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Dr Adrian Whitwood Publications

2021 2020 2019 2018 2017

2021

  • Insights into the Composition and Structural Chemistry of Gallium(I) Triflate
    J T Boronski, M P Stevens, B van Ijzendoorn, A C Whitwood and J M Slattery, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 1567-1572.

  • Structural analysis of five-coordinate aluminum(salen) complexes and its relationship to their catalytic activity
    H Fish, S Hart, K J Lamb, M North, S C Z Quek, A C Whitwood, B Woods and X Wu, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 587-598.

  • Synthesis of cytotoxic spirocyclic imides from a biomass-derived oxanorbornene
    S B Lawrenson, A K Pearce, S Hart, A C Whitwood, R K O'Reilly and M North, Tetrahedron, 2021, 77, 131754.

  • Synthesis of macrocyclic and medium-sized ring thiolactones via the ring expansion of lactams
    K Y Palate, R G Epton, A C Whitwood, J M Lynam and W P Unsworth, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 1404-1411.

  • Synthesis, mesomorphism, photophysics and device performance of liquid-crystalline pincer complexes of gold(III)
    R R Parker, D Liu, X Yu, A C Whitwood, W Zhu, J A G Williams, Y Wang, J M Lynam and D W Bruce, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 1287-1302.

  • Synthesis, characterization, electrochemistry, antioxidant, and toxicological studies of Co(II), Ni(II) and Ag(I) complexes of mefenamic acid/tolfenamic acid bearing metronidazole
    N J Shamle, A C Tella, A C Whitwood, A O T Ashafa and P A Ajibade, J. Coord. Chem., 2021, 74, 1255-1271.

  • Reversible Hyperpolarization of Ketoisocaproate Using Sulfoxide-containing Polarization Transfer Catalysts
    B J Tickner, F Ahwal, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, ChemPhysChem, 2021, 22, 13-17.

  • Biocatalytic Aromaticity-Breaking Epoxidation of Naphthalene and Nucleophilic Ring-Opening Reactions
    W Zhang, H Li, S H H Younes, P Gomez de Santos, F Tieves, G Grogan, M Pabst, M Alcalde, A C Whitwood and F Hollmann, ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 2644-2649.

2020

  • Unprecedented reductive cyclization of salophen ligands to tetrahydroquinoxalines during metal complex formation
    K J Lamb, M R Dowsett, M North, R R Parker and A C Whitwood, Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.), 2020, 56, 4844-4847.

  • Unforeseen crystal forms of the natural osmolyte floridoside
    A J Maneffa, A C Whitwood, A S Whitehouse, H Powell, J H Clark and A S Matharu, Commun. Chem., 2020, 3, 128.

  • Synthesis, characterization, crystal structures and electrochemical properties of heteroleptic Cu(II), Mn(II) and Zn(II) complexes of metronidazole with benzoic acid derivatives
    A C Tella, N J Shamle, J A Obaleye, A C Whitwood, S A Bourne and P A Ajibade, J. Mol. Struct., 2020, 1209, 127925.

  • Optimization of pyruvate hyperpolarization using SABRE by tuning the active magnetization transfer catalyst
    B J Tickner, O Semenova, W Iali, P J Rayner, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2020, 10, 1343-1355.

  • Electrocatalytic Proton Reduction by a Cobalt(III) Hydride Complex with Phosphinopyridine PN Ligands
    K Walaijai, S A Cavill, A C Whitwood, R E Douthwaite and R N Perutz, Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 18055-18067.

2019

  • Photochemical Oxidative Addition of Germane and Diphenylgermane to Ruthenium Dihydride Complexes
    D P Dickinson, S W Evans, M Grellier, H Kendall, R N Perutz, B Procacci, S Sabo-Etienne, K A Smart and A C Whitwood, Organometallics, 2019, 38, 626-637.

  • Using para hydrogen induced polarization to study steps in the hydroformylation reaction
    D Guan, C Godard, S M Polas, R P Tooze, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, Dalton Trans, 2019, 48, 2664-2675.

  • Filling a Niche in "Ligand Space" with Bulky, Electron-Poor Phosphorus(III) Alkoxides
    S Hussein, D Priester, P Beet, J Cottom, S J Hart, T James, R J Thatcher, A C Whitwood and J M Slattery, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2019, 25, 2262-2271.

  • Condensation of free volume in structures of nematic and hexatic liquid crystals
    R J Mandle, N Stock, S J Cowling, R R Parker, S Hart, A C Whitwood and J W Goodby, Liq Cryst, 2019, 46, 114-123.

  • Synthesis of Oxazolidinones using Carbon Dioxide as a C-1 Building Block and an Aluminium-based Catalyst
    M Sengoden, M North and A Whitwood, ChemSusChem, 2019.

  • Iridium α-carboxyimine complexes hyperpolarized with para-hydrogen exist in nuclear singlet states before conversion into iridium carbonates
    B J Tickner, W Iali, S S Roy, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20, 241-245.

  • Metal- and Halide-Free Catalyst for the Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide
    X Wu, C Chen, Z Guo, M North and A C Whitwood, ACS Catal, 2019, 9, 1895-1906.

  • The critical role played by water in controlling Pd catalyst speciation in arylcyanation reactions
    J T W Bray, M J Ford, P B Karadakov, A C Whitwood and I J S Fairlamb, React Chem Eng, 2019, 4, 122-130.

  • Rapid Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Monomers Obtained from Biomass-Derived Furfuryl Amines and Maleic Anhydride
    A Blanpain, J H Clark, T J Farmer, Y Guo, I D V Ingram, J E Kendrick, S B Lawrenson, M North, G Rodgers and A C Whitwood, ChemSusChem, 2019, 12, 2393-2401.

  • Solvent- and anion-dependent rearrangement of fluorinated carbene ligands provides access to fluorinated alkenes
    M Hall, L M Milner, S J Hart, A C Whitwood, J M Lynam and J M Slattery, Dalton Trans, 2019, 48, 17655-17659.

  • Ionic N-phenylpyridinium tetracatenar mesogens: competing driving forces in mesophase formation and unprecedented difference in phase stabilisation within a homologous series
    J D Herod, M A Bates, A C Whitwood and D W Bruce, Soft Matter, 2019, 15, 4432-4436.

  • Catalytic Activation of Unstrained, Nonactivated Ketones Mediated by Platinum(II): Multiple C-C Bond Cleavage and CO Extrusion
    J P Sarju, D Dey, J Torroba, A C Whitwood, K Redeker and D W Bruce, Organometallics, 2019, 38, 4539-4542.

  • The ubiquitous cross-coupling catalyst system 'Pd(OAc)2'/2PPh3 forms a unique dinuclear PdI complex: an important entry point into catalytically competent cyclic Pd3 clusters
    N W J Scott, M J Ford, C Schotes, R R Parker, A C Whitwood and I J S Fairlamb, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 7898-7906.

  • Using coligands to gain mechanistic insight into iridium complexes hyperpolarized with para-hydrogen
    B J Tickner, R O John, S S Roy, S J Hart, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5235-5245.

  • Mechanistic insight into novel sulfoxide containing SABRE polarisation transfer catalysts
    B J Tickner, J S Lewis, R O John, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 15198-15206.

  • Probing the Hydrogenation of Vinyl Sulfoxides Using para-Hydrogen
    B J Tickner, R R Parker, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, Organometallics, 2019, 38, 4377-4382.

2018

  • Harnessing asymmetric N-heterocyclic carbene ligands to optimise SABRE hyperpolarisation
    C M Wong, M Fekete, R Nelson-Forde, M R D Gatus, P J Rayner, A C Whitwood, S B Duckett and B A Messerle, Catal Sci Technol, 2018, 8, 4925-4933.
  • Unexpected, photochemically induced activation of the tetrabutylammonium cation by hexachloroplatinate(IV)
    I H Silalahi, N K Sethi, M Z Shafikov, V Chechik, A C Whitwood and D W Bruce, Chem Commun, 2018, 54, 13682-13685.
  • Sequential X-ray-Induced Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Transformation followed by Topotactic Reduction in a Potassium Crown Ether Complex of Tetrachloroaurate(III)
    N K Sethi, A C Whitwood and D W Bruce, Inorg Chem, 2018, 57, 13524-13532.
  • Using hyperpolarised NMR and DFT to rationalise the unexpected hydrogenation of quinazoline to 3,4-dihydroquinazoline
    J E Richards, A J J Hooper, O W Bayfield, M C R Cockett, G J Dear, A J Holmes, R O John, R E Mewis, N Pridmore, A D Roberts, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, Chem Commun, 2018, 54, 10375-10378.
  • 1,2,4-Triazolium ions as flexible scaffolds for the construction of polyphilic ionic liquid crystals
    A Riccobono, R R Parker, A C Whitwood, J M Slattery, D W Bruce, I Pibiri and A Pace, Chem Commun, 2018, 54, 9965-9968.
  • Fine-tuning the efficiency of para-hydrogen-induced hyperpolarization by rational N-heterocyclic carbene design
    P J Rayner, P Norcott, K M Appleby, W Iali, R O John, S J Hart, A C Whitwood and S B Duckett, Nat Commun, 2018, 9, 1-11.
  • Splay nematic phase
    A Mertelj, L Cmok, N Sebastian, R J Mandle, R R Parker, A C Whitwood, J W Goodby and M Copic, arXiv.org, e-Print Arch, Condens Matter, 2018, 1-12.
  • Late Pleistocene-Holocene coastal adaptation in central Mediterranean: Snapshots from Grotta d’Oriente (NW Sicily)
    A C Colonese, D Lo Vetro, W Landini, Z Di Giuseppe, N Hausmann, B Demarchi, C d’Angelo, M J Leng, A Incarbona, A C Whitwood and F Martini, Quaternary International, 2018, 493, 114-126. 
  • Development of pharmaceutically relevant bio-based intermediates though aldol condensation and Claisen-Schmidt reactions of dihydrolevoglucosenone (Cyrene)
    L Hughes, C R McElroy, A C Whitwood and A J Hunt, Green Chem, 2018, 20, 4423-4427.
  • Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Tertiary Amide Monomers Derived from a Biobased Oxanorbornene
    S B Lawrenson, S Hart, I D V Ingram, M North, R R Parker and A C Whitwood, ACS Sustainable Chem Eng, 2018, 6, 9744-9752.
  • Self-complementary nickel halides enable multifaceted comparisons of intermolecular halogen bonds: fluoride ligands vs. other halides
    V Thangavadivale, P M Aguiar, N A Jasim, S J Pike, D A Smith, A C Whitwood, L Brammer and R N Perutz, Chemical Science, 2018, 9, 3767-3781.
  • Synthesis, Mesomorphism, and Photophysics of 2,5-Bis(dodecyloxyphenyl)pyridine Complexes of Platinum(IV)
    R R Parker, J P Sarju, A C Whitwood, J A G Williams, J M Lynam and D W Bruce, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, 24, 19010-19023.

2017

  • Spectroscopic and conductometric study of interaction of anionic surfactants with [Co(phen)3]F2·2H2O complex
    N Younas, M A Rashid, S Nazir, M Usman, R A Sarfraz, A Jamil and A C Whitwood, J Mol Liq, 2017, 240, 351-360.
  • Redox-tagged carbon monoxide-releasing molecules (CORMs): ferrocene-containing [Mn(C-N)(CO)4] complexes as a promising new CORM class
    B J Aucott, J S Ward, S G Andrew, J Milani, A C Whitwood, J M Lynam, A Parkin and I J S Fairlamb, Inorg Chem, 2017, 56, 5431-5440.
  • Co-Crystallisation of 1,4-Diiodotetrafluorobenzene with Three Different Symmetric Dipyridylacetylacetone Isomers Produces Four Halogen-Bonded Architectures
    J J Brown, A J Brock, M C Pfrunder, J P Sarju, A Z Perry, A C Whitwood, D W Bruce, J C McMurtrie and J K Clegg, Aust J Chem, 2017, 70, 594-600.
  • A Structurally Characterized Fluoroalkyne
    L M Hall, D P Tew, N E Pridmore, A C Whitwood, J M Lynam and J M Slattery, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 7551-7556.
  • Structure of [Co(im)6]SiF6: short hydrogen bonds involving SiF62- ions
    S Nazir, M Arif, M A Rashid and A C Whitwood, Chin J Struct Chem, 2017, 36, 965-970.
  • Mild and Regioselective Pd(OAc)2-Catalyzed C-H Arylation of Tryptophans by [ArN2]X, Promoted by Tosic Acid
    A J Reay, L A Hammarback, J T W Bray, T Sheridan, D Turnbull, A C Whitwood and I J S Fairlamb, ACS Catal., 2017, 7, 5174-5179.
  • Redox Couple Involving NOx in Aerobic Pd-Catalyzed Oxidation of sp3-C-H Bonds: Direct Evidence for Pd-NO3-/NO2- Interactions Involved in Oxidation and Reductive Elimination
  • M N Wenzel, P K Owens, J T W Bray, J M Lynam, P M Aguiar, C Reed, J D Lee, J F Hamilton, A C Whitwood and I J S Fairlamb, J Am Chem Soc, 2017, 139, 1177-1190.

 

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