Dr Tony Keene

Apr. 2007 - Jul. 2009: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the fields of inorganic synthesis and molecular magnetism, Bern, Switzerland.
Ph. D: "Magnetostructural Investigations in Amine-Templated Transition Metal Oxalates" from the University of Glasgow, UK, 2005.
BSc. (Hons) from the University of Souhampton, UK, 2001.

Molecular magnetism and inorganic synthesis through the use of cyanometallate systems and other MOFs

University College Dublin

• Self-assembled Co(II) molecular squares incorporating the bridging ligand 4,7-phenanthroline-5,6:5',6'-pyrazine
  F. Li, J. K. Clegg, D. M. D'Alessandro, L. Goux-Capes, N. F. Sciortino, T. D. Keene and C. J. Kepert, Dalton Trans., 2011, online 21/10/2011
  
• Recurrent H-bond graph motifs between metal tris-ethylenediamine cations and uncoordinated oxalate anions: Fitting a three pin plug into a two pin socket
  T. D. Keene, M. B. Hursthouse and D. J. Price, CrystEngComm, 2011, online 14/10/2011
  
• A new modification of an old framework: Hofmann layers with unusual tetracyanidometallate groups
  T. D. Keene, M. J. Murphy, J. R. Price, D. J. Price and C. J. Kepert, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11621-11628.
  
• Laboratory-based separation techniques for insoluble compound mixtures: methods for the purification of MOFs and coordination polymers
  T. D. Keene, D. J. Price and C. J. Kepert, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 7122-7126.
  
• Two-dimensional coordination compounds based on Fe(II) and Co(III) hexacyanometallates with Cu(II)(dien) groups: structures and magnetic properties
  T. D. Keene, T. Komm, J. Hauser, and K. W. Krämer, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 373, 100-106.
  
• Structure and magnetism of new hybrid cobalt hydroxide materials built from decorated brucite layers
  T. D. Keene, M. E. Light, M. B. Hursthouse and D. J. Price, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 2983-2994.
  
• Orientation Dependent Molecular Friction on Organic Layer Compound Crystals
  G. Fessler, I. Zimmermann, T. Glatzel, E. Gnecco, P. Steiner, R. Roth, T. D. Keene, S.-X. Liu, S. Decurtins and E. Meyer, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2011, 98, 083119.
  
• Iron(III) Pivalate-based Complexes with Tetranuclear {Fe₄(μ₃-O)₂}⁸⁺ Cores and N-donor Ligands: Formation of Cluster and Polymeric Architectures
  S. G. Baca, I. G. Filippova, T. D. Keene, O. Botezat, I. L. Malaestean, H. Stoeckli-Evans, V. Ch. Kravtsov, I. Chumacov, S.-X. Liu, S. Decurtins, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2011, 356-367.
  

2010

• Heterocyclic amine directed synthesis of metal(II)-oxalates: investigating the magnetic properties of two complete series of chains with S = ⁵/₂ to S = ¹/₂
  T. D. Keene, I. Zimmermann, A. Neels, O. Sereda, J. Hauser, M. Bonin, M. B. Hursthouse, D. J. Price, S. Decurtins, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 4937-4950.
  
• Crystal engineering of a series of arylammonium copper(II) malonates
  T. D. Keene, I. Zimmermann, A. Neels, O. Sereda, J. Hauser, S.-X. Liu and S. Decurtins, Cryst. Growth Des., 2010, 10, 1854-1859.
  
• Half a grid is better than no grid: competition between 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine and 3,6-di(pyrid-2-yl)pyridazine for copper(II)
  E. C. Constable, S. Decurtins, C. E. Housecroft, T. D. Keene, C. G. Palivan, J. R. Price and J. A. Zampese, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 2337-2343.
  

2009

• Structural diversity in the reactions of 4'-(pyridyl)-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine ligands and bis{4'-(4-pyridyl)-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine}iron(II) with copper(II) salts
  J. E. Beves, E. C. Constable, S. Decurtins, E. L. Dunphy, C. E. Housecroft, T. D. Keene, M. Neuburger, S. Schaffner and J. A. Zampesea, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2406-2416.
  
• Isolable Zwitterionic Pyridinio-semiquinone π-Radicals. Mild and Efficient Single-Step Access to Stable Radicals
  C. Yi, C. Blum, S.-X. Liu, T. D. Keene, G. Frei, A. Neels and S. Decurtins, Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 2261-2264.
• [M(OOCC₆H₄PO₃H)(H₂O)] (M(II) = Mn, Co, Ni): Layered Metal Phosphonates Showing Variable Magnetic Behaviors
  J.-T. Li, T. D. Keene, D.-K. Cao, S. Decurtins, L.-M. Zheng, CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 1255-1260.
  
• Two-dimensional metal-organic frameworks: a system with competing chelating ligands
  T. D. Keene, M. B. Hursthouse and D. J. Price, Cryst. Growth Des., 2009, 9, 2604-2609.
  
• Magnetostructural investigations into an S = ½ sheet and a tetranuclear butterfly cluster
  T. D. Keene, Y.-H. Deng, F.-G. Li, Y.-F. Ding, B. Wu, S.-X. Liu, C. Ambrus, O.Waldmann, S. Decurtins and X.-J. Yang, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2009, 362, 2265-2269.
  

2008

• One-dimensional manganese coordination polymers composed of polynuclear cluster blocks and polypyridyl linkers: structures and properties
  S. G. Baca, I. L. Malaestean, T. D. Keene, H. Adams, M. D. Ward, J. Hauser, A. Neels and S. Decurtins, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 11108-11119.
  
• Homoleptic metal complexes of 4'-(5-pyrimidinyl)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine: tetrafurcated expanded ligands
  J. E. Beves, S. Decurtins, E. C. Constable, E. L. Dunphy, C. E. Housecroft, T. D. Keene, M. Neuberger and S. Schaffner, CrystEngComm, 2008, 10, 986-990.
  
• Di-µ-acetato-μ-aqua-bis[acetatobis(1H-benzimidazole)cobalt(II)]
  I. Zimmermann, T. D. Keene, A. Neels and S. Decurtins, Acta Cryst., 2008, E64, m845-m846.
  
• Coordination Chemistry of a π-Extended, Rigid and Redox-Active Tetrathiafulvalene-Fused Schiff-Base Ligand
  J.-C. Wu,, S.-X. Liu, T.D. Keene, A. Neels, C.E. Anson, A.K. Powell and S. Decurtins, Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47, 3452-3459.
• Comparing models for spin-½ Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chains: validity of different approaches for describing a one-dimensional coordination polymer, [Cu(II)(HL)₂(4,4'-bpy)]n.2nH₂O (H₂L = 3-nitrophthalic acid, bpy = bipyridine)
  Y.-H. Deng, J. Liu, B. Wu, C. Ambrus, T.D. Keene, O. Waldmann, S.-X. Liu, S. Decurtins and X.-J. Yang, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2008, 1712-1718.

2007 and before

• Mixed-ligand platinum and palladium complexes based on dinitrogen chelating ligands and a pyridine bearing the nitronylnitroxide radical
  A.M. Shemsi, B. El Ali, K.A. Ziq, M. Morsy, T.D. Keene, S. Decurtins and M. Fettouhi, Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2007, 10, 1355-1359.
• Poly[methylamine-μ-oxalato-copper(II)]
  T.D. Keene, M.B. Hursthouse and D.J. Price, Acta Cryst., 2006, E62, 1373-1375.
• Ferromagnetic coupling in a heptanuclear nickel cluster with a vertex-shared dicubane structure
  T.D. Keene, M.B. Hursthouse and D.J. Price, New J. Chem., 2004, 28, 558-561.
• 1,4-Diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane aquabis(oxalato-κ²O,O')copper(II) dihydrate
  T.D. Keene, M.B. Hursthouse and D.J. Price, Acta Cryst., 2004, E60, m378-380.
• Tetra-n-butylamine(carbonato-κ²O,O')cobalt(III) n-butylcarbamate dihydrate
  T.D. Keene, M.B. Hursthouse and D.J. Price, Acta Cryst., 2004, E60, m381-383.
• Stabilisation of discrete [Cu(C₂O₄)₂(H₂O)₂]^2- dianions in the solid state by an extensive hydrogen bonded network
  T.D. Keene, M.B. Hursthouse and D.J. Price, Z Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2004, 630, 350-352.
• One-dimensional magnetism in new, layered structures: Piperazine-linked copper and nickel oxalate chains
  T.D. Keene, H.R. Ogilvie, M.B. Hursthouse and D.J. Price, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2004, 1007-1013.
• Trans-bis(2-aminoanilinium-κN²)bis(oxalato-κ²O,O')copper(II)
  T.D. Keene, M.B. Hursthouse and D.J. Price, Acta Cryst., 2003, E59, m1131-1133.

Other Publications

• European Bird Names: A Translation Guide
  T.D. Keene, Lulu Press, Inc., London, 2008.
  Click here for a review (Ibis, 2009, 151, 420).
  

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