个人简介

Education 1992-1996 DPhil Inorganic Chemistry, University of Oxford (with Tony Downs; viva: March 1996) 1988-1992 BA(Hons) Chemistry, Jesus College, University of Oxford Present Position 2019- Director, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing (OxICFM), University of Oxford 2010- Professor of Main Group Chemistry, University of Oxford 2007- Fellow in Inorganic Chemistry, The Queen’s College, Oxford Awards and Visiting Professorships (selected) 2021 Humboldt Forschungspreis (Research Award), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 2018 Royal Society of Chemistry Frankland Award 2018 Visiting Lecturer, Organometallic Chemistry Division (GEQO) of the Spanish RSEQ 2014 Distinguished Lecturer, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 2012 University Visiting Professor, Monash University, Australia 2010 Royal Society of Chemistry Main Group Chemistry Award 2009 Dalton Transactions European Lectureship

研究领域

Inorganic Chemistry

Research in the Aldridge group is focussed on moulding Main Group compounds to achieve ground-breaking reactivity in the capture and activation of small molecules. Much of our work focuses on the design and synthesis of compounds based on the group 13 and 14 elements, targeting systems with unprecedented bonding motifs and/or electronic structure and which are capable of the transformation of industrially relevant substrates. Ultimately, our aim is to develop compounds which alter the perception of the capabilities of Main Group compounds in stoichiometric and catalytic reactions. The group is based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory in central Oxford. If you are interested in our research, in joining us, or collaborating with us, please don't hesitate to email.

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Diberyllocene: a stable compound of Be(I) with a Be-Be bond J.T. Boronski, A.E. Crumpton, L.L. Wales, S. Aldridge Science, 2023, 380, 1147-1149 (DOI: 10.1126/science.adh4419) Redox flexibility in a germanium hydride manifold: hydrogen shuttling via oxidative addition and reductive elimination A. Caise, J. Hicks, A. Heilmann, S. Aldridge Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 7251-7254 (DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01411H) Torsional control of frustrated Lewis pair behaviour involving PNP-type phosphines Y. Guo, I. Zulkifly, J. Sodermann, A. V. Protchenko, E. Kolychev, M. Á. Fuentes, S. Aldridge Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2023, e202300016 (DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202300016; invited special issue for 70th birthday of Doug Stephan) Inducing nucleophilic reactivity at beryllium with an aluminyl ligand J. T. Boronski, L. R. Thomas-Hargreaves, M. A. Ellwanger, A. E. Crumpton, J. Hicks, D. F. Bekis, M. R. Buchner,S. Aldridge J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 4408-4413 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00480) Synthesis of homo-metallic heavier analogues of cyclobutene and the cyclobutadiene dianion X. Zheng, A. E. Crumpton, A. V. Protchenko, M. Ellwanger, A. Heilmann, S. Aldridge Chem.-Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202300006 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300006) Disproportionation and ligand lability in low oxidation state boryl-tin chemistry X. Zheng, A. E. Crumpton, A. V. Protchenko, A. Heilmann, M. Ellwanger, S. Aldridge Chem.-Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202203395 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203395) Bis(aluminyl)magnesium: a source of nucleophilic or radical aluminium-centred reactivity L. P. Griffin, M. Ellwanger, J. Clarke, A. F. Roper, A. Heilmann, S. Aldridge Submitted manuscript Also available in preprint form at ChemRxiv (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-s63x6) Boronic ester functionalised 1,8-diboryl-naphthalene scaffolds: fluoride versus oxide chelation A. C. Booth, P. Vasko, M. Á. Fuentes, B. Cornelissen, S. Faulkner, S. Aldridge Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 15783-15791 (DOI: 10.1039/D2DT02888C) A terminal aluminium imide as a transfer agent for the [NR]2-function via metathesis chemistry A. Heilmann, P. Vasko, J. Hicks, J. M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Chem.-Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202300018 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300018) Taming heavier group 14 imine analogues: accessing Sn=N double bonds and their cycloaddition/metathesis chemistry M. Fischer, M. M. D. Roy, L. L. Wales, A. F. Roper, M. A. Ellwanger, C. McManus,A. Heilmann, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202211616 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202211616). Structural snapshots in reversible phosphinidene transfer: synthetic, structural and reaction chemistry of a Sn=P double bond M. Fischer, M.M.D. Roy, L.L. Wales, M.A. Ellwanger, A. Heilmann, S. Aldridge J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 8908-8913 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c03302) Alkyne insertion into Cu-Al bonds and selective functionalisation to form copper acyl compounds C. McManus, A. E. Crumpton, S. Aldridge Chem Commun., 2022, 58, 8274-8277 (DOI: 10.1039/D2CC02578G) Reactions of a dimethylxanthene-derived frustrated Lewis pair with silanes and stannanes I. Zulkifly, A.V. Protchenko, M.Á. Fuentes, J. Hicks, S. Aldridge Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2022, 648, e202200110 (DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202200110; invited special issue for 60th birthday of Prof. C. Jones) Main Group Compounds: Introduction S. Aldridge Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV, Elsevier, 2022 (DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820206-7.00175-X) Reversible uptake of CO2 by pincer ligand supported dimetallynes A. Caise, L.P. Griffin, C. McManus, A. Heilmann, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202117496 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202117496) Coordination and homologation of CO at Al(I): mechanism and chain growth, branching, isomerization and reduction A. Heilmann, M.M.D. Roy, A.E. Crumpton, L.P. Griffin, J. Hicks, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 12942-12953 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05228) Generation of a pi-bonded isomer of [P4] 4− by aluminyl reduction of white phosphorus and its ammonolysis to PH3 M.M.D. Roy, A. Heilmann, M. Ellwanger, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 26550-26554 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202112515) Controlling oxidative addition and reductive elimination at Sn(I) via hemi-lability A. Caise, A.E. Crumpton, P. Vasko,J. Hicks, C. McManus, N.H. Rees, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 61, e202114926 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202114926) Coinage metal aluminyl complexes: probing regiochemistry and mechanism in the insertion and reduction of carbon dioxide C. McManus, J. Hicks, X. Cui, L. Zhao, G. Frenking, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 13458-13468 (DOI: 10.1039/D1SC04676D) Probing the extremes of covalency in M–Al bonds: lithium and zinc aluminyl compounds M.M.D. Roy, J. Hicks, P. Vasko, A. Heilmann, A.-M. Baston, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 22031-22036 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202109416) Colorimetric metal-free detection of carbon monoxide: reversible CO uptake by a BNB frustrated Lewis pair X. Zheng, I. Zulkifly, A. Heilmann, C. McManus, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 16416-16419 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106413) Frustrated Lewis pairs for CO detection and sensing X. Zheng, I. Zulkifly, S. Aldridge Patent application: GB2106765.7, filed 12 May 2021 (granted February 2022) N-nacnac stabilized tetrylenes: access to silicon hydride systems via migration processes D.C.H. Do, E. Kolychev, J. Hicks, S. Aldridge Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., 2021, 647, 1679-1684 (invited special issue for 80th birthday of Prof. H. Schnöckel, DOI:10.1002/zaac.202100142) Reactions of a diborylstannylene with CO2 and N2O: diboration of carbon dioxide by a main group bis(boryl)complex A.V. Protchenko, M.Á. Fuentes, J. Hicks, C. McManus, S. Aldridge Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 9059-9067 (DOI: 10.1039/D1DT01216A). Molecular main group metal hydrides M.M.D. Roy, A. Omana, A. Wilson, M.S. Hill, S. Aldridge, E. Rivard Chem. Rev., 2021, 121, 12784-12965 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00278). Controlling catenation in Ge(I) chemistry through hemi-lability A. Caise, L.P. Griffin, A. Heilmann, C. McManus, J. Campos, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 15606-15612 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104643) An unsymmetrical BN analogue of Thiele’s hydrocarbon: access to crystalline organoboron radical cations and dications Y.K. Loh, P. Vasko, C. McManus, A. Heilmann, W.K. Myers, S. Aldridge Nature Commun., 2021, 12, 7052 (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27104-y) A xanthene-based mono-anionic PON ligand: exploiting a bulky, electronically unsymmetrical donor in Main Group chemistry X. Zheng, A. Heilmann, C. McManus, S. Aldridge Chem.-Eur. J., 2021, 27, 3159-3165 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004741) Partnering a three-coordinate gallium cation with a hydroborate counter-ion for the catalytic hydrosilylation of CO2 A. Caise, J. Hicks, M.Á. Fuentes, J. M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Chem.-Eur. J., 2021, 27, 2138-2148 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004408). Approaching a ‘naked’ boryl anion: amide metathesis as a route to calcium, strontium and potassium boryl complexes A.V. Protchenko, P. Vasko, M.Á. Fuentes, J. Hicks, D. Vidovic, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 2064-2068 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011839) Synthesis, structure and reactivity of terphenyl-substituted germylium-ylidene cations R.J. Mangan, A.R. Davies, J. Hicks, C.P. Sindlinger, A.L. Thompson, S. Aldridge Polyhedron, 2021, 196, 115006, (invited special issue on ‘Dative Carbon Donors’ DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.115006) Acid-Base free Main Group carbonyl analogues Y.K. Loh, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 8626-8648 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008174) Arene C-H activation at aluminium(I): meta selectivity driven by the electronics of SNAr chemistry J. Hicks, P. Vasko, A. Heilmann, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 20376-20380 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008557) The aluminyl anion: a new generation of aluminium nucleophile J. Hicks, P. Vasko, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 1702-1711 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202007530) Cooperative N-H bond activation by amido-Ge(II) cations X. Zhou, P. Vasko, J. Hicks, M. Á. Fuentes, A. Heilmann, E. L. Kolychev, S. Aldridge Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 9495-9504 (DOI: 10.1039/D0DT01960G) Probing the non-innocent nature of an amino-functionalised β-diketiminate ligand in silylene/imino-silane systems D.C.H. Do, P. Vasko, M.Á. Fuentes, J. Hicks, S. Aldridge Dalton Trans., 2020, 49, 8701-8709 (DOI: 10.1039/D0DT01447H) N-H cleavage vs. Werner complex formation: reactivity of cationic Group 14 tetrelenes towards amines D.C.H. Do, A.V. Protchenko, M.Á. Fuentes, J. Hicks, P. Vasko, S. Aldridge Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 4684-4687 (DOI: 10.1039/D0CC00875C) Carbon monoxide activation by a molecular aluminium imide: C-O Bond cleavage and C-C bond formation A. Heilmann, J. Hicks, P. Vasko, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 4897-4901 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916073) Activation of protic, hydridic and apolar E-H bonds by a boryl-substituted Ge(II) cation R.J. Mangan, A. Rit, C.P. Sindlinger, R. Tirfoin, J. Campos, J. Hicks, K.E. Christensen, H. Niu, S. Aldridge Chem.-Eur. J., 2020, 26, 306-315 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904171) Trapping and reactivity of a molecular aluminium oxide ion J. Hicks, A. Heilmann, P. Vasko, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 17265-17268 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201910509) Reversible, room-temperature C-C bond activation of benzene by an isolable metal complex J. Hicks, P. Vasko, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 11000-11003 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b05925) Synthetic, structural and reaction chemistry of N-heterocyclic germylene and stannylene compounds featuring N-boryl substituents L. Kristinsdóttir, N. Oldroyd, R. Grabiner, A. Knights, A. Heilmann, A.V. Protchenko, H. Niu, E.L. Kolychev, J.Campos, S. Aldridge Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 11951-11960 (DOI: 10.1039/C9DT02449B) An acid-free anionic oxoborane isoelectronic with carbonyl: facile access and transfer of a terminal B=O double bond Y.K. Loh, K. Porteous, M.Á. Fuentes, D.C.H. Do, J. Hicks, S. Aldridge J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 8073-8077 (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03600) Reversible borohydride formation from aluminium hydrides and H-9BBN: structural, thermodynamic and reactivity studies A. Caise, E. Kolychev, J. Hicks,M.Á. Fuentes, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 10845-10852 (DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00535H) Reversible O-H bond activation by an intramolecular frustrated Lewis pair P. Vasko, M.Á. Fuentes, J. Hicks, S. Aldridge Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 2896-2899 (DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00228F) Acyclic 1,2-dimagnesioethanes/-ethene derived from magnesium(I) compounds: multipurpose reagents for organometallic synthesis D. Dange, A.R. Gair, D.D.L. Jones, M. Juckel, S. Aldridge, C. Jones Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 3208-3216 (DOI: 10.1039/C9SC00200F) An N-heterocyclic boryloxy ligand isoelectronic with N-heterocyclic imines: access to an acyclic dioxysilylene and its heavier congeners Y.K. Loh, L. Ying, M.Á. Fuentes, D.C.H. Do, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 4847-4851 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812058) Borylated N-heterocyclic carbenes: rearrangement and chemical trapping L. Kristinsdóttir, P. Vasko, H. Niu, E.L. Kolychev, J. Campos, M.Á. Fuentes, J. Hicks, A.L. Thompson, S. Aldridge Chem.-Eur. J., 2019, 25, 2556-2568 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804808) Reduction of carbon oxides by an acyclic silylene: reductive coupling of CO A.V. Protchenko, P. Vasko, D.C.H. Do, J. Hicks, M. Ángeles Fuentes, C. Jones, S. Aldridge Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 1808-1812 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812675) A nucleophilic gold complex J. Hicks, A. Mansikkamäki, P. Vasko, J.M. Goicoechea, S. Aldridge Nature Chem., 2019, 11, 237-241 (DOI: 10.1038/s41557-018-0198-1)