhD (Chemistry), The University of Western Australia (2001)
- 2001-2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemical and Process Engineering University of Sheffield
- 2003-2007 Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia
Selected Publications
- M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, P. V. Simpson, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White. “Palladium complexes of o-xylyl-linked alkoxybenzimidazolin-2-ylidenes: interesting structural conformations and application as pre-catalysts” Dalton Trans., 2009, 7294-7307.
- M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, R. A. Haque, P. V. Simpson, B. W. Skelton, A. H. White and Charlotte C. Williams. “Mercury Complexes of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Derived from Imidazolium-linked Cyclophanes: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity” Organometallics, 2009, 28, 3793-3803.
- D. H. Brown, G. L. Nealon, P. V. Simpson, B. W. Skelton and Z. Wang. “Silver and palladium complexes of a bis(benzimidazolin-2-ylidene)pyridine pincer ligand” Organometallics, 2009, 28, 1965-1968.
- M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, P. V. Simpson, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White. “Synthesis and Characterisation of Alkoxybenzimidazolin-2-ylidene Palladium Complexes: The Effect of Ancillary Ligands on the Behaviour of Pre-Catalysts” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2009, 1977-1988.
- M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, C. H. Heath, B. W. Skelton, A. H. White and Charlotte C. Williams. “Azolium-Linked Cyclophanes: Effects of Structure, Solvent, and Counteranions on Solution Conformation Behavior” J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73, 9340-9352.
- M. V. Baker and D. H. Brown, “Tungsten compounds containing CO and/or isocycanides” in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III, Vol. 5, pp. 597-722, K. H Theopold (Vol. Ed.), R. H. Crabtree and D. M. P. Mingos (Series Eds), Elsevier, Oxford, 2007.
Teaching
Chemistry Project 390/311 Coordinator
Organic Chemistry 201
Inorganic Chemistry 202