Dr Muhammad Sajjad

Research Fellow

Researcher profile

Email

mas51@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Selected publications

• Open access

  The characterisation and reactivity of a Rh iii η 1 -σ-alkane complex and the role of a structurally responsive phosphine ligand in solid-state molecular organometallic chemistry

  Goodall, J. C., Sajjad, M. A., Furfari, S. K., Altus, K. M., Hatcher, T. S. C., Tizzard, G. J., Page, S. J., Warren, M. R., Lynam, J. M., Macgregor, S. A. & Weller, A. S., 24 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Chemical Science. Advance Article

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• Open access

  An operationally unsaturated iridium-pincer complex that C–H activates methane and ethane in the crystalline solid-state

  Gyton, M. R., Sajjad, M. A., Storm, D. J., Altus, K. M., Goodall, J. C., Johnson, C. L., Page, S. J., Edwards, A. J., Piltz, R. O., Duckett, S. B., Macgregor, S. A. & Weller, A. S., 12 Mar 2025, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147, 10, p. 8706-8719 14 p.

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  [B(O₂C2(CF₃)₄)₂]⁻ ([FPB]⁻): repurposing this weakly coordinating anion for solid-state molecular organometallic (SMOM) chemistry

  Altus, K. M., Sajjad, M. A., Macgregor, S. A. & Weller, A. S., 26 May 2025, In: Organometallics. 44, 10, p. 1018-1021 4 p.

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• Flash communication: Density functional theory (DFT) calculations indicate an unconventional anagostic complex for the initial stage of the reported Sc³⁺ boosted C–H bond activation of 3,4-Dimethoxyacetanilide with Pd(OAc)₂

  Sajjad, M. A., Schwerdtfeger, P., Harrison, J. A. & Nielson, A. J., 14 Jul 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Organometallics. 44, 14, p. 1505-1509

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• Square planar Ru(ⁱPr₂PCH₂CH₂NH)₂ and its role in fast and selective catalytic amine–borane dehydropolymerization to form high molecular weight polyaminoboranes

  Cross, M. J., Sajjad, M. A., Macgregor, S. A. & Weller, A. S., 10 Jun 2025, In: Angewandte Chemie. 64, 24, e202500019.

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• Open access

  A gold(I)-acetylene complex synthesised using single-crystal reactivity

  Johnson, C. L., Storm, D. J., Sajjad, M. A., Gyton, M. R., Duckett, S. B., Macgregor, S. A., Weller, A. S., Navarro, M. & Campos, J., 22 Jul 2024, In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63, 30, 6 p., e202404264.

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• Open access

  Solid/gas in crystallo reactivity of an Ir(I) methylidene complex

  Altus, K. M., Sajjad, M. A., Gyton, M. R., Whitwood, A. C., Page, S. J., Macgregor, S. A. & Weller, A. S., 23 Dec 2024, In: Organometallics. 43, 24, p. 3137-3142 6 p.

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  A comparison of non-covalent interactions in the crystal structures of two σ-alkane complexes of Rh exhibiting contrasting stabilities in the solid state

  Sajjad, M. A., Macgregor, S. A. & Weller, A. S., 1 Aug 2023, In: Faraday Discussions. 244, p. 222-240 19 p.

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• Open access

  In crystallo lattice adaptivity triggered by solid-gas reactions of cationic group 7 pincer complexes

  Goodall, J. C., Sajjad, M. A., Thompson, E. A., Page, S. J., Kerrigan, A. M., Jenkins, H. T., Lynam, J. M., Macgregor, S. A. & Weller, A. S., 16 Sept 2023, In: Chemical Communications. 59, 72, p. 10749-10752 4 p.

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