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ALAN HUTTON
ALAN T HUTTON.
Associate Professor. BSc Honours (1977), MSc (1978), PhD (1980),
University of Cape Town,
CChem, MRSC, MSACI; Postdoctoral Research
Fellow, University of Leeds (1980-1983); Research Officer, UCT
(1984); Lecturer, University College of Swansea (1985); "New Blood"
Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast
(1986-1989). Scientific Editor, S. Afr. J. Chem. (1993-1996);
Titular Member of the IUPAC Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic
Chemistry (2000- present)
Email: Alan.Hutton@uct.ac.za
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
New materials
(organic or inorganic) with photochromic, photoconducting,
electrochromic and/or liquid-crystalline properties: the approach
is to combine novel molecular phenomena (isomerisations,
rearrangements, etc.) with suitable atom or molecule layer
sequences to produce new solids or thin films having applications
in the areas of molecular switches, optical information storage,
and microelectronics.
Synthesis,
structure, and reactivity of organotransition metal and
coordination compounds, with particular regard to their
photochemistry and related electrochemistry, and their
applications in catalysis. Polyphosphine ligands are of particular
interest (31P NMR).
Structure-activity
correlations in organometallic and coordination compounds (by
single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis).
Design and
synthesis of metal-specific chelating reagents for use in solvent
extraction and determination of trace metals; of special interest
are the analytical reagent dithizone and related thiocarbazone and
formazan ligands.
Two further
interests are in the applications of microwave technology to
chemistry and in the chemistry of waxes, particularly the
oxidation of waxes.
REPRESENTATIVE
PUBLICATIONS
Photochromic
long-chain organomercury(II) dithizonate complexes in the
azomethine series. N. L. Cromhout and A. T. Hutton. Appl.
Organomet. Chem. 14 (2000) 66 and references therein.
Saponification
values of waxes by microwave instead of conventional heating. J.
R. Beigley, A. T. Hutton, W. D. McLean. Org. Process Res. Dev.
3 (1999) 224.
Organometallic
dendrimers: synthesis, structural aspects and applications in
catalysis. M. A. Hearshaw, A. T. Hutton, J. R. Moss, K. J. Naidoo,
in Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules, Vol. 4 (Ed. G. R.
Newkome) JAI Press, Greenwich, Connecticut (1999) 1-60.
Synthesis and
characterization of long-chain w -functionalized alkyl cobaloxime
complexes. E. J. Starr, M. Naidoo, A. T. Hutton, J. R. Moss, J.
Organomet. Chem. 526 (1996) 321.
Organomercuration
of the carbanion derived from [M(CO)4(Ph2PCH2PPh2)]
(M = Cr, Mo or W); crystal and molecular structure of [Cr(CO)4{Ph2PCH(HgMe)PPh2}].
A. T. Hutton and F. Wewers. J. Organomet. Chem. 492
(1995) C14.
p -Olefin complexes
by b -hydride elimination. A. T. Hutton in Inorganic Reactions
and Methods, Vol. 12 (Ed. J. J. Zuckerman) VCH Publishers, New
York (1991).
The molecular
structure of the heterotrimetallic complex [Cr(CO)4{Ph2PCH(HgR)PPh2}]
(R = ferrocenyl) as determined by X-ray diffraction (above) and
its cyclic voltammetric behaviour in CH3CN at a
platinum electrode (below).
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