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Dr José M Goicoechea


Qualifications:

BSc Zaragoza, MA Oxf, PhD Bath

Subject:

Inorganic Chemistry

Role:

Fellow and Tutor; University Lecturer

Where I can usually be found:

Chemistry Research Laboratory or 7 Fyfield Road

Contact number:

01865 274195 (LMH); 01865 275961 (Chemistry)

Dr Goicoechea joined LMH in 2006 as a Tutorial Fellow and University Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry. Prior to his arrival at LMH he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana; 2003–2006) under the supervision of Professor Slavi Sevov.

Dr Goicoechea completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Zaragoza in his home country of Spain before relocating to the U.K. to study for a Ph.D. at the University of Bath (2000-2003). At Bath he worked under the supervision of Professor Mike Whittlesey on the synthesis and reactivity of water-soluble ruthenium (II) phosphine complexes and developed a passion for chemical synthesis.

Teaching

Dr Goicoechea is a tutor in Inorganic Chemistry. At the departmental level he teaches: 

  • Acids, Bases and Solution Equilibria: A first year undergraduate lecture course on the solution reactivity of inorganic compounds (acid-base theory, electrochemistry, etc.).
  • Symmetry II: A second year undergraduate lecture course covering basic group theory and its chemical applications to fields such as electronic and vibrational spectroscopy.

Between 2007 and 2009, he delivered a course on the descriptive chemistry of the p-block elements (periodic trends, reactivity, compounds of interest, etc.) to the second year.

Dr Goicoechea is on leave for the 2012–2013 Academic Year.

Research interests:

The Goicoechea group is based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory of the University of Oxford. Current research is centred on the synthesis of novel molecular species of the main-group and transition metal elements with a particular focus on species with uncharacteristically low oxidation states and those that pose difficult fundamental questions about molecular structure and bonding. The ultimate aim of this research is to design molecules derived from abundant and environmentally compatible elements for the stoichiometric and catalytic activation of small molecules.

Further information about research in the Goicoechea group can be found at its departmental webpage.

Read Dr Goicoechea's article in the College's Annual Report 2011 (page 10).

Selected publications:

  • Musgrave, R. A., Turbervill, R. S. P., Irwin, M. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2012): Transition Metal Complexes of Anionic N-Heterocyclic Dicarbene Ligands. Angewandte Chemie, International. Edition, 51, 10832–10835. Selected as a “Hot Paper”.
  • Knapp, C. M., Westcott, B. H., Raybould, M. A. C., McGrady, J. E. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2012): [Co(η5-P5){η2-P2H(mes)}]2−: A phospha-organometallic complex obtained by the transition-metal-mediated activation of the heptaphosphide trianion. Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 51, 9097–9100.
  • Turbervill, R. S. P. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2012): Synthesis of 1,2,3-tripnictolide anions by reaction of group 15 Zintl ions with acetylene. Isolation of [E3C2H2]– (E = P, As) and preliminary reactivity studies. Chemical Communications 48, 6100–6102. Invited submission to “Frontiers in Molecular Main Group Chemistry” issue.
  • Turbervill, R. S. P. and Goicoechea, J. M (2012): Hydrophosphination of Carbodiimides Using Protic Heptaphosphide Cages: A Unique Effect of the Bimodal Activity of Protonated Group 15 Zintl Ions. Organometallics 31, 2452–2462.
  • Turbervill, R. S. P. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2012): Studies on the reactivity of group 15 Zintl ions with carbodiimides: synthesis and characterization of a heptaphosphaguanidine dianion. Chemical Communications. 48, 1470–1472. Invited submission to “Emerging Investigators” issue.
  • Zhou, B., Krämer, T., Thompson, A. L., McGrady, J. E. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2011): A Highly Distorted Open-Shell Endohedral Zintl Cluster: [Mn@Pb12]3–. Inorganic Chemistry 50, 8028–8037.
  • Irwin, M, Krämer, T, McGrady, J. E. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2011): On the Structural and Electronic Properties of [Zn2(4,4′-bipyridine)(mes)4]n− (n = 0–2), a Homologous Series of Bimetallic Complexes Bridged by Neutral, Anionic, and Dianionic 4,4′-Bipyridine. Inorganic Chemistry 50, 5006–5014.
  • Knapp, C. M., Jackson, C. S., Large, J. S., Thompson, A. L. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2011): Heteroatomic molecular clusters derived from group 15 Zintl ion cages: Synthesis and isolation of [M2(HP7)2]2– (M = Ag, Au), two novel cluster anions exhibiting metallophilic interactions. Inorganic Chemistry 50, 4021–4028.
  • Knapp, C. M., Large, J. S., Rees, N. H. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2011): The bis(hydrogenheptaphosphide)iron(II) dianion: a Zintl ion analogue of ferrocene?. Chemical Communincations 47, 4111–4113.
  • Knapp, C. M., Large, J. S., Rees, N. H. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2011): A versatile salt-metathesis route to heteroatomic clusters derived from phosphorus and arsenic Zintl anions. Dalton Transactions 40, 735–745.
  • Zhou, B. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2010): Studies on the reactivity of [Ge9]4– towards Fe(COT)(CO)3: Synthesis and characterization of [Ge8Fe(CO)3]3– and of the anionic organometallic species [Fe(COT)(CO)3]–. Chemistry – A European Journal 16, 11145–11150.
  • Irwin, M., Jenkins, R. K., Denning, M. S., Krämer, T, Grandjean, F, Long, G. J., Herchel, R, McGrady, J. E. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2010): Experimental and Computational Study of the Structural and Electronic Properties of FeII(2,2'-bipyridine)(mes)2 and [FeII(2,2'-bipyridine)(mes)2]–, a Complex Containing a 2,2'- Bipyridyl Radical Anion. Inorganic Chemistry 49, 6160–6171.
  • Knapp, C., Zhou, B., Denning, M. S., Rees, N. H. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2010): Reactivity Studies of group 15 Zintl ions towards homoleptic post-transition metal organometallics: a “bottom-up” approach to bimetallic molecular clusters. Dalton Transactions 39, 426–436. Invited contribution to “New Talent” issue.
  • Zhou, B., Denning, M. S., Chapman, T. A. D., McGrady, J. E. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2009): [Pb9CdCdPb9]6–: A Zintl cluster anion with an unsupported cadmium-cadmium bond. Chemical Communications 7221–7223. Highlighted by: CrystEngSelects, 05 November 2009.
  • Zhou, B., Denning, M. S., Kays, D. L. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2009): Synthesis and Isolation of [Fe@Ge10]3–: A Pentagonal Prismatic Zintl Ion Cage Encapsulating an Interstitial Iron Atom. Journal of the American Chemical Society 131, 2802–2803.
  • Gore-Randall, E., Irwin, M., Denning, M. S. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2009): Synthesis and Characterization of Alkali-Metal Salts of 2,2′- and 2,4′-Bipyridyl Radicals and Dianions. Inorganic Chemistry 48, 8304–8316.
  • Zhou, B., Denning, M. S., Jones, C. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2009): Reductive cleavage of Zn-C bonds by group 14 Zintl anions: Synthesis and characterisation of [E9ZnR]3− (E = Ge, Sn, Pb; R = Mes, iPr). Dalton Transactions 1571–1578.
  • Zhou, B., Denning, M. S., Chapman, T. A. D. and Goicoechea, J. M. (2009): Coupling Reactions of Functionalized Zintl Ions [E9Cd(C6H5)]3– (E = Sn, Pb) with Tributyltinhydride: Synthesis and Isolation of {Sn9CdSn[(CH2)3CH3]3}3–. Inorganic Chemistry 48, 2899–2907.

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