Helmut-Qualtinger-Gasse 2,
1030 Wien
+43 1 606 68 77-3502
paul.watson@fh-campuswien.ac.at


 

Education: Career and Qualifications
1987 – BSc in Chemistry from Edinburgh University, UK
1990 – PhD in Chemistry from Edinburgh University, UK
: „Reactions of the Sulphur-Group Tetrafluorides with Some Rhodium Complexes“


Main Functions at the FH Campus Wien
2003 – 2005 – Part-time Lecturer
2005 to date – Full-time Lecturer
2010 to date – Deputy Head of the Bachelor Degree Programme „Molekulare Biotechnologie“, Deputy Head of the Master Degree Programme „Molecular Biotechnology“


Work Experience
1990-1992 – Post-Doc at the University of Leicester, UK: Fluorination of Metal Complexes in Low Oxidation States. Research on von CFC-Alternatives with the help of Electrochemical Methods.
1992-1994 – European Science Exchange Programme Post-Doctoral Fellow an der Universität Bremen: Schwefel-Stickstof Chemie
1994 – 1997 – Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universität Bremen
1997 – 2003 – Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Universität Bremen
2003-2005 – Lab Manager, Universität Wien


Publications

  1. Watson, P. G. Reactions of the Sulphur Group Tetrafluorides with Some Rhodium Complexes. , (1990), PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh.
  2. Ebsworth, E. A. V. & Watson, P. G. Reactions of the sulphur group tetrafluorides, MF4 [M = S, Se, Te] with Rh(CO)X(PEt3)2 [X = Cl, Br, I, SCN, OCN]. J. Fluor. Chem. 54, 151 , (1991).
  3. Ebsworth, E. A. V., Holloway, J. H. & Watson, P. G. Five-coordinate rhodium(III) complexes containing the novel TeF3 ligand. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1443 , (1991). doi:10.1039/c39910001443
  4. Ebsworth, E. A. V., Holloway, J. H. & Watson, P. G. Multinuclear NMR-Studies of 5-Coordinate Ir and Rh Complexes Containing the Unusual TeF3 Ligand. in Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 203, 22-FLUO , (1992).
  5. Brewer, S. A., Holloway, J. H., Hope, E. G. & Watson, P. G. Fluorination of tetrairidium dodecacarbonyl. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1577 , (1992). doi:10.1039/c39920001577
  6. Bradley, G. W., Holloway, J. H., Koh, H. J., Morris, D. G. & Watson, P. G. 4-(Difluoroiodo)tricyclene, an isolable compound of type RIF2 from an aliphatic iodide. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1 3001 , (1992). doi:10.1039/p19920003001
  7. Blake, A. J., Ebsworth, E. A. V. & Watson, P. G. Structure of trans-carbonyl(thiocyanato-N)bis(triethylphosphine)rhodium(I). Acta Crystallogr. Sect. C Cryst. Struct. Commun. 49, 1773–1775 , (1993).
  8. Cockman, R. W. et al. in ACS Symposium Series, 555 ‘Inorganic Fluorine Chemistry Toward the 21st Century’ (eds. Thrasher, J. S. & Strauss, S. H.) 555, 326–337, American Chemical Society, , (1994).
  9. Watson, P. G., Lork, E. & Mews, R. The preparation and crystal structure of the iridium thiazyldifluoride complex [Ir(CO)ClF(NSF2)(PPh3)2]. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1069 , (1994). doi:10.1039/c39940001069
  10. Watson, P. G., Lork, E. & Mews, R. Novel reactions of thiazyl fluorides with transition metal complexes. J. Fluor. Chem. 71, 197–198 , (1995).
  11. Lork, E., Watson, P. G. & Mews, R. [P3N3F5NPF2NPF2NPF5]2-: a Cyclophosphazene with a phosphazene side-chain dianion by F–induced ring-opening of P3N3F6. J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1717 , (1995). doi:10.1039/c39950001717
  12. Brewer, S. A. et al. Ruthenium and osmium acyl fluoride complexes. Crystal structure of [OC-6-13][RuF2(CO)2(PPh3)2].CD2Cl2. J. Chem. Soc. Dalt. Trans. 1073 , (1995). doi:10.1039/dt9950001073
  13. Brewer, S. A. et al. Synthesis and characterisation of iridium carbonyl fluorides. J. Chem. Soc. Dalt. Trans. 2945 , (1995). doi:10.1039/dt9950002945
  14. Lork, E., Mews, R., Viets, D. & Watson, P. G. Intramolecular fluoride ion bridging. Eur. J. solid state Inorg. Chem. 33, 931–942 , (1996).
  15. Behrens, U., Petersen, J., Lork, E., Watson, P. G. & Mews, R. [L3Ni(μ-L)3NiL3](AsF6)4,(L= N=SF2NMe2), ein zweikerniger Nickelkomplex mit verbrückenden Thiazyl(dimethylamid)-difluorid-Liganden. Angew. Chemie 109, 1951–1953 , (1997).
  16. Behrens, U., Petersen, J., Lork, E., Watson, P. G. & Mews, R. [L3Ni(μ-L)3NiL3](AsF6)4,(L= N=SF2NMe2), a Dinuclear Nickel Complex with Bridging Thiazyl(dimethylamide)difluoride Ligands. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. English 36, 1878–1879 , (1997).
  17. Mews, R., Watson, P. G. & Lork, E. Three-coordinate sulphur(VI)-nitrogen species: an attempt to breathe some new life into an old topic. Coord. Chem. Rev. 158, 233–273 , (1997).
  18. Viets, D., Lork, E., Watson, P. G. & Mews, R. [(CF3)2Hg(μ-F)2Hg(CF3)2]2−: Synthese, Struktur und Reaktivität. Angew. Chemie 109, 655–656 , (1997).
  19. Viets, D., Lork, E., Watson, P. G. & Mews, R. [(CF3)2Hg(μ-F)2Hg(CF3)2]2−: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed. English 36, 623–624 , (1997).
  20. Wessel, J. et al. Syntheses and Structures of Bis(azole)difluorosulfuranes. Inorg. Chem. 38, 4789–4794 , (1999).
  21. Borrmann, T. et al. TAS+ (Z)-Me3CNSN and TAS+ (E)-Me3SiNSN : Does the Anion−Cation Interaction Influence the Configuration? Inorg. Chem. 39, 3999–4005 , (2000).
  22. Mews, R., Lork, E., Watson, P. G. & Görtler, B. Coordination chemistry in and of sulfur dioxide. Coord. Chem. Rev. 197, 277–320 , (2000).
  23. Borrmann, T. et al. Arylthiazylamides: Syntheses, structures, and bonding properties. Chem. – A Eur. J. 7, 3504–3510 , (2001).
  24. Lork, E., Mews, R., Shakirov, M. M., Watson, P. G. & Zibarev, A. V. Reactions of Arylthiazylamides with Internal and External Fluoro Electrophiles − Formation of Products with Unusual Structures. Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2001, 2123–2134 , (2001).
  25. Lork, E. et al. Structure of the SO2F Anion, a Problem Case. Inorg. Chem. 40, 1303–1311 , (2001).
  26. Bagryanskaya, I. Y. et al. Molecular complexes of octafluoronaphthalene with acyclic and heterocyclic sulfur–nitrogen compounds. J. Fluor. Chem. 116, 149–156 , (2002).
  27. Knapp, C., Lork, E., Watson, P. G. & Mews, R. Lithium Fluoroarylamidinates: Syntheses, Structures, and Reactions. Inorg. Chem. 41, 2014–2025 , (2002).
  28. Lork, E., Mews, R., Shakirov, M. M., Watson, P. G. & Zibarev, A. V. The first N-alkyl-N′-polyfluorohetaryl sulfur diimide. J. Fluor. Chem. 115, 165–168 , (2002).
  29. Knapp, C. et al. F3CCN5S3, A Bicyclic Multifunctional Sulfur-Nitrogen Ligand. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon 179, 887– , (2004).
  30. Knapp, C., Lork, E., Maggiulli, R., Watson, Mews, Borrmann, T., Stohrer, W-D., & Behrens, U., Über die Bildung von Trithiatetrazocin-Derivaten aus bicyclischen Kohlenstoff-Schwefel-Stickstoff-Heterocyclen, RCN5S3. Zeitschrift für Anorg. und Allg. Chemie 630, 1235–1244 , (2004).
  31. Mews, R., Borrmann, T., Hoppenheit, R., Lork, E., Parsons, S., Petersen, J., Schröter, M., Stohrer, W-D., Waterfeld, A. & Watson, P.G. Fluorothiazynes, 50 years old and still exciting: electrophilic attack at the thiazyl nitrogen of NSF2NS(O)F2. J. Fluor. Chem. 125, 1649–1655 , (2004).
  32. Kingston, M., Lork, E., Viets, D., Watson, P. G. & Mews, R. [P3N3F5NS(O)Cl] and [{P4N4F6(NS(Cl)N)}2]2−, the first chloro imino- and chloro bis(imino) sulfinates. J. Fluor. Chem. 126, 1044–1047 , (2005).
  33. Borrmann, T., Lork, E., Mews, R., Parsons, S., Petersen, J., Stohrer, W-D., & Watson, P.G., The crystal structures of NSF3 and (NSF2N(CH3)CH2–)2: How short is the ‘Crystallographic’ NS triple bond? Inorganica Chim. Acta 361, 479–486 , (2008).
  34. Knapp, C., Watson, P.G., Lork, E., Friese, D.H., Mews, R., Decken, A. Trithiatetrazocine cations, [RCN4S3]+; planar sulfur-nitrogen 10p aromatics. Inorg. Chem. 47, 10618–25 , (2008).