Selected publications

Molecular bricklaying II. Anion and chain length effects in bisbenzimidazolonium salts.
Verdan, Simon; Melich, Xavier; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Williams, Alan F., CrystEngComm 2009, 11, 1416-1426.


182Tungsten Mössbauer spectroscopy of heteropolytungstates.
Bochet, Christian; Draper, Therese; Bocquet, Bernard; Pope, Michael T.; Williams, Alan F., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2009, 5127-5131.


Synthesis of planar five-connected nodal ligands.
Oms, Olivier; Jarrosson,Thibaut; Tong, Lok H.; Vaccaro, Andrea; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Williams, Alan F., Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 5012-5022.


A structural analysis of {M4O4} cubanes where M = Mn and Fe.
Williams, Alan F., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2008, 818-821.

Complexes of 5,5'-aminoacido-substituted 2,2'-bipyridyl ligands: Control of diastereoselectivity with a pH switch and a chloride-responsive combinatorial library.
Telfer, Shane G.; Yang, Xiao-Juan; Williams, Alan F., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2004, 5, 699-705.


Crystal structures of dicarboxy-2,2'-bipyridyl complexes: The role of hydrogen bonding and stacking interactions.
Matthews, Craig J.; Elsegood, Mark R. J.; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Clegg, William; Williams, Alan F., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2004, 3, 492-497.


Redox state switching of transition metals by deprotonation of the tridentate ligand 2,6-bis(imidazol-2-yl)pyridine.
Stupka, Gilles; Gremaud, Ludovic; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Williams, Alan F., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2004, 3, 407-412.


Iron, cobalt, nickel and ruthenium complexes of 2,6-bis(3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-5-yl)pyridine, a pybox analogue.
Cabort, Amel; Michel, Armelle; Therrien, Bruno; Stoeckli-Evans, Helen; Bernauer, Klaus; Suss-Fink, Georg; Williams, Alan F.; Stupka, Gilles, Inor. Chim. Acta, 2003, 350, 193-200.


Iron and cobalt complexes of 5,5'-di(methylene-N-aminoacidyl)-2,2'-bipyridyl ligands: Ligand design for diastereoselectivity and anion binding.
Telfer, Shane G.; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Williams, Alan F. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2003, 3, 435-440.


Molecular bricklaying: The protonated benzimidazole moiety as a synthon for crystal engineering.
Matthews, Craig J.; Broughton, Vanessa; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Melich, Xavier; Brand, Guy; Willis, Anthony C.; Williams, Alan F. New J. Chem., 2003, 27(2), 354-358.


1,2-bis(2-benzimidazolyl)-1,2-ethanediol, a chiral, tridentate, facially coordinating ligand.
Isele, Katharina; Broughton, Vanessa; Matthews, Craig J.; Williams, Alan F.; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Franz, Patrick; Decurtins, Silvio. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002 , 20, 3899-3905.


Diastereospecific synthesis of amino-acid substituted 2,2'-Bipyridyl complexes.
Telfer, Shane G.; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Williams, Alan F., Chem. Comm., 2001, 1498-1499.

Thermal spin crossover in binuclear iron(II) helicates: Negative cooperativity and a mixed spin state in solution.
Telfer, Shane G.; Bocquet, Bernard; Williams, Alan F., Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 4818-4820.


Diastereoselectivity of octahedral cobalt(II) pybox complexes.
Provent, Christophe; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Williams, Alan F.; Vulliermet, Nathalie, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 1963-1967.


Molecular tricorns: Self-assembly of trinuclear Pd(II) complexes.
Carina, Riccardo F.; Williams, Alan F.; Bernardinelli, Gerald, Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 1826-1832.


The helicates: Structural priciples and supramolecular properties.
Williams, Alan F., Chimia, 2000, 54, 585-588.


Solution equilibria of enantiopure helicates: The role of concentration, solvent and stacking interactions in self-assembly.
Provent, C.; Rivara-Minten, E.; Hewage, S.; Brunner, G.; Williams, Alan F., Chem. Eur. J., 1999 , 5, 3487-3494.


The chirality of polynuclear transition metal complexes.
Provent, C.; Williams, Alan F., in « Transition metals in supramolecular chemistry » (Sauvage, J.-P., ed.), John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1999, 135-191.


Modulation of iron reduction potential by deprotonation at a remote site.
Carina, Riccardo F.; Verzegnassi, Ludovica; Williams, Alan F.; Bernardinelli, Gerald, Chem. Commun., 1998, 2681-2682.


Structural, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of dinuclear triple helices: Comparison with their mononuclear analogues.
Charbonniere, Loic J.; Williams, Alan F.; Piguet, Claude; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Rivara-Minten, E., Chem. Eur. J., 1998, 4, 485-493.

Stability and lability of dicopper double-stranded helicates in solution.
Carina, Ricardo F.; Williams, Alan F.; Piguet, Claude, Helv. Chim. Acta, 1998, 81, 548-557.


Helical complexes and beyond.
Williams Alan F., Chem. Eur. J., 1997, 3, 1.


Enantioselective formation of double and triple helicates of silver(I): The role of stacking interactions.
Provent, C.; Hewage, S.; Brand, G.; Bernardinelli, Gerald, Charbonniere, Loic J.; Williams, Alan F., Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 1997, 36, 1287-1289.


A comparison of the lability of mononuclear octahedral and dinuclear triple-helical complexes of cobalt(II).
Charbonniere, Loic J.; Williams, Alan F.; Frey, Urban; Merbach, Andre E.; Kamalaprija, Philippe; Schaad Olivier, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 2488-2496.


Unexpected kinetics stability of a dinuclear helical complex.
Charbonniere, Loic J.; Gilet, Marie-Fabiola; Bernauer, Klaus; Williams, Alan F., J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm., 1996, 39-40.


The reactivity of the coordinated hydroperoxo ligand.
Mirza, Shaukat A.; Boquet, Bernard; Robyr, Chantal; Thomi, Silvia; Williams, Alan F., Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 1332-1337.


Successive use of metal ion coordination and hydrogen bonding to generate an infinitive rhombohedral lattice.
Desmartin, Philippe G.; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Williams, Alan F., New J. Chem., 1995 , 19, 1109-1112.


Self-assembly of double and triple helices controlled by metal ion stereochemical preference.
Piguet, Claude; Bernardinelli, Gerald; Boquet, Bernard; Quattropani, Anna; Williams, Alan F., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 7440-7451.