The Goodwin Group
Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry


Publications
2024

43. C. A. P. Goodwin, Ralph W. Adams, Andrew J. Gaunt, Susan K. Hanson, Michael T. Janicke, Nikolas Kaltsoyannis, Stephen T. Liddle, Iain May, Jeffrey L. Miller, Brian L. Scott, John A. Seed, George F. S. Whitehead
N-Heterocyclic Carbene to Actinide d-Based π-bonding Correlates with Observed Metal–Carbene Bond Length Shortening Versus Lanthanide Congeners
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 10367-10380. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c12719.

42. J. Murillo, J. A. Seed, A. J. Wooles, M. S. Oakley, C. A. P. Goodwin, M. Gregson, D. Dan, N. F. Chilton, A. J. Gaunt, S. A. Kozimor, S. T. Liddle, B. L. Scott
Carbene Complexes of Plutonium: Structure, Bonding, and Divergent Reactivity to Lanthanide Analogs
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 4098-4111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c12719.

41. S. R. Chowdhury, C. A. P. Goodwin, B. Vlaisavljevich
What is the nature of the uranium(III)-arene bond?
Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 1810-1819. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC04715F.

2023

40. C. J. Windorff, C. A. P. Goodwin, J. M. Sperling, T. E. Albrecht-Schönzart, Z. Bai, W. J. Evans, Z. K. Huffman, R. Jeannin, B. N. Long, D. P. Mills, T. N. Poe, J. W. Ziller
Stabilization of Pu(IV) in PuBr4(OPCy3)2 and Comparisons with Structurally Similar ThX4(OPR3)2 (R = Cy, Ph) Molecules.
Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 18136-18149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02575.

39. J. Murillo, C. A. P Goodwin, L. Stevens, S. Fortier, A. J. Gaunt, B. L. Scott.
Synthesis and comparison of iso-structural f-block metal complexes (Ce, U, Np, Pu) featuring η6-arene interactions.
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 7438-7446. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC02194G.

2022

38. M. Černá, J. A. Seed, S. Garrido Fernández, M. T. Janicke, B. L. Scott, G. F. S. Whitehead, A. J. Gaunt, C. A. P. Goodwin.
Isostructural σ-hydrocarbyl phospholide complexes of uranium, neptunium, and plutonium.
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 13278-13281. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC04803E.



PhD and PDRA works
2022

37. C. A. P. Goodwin, A. J. Wooles, J. Murillo, E. Lu, J. T. Boronski, B. L. Scott, A. J. Gaunt, S. T. Liddle.
Carbene Complexes of Neptunium.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9764-9774. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c02152.

36. M. S. Dutkiewicz, C. A. P. Goodwin, M. Perfetti, A. J. Gaunt, J. -C. Griveau, E. Colineau, A. Kovács, A. J. Wooles, R. Caciuffo, O. Walter, S. T. Liddle.
A terminal neptunium(V)–mono(oxo) complex.
Nat. Chem. 2022, 14, 342-349. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00858-0.

35. S. C. Corner, C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, P. Evans, H. Zhang, G. K. Gransbury, G. F. S. Whitehead, D. P. Mills.
Synthesis of heteroleptic yttrium and dysprosium 1,2,4- tris(trimethylsilyl)cyclopentadienyl complexes.
Aust. J. Chem. 2022, 75, 684-697. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/CH21314.

34. C. A. P. Goodwin, S. R. Ciccone, S. Bekoa, S. Majumdar, B. L. Scott, J. W. Ziller, A. J. Gaunt, F. Furche, W. J. Evans.
2.2.2-Cryptand complexes of neptunium(III) and plutonium(III).
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 997-1000. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC05904A.

2021

33. C. A. P. Goodwin, M. T. Janicke, B. L. Scott, A. J. Gaunt.
[AnI3(THF)4] (An = Np, Pu) Preparation Bypassing An0 Metal Precursors: Access to Np3+/Pu3+ Nonaqueous and Organometallic Complexes.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 20680-20696. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c07967.

32. C. A. P. Goodwin, J. Su, L. M. Stevens, F. D. White, N. H. Anderson, J. D. Auxier II, T. E. Albrecht-Schönzart, E. R. Batista, S. F. Briscoe, J. N. Cross, W. J. Evans, A. N. Gaiser, A. J. Gaunt, M. R. James, M. T. Janicke, T. F. Jenkins, Z. R. Jones, S. A. Kozimor, B. L. Scott, J. M. Sperling, C. J. Windorff, P. Yang, J. W. Ziller.
Isolation and characterization of a californium metallocene.
Nature 2021, 599, 421-424. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04027-8.

31. J. Su, T. Cheisson, A. McSkimming, C. A. P. Goodwin, I. M. DiMucci, T. E. Albrecht‐Schönzart, B. L. Scott, E. R. Batista, A. J. Gaunt, S. A. Kozimor, P. Yang, E. J. Schelter.
Complexation and redox chemistry of neptunium, plutonium and americium with a hydroxylaminato ligand.
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 13343-13359. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SC03905A.

30. C. J. Windorff, M. J. Beltran-Leiva, T. E. Albrecht-Schönzart, Z. Bai, C. Celis-Barros, C. A. P. Goodwin, Z. Huffman, N. C. McKinnon, J. M. Sperling.
Synthesis, characterization, and theoretical analysis of a plutonyl phosphine oxide complex.
Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 14537-14541. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT03041H.

29. C. A. P. Goodwin, A. W. Schlimgen, T. E. Albrecht‐Schönzart, E. R. Batista, A. J. Gaunt, M. T. Janicke, S. A. Kozimor, B. L. Scott, L. M. Stevens, F. D. White, P. Yang.
Structural and Spectroscopic Comparison of Soft‐Se vs. Hard‐O Donor Bonding in Trivalent Americium/Neodymium Molecules.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9459-9466. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202017186.

28. S. L. Staun, L. M. Stevens, D. E. Smiles, C. A. P. Goodwin, B. S. Billow, B. L. Scott, G. Wu, A. M. Tondreau, A. J. Gaunt, T. W. Hayton.
Expanding the Nonaqueous Chemistry of Neptunium: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of [Np(NR2)3Cl], [Np(NR2)3Cl], and [Np{N(R)(SiMe2CH2)}2(NR2)] (R = SiMe3).
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 2740-2748. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03616.

27. S. M. Greer, Ö. Üngor, R. J. Beattie, J. L. Kiplinger, B. L. Scott, B. W. Stein, C. A. P. Goodwin.
Low-spin 1,1′-diphosphametallocenates of chromium and iron.
Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 595-598. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC06518H.

2020

26. C. A. P. Goodwin, M. J. Giansiracusa, S. M. Greer, H. M. Nicholas, P. Evans, M. Vonci, S. Hill, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills.
Isolation and electronic structures of derivatized manganocene, ferrocene and cobaltocene anions.
Nat. Chem. 2020, 13, 243-248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-00595-w.

25. C. A. P. Goodwin.
Blocking Like It’s Hot: A Synthetic Chemists’ Path to High-Temperature Lanthanide Single Molecule Magnets.
Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 14320-4337. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d0dt01904f.

24. C. J. Windorff, J. M. Sperling, T. E. Albrecht-Schönzart, Z. Bai, W. J. Evans, A. N. Gaiser, A. J. Gaunt, C. A. P. Goodwin, D. E. Hobart, Z. K. Huffman, D. N. Huh, B. E. Klamm, T. N. Poe, E. Warzecha.
A Single Small-Scale Plutonium Redox Reaction System Yields Three Crystallographically-Characterizable Organoplutonium Complexes.
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 13301-13314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01671.

23. C. A. P. Goodwin, B. L. L. Réant, G. F. Vettese, J. G. C. Kragskow, M. J. Giansiracusa, I. M. DiMucci, K. M. Lancaster, D. P. Mills, S. Sproules.
Heteroleptic Samarium(III) Chalcogenide Complexes: Opportunities for Giant Exchange Coupling in Bridging σ- and π-Radical Lanthanide Dichalcogenides.
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 7571-7583. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00470.

22. A. Chiesa, F. Cugini, R. Hussain, E. Macaluso, G. Allodi, E. Garlatti, M. Giansiracusa, C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, D. Reta, J. M. Skelton, T. Guidi, P. Santini, M. Solzi, R. De Renzi, D. P. Mills, N. F. Chilton, S. Carretta.
Understanding magnetic relaxation in single-ion magnets with high blocking temperature.
Phys. Rev. B 2020, 101, 174402. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.174402.

21. C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, D. Reta.
Strangely attractive: Collaboration and feedback in the field of molecular magnetism.
Int. J. Quant. Chem. 2020, 120, e26248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/qua.26248.

20. P. Evans, D. Reta, C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills.
A double-dysprosocenium single-molecule magnet bound together with neutral ligands.
Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 5677-5680. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc08945d.

2019

19. H. M. Nicholas, M. Vonci, C. A. P. Goodwin, S. W. Loo, S. R. Murphy, D. Cassim, R. E. P. Winpenny, E. J. L. McInnes, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills.
Electronic structures of bent lanthanide(III) complexes with two N-donor ligands.
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 10493-10502. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc03431e.

18. J. T. Brewster II, D. N. Mangel, A. J. Gaunt, D. P. Saunders, H. Zafar, V. M. Lynch, M. A. Boreen, M. E. Garner, C. A. P. Goodwin, N. S. Settineri, J. Arnold, J. L. Sessler.
In-Plane Thorium(IV), Uranium(IV), and Neptunium(IV) Expanded Porphyrin Complexes.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 17867-17874. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b09123.

17. A.-M. Ariciu, D. H. Woen, D. N. Huh, L. E. Nodaraki, A. K. Kostopoulos, C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny, W. J. Evans, F. Tuna.
Engineering electronic structure to prolong relaxation times in molecular qubits by minimising orbital angular momentum.
Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 3330. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11309-3.

16. C. A. P. Goodwin, J. Su, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, A. V. Blake, E. R. Batista, S. R. Daly, S. Dehnen, W. J. Evans, A. J. Gaunt, S. A. Kozimor, N. Lichtenberger, B. L. Scott, P. Yang.
[Am(C5Me4H)3]: An Organometallic Americium Complex.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 11695-11699. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201905225.

15. F. Ortu, D. Reta, Y.-S. Ding, C. A. P. Goodwin, M. P. Gregson, E. J. L. McInnes, R. E. P. Winpenny, Y.-Z. Zheng, S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, N. F. Chilton.
Studies of hysteresis and quantum tunnelling of the magnetisation in dysprosium(III) single molecule magnets.
Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 8541-8545. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt01655d.

14. J. Liu, D. Reta, J. A. Cleghorn, Y. X. Yeoh, F. Ortu, C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills.
Light Lanthanide Metallocenium Cations Exhibiting Weak Equatorial Anion Interactions.
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 7749-7758. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201901167.

2018

13. C. A. P. Goodwin, D. Reta, F. Ortu, J. Liu, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills.
Terbocenium: completing a heavy lanthanide metallocenium cation family with an alternative anion abstraction strategy.
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 9182-9185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc05261a.

12. H. M. Nicholas, C. A. P. Goodwin, J. G. C. Kragskow, S. J. Lockyer, D. P. Mills.
Structural Characterization of Lithium and Sodium Bulky Bis(silyl)amide Complexes.
Molecules 2018, 23, 1138. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23051138.

11. C. A. P. Goodwin, B. L. L. Réant, J. G. C. Kragskow, I. M. DiMucci, K. M. Lancaster, D. P. Mills, S. Sproules.
Heteroleptic samarium(III) halide complexes probed by fluorescence-detected L3-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy.
Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 10613-10625. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8dt01452c.

10. J.-D. Leng, C. A. P. Goodwin, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. P. Mills.
Salt metathesis routes to homoleptic near-linear Mg(II) and Ca(II) bulky bis(silyl)amide complexes.
Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 12526-12533. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8dt00802g.

9. C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Tuna, E. J. L. McInnes, D. P. Mills.
Exploring synthetic routes to heteroleptic UIII, UIV, and ThIV bulky bis(silyl) amide complexes.
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 2356-2362. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201800036.

2017

8. C. A. P. Goodwin, D. Reta, F. Ortu, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills.
Synthesis and Electronic Structures of Heavy Lanthanide Metallocenium Cations.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18714-18724. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b11535.

7. C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Ortu, D. Reta, N. F. Chilton, D. P. Mills.
Molecular magnetic hysteresis at 60 kelvin in dysprosocenium.
Nature 2017, 548, 439-442. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23447.

6. C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, L. S. Natrajan, M.-E. Boulon, J. W. Ziller, W. J. Evans, D. P. Mills.
Investigation into the Effects of a Trigonal-Planar Ligand Field on the Electronic Properties of Lanthanide(II) Tris(silylamide) Complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb).
Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 5959-5970. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00664.

2016

5. C. A. P. Goodwin, N. F. Chilton, G. F. Vettese, E. Moreno Pineda, I. F. Crowe, J. W. Ziller, R. E. P. Winpenny, W. J. Evans, D. P. Mills.
Physicochemical Properties of Near-Linear Lanthanide(II) Bis(silylamide) Complexes (Ln = Sm, Eu, Tm, Yb).
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 10057-10067. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00808.

4. C. A. P. Goodwin, A. Smith, F. Ortu, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. P. Mills.
Salt metathesis versus protonolysis routes for the synthesis of silylamide Hauser base (R2NMgX; X = halogen) and amido-Grignard (R2NMgR) complexes.
Dalton Trans. 2016, 45, 6004-6014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5DT02535D.

2015

3. C. A. P. Goodwin, K. C. Joslin, S. J. Lockyer, A. Formanuik, G. A. Morris, F. Ortu, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. P. Mills.
Homoleptic Trigonal Planar Lanthanide Complexes Stabilized by Superbulky Silylamide Ligands.
Organometallics 2015, 34, 2314-2325. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/om501123e.

2. N. F. Chilton, C. A. P. Goodwin, D. P. Mills, R. E. P. Winpenny.
The first near-linear bis(amide) f-block complex: a blueprint for a high temperature single molecule magnet.
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 101-103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc08312a.

1. C. A. P. Goodwin, F. Tuna, E. J. L. McInnes, S. T. Liddle, J. McMaster, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. P. Mills.
[UIII{N(SiMe2tBu)2}3]: a structurally authenticated trigonal planar actinide complex.
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 14579-14583. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201404864.


Book Chapters

2. Small Molecule Activation by Lanthanide Complexes; C. A. P. Goodwin, D. P. Mills, in The Lanthanides and Actinides: Synthesis, Reactivity, Properties and Applications,
Eds. S. T. Liddle, D. P. Mills, L. S. Natrajan, World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd, Singapore, 2022, pp. 441-469. ISBN: 978-1-80061-017-0, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/q0298.

1. Silylamides: towards a half-century of stabilising remarkable f-element chemistry; C. A. P. Goodwin, D. P. Mills, in Periodical Reports: Organometallic Chemistry: Volume 41,
Eds. I. J. S. Fairlamb, J. Lynam, N. J. Patmore, P. Elliott, RSC Publishing, Cambridge, UK, 2017, pp. 123-156. ISBN: 978-1-78262-416-5, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/9781782626923.

Author profiles

1. Helvetica Chimica Acta
Helv. Chim. Acta 2022, 105, e202200099. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/hlca.202200099.


PhD Thesis

C. A. P. Goodwin. Synthesis and Properties of Early Metal Bulky Silylamide Complexes. The University of Manchester, 2017.