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b. 1966.
2010-(date). Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Leeds.
2005-2010. Reader in Coordination Chemistry, University of Leeds.
2004-2005. Senior Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Leeds.
2002-2004. Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Leeds.
1998-2002. Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Leeds.
1995-1998. Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Cambridge.
1993-1994. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
1992. Royal Society Exchange Post-Doctoral Fellow, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination
du CNRS, Toulouse, France.
1988-1991. Ph.D., University of Edinburgh.
1985-1988. B.A. (Hons), University of Cambridge.
F.R.S.C., C.Chem.
PUBLICATIONS (January 2013)
182. A bis(disulfide)-linked offset cryptophane, M.A. Little, M.A. Halcrow and M.J.
Hardie*, Chem. Commun., submitted.
181. The synthesis of new 2,6-di(pyrazol-1-yl)pyrazine derivatives, and the spin state
behavior of their iron(II) complexes, R. Mohammed, G. Chastanet, F. Tuna, T.L.
Malkin, S.A. Barrett, C.A. Kilner, J.-F. Ltard* and M.A. Halcrow*, Eur. J. Inorg.
Chem., in the press (special issue on Spin Crossover). View paper
180. Four new spin-crossover salts of [Fe(3-bpp)
2
]
2+
(3-bpp = 2,6-bis[1H-pyrazol-3-
yl]pyridine), P. King, J.J. Henkelis, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Polyhedron, in
the press (special issue for the Alfred Werner Nobel Prize Centenary). View paper
179. Jahn-Teller distortions in transition metal compounds, and their importance in
functional molecular and inorganic materials, M.A. Halcrow*, Chem. Soc. Rev., in
the press (special issue for the Alfred Werner Nobel Prize Centenary). View paper
178. Iron(II) and cobalt(II) complexes of tris-azinyl analogues of 2,2:6,2-terpyridine,
L.J. Kershaw Cook, F. Tuna and M.A. Halcrow*, Dalton Trans., in the press (on-line
collection for D.J. Cole-Hamilton). View paper
177. Structure:function relationships in molecular spin-crossover materials, M.A.
Halcrow* in Spin-crossover materials - properties and applications, ed. M.A.
Halcrow, John Wiley & Sons, 2013, ch. 5, pp. 147169.
176. Spin-crossover materials - properties and applications, M.A. Halcrow* (ed), John
Wiley & Sons, 2013, p. 546 (ISBN: 9781119998679).
175. Suppression of the Jahn-Teller distortion in a six-coordinate copper(II) complex by
doping it into a host lattice, R. Docherty, F. Tuna, C.A. Kilner, E.J.L. McInnes* and
M.A. Halcrow*, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 40554057. View paper
174. Photomagnetic studies on spin-crossover solid solutions containing two different
metal complexes, [Fe(1-bpp)
2
]
x
[M(terpy)
2
]
1x
[BF
4
]
2
(M = Ru or Co) G. Chastanet,
C.A. Tovee, G. Hyett, M.A. Halcrow* and J.-F. Ltard*, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41,
48964902. View paper
173. Six new crystalline clathrates of cyclotricatechylene (CTC) including two donor-
acceptor complexes, J.J. Loughrey, C.A. Kilner, M.J. Hardie* and M.A. Halcrow*,
Supramol. Chem. (special issue for the 6
th
International Symposium on Macrocyclic
and Supramolecular Chemistry, Brighton), 2012, 24, 213. View paper
172. Iron(II) complexes of new hexadentate 1,1,1-tris-(iminomethyl)ethane podands, and
their 7-methyl-1,3,5-triazaadamantane rearrangement products, S.A. Diener, A.
Santoro, C.A. Kilner, J.J. Loughrey and M.A. Halcrow*, Dalton Trans., 2012, 41,
37313739. View paper
171. Synthesis and methane binding properties of a disulfide-linked cryptophane-0.0.0,
M.A. Little, J. Donkin, J. Fisher, M.A. Halcrow, J. Loder and M.J. Hardie*, Angew.
Chem., Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 764766. View paper
170. An iron(II) complex exhibiting five anhydrous phases, two of which interconvert by
spin-crossover with wide hysteresis, T.D. Roberts, F. Tuna, T.L. Malkin, C.A. Kilner
and M.A. Halcrow*, Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 349354. View paper
169. 1D and 2D assembly structures by imidazolechloride hydrogen bonds of iron(II)
complexes [Fe
II
(HL
n-Pr
)
3
]ClY (HL
n-Pr
= 2-methylimidazol-4- yl-methylideneamino-n-
propyl; Y = AsF
6
, BF
4
) and their spin states, T. Fujinami, K. Nishi, N. Matsumoto*, S.
Iijima, M.A. Halcrow, Y. Sunatsuki and M. Kojima, Dalton Trans. (special issue on
Self Assembly in Inorganic Chemistry), 2011, 40, 1230112309. View paper
168. Spin-crossover in [Fe(3-bpp)
2
][BF
4
]
2
in different solvents a dramatic stabilisation of
the low-spin state in water, S.A. Barrett, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Dalton
Trans. (special issue on Self Assembly in Inorganic Chemistry), 2011, 40, 12021
12024. View paper
167. A hydrogen bond motif giving a variety of supramolecular assembly structures and
spin-crossover behaviors, K. Nishi, N. Matsumoto*, S. Iijima, M.A. Halcrow, Y.
Sunatsuki and M. Kojima, Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 1130311305. View paper
166. Structure:function relationships in molecular spin-crossover complexes, M.A.
Halcrow*, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2011, 40, 41194142. View paper
165. Exploring the reactivity of an N-pyrazole, P-phosphine hybrid ligand with Cu(I), Ag(I)
and Au(I), S. Muoz, J. Pons*, J. Ros, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, J.
Organomet. Chem., 2011, 696, 27362741. View paper
164. Study of the coordination behaviour of (3,5-diphenyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)ethanol against
Pd(II), Zn(II) and Cu(II), S. Muoz, J. Pons*, J. Ros, M. Font-Bardia, C.A. Kilner and
M.A. Halcrow*, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2011, 373, 211218. View paper
163. New insights into the aggregation of silver pyrazolides using sterically hindered
bidentate pyrazole ligands, J.J. Henkelis, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Chem.
Commun. (on-line collection on Supramolecular Chemistry), 2011, 47, 51875189.
View paper
162. Assembly structures and spin crossover properties of facial and meridional isomers of
tris[benzyl(2-methylimidazol-4-ylmethylidene)amine]iron(II) chloride
hexafluorophosphate, D. Furusho, K. Nishi, T. Hashibe, T. Fujinami, H. Hagiwara, N.
Matsumoto*, M.A. Halcrow, S. Iijima, Y. Sunatsuki and M. Kojima, Chem. Lett.,
2011, 40, 7274. View paper
161. Two heptacopper(II) disk complexes with a [Cu
7
(
3
-OH)
4
(-OR)
2
]
8+
core, J.J.
Henkelis, L.F. Jones, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49,
1112711132. View paper
160. Ag(I) organometallic coordination polymers and capsule with tris-allyl
cyclotriveratrylene derivatives, M.A. Little, M.A. Halcrow, L.P. Harding and M.J.
Hardie*, Inorg. Chem., 2010, 49, 94869496. View paper
159. An unusual discontinuity in the thermal spin transition in [Co(terpy)
2
][BF
4
]
2
, C.A.
Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 90089012. View paper
158. A trinuclear iron(III) compound with an unusual T-shaped [Fe
3
(
3
-O)]
7+
core, L.F.
Jones, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, J. Cluster Sci. (special issue for M.H.
Chisholm), 2010, 21, 279290. View paper
157. Using one spin-transition to trigger another in solid solutions of two different spin-
crossover complexes, M.A. Halcrow*, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 47614763. View
paper
156. Change in electronic structure in a six-coordinate copper(II) complex accompanied by
an anion order/disorder transition, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Acta
Crystallogr., Sect. B, 2010, 66, 206212. View paper
155. A back-to-back ligand with dipyrazolylpyridine and dipicolylamine metal-binding
domains, C.A. Tovee, C.A. Kilner, S.A. Barrett, J.A. Thomas and M.A. Halcrow*,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2010, 10071012. View paper
154. The effect of different ligand substituents on the chemistry of a zinc/pyrazole anion
host, J. Day, K.E.R. Marriott, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, New J. Chem., 2010,
34, 5260. View paper
153. Iron(II) complexes of 2,6-di(pyrazolyl)pyridines a versatile system for spin-
crossover research, M.A. Halcrow*, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2009, 253, 24932514.
View paper
152. Co-crystallising two functional complex molecules in a terpyridine embrace lattice,
C.A. Tovee, C.A. Kilner, J.A. Thomas and M.A. Halcrow*, CrystEngComm (special
issue on Crystal Engineering in Molecular Magnetism), 2009, 11, 20692077. View
paper
151. 3-(1H-Pyrrol-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole forms an unusual hydrogen-bonded two-dimensional
(3,4)-connected net, K.E.R. Marriott, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Acta
Crystallogr., Sect. C, 2009, 65, o506o508. View paper
150. Two new 4,4-disubstituted dipyrazolylpyridine derivatives, and the structures and
spin states of their iron(II) complexes, R. Pritchard, C.A. Kilner, S.A. Barrett and
M.A. Halcrow*, Inorg. Chim. Acta (special issue for S. Trofimenko), 2009, 362, 4365
4371. View paper
149. Thermal and light-induced spin-transitions in iron(II) complexes of 2,6-bis(4-
halopyrazolyl)pyridines: the influence of polymorphism on a spin-crossover
compound, R. Pritchard, H. Lazar, S.A. Barrett, C.A. Kilner, S. Asthana, C.
Carbonera, J.-F. Ltard and M.A. Halcrow*, Dalton Trans., 2009, 66566666. View
paper
148. A cobalt metallacrown anion host with guest-dependent redox activity, L.F. Jones,
C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 46674675. View paper
147. Unexpected product distributions in the synthesis of 2,6-bis-(indazolyl)pyridine and 2-
(pyrazol-1-yl)-6-(indazolyl)pyridine, R. Pritchard, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*,
Tetrahedron Lett., 2009, 50, 24842486. View paper
146. Pyrazoles and pyrazolides flexible synthons in self-assembly (Perspective article),
M.A. Halcrow*, Dalton Trans., 2009, 20592073. View paper
145. A crystalline hydrogen-bonded network with a poly-catenate topology, A.A.
Salaudeen, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*, Chem. Commun., 2008, 52005202.
View paper
144. Cross-link formation of the cysteine 228-tyrosine 272 catalytic cofactor of galactose
oxidase does not require dioxygen, M.S. Rogers, R. Hurtado-Guerrero, S.J. Firbank,
M.A. Halcrow, D.M. Dooley, S.E.V. Phillips, P.F. Knowles and M.J. McPherson*,
Biochemistry, 2008, 47, 1042810439. View paper
143. Mononuclear and dinuclear iron thiocyanate and selenocyanate complexes of tris-
pyrazolylmethane ligands, A.A. Salaudeen, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*,
Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 25692576. View paper
142. The influence of ligand conformation on the thermal spin transitions in iron(III)
saltrien complexes, R. Pritchard, S.A. Barrett, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*,
Dalton Trans., 2008, 31593168 and 2009, 10622 (correction). View paper
141. Trapping and manipulating excited spin states of transition metal compounds, M.A.
Halcrow*, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2008, 37, 278289. View paper
140. Ammonium, alkylammonium and amino acid complexes of a hexacopper fluoro-
metallacrown cavitand, L.F. Jones, S.A. Barrett, C.A. Kilner and M.A. Halcrow*,
Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 223233. View paper
139. Mononuclear and unsymmetric dinuclear complexes of the tripodal ligand 2-
hydroxyethyl-bis(2-{pyrid-2-yl}ethyl)amine, Q.F. Mokuolu, C.A. Kilner, P.C.
McGowan and M.A. Halcrow*, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2007, 360, 40254030. View paper
138. Thermal and light-induced spin-crossover in salts of the heptadentate complex [tris(4-
{pyrazol-3-yl}-3-aza-3-butenyl)amine]iron(II), H.Z. Lazar, T. Forestier, S.A. Barrett,
C.A. Kilner, J.-F. Ltard* and M.A. Halcrow*, Dalton Trans., 2007, 42764285. View
paper
137. The spin-states and spin-transitions of mononuclear iron(II) complexes of nitrogen-
donor ligands, M.A. Halcrow*, Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 35233576. View paper
136. A comparison of different methods for fitting susceptibility data of cobalt(II)
coordination polymers in a new cobalt(II)/sulfate 1-D chain, L.F. Jones, C.A. Kilner
and M.A. Halcrow*, New J. Chem., 2007, 31, 15301534. View paper
135. Interplay between kinetically slow thermal spin-crossover and metastable high-spin
state relaxation in an iron(II) complex with similar T
=
tris-{3-aryl-pyrazolyl}-borate), L.M.L. Chia, A.E.H. Wheatley, N. Feeder, J.E. Davies
and M.A. Halcrow*, Polyhedron, 2000, 19, 109114. View paper
45. 2,6-Bis-(3-trifluoromethylpyrazol-1-yl)pyridine, M.A. Halcrow*, C.A. Kilner and
M. Thornton-Pett, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. C, 2000, 56, 213214. View paper
44. Steric control of the reactivity of moderately hindered tris(pyrazolyl)borates with
copper(II) salts, L.M.L. Chia, S. Radojevic, I.J. Scowen, M. McPartlin and M.A.
Halcrow*, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2000, 133140. View paper
43. The ground state of a tetragonally compressed copper(II) complex, A.J. Bridgeman*,
M.A. Halcrow, M. Jones, E. Krausz and N.K. Solanki, Chem. Phys. Lett., 1999, 314,
176181. View paper
42. A solid-state phase transition at 41 K involving the cooperative ordering of a fluxional
pseudo-Jahn Teller Cu
II
system, M.A. Leech*, N.K. Solanki, M.A. Halcrow, J.A.K.
Howard and S. Dahaoui, Chem. Commun., 1999, 22452246. View paper
41. Electronic structures of copper(II) complexes of tetradentate hydroquinone-containing
Schiff bases, E.H. Charles, L.M.L. Chia, J. Rothery, E.L. Watson, E.J.L. McInnes,
R.D. Farley, A.J. Bridgeman, F.E. Mabbs, C.C. Rowlands and M.A. Halcrow*, J.
Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 20872095. View paper
40. Syntheses, structures and electrochemistry of copper(II) salicylaldehyde/tris-(3-
phenylpyrazolyl)borate complexes as models for the radical copper oxidases, M.A.
Halcrow*, L.M.L. Chia, X. Liu, E.J.L. McInnes, L.J. Yellowlees, F.E. Mabbs, I.J.
Scowen, M. McPartlin and J.E. Davies, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 1753
1762. View paper
39. Syntheses, structures and magnetism of homoleptic complexes of 4-{pyrid-4-yloxy}-
2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinoxyl, a new spin-labelled pyridine, M.A. Halcrow*,
L.M. Rodriguez-Martinez, E.K. Brechin, J.E. Davies, I.J. Scowen and M. McPartlin, J.
Organomet. Chem. (special issue for B.F.G. Johnson), 1999, 573, 171179. View
paper
38. Structural variations in dicopper(I) double helicate complexes, N.K. Solanki, A.E.H.
Wheatley, S. Radojevic, M. McPartlin and M.A. Halcrow*, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton
Trans., 1999, 521523. View paper
37. Spectroscopic characterisation of a copper(II) complex of a thioether-substituted
phenoxyl radical: a new model for galactose oxidase, M.A. Halcrow*, L.M.L. Chia,
X. Liu, E.J.L. McInnes, L.J. Yellowlees, F.E. Mabbs and J.E. Davies, Chem. Commun.,
1998, 24652466. View paper
36. Co-ordination chemistry of bis(ferrocenylcarbaldimine) Schiff bases, P. Li, I.J.
Scowen, J.E. Davies and M.A. Halcrow*, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 3791
3799. View paper
35. The noble metals, M.A. Halcrow*, Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. A, 1998, 94, 255
288. View paper
34. Steric control of the electronic ground state in six-coordinate copper(II) complexes,
N.K. Solanki, E.J.L. McInnes, F.E. Mabbs, S. Radojevic, M. McPartlin, N. Feeder, J.E.
Davies and M.A. Halcrow*, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 1998, 37, 22212223. View
paper
33. Complex chemistry of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-{2,2:6,2-terpyridin-4-yloxy}-
piperidin-1-oxyl, a spin-labelled terpyridine, M.A. Halcrow*, E.K. Brechin, E.J.L.
McInnes, F.E. Mabbs and J.E. Davies, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1998, 24772482.
View paper
32. Metal complexes of sterically hindered pyrazolylpyridines. The single crystal X-ray
structure of [Cu(L
1
)
2
]BF
4
(L
1
= 1-{pyrid-2-yl}-3-{2,5-dimethoxyphenyl}pyrazole),
M.A. Halcrow*, N.L. Cromhout and P.R. Raithby, Polyhedron, 1997, 16, 42574264.
View paper
31. The noble metals, M.A. Halcrow*, Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. A, 1997, 93, 241
267. View paper
30. Nickel-dependent redox enzymes, M.A. Halcrow* in Comprehensive Biological
Catalysis, ed. M.L. Sinnott, Academic Press, 1997; vol. 3, ch. 36, 359376.
29. Urease, M.A. Halcrow* in Comprehensive Biological Catalysis, ed. M.L. Sinnott,
Academic Press, 1997; vol. 1, ch. 13iii, 506515.
28. Syntheses, structures and electrochemistry of [CuL
1
(L
R
)]BF
4
[L
1
= 3-(2,5-
dimethoxyphenyl)-1-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole; L
R
= tris(3-arylpyrazolyl)hydroborate] and
[CuL
1
2
][BF
4
]
2
. Effects of graphitic interactions on the stability of an aryl radical
cation, M.A. Halcrow*, E.J.L. McInnes, F.E. Mabbs, I.J. Scowen, M. McPartlin, H.R.
Powell and J.E. Davies, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. (special issue on Bioinorganic
Chemistry), 1997, 40254035. View paper
27. The reactivity of CuX
2
(X
= Cl
, Br
, MeCO
2