26. Amidines: A deeper look at the archetypal pro-ligand


Matthew de Vere-Tucker, Imogen Squire, Michelangelo Tritto, Rohil Anandkar, Tayyibah Syeda, Divia Uthayan, Gabrielle Aguila, Lygia Silva de Moraes and Clare Bakewell*

Dalton Trans. 2026, 55, 4977-4987

Invited submission

25. A neutral cyclic aluminium (I) trimer


Imogen Squire,$ Matthew de Vere-Tucker,$ Michelangelo Tritto,$ Lygia Silva de Moraes, Tobias Krämer* and Clare Bakewell*

$ Authors contributed equally

Nat. Commun. 2026, 17, 1732

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24. Probing the reactivity of a transient Al(I) species with substituted arenes


Imogen Squire, Michelangelo Tritto, Juliana Morell and Clare Bakewell*

Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 12908-12911

2024 Emerging Investigators Issue

23. Unraveling the Steric Link to Copper Precursor Decomposition: A Multi‐Faceted Study for the Printing of Flexible Electronics


Shreya Mrig, Malavika A. Bhide, Ye Zhou, Nils Stanton, Jingyan Wang, Samuel P. Douglas, Henry R. Tinker, Kristian L. Mears, Clare Bakewell, Caroline E. Knapp*

Small Methods 2023, 2300038

22. Exploring Equilibria between Aluminium(I) and Aluminium(III): the Formation of Dihydroalanes, Masked Dialumenes and Aluminium(I) Species


Clare Bakewell*, Katie Hobson, Claire J. Carmalt

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202205901

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21. Deposition of silver thin films from versatile amidinate precursors for use in electronic materials


Shreya Mrig, Martha Jennings, Malavika Bhide, Clare Bakewell*, Caroline Knapp*

J. Chem. Res. 2022, 46(1): doi:10.1177/17475198221075301

20. Aluminium amidinates: Insights into alkyne hydroboration


Katie Hobson, Claire Carmalt*, Clare Bakewell*

Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 10958-10969

19. Magnesium hydrides bearing sterically demanding amidinate ligands: synthesis, reactivity and catalytic application


Clare Bakewell*

Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 11354-11360

18. Recent advances in low oxidation state aluminium chemistry


Katie Hobson, Claire Carmalt, Clare Bakewell*

Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 6942-6956

Chemical Science ‘Most popular 2019-2020 inorganic, main group and crystal engineering chemistry articles‘ themed collection.

PhD and PDRA publications:

17. Reactions of an aluminium(I) reagent with 1,2-, 1,3- and 1,5-dienes: Dearomatisation, reversibility, and a pericyclic mechanism

Clare Bakewell‡, Martí Garçon‡, Richard Y. Kong‡, Louisa O’Hare, Andrew. J. P. White, Mark R. Crimmin* ‡Joint first author
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4608-4616

16. A hexagonal planar transition metal complex

Martí Garçon, Clare Bakewell, George Sackman, Andrew J. P. White, Richard I. Cooper, Alison Edwards, Mark R. Crimmin*
Nature 2019, 574, 390-393

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15. Unravelling nucleophilic aromatic substitution pathways with bimetallic nucleophiles

Martí Garcon‡, Clare Bakewell‡, Andrew J. P. White, Mark R. Crimmin* ‡Joint first author
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 1805-1808

14. Reversible alkene binding and allylic C–H activation with an aluminium(I) complex

Clare Bakewell, Andrew J. P. White, Mark R. Crimmin*
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 2452-2458

13. Reactions of fluoroalkanes with Mg–Mg bonds: Scope, sp3C–F/sp2C–F coupling and mechanism

Greg Coates, Bryan J. Ward, Clare Bakewell, Andrew J. P. White, Mark R. Crimmin*
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 16282-16286

12. Reactions of fluoroalkenes with an aluminium(I) complex

Clare Bakewell, Andrew J. P. White, Mark R. Crimmin*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6638-6642

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11. A combined experimental and computational study on the reaction of fluoroarenes with Mg-Mg, Mg-Zn, Mg-Al and Al-Zn bonds

Clare Bakewell, Bryan J. Ward, Andrew J. P. White, Mark R. Crimmin*
Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 2348-2356

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10. Functionalisation of carbon-fluorine bonds with main group reagents

Wenyi Chen, Clare Bakewell, Mark R. Crimmin*
Synthesis 2017, 49, 810-821

9. Addition of carbon-fluorine bonds to a Mg(I)–Mg(I) bond: An equivalent to Grignard formation in solution

Clare Bakewell, Andrew J. P. White, Mark R. Crimmin*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12763-12766

8. Comparing a series of 8-quinolinolato complexes of aluminium, titanium and zinc as initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide

Clare Bakewell, Giovanna Fateh-Iravani, Daniel W. Beh, Dominic Myers, Sittichoke Tabthong, Pimpa Hormnirun, Andrew J. P. White, Nicholas Long, Charlotte K. Williams*
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 12326-12337

7. Scandium and yttrium phosphasalen complexes as initiators for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

Clare Bakewell, Andrew J. P. White, Nicholas J. Long, Charlotte K. Williams*
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 2204-2212

6. Metal size influence in iso-selective lactide polymerization

Clare Bakewell, Andrew J. P. White, Nicholas J. Long, Charlotte K. Williams*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9226-9230

5. 8-Quinolinolato gallium complexes: iso-selective initiators for rac-lactide polymerization

Clare Bakewell, Andrew J. P. White, Nicholas J. Long, Charlotte K. Williams*
Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 12561-12567

4. Yttrium phosphasalen initiators for rac-lactide polymerization

Clare Bakewell, Thi-Phuong-Anh Cao, Xavier F. Le Goff, Nicholas J. Long, Audrey Auffrant, Charlotte K. Williams*
Organometallics 2013, 32, 1475-1483

3. Yttrium phosphasalen initiators for rac-lactide polymerization: Excellent rates and high iso-selectivites

Clare Bakewell‡, Thi-Phuong-Anh Cao‡, Nicholas Long, Xavier F. Le Goff, Audrey Auffrant, Charlotte K. Williams* ‡Joint first author
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20577-20580

2. Bis(8-quinolinolato) aluminium ethyl complexes: iso-selective initiators for rac-lactide polymerization

Clare Bakewell, Rachel H. Platel, Samantha K. Cary, Steven M. Hubbard, Joshua M. Roaf, Alex C. Levine, Andrew J. P. White, Nicholas J. Long, Michael Haaf, Charlotte K. Williams*
Organometallics 2012, 31, 4729-4736

1. Recent developments of catalytic activation of renewable resources for polymer synthesis

Antoine Buchard, Clare Bakewell, Jonathan Weiner, Charlotte K. Williams*
Top. Organomet. Chem. 2012, 39, 175-224