Alan Brisdon
Alan Brisdon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alan K. Brisdon |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton[1] (BSc., PhD) |
| Known for | Fluorine Chemistry Inorganic Synthesis |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Inorganic chemistry Organometallic chemistry |
| Institutions | The University of Manchester |
| Thesis | Matrix isolation infra-red and mass spectrometric studies of some arsenic and selenium oxides (1988) |
| Website | fluorine |
Alan K. Brisdon is a British chemist and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Manchester.[1] His research in general is based on fluorine chemistry, including on HCFCs, fluorine-containing organometallic systems, fluorophosphines and fluorine-containing materials, such as ionic liquids and fluorographenes.[2]
Education
[edit]Brisdon completed his Bachelor of Science at University of Southampton. Upon graduation, he continued to read for his Doctor of Philosophy degree on Matrix isolation infra-red and mass spectrometric studies of some arsenic and selenium oxides and successfully gained his PhD in 1988.[3]
Research and career
[edit]Upon completing his PhD, Brisdon worked for one year on a UKEA (Winfrith) funded project investigating on design, construction and testing of systems for sampling directly from a reaction chamber at or above atmospheric pressures and at high temperatures.[4] He then completed his postdoctoral research at University of Leicester where he worked on synthesis of high oxidation-state transition metal fluorides and oxide-fluorides via high pressure and liquid fluorine syntheses and on the fluorination of the fullerene's, C60and C70.[1][4] He then joined the University of Manchester as a Lecturer and was later on promoted to the position of Senior Lecturer.[4]
Brisdon's research in general is based on fluorine chemistry, including on HFCs, fluorine-containing organometallic systems, fluorophosphines and fluorine-containing materials, such as ionic liquids and fluorographenes.[2][5]
Brisdon is the current Director of Teaching and Learning at Apart from research and lecturing in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Manchester.[1] He also is a highly regarded member[4] of the Fluorine Groups in the Royal Society of Chemistry[6] as well as the American Chemical Society[7] and is also part of the editorial board in the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry.[8]
Notable work
[edit]Brisdon is the author of Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods, a book which elaborates and discusses several spectroscopic techniques that can be used in inorganic chemistry, including vibrational spectroscopy, resonance spectroscopy, UV/Vis Spectroscopy and mass spectrometry.[9]
In 2014, Brisdon also participated in a research which showed how the use of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol as solvent would be able to improve the efficiency of gold catalyzed A3-reactions.[10] The research also showed that the rate of the reaction can be accelerated by the use of a microwave reactor.
In 2001, Brisdon also reported on the synthesis of new fluorovinyl-containing organometallic complexes and fluorovinyl-containing phosphine ligands of the type RnP(CX=CF2)3-n(n =1, 2; X = Cl, F) and their complexes.[11] The research showed how HFC-134a and HCFC-133a with two equivalents of butyllithium can form fluorovinyllithium reagents (CF2=CFLi and CF2=CClLi). These reagents were then used to synthesize these new novel fluorovinyl-containing transition metal and main-group compounds.
Major publications
[edit]- Brisdon, Alan K.; Price, Gregory A.; Flower, Kevin R.; Pritchard, Robin G.; Quayle, Peter (2014). "Solvent effects in gold-catalysed A3-coupling reactions". Tetrahedron Letters. 55 (1): 151–154. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.10.141.
- Brisdon, Alan K.; Goudarziafshar, Hamid; Keypour, Hassan; Pritchard, Robin G.; Rezaeivala, Majid (2008). "New macrocyclic Schiff-base complexes incorporating a phenanthroline unit. Part 2: Template synthesis of some manganese(II) complexes and crystal structure studies". Inorganica Chimica Acta. 361 (5): 1415–1420. doi:10.1016/j.ica.2007.09.018.
- Brisdon, Alan K.; Barnes, N.A.; Ellis, M.J.; Pritchard, R.G. (2001). "Recent advances in fluorovinyl-containing compounds". Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 112 (1): 35–45. doi:10.1016/S0022-1139(01)00479-1.
- Brisdon, Alan K. (18 June 1998). Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198559498.
- Brisdon, Alan K.; Bishop, Peter; Brisdon, Brian J.; Marsh, Patsy; Mahon, Mary F. (1998). "X-Ray crystallographic and extended X-ray absorption fine structure studies of gold(I) complexes containing weak intermolecular interactions". J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (4): 675–682. doi:10.1039/A707650I.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d University of Manchester. "Dr Alan Brisdon". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Alan K. Brisdon (Publications)". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Brisdon, Alan K. (1988). Matrix isolation infra-red and mass spectrometric studies of some arsenic and selenium oxides (PhD thesis). (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d "Brisdon, Alan". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Sanderson, Katherine (11 July 2012). "Stinky rocks hide Earth's only haven for natural fluorine". Nature International Weekly Journal of Science. United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Royal Society of Chemistry. "Fluorine Chemistry Group at Royal Society of Chemistry". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ American Chemical Society. "Division of Fluorine Chemistry". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. "Journal of Fluorine Chemistry - Editorial Board". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ Brisdon, Alan K. (18 June 1998). Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198559498.
- ^ Brisdon, Alan K.; Price, Gregory A.; Flower, Kevin R.; Pritchard, Robin G.; Quayle, Peter (2014). "Solvent effects in gold-catalysed A3-coupling reactions". Tetrahedron Letters. 55 (1): 151–154. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.10.141.
- ^ Brisdon, Alan K.; Barnes, N.A.; Ellis, M.J.; Pritchard, R.G. (2001). "Recent advances in fluorovinyl-containing compounds". Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 112 (1): 35–45. doi:10.1016/S0022-1139(01)00479-1.
