Professor William Harrison
MA (Oxon), DPhil (Oxon), FHEA
Personal Chair
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- w.harrison@abdn.ac.uk
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- +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
11-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: ArticlesExpected and unexpected products from reacting Sanger’s reagent with p-phenylenediamine
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 47, no. 6Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNew Functionalized Phenoxazines and Phenothiazines
ACS Omega, vol. 8, no. 46, pp. 44163–44171Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPorous and Close Packed Supramolecular Assemblies from 2,4-Difluoronitrobenzene with Three Different Linkers and an n-Butylamine Cap
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 24, no. 19, 14683Contributions 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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catena-Poly[[dichlorozinc(II)]-mu-cyanoguanidine]
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. m617-m618Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536807003807
New three-dimensional (3,4)-net zincophosphites templated by linear diammonium cations: H3N(CH2)(5)NH3 center dot Zn-3(HPO3)(4) and beta-H3N(CH2)(6)NH3 center dot Zn-3(HPO3)(4)
Solid State Sciences, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 149-154Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2006.11.001
Diaquabis(ethylenediamine)copper(II) bis(4-nitrobenzoate)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. m178-m180Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806052901
Piperazinium bis(dihydrogenarsenate)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. m26-m28Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053680605118X
Synthesis and crystal structure of In(OH)(SeO3)
Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, vol. 633, no. 1, pp. 158-161Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/zaac.200600244
Silver(I)-barbital based frameworks: Syntheses, crystal structures, spectroscopic, thermal and antimicrobial activity studies
Polyhedron, vol. 25, no. 15, pp. 2829-2840Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2006.04.011
(2E)-1-(4-bromophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. O4829-O4831Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806039900
The first metal complex with the hydrazine dicarboxylate dianion: Na-2(O2CNHNHCO2)(H2O)(3)
Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 1117-1120Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2006.06.018
catena-Poly[[dihydrazinecadmium(II)]-di-mu-sulfato-kappa O-4 : O ']
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. i219-i221Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806039511
3-[4-(methylsulfanyl)phenyl]-1-(4-nitrophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 10, pp. o4508-o4509Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053680603710X
Ethene-trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridinium) dihydrogenphosphite and dihydrogenphosphate compounds exhibiting cooperative and directed hydrogen bonds between cations and anions: H2bpe(H2PO3) 2 and H2bpe(H2PO4) 2·H2O
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol. 61, no. 9, pp. 1067-1071Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
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(2E)-1-(3-bromo-2-thienyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. o4164-o4165Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806033824
Ethene-trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridinium) dihydrogenphosphite and dihydrogenphosphate compounds exhibiting cooperative and directed hydrogen bonds between cations and anions: H(2)bpe(H2PO3)(2) and H(2)bpe(H2PO4)(2)center dot H2O
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. B, Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol. 61, no. 9, pp. 1067-1071Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEthyl 2-acetylamino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene-3-carboxylate
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. o3732-o3734Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806030133
Methyl 5-fluoro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. O4050-O4051Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806031448
poly[propane-1,3-diyldiammonium tetra-mu-selenito-trizinc dihydrate]
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 62, no. 9Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S010827010602508X
(Nitrato-kappa O-2,O ')bis(triethanolamine-kappa N-4,O,O ',O)lanthanum(III) dinitrate
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C62, no. 6, pp. m232-m233Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270106011826
1,4-Diazoniabicyclo-[2.2.2]octane tetraaquatetrachlorolanthanate(III) chloride
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1255-m1257Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806016898
Bis(homopiperazinium) diaquapentakis(nitrato-kappa O-2,O ')lanthanate(III) dinitrate
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1301-m1303Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806017235
Homopiperazinium bis-(dihydrogenarsenate)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 6, pp. m1397-m1399Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806018897
An orthorhombic polymorph of 10,11-dihydrocarbamazepine
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C62, no. 5, pp. o240-o242Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270106008651
1-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1647-1649Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806010865
Control of open-framework structures through template⋯template interactions? Syntheses and structures of C2H7N4O⋅ZnCl(HPO4) and (C2H7N4O)2⋅Zn3(H2O)(HPO3)4
Solid State Sciences, vol. 8, no. 3-4, pp. 371-378Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2006.02.012
(2E)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[4-(methylsulfanyl)-phenyl]prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o5290-o5292Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806037330
(2E)-3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-(4-bromophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o5293-o5295Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806041547
(3-Hydroxy-2-pyridylmethyl)dimethylammonium dihydrogen phosphate
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270106005853
1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o3251-o3253Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053680602530X
2-Bromo-1,3-bis(bromomethyl)-benzene, with Z ' = 1.5: whole-molecule disorder of one of the two independent molecules
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C62, no. 7, pp. o376-o378Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270106017707
2-Bromo-1-chlorophenyl-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806010464
5-Bromo-1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-isobenzofuran
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806009810
5-fluoro-1H-indole-2-carbohydrazide
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62, pp. o4986-o4988Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806040943
5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-2-[(E)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]-3,4-dihydro-2H-napthalen-1-one
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536805041097
A redetermination of 1,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)penta-1,4-dien-3-one at 120 (2) K
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806009640
Aqua(dipicolinato-kappa(3) O,N,O ')(1,10-phenanthroline-kappa(2) N,N ')zinc(II) monohydrate
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S160053680600420X
Ethylenediamine manganese (II) selenite, (H2NCH2CH2NH2)0.5MnSeO3: a new hybrid inorganic/organic network containing MnO5N octahedra and SeO3 pyramids
Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 9, pp. 785-787Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2006.05.004
Poly[piperazinium(2+) [hexa-mu-hydrogen phosphito-mu-piperazine-pentazinc(II)]]
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 62Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270106007657
Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of trans-[Cu(sac)(2)(en)(2)] (sac = saccharinato and en = ethylenediamine)
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 1123-1130Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00958970500453218
Thermodynamic and kinetic factors in the hydrothermal synthesis of hybrid frameworks: zinc 4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylates
Chemical Communications, vol. 25, no. 31/05/2006, pp. 2687-2689Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/b603512d
Y(HSeO3)(SeO3)(H2O)]center dot H2O
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E62, no. 7, pp. i152-i154Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806023051
Synthesis of chiral chelating N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of ruthenium
Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 690, pp. 3970-3975Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2005.05.036
1-(2-Bromo-5-methoxyphenyl)-8-chloro-6-(2-fluorophenyl)4H-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536805032927
3-Chloro-4-hydroxy-4 '-methylbenzophenone
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536805036780
A 1 : 1 adduct of DL-threonine and arsenic acid
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270105012291
A chiral coordination polymer of silver(I) with saccharinate and pyridine: Synthesis, spectral, thermal, and structural characterization of [Ag(sac)(py)](n)
Structural Chemistry, vol. 16, pp. 379-383Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-005-6068-7
A monoclinic polymorph of dichlorobis(cyanoguanidine) zinc(II)
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536805028916
A new one-dimensional coordination polymer of silver(I) with bridging 2-(2-aminoethyl)pyridine and nitrato ligands: [Ag-2(mu-NO3)(2)(mu-aepy)(2)](n)
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. B, Journal of Chemical Sciences, vol. 60, pp. 659-662Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA second polymorph of 2-aminopyridinium dihydrogenphosphate
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270105024923
Bis(cycloheptylaminium) hydrogenarsenate monohydrate
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 61Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBis(saccharinato)copper(II) complexes with 2-aminomethylpyridine and 2-aminoethylpyridine: Syntheses, crystal structures, spectral and thermal characterizations of trans-[Cu(sac)(2)(ampy)(2)] and [Cu(sac)(2)(aepy)(H2O)] (ampy=2-aminomethylpyridine and aepy=2-aminoethylpyridine)
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, vol. 58, pp. 549-558Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00958970500043647
Bis(tetra-n-butylammonium) and bis(tetraphenylphosphonium) salts of tris(2-oxo-1,3-dithiole-4,5-dithiolato)-stannate(IV), both at 120 K
Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 61Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270105001782
