Professor Sally Brooker
Front Covers
(images generated by Michael Crawford, HEDC)
Brooker, S., Plieger, P.G., Moubaraki, B. and Murray, K.S., [CoII2L(NCS)2(SCN)2]:
The first cobalt complex to exhibit both exchange coupling and spin crossover effects,
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 38, 408-410 and front cover feature (1999).
Brooker, S., Some Copper and Cobalt Complexes of Schiff-base
Macrocycles Containing Pyridazine Head Units, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
(invited microreview contribution, refereed as usual), 2535-2547 and front cover feature (2002).
Lan, Y., Kennepohl, D.K., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S., Cashion, J.D., Jameson, G.B. and Brooker, S.,
Coordination algorithms control molecular architecture: [CuI4(L2)4]4+ grid complex versus [MII2(L2)2X4]y+
side-by-side complexes (M = Mn, Co, Ni, Zn; X = solvent or anion) and [FeII(L2)3][Cl3FeIIIOFeIIICl3],
Chem. Eur. J., 9, 3772-3784, and front cover feature (2003).
Klingele, M.H., Moubaraki, B., Cashion, J.D., Murray, K.S. and Brooker, S.,
The first X-ray crystal structure determination of a dinuclear complex trapped in the [low spin-high spin] state:
FeII2(PMAT)2](BF4)4·DMF, Chemical Communications, 987-989,
identified as a “hot paper” (top 10%) and featured on the front cover of issue 8, February (2005).
Price, J.R., Lan, Y., Jameson, G.B. and Brooker, S.,
Control of molecular architecture by steric and electronic factors: dinuclear side-by-side vs tetranuclear [2x2] grid-type silver(I) complexes,
Dalton Transactions, 1491-1494, and front cover feature (2006).
Klingele (nee Hausmann), J., Boas, J.F., Pilbrow, J.R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K.S.,
Berry, K.J., Hunter, K.A., Jameson, G.B., Boyd, P.D.W.and Brooker, S.,A
[2 × 2] nickel(ii) grid and a copper(ii) square result from differing binding modes of a pyrazine-based diamide ligand, Dalton Transactions, 633-645 (2007); and front cover feature.
“One of Dalton Transactions’ most highly rated articles”, i.e. “hottest science, as recommended by the referees”.
Brandt, C.D., Kitchen, J.A., Beckmann, U., White, N.G, Jameson, G.B. and Brooker, S.,
Synthesis and structures of 3,5-disubstituted 1,2,4-triazole head units and incorporation of 3,5-dibenzoyl-1,2,4-triazolate
into new [2+2] Schiff-base macrocyclic complexes, Supramolecular Chemistry (invited contribution to a special International
Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry issue, refereed as usual), 19, 17-27, and contribution to front cover feature (2007).
Price, J.R., Lan Y., Brooker, S.
Pyridazine-bridged copper(I) complexes of bis-bidentate ligands: tetranuclear [2 x 2] grid versus dinuclear side-by-side architectures
as a function of ligand substituents, Dalton Transactions, 1807-1820 and front cover feature (2007).
“One of Dalton Transactions' most highly rated articles”, i.e. “hottest science, as recommended by the referees”.
Grunert, C.M., Reiman, S., Spiering, H., Kitchen, J.A., Brooker, S. and Gütlich, P.,
Mixed spin-state [HS-LS] pairs in a dinuclear spin-transition complex: confirmation by variable temperature 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy,
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47, 2997-2999, and front cover feature (2008).
Lan, Y., Novitchi, G., Clérac, R., Tang, J.K., Madhu, N.T., Hewitt, I.J., Anson, C.E., Brooker, S. and Powell, A.K.,
Di-, tetra- and hexanuclear iron(III), manganese(II/III) and copper(II) complexes of Schiff-base ligands derived from 6-substituted-2-formylphenols,
Dalton Transactions, 1721-1727 (2009), and front cover feature. Cover created by Sarah White.
Brooker, S., and Kitchen, J.A.,
Nano-magnetic materials: spin crossover compounds vs. single molecule magnets vs. single chain magnets,
Dalton Transactions (invited Frontier Article, refereed as usual), 7331-7340 (2009)