Dr David McGuinness
ARC Future Fellow
BSc Hons, PhD (UTAS)
Contact Details
| Contact Campus |
Sandy Bay Campus |
| Building |
Chemistry Building |
| Room Reference |
304 |
| Telephone |
+61 3 6226 2783 |
| Fax |
+61 3 6226 2858 |
| Email |
David.McGuinness@utas.edu.au |
Publications
- Bis(carbene)pyridine Complexes of Cr(III): Exceptionally Active Catalysts for the Oligomerization of Ethylene. McGuinness, D. S.; Gibson, V. C.; Wass, D. F.; Steed, J. W. 2003 * J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 12716
- First Cr(III)-SNS Complexes and Their Use as Highly Efficient Catalysts for Trimerization of Ethylene to 1-Hexene McGuinness, D. S.; Wasserscheid, P.; Keim, W.; Morgan, D.; Dixon, J. T.; Bollmann, A.; Maumela, H.; Hess, F.; Englert, U. 2003 * J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 5272
- Ethylene Tetramerization: A New Route to Produce 1-Octene in Exceptionally High Selectivities Bollmann, A.; Blann, K.; Dixon, J. T.; Hess, F. M.; Killian, E.; Maumela, H.; McGuinness, D. S.; Morgan, D. H.; Neveling, A.; Otto, S.; Overett, M.; Slawin, A. M. Z.; Wasserscheid, P.; Kuhlmann, S. 2004 * J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 14712
- Mechanistic Investigations of the Ethylene Tetramerisation Reaction Overett, M. J.; Blann, K.; Bollmann, A.; Dixon, J. T.; Haasbroek, D.; Killian, E.; Maumela, H.; McGuinness, D. S.; Morgan, D. H. 2005 * J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 10723
- Ethylene Tri- and Tetramerisation with Borate Cocatalysts: Effects of Activity, Selectivity, and Catalyst Degradation Pathways McGuinness, D. S.; Overett, M.; Tooze, R. P.; Blann, K.; Dixon, J. T.; Slawin, A. M. Z. 2007 * Organometallics 26 1108
- Revisiting the Aufbau Reaction with Acetylene: Growth at Aluminium Producing a Unique Oligomer Distribution Karpiniec, S.; McGuinness, D.; Patel, J.; Davies, N. 2009 * Chem. Eur. J. 15 1082
- High activity acetylene polymerisation with a bis(imino)pyridine iron(II) catalyst Karpiniec, S. S.; McGuinness, D. S.; Britovsek, G. J. P.; Wierenga, T. S.; Patel, J 2011 * Chem. Comm 47 6945
- Olefin Oligomerization via Metallacycles McGuinness, D. S 2011 * Chem. Rev 111 2321
- Preparation and structures of aryloxy- and alkoxy Ti(IV) complexes and their evaluation in ethylene oligomerisation and polymerisation Suttil, J. A.; McGuinness, D. S.; Pichler, M.; Gardiner, M. G.; Morgan, D. H.; Evans, S. J 2012 * Dalton Trans
Achievements
Dave McGuinness obtained BSc (Hons) and PhD degrees from the University of Tasmania. He undertook postdoctoral research at the Technical University of Aachen (Germany) and Imperial College London, before moving to St. Andrews (Scotland) as a Principal Scientist for the petrochemical company Sasol. He moved to the University of Tasmania in 2006 as an ARC QEII Fellow and since 2011 has continued under an ARC Future Fellowship.
Research Interests
My research interests lie in homogeneous catalysis and the development of industrially relevant processes for the production of valuable chemical feedstocks. The emphasis here is on the development of new and efficient metal catalysts capable of carrying out these transformations, along with fundamental organometallic studies aimed at mechanistic understanding. Past studies have included the development of catalyst for olefin polymerisation and highly selective ethylene oligomerisation catalysts.
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