Chris did his higher education at the University of Cambridge (B.A., 1995, Ph.D. 1999), before coming to Bristol as a post-doc with Professor Neil Connelly in 1999. He then held a series of positions teaching and researching inorganic and organometallic chemistry, particularly in collaboration with Professors Connelly and Orpen, before being appointed teaching laboratory fellow in September 2011.

Inorganic and Materials Chemistry

James, SL, Adams, CJ, Bolm, C, Braga, D, Collier, P, Friscic, T, Grepioni, F, Harris, KDM, Hyett, G, Jones, W, Krebs, A, Mack, J, Maini, L, Orpen, AG, Parkin, IP, Shearouse, WC, Steed, JW & Waddell, DC, 2012, ‘Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis’. Chemical Society Reviews, vol 41., pp. 413-447 Adams, CJ, Haddow, MF, Lusi, M & Orpen, AG, 2011, ‘Crystal synthesis of 1,4-phenylenediamine salts and coordination networks’. CrystEngCom, vol 13., pp. 4324-4331 Adams, CJ, Kurawa, MA & Orpen, AG, 2010, ‘Coordination chemistry in the solid state: synthesis and interconversion of pyrazolium salts, pyrazole complexes, and pyrazolate MOFs’. J.Chem Soc. Dalton Transactions, vol 39., pp. 6974-6984 Mansell, S, Adams, C, Bramham, G, Haddow, M, Kaim, W, Norman, N, McGrady, J, Russell, C & Udeen, S, 2010, ‘Synthesis and Characterisation of the Persistent Radical [BCl2(bipy)]?’. Chemical Communications, vol 46., pp. 5070 - 5072 Adams, CJ, Kurawa, MA & Orpen, AG, 2010, ‘Coordination Chemistry in the Solid State: Reactivity of Manganese and Cadmium Chlorides with Imidazole and Pyrazole and Their Hydrochlorides’. Inorganic Chemistry, vol 49., pp. 10475-10485 Mutambi, EM, Adams, CJ & Orpen, AG, 2010, ‘Bis(1,3-dibenzylimidazolium) mu-oxido-bis[trichloridoferrate(III)]’. Acta Crystallographica Section E, vol 66., pp. M846-U1230 Adams, C, Gillon, A, Lusi, M & Orpen, A, 2010, ‘Towards polymorphism control in coordination networks and metallo-organic salts’. CrysEngComm, vol 12., pp. 4403 - 4409 Adams, C, Kurawa, M, Lusi, M & Orpen, A, 2008, ‘Solid state synthesis of coordination compounds from basic metal salts’. CrystEngComm, vol 10., pp. 1790 - 1795 Adams, C, Fey, N, Harrison, Z, Sazanovich, I, Towrie, M & Weinstein, J, 2008, ‘The photophysical properties of platinum (II) - acetylide complexes: the effect of a strongly electron-accepting diimine ligand on excited state structure’. Inorg. Chem, vol 47., pp. 8242 - 8257 Whittell, G, Partridge, B, Presly, O, Adams, C & Manners, I, 2008, ‘Strained Metallocenophanes with Late Transition Metals in the Bridge: Syntheses and Structures of Nickel- and Platinum-Bridged [1]Ferrocenophanes’. Angewandte Chemie International edition, vol 47(23)., pp. 4354 - 4357 Kurawa, M, Adams, C & Orpen, A, 2008, ‘Di-mu-chlorido-bis[dichlorido(3,3',5,5'-tetramethyl-4,4'-bipyrazol-1-ium-kappa N-2')copper(II)]’. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E, vol 64., pp. M1053 - U1746 Kurawa, M, Adams, C & Orpen, A, 2008, ‘Pentakis(2-oxo-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1-ium) di-μ3-chlorido-tri-μ2-chlorido-hexacholoridotricadmate(II)’. Acta Crystallogr., Section E, vol 64., pp. M960 - U942