Professor William Harrison
MA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), FHEA
Personal Chair
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- w.harrison@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272897
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- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
Biography
Bill Harrison grew up in southern England and was the first in his family to enter higher education. He graduated with first-class Honours in Chemistry from University College, Oxford in 1982. He stayed in Oxford to study for his DPhil (PhD) under the supervision of Prof Tony Cheetham, FRS, investigating the magnetic behaviour of transition-metal oxides. He then worked as assistant instrument scientist on the high resolution powder diffractometer (HRPD) at the ISIS spallation neutron source and a highlight of that time was the determination of the crystal structure of the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7–δ, which featured on the cover of Nature. Following that, in 1988 he headed for sunnier climes for a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Santa Barbara (supervisor Galen Stucky) where he studied advanced materials by state-of-the-art diffraction techniques. A second postdoc followed at the University of Houston (Texas), where a highlight was the study of layered hybrid perovskites as potential solar cell materials (Nature cover). His first ‘real’ academic position in 1995 was a lecturer at the University of Western Australia, where he discovered his previously unsuspected enthusiasm for teaching. He was appointed as lecturer in chemistry at the University of Aberdeen in 1998, promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2000 and to Personal Chair in 2018. He currently serves as Director of Education in the School of Natural and Computing Science and sits on a number of University committees. He teaches at all levels of the Chemistry programme and his University awards for teaching include ‘most accessible lecturer’ (2015), ‘best lecturer’ (2017) and ‘most supportive lecturer’ (2020). His independent research in synthetic and structural chemistry focuses on undergraduate research projects. His interests outside the University include photography, walking the dog, objecting to planning applications, and family activities.
Internal Memberships
School Director of Education; personal tutor; member of the retention task group; positive outcomes task group; student survey working group...
Latest Publications
Potential building blocks for porous organic materials
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 1-7Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMetal complexes of saccharin and thiosaccharin as potential anticancer and antimicrobial agents
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Reports, vol. 12, 100205Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSequential nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions of activated halogens
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 25, no. 15, 8162Contributions to Journals: Articles11-Hydroxy-7-Methoxy-2,8-Dimethyltetracene-5,12-Dione
MolBank, vol. 2024, no. 2, M1822Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPoly[3-methylpyridinium [(μ2-dihydrogen phosphito)bis(μ3-hydrogen phosphito)dizinc]]
IUCrData, vol. 9, no. 4, x240345Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
Synthetic and structural inorganic chemistry: 632 publications, 11733 citations, Hirsch h-index 52 (data retrieved from Web of Science, 8 March 2024).
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Bill Harrison is Course Coordinator for Level 1 Chemistry (CM1020, CM1021, CM1512 and CM1513) and teaches on the following courses:
- CM1020 Chemistry for the Life Sciences 1
- CM1021 Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 1
- CM1022 Elements of Chemistry 1
- CM1512 Chemistry for the Life Sciences 2
- CM1513 Chemistry for the Physical Sciences 2
- CM1522 Elements of Chemistry 2
- CM2519 Inorganic Chemistry
- CM3037 Inorganic and Solid-State Chemistry
- CM4037 Advanced Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
- CM4028/CM4036/CM4535 project supervision
- CM5003 MChem Chemistry Applications
- Publications
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Mixed-ligand metal succinate complexes with 1,10-phenanthroline and ethylenediamine: Synthesis, characterization, spectroscopic and thermal studies. Crystal structure of succinatocobalt(II) complex with phenanthroline
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, vol. 55, pp. 863-872Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0095897022000002196
N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)ethylene-diammonium hydrogenphosphate monohydrate
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 58Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270102009629
New Molecular Perovskites: Cubic C4N2H12·NH4Cl3.H2O and 2-H Hexagonal C6N2H14·NH4Cl3
Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 124, no. 37, pp. 10960-10961Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja027484e
Sodium p-nitrobenzoxasulfamate monohydrate
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 58Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270101017930
Sodium zinc tris(dihydrogenphosphite) hydrate, NaZn(H2PO3)3·H2O
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E58, pp. i23-i25Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536802002209
Strontium manganese diselenite, SrMn(SeO3)(2), containing unusual MnO5+1 polyhedra
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C58, pp. i33-i34Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270102001208
Synthesis and structure of trans-bis(ethanolamine)bis(saccharinato)mercury(II)
Crystal Research and Technology, vol. 37, pp. 509-513Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSynthesis, characterization and spectral studies of triethanolamine complexes of metal saccharinates. Crystal structures of [Co(TEA)(2)](SAC)(2) and [Cu-2(mu-TEA)2(SAC)(2)]center dot 2(CH3OH)
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, vol. 55, pp. 805-815Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0095897022000001557
Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of Na3Zn4O(AsO4)(3) center dot 6H(2)O, a new framework zincoarsenate
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 12, pp. 1103-1106Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b110288e
Synthesis, molecular and crystal structure of bis(triethanolamine)manganese(II) saccharinate: a seven-coordinate manganese complex with tri- and tetradentate triethanolamine ligands
Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 610, pp. 99-103Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTemplated inorganic networks: recent developments
CURRENT OPINION IN SOLID STATE & MATERIALS SCIENCE, vol. 6, pp. 407-413Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1359-0286(02)00110-9
The first metal complex of p-nitrobenzoxasulfamate. Synthesis, spectral and structural characterization of triaquabis(p-nitrobenzoxasulfamato)copper(II) monohydrate
Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 608, pp. 71-76Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVariations on the (3,4)-Net Motif in Organo-Zincophosphite Chemistry: Synthesis and Structures of (CN3H6)2·Zn3(HPO3)4·H2O and H3N(CH2)3NH3·Zn3(HPO3)4·H2O
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 167, pp. 337-343Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1006/jssc.2002.9539
trans-Bis(diethanolamine-N,O)bis-(saccharinato-N)cadmium(II)
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 58Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270101018546
SrZn(SeO3)2 Containing Novel ZnO4+2 Bicapped Tetrahedra
Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 40, no. 25, pp. 6518-6520Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ic010503l
Ammonium zinc phosphate, (NH4)Zn(HPO4)(H2PO4)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 172-174Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536801013010
Magnesium selenite dihydrate, MgSeO3 center dot 2H(2)O
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. i24-i25Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536801004135
Rubidium zinc phosphate, RbZn2(PO4)(HPO4)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57, pp. il5-il6Contributions to Journals: Articles(CH3CH[NH3]CH2NH3)1/2·ZnPO4, a zincophosphate analogue of aluminosilicate zeolite thomsonite
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, vol. 50, pp. 187-194Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1387-1811(01)00451-6
(CN3H6)(2)center dot Zn(HPO3)(2): An open-framework zincophosphite built up from polyhedral 12-rings
Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 2459-2461Contributions to Journals: Articles(CN4H7)(2)center dot Zn-3(HPO3)(4), a three-dimensional framework zincophosphite: an example of template-template co-operation?
International Journal of Inorganic Materials, vol. 3, pp. 1033-1038Contributions to Journals: Articles(CN3H6)2·Zn(HPO3)2: An open-framework zincophosphite built up from polyhedral 12-rings
Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 2459-2461Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b102007m
(H3N(CH2)3NH3).Be3(HPO4)4, a three-dimensional framework beryllophosphate containing tetrahedral 10-rings and 12-rings
International Journal of Inorganic Materials, vol. 3, pp. 17-22Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1466-6049(00)00101-X
(NC5H12)(2)center dot Zn-3(HPO3)(4): A low-density framework built up from a fully connected (3,4) net of ZnO4 tetrahedra and HPO3 pseudo pyramids
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 160, pp. 47Contributions to Journals: Articles(R)-1,3-Thiazolidin-3-ium-4-carboxylate
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57Contributions to Journals: Articles3-Pyridylmethyl urea dihydrate
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA New Family of Octahedral Molecular Sieves: Sodium Ti/ZrIV Niobates
Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 123, no. 7, pp. 1529-1530Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja005816e
Bis(triethanolamine-N,O,O')nickel(II) bis(saccharinate)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E57, pp. m82-m84Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536801001878
H3N(CH2)(3)NH3 center dot Zn(HPO3)(2) containing four-ring chains of ZnO4 tetrahedra and HPO3 pseudo pyramids
International Journal of Inorganic Materials, vol. 3, pp. 187-189Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHexagonal ammonium zinc phosphate, (NH4)ZnPO4, at 10 K
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 57, pp. 508-509Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMonomer-polymer forms of solid, unsolvated, 5-coordinate halodimethyl(2-diphenylphosphinylethyl)stannanes, XMe2SnCH2CH2P(O)Ph-2 (X = Cl, Br or I). Effects of different recrystallisation media
Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 2593-2600Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMonomer-polymer forms of solid, unsolvated, 5-coordinate halodimethyl(2-diphenylphosphinylethyl)stannanes, XMe2SnCH2CH2P(O)Ph2 (X = Cl, Br or I). Effects of different recrystallisation media
Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, no. 18, pp. 2593-2600Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b103107b
Patterns of soft C-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonding in diaryl sulfones
Acta Crystallographica Section B, Structural Science, vol. 57, pp. 190-200Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatterns of soft C-H...O hydrogen bonding in diaryl sulfones
Acta Crystallographica Section B, Structural Science, vol. B57, pp. 190-200Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108768100015494
Pseudopyramidal Building Units in Mixed Inorganic/Organic Network Solids: Syntheses, Structures and Properties of a- and ß-ZnHPO3·N4C2H4
Inorganic Chemistry, vol. 40, pp. 895-899Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ic000723j
S-Benzyl-L-cysteine
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSodium scandium arsenate, Na3Sc2(AsO4)(3)
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 57, pp. 23Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSodium scandium arsenate, Na3Sc2(AsO4)3
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C57, pp. 2-3Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S010827010001372X
Synthesis, solution and solid-state NMR spectra of methyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-2,3-bis-O-(organostannylmethyl)-a-D-glucopyranosides. Crystal structure of methyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-2,3-bis-O-[(dimethylphenylstannyl)methyl]-a-D-glucopyranoside
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 619, pp. 226-234Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-328X(00)00678-1
[CN3H6](2)[Zn(CO3)(2)], the first organically templated open-framework carbonate
Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 546-549Contributions to Journals: Articles[CN3H6)2·(Zn(CO3)2), the first organically templated open-framework carbonate
Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, pp. 546-549Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b009641p
[H3N(CH2)(2)NH3](0.5)[BePO4], a beryllophosphate analogue of aluminosilicate zeolite gismondine
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 57, pp. 891-892Contributions to Journals: Articles[H3N(CH2)(3)NH3](0.5)ZnPO4, a new member of the zeolite gismondine family
International Journal of Inorganic Materials, vol. 3, pp. 179-182Contributions to Journals: Articles[H3N(CH2)(3)NH3](0.5)[ZnPO4], an organically templated zincophosphate analogue of the aluminosilicate zeolite edingtonite
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536801008327
[H3N(CH2)2NH3]0.5[BePO4], a beryllophosphate analogue of aluminosilicate zeolite gismondine
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C57, pp. 891-892Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270101006928
trans-Bis(ethanolamine-N,O)bis-(saccharinato-N)copper(II)
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 57, pp. 271-272Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCrystallographic and molecular mechanics investigation of an order--disorder transition and dimorphism in 5it H,10it H-dithiolo[2,3-it b]-2,5-benzodithiocine-2-thione
Acta Crystallographica Section B, vol. 56, no. 6, pp. 1011-1017Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108768100010636
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Syntheses and Structures of Two Selenite Chloride Hydrates: Co(HSeO3)Cl · 3 H2O and Cu(HSeO3)Cl · 2 H2O
Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, vol. 626, no. 12, pp. 2487-2490Contributions to Journals: Articles(CN3H6)(4)[Zn-3(SeO3)(5)]: The first organically templated selenite
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 39, pp. 3808Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBarium vanadium(III) hydrogen phosphate, Ba3V2(HPO4)(6)
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 56, pp. 274-275Contributions to Journals: Articles
