BSc Hons, PhD, DSc(Monash), FRACI, FAA

Professor

Allan is a Monash Uni DSc Graduate, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Research is supported by the Australian Research Council

Research Interests

Research is mainly concerned with fundamental organometallic chemistry involving projects of direct relevance to the roles of organometallic compounds in organic synthesis and catalysis, with a particular emphasis on complexes containing metal to carbon sigma-bonds, usually involving palladium or platinum. Studies have included the development of the first organopalladium complexes with oxidation state +IV for palladium, and mechanistic studies of carbon^...carbon and carbon^...heteroatom bond formation at a palladium(IV) centre, and the development of flow-through microreactors.

Research Areas:

• Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry  Read More

Teaching

General inorganic and organometallic chemistry, including biological inorganic chemistry and environmental and marine chemistry.

Units

• KRA170 - Chemistry of Materials
  
• KRA211 - Environmental Chemistry
  
• KRA224 - Chemical Synthesis and Spectroscopy
  
• KRA331 - Natural Products and Bioprospecting
  
• KRA333 - Organometallic Chemistry
  

Selected Publications:

• A. J. Canty, M. G. Gardiner, R. C. Jones, T. Rodemann and M. Sharma, 2009, 'Binuclear intermediates in oxidation reactions: [(Me3SiCC)Me2(bipy)Pt-PtMe2(bipy)]+ in the oxidation of PtIIMe2(bipy) (bipy = 2,2’-bipyridine) by IPh(CCSiMe3)(OTf) (OTf = triflate)', J. Am. Chem. Soc, 131, pgs. 7236-7237
• A. Gömann, J. A. Deverell, K. F. Munting, R. C. Jones, T. Rodemann, A. J. Canty, J. A. Smith and R. M. Guijt, 2009, 'Palladium-mediated organic synthesis using porous polymer monolith formed in situ as a continuous catalyst support structure for application in microfluidic devices', Tetrahedron, 65, pgs. 1450-1454
• A. J. Canty, R. P. Watson, S. S. Karpiniec, T. Rodemann, M. G. Gardiner and R. C. Jones, 2008, 'Synthesis and reactivity of (1-alkynyl)diorganoplatinum(IV) species, including structural stidies of PtPh2(dmpe) and PtIMe(p-Tol)(CCSiMe3)(dmpe) [dmpe = 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane]', Organometallics, 27, pgs. 3203-3209
• A. J. Canty, T. Rodemann, and J.H. Ryan, 2007, '‘Transition Metal Organometallic Synthesis Utilising Diorganoiodine(III) Reagents'', Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, pgs. 279-313
• A. J. Canty, T. Rodemann, B.W.Skelton and A.H. White, 2006, ''Access to Alkynylpalladium(IV) and Platinum(IV) Species, including Triorgano(diphosphine)metal(IV)Complexes and a Structural Study of the Alkynyl(pincer)platinum(IV) Complex Pt(O₂CAr_F)I(C≡CSiMe₃(NCN) (Ar_F=4-CF₃C₆H₄,NCN=[2,6-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-N,C,N]^-)'', Organometallics, pgs. 3996-4001
• A. J. Canty, M. C. Denney, G. van Koten, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White, 2004, '‘Carbon-oxygen bond formation at metal(IV) centres: Reactivity of palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of the [2,6-(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-N,C,N]- (pincer) ligand toward iodomethane and dibenzoyl peroxide; structural studies of M(II) and M(IV) complexes'', Organometallics, 23, pgs. 5432-5439
• A. J. Canty, M. C. Denney, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White, 2004, '‘Carbon-oxygen bond formation at organopalladium centres: The reactions of PdMeR(L2) (R = Me, 4-tolyl; L2 = tmeda, bpy) with diaroyl peroxides and the involvement of organopalladium(IV) species’', Organometallics, 23, pgs. 1122-1131

Full Publication List

Current and Supervised Project/s:

• Coordination and catalytic chemistry of mixed donor chalcogenoether ligands.