Emeritus Professor Ward T Robinson
Position
Emeritus Professor
Fields of Study
X-ray Crystal Structure Analysis
Qualifications
MSc(NZ), PhD (Cant), FNZIC, FRSNZ
Contact Details
Email: ward.robinson@canterbury.ac.nz
Research Interests
Abstract
This department has been carrying out single crystal structure analyses for 48 years and is currently producing accurate low temperature data for 340 new structure determinations each year. Its Siemens P4 diffractometer provides all such data for four out of the seven university campuses in New Zealand as well as satisfying occasional requests from government departments. Currently the area detector is a CCD/SMART system.
We have had long standing collaborative research programs with scientific colleagues in Australia, China and India in areas ranging from new macrocyclic transition metal complexes through metal atom cluster compounds to novel synthetic organic compounds and natural products.
In addition to research Professor Robinson has been involved, for 15 years, in teaching activities in the Asian region of the International Union of Crystallography and is a past President of the Asian Crystallographic Association.
School Administration
Representative Papers
Edwards, R.A., Easteal, A.J., Gladkikh, O.P., Robinson, W.T., Turnbull, M.M. and Wilkins, C.J. A reversible non-disruptive phase transition shown by the zinc iodide dimethylformamide complex ZnI2(dmf)2. Acta Cryst., 1998, 54: 663-70.
Dinger, M.B., Henderson, W., Nicholson, B.K. and Robinson, W.T. Organogold(III) metallacyclic chemistry. Part III. Self-assembly of the nonametallic gold(III)-silver(I)-sulfido aggregates [{LAu(µ-S)2AuL}3Ag3X2]+ (L = cycloaurated N,N-dimethylbenzylamine ligand; X = Cl, Br), by thiourea desulfurisation. J. Org. Chem., 1998, 560: 169-81.
Li, S., Dumdei, D.J., Blunt, J.W., Munro, M.H.G., Robinson, W.T. & Pannell, L.K. Theonellapeptolide IIIe, a new cycle peptolide from the New Zealand deep water sponge, Lamellomorpha strongylata. J. Nat. Prod., 1998, 61: 724-8.
Cave, I. & Robinson, W.T. Measuring microfibril angle distribution in the cell wall by means of x-ray diffraction. Mircofibril Angle in Wood, International Association of Wood Anatomists, 1998.
Cave, I. & Robinson, W.T. Interpretation of (002) diffraction arcs by means of a minimalist model. Mircofibril Angle in Wood, International Association of Wood Anatomists, 1998.
Fekl, U., van Eldik, R., Richardson, C. and Robinson, W.T. Bowl-shaped and highly inert bis(m-hydroxo)platinum(II) dimer. Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40: 3247-3251.
Kaur, P.J., Robinson, W.T. and Singh, K. Tetracyanoquinodimethane derivatives of pentagonal bipyramidal complexes of manganese(II), iron(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) with 2,6-diacetylpyridinebis(semicarbazone): single crystal structure of dichloro[2,6-diacetylpyridinebis (semicarbazone)] manganese(II)monohydrate. J. Coord. Chem., 2002, 55: 281-285.
Butcher, R.T., Turnbull, M.M., Landee, C.P., Shapiro, A., Xiao, F., Garrett, D., Robinson, W.T., Twamley, B., Inorganic Chemistry, Vol: 49, Issue: 2, pp: 427-434.