Nicholas C. Payne
Professor
B.Sc. (Imperial College, London, U.K.)
Ph.D. (Sheffield University)
Office: Rm 024A, Lab Rm 032, Chemistry Building
Phone (Office): (519) 661-2111 ext. 83793
Chemical Crystallography
Current Research Programs:
Research interests can be subdivided as follows:
Selected Publications:
"Experimental Evidence for Negative Hyperconjugation as a Component of the Polar Effect: Variation of the Ease
of Sulfonyl Carbanion Formation with the Orientation of an Alkoxy Substituent" J.F. King, R. Rathore, Z. Guo, M.
Li and N.C. Payne. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 10308-10324 (2000)
"Stereoelectronic effects in sulfonyl compounds: axial orientation of an N-Methyl group in a six-membered sultam".
J.F. King, G. Yuyitung, M.S. Gill, J.C. Stewart, N.C. Payne Can. J. Chem. 76, 164-170 (1998).
"The Pseudosymmetric Structure of Pb(SPh)2" A.D. Rae, D.C. Craig, I.G. Dance, M.L. Scudder, P.A.W. Dean, M.A.
Kmetic, N.C. Payne, J.J. Vittal Acta Cryst. B53 457-465 (1997).
"A Condensed Dialkoxide Complex of Copper; The Structure of {(CH3)2NCH2CH2N(CH3)2} Cu[{-OC(CF3)2}2O]" R.C.
Hynes, C.J. Willis, N.C. Payne Acta Cryst. C52, 2173-2176 (1996).
"Rigid-rod Polymers and Model Compounds with Gold(I) Centers Bridged by Diisocyanides and Diacetylides"
M.J. Irwin, G. Jia, N.C. Payne, R.J. Puddephatt Organometallics 15, 51-57 (1996).
Absolute configurations of these compounds are determined by the anomalous dispersion of X-rays, a method
pioneered by Bijvoet, which requires accurate measurements of intensities using the computer controlled
diffractometer.
