The synthesis and structural characterization of new organometallic and coordination compunds with possible application as catalysts, medicines and as new materials.
The application of computational methods to investigate chemical behaviour.
'Synthesis, characterization, reactivity and molecular structure of arene-osmium complexes: A new synthetic entry into (η6-arene)osmium(II) chemistry'
Hadley S. Clayton, Banothile C.E. Makhubela, Hong Su, Gregory S. Smith, John R. Moss *; Polyhedron, 2009, 28, 1511–1517
'Platinum based mixed-metal clusters (PtnMm(CO)xLy, M=Ru or Os; n + m= 2 to 10 and Ly = other ligands) - Synthesis, structure, reactivity and applications'
Akella Sivaramakrishna, Hadley S. Clayton, Banothile C.E. Makhubela, John R. Moss *; Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2008, 252, 1460–1485
'Metallacycloalkanes – Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of Medium to Large Ring Compounds'
Burgert Blom, Hadley Clayton, Mairi Kilkenny, John R. Moss; Advances in Organometallic Chemistry, 2006, 54, 149-202
'Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of iron-olefin complexes of the type [CpFe(CO)2(η2-CH2=CHR)]_X_ (Cp = η5-C5H5; R =CH3 to n-C14H29; X = PF6 or BF4)'
Hadley S. Clayton, John R. Moss b, Mark E. Dry; Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2003, 688, 181-191
