Royal Society of Chemistry Higginbottom Award 2010 Matt Clarke (Recipient), 2010 → … Prize (including medals and awards) Member of EPSRC peer review panel Matt Clarke (Participant), 2006 → … Membership of research network Integrated Research in European Network of Excellence, IDECAT Matt Clarke (Participant), 2005 → … Membership of research network Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Matt Clarke (Participant), 2005 → … Membership of research network Winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Meldola award. Matt Clarke (Recipient), 2005 → 2006 Prize (including medals and awards)

A Supramolecular Approach to Modifying Chiral Ligands: Co-ordination Chemistry of a Multifunctionalised Tridentate Amine-Phosphine Ligand. J. A. Fuentes and M. L. Clarke, New J. Chem., 2008, published on the web DOI: 10.1039/b712612c Microwave accelerated Suzuki coupling of chloro-aryl phosphine-oxides: A method for introducing diversity into phosphine ligands.K. Damian; M. L. Clarke and C. J. Cobley, J. of Mol. Catalysis A: Chemical, 2008, 284(1-2), 46 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2008.01.001 Palladium complexes of new bulky fluorinated diphosphines give particularly active and regioselective catalysts for hydroxycarbonylation of styrene, J. J. R. Frew, M. L. Clarke, U. Mayer, H. Van Rensburg and R. P. Tooze, Dalton Trans., 2008, 15, 1976 DOI: 10.1039/b719012c A rationally designed cocatalyst for the Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction, C. E. S. Jones. S. M. Turega, M. L. Clarke and D. Philp, Tetrahedron Lett., 2008, 49(31), 4666 DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.05.037 The carbonyl ene reaction, M.L. Clarke and M.B. France, Tetrahedron, 2008, 64(38), 9003 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.06.075 A mechanistic investigation into the elimination of phosphonium salts from rhodium-TRIPHOS complexes under methanol carbonylation conditions. G.W Lamb, Matthew L. Clarke, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Bruce W. Williams, Dalton Transactions, 36, 4946 DOI:10.1039/b803067g Deoxygenation of pyridine N-oxides by palladium-catalyzed transfer oxidation of trialkylamines., J.A. Fuentes and M. L. Clarke, Synlett, 2008, 17, 2579 DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083508 Enantioselective hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation of bulky ketones catalysed by a ruthenium complex of a chiral tridentate ligand.,B. M. Diaz-Valenzuela, S. D. Phillips, M. B. France, M. E. Gunn and M.L. Clarke, Chemistry- A European Journal, 2009, 15(5), 1227 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801929 Iridium complexes of chiral diamines containing carbon and nitrogen stereocentres: synthesis, structure and evaluation as transfer hydrogenation catalysts., 2009, J.A. Fuentes, M.B. France, A.M.Z. Slawin and M.L. Clarke, New Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 33(3), 466 DOI: 10.1039/b812699b Ligand electronic effects in homogeneous catalysis using transition metal complexes of phosphine ligands, 2009, Organometallic Chemistry, 1st Ed., M.L. Clarke and J.J.R. Frew Editor I.J.S. Fairlamb and J.M. Lynam, RSC Publishing DOI: 10.1039/9781847551030 Palladium-catalysed synthesis of aryl-alkyl ethers using alkoxysilanes as nucleophiles., E.J. Milton, J.A. Fuentes and M.L. Clarke, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2009, 7(12), 2645 DOI: 10.1039/b907784g Palladium-catalyzed P-C bond forming reactions between diphenylphosphine and ortho-substituted aryl bromides., K.S. Damian, M.L. Clarke and C.J Cobley, Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2009, 23(7), 272 DOI: 10.1002/aoc.1510 Reaction of a rhodium(I) carbonyl complex of a para-dimethylaminophenyl substituted, G.W. Lamb, D. Law, A.M.Z. Slawin and M.L. Clarke, Inorganic Chemica Acta, 2009, 362(11), 4263 DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2009.05.064 Palladium(II) complexes of new bulky bidentate phosphanes: active and highly regioselective catalysts for the hydroxycarbonylation of styrene., J.J R. Frew, K. Damian, H. Van Rensburg, A.M.Z. Slawin, R. P. Tooze, and M. L. Clarke, Chemistry- A European Journal, 2009, 15(40), 10504 DOI:10.1002/chem.200901178 Palladium-catalysed Grignard cross-coupling using highly concentrated Grignards in methyl-tetrahydrofuran., E.J. Milton and M.L. Clarke, Green Chemistry, 2010, 12(3), 381 DOI:10.1039/b921026a Regioselective and Enantioselective Hydroformylation of Dialkylacrylamides. Gary M Noonan, David Newton, Cobley, Christopher J. Cobley, Andres Suarez, ; Antonio Pizzano and Matthew L. Clarke, Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2010, 352 (6), 1047 DOI: 10.1002/adsc.20090087 On the NH Effect in Ruthenium-Catalysed Hydrogenation of Ketones: Rational Design of Phosphine-Amino-Alcohol Ligands for Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones, Scott D. Phillips, Jose A. Fuentes and Matthew L. Clarke, Chemistry- A European Journal, 2010, 16 (27), 8002 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201000790 Palladium complexes of bulky ortho-trifluoromethylphenyl-substituted phosphines: Unusually regioselective catalysts for the hydroxycarbonylation and alkoxycarbonylation of alkenes, Arnald Grabulosa, Jamie J.R. Frew, Jose A. Fuentes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Matthew L. Clarke, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2010, 330 (1-2), 18 Asymmetric hydroformylation of an enantiomerically pure bicyclic lactam: efficient synthesis of functionalized cyclopentylamines, Gary M. Noonan, Christopher J. Cobley, Tomas Lebl, Matthew L. Clarke, Chemistry- A European Journal, 2010, 16(43), 12788 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002233 Highly Enantioselective Hydroxycarbonylation and Alkoxycarbonylation of Alkenes using Dipalladium Complexes as Precatalysts, Tina M. Konrad, Jose A. Fuentes, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Matthew L. Clarke, Angewandte Chemie Intl Ed., 2010. 49 (48), 9197 DOI: 10.1002/anie.20100441