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Iron-catalyzed indolizine synthesis from pyridines, diazo compounds, and alkynes (2017)
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Douglas, T., Pordea, A., & Dowden, J. (in press). Iron-catalyzed indolizine synthesis from pyridines, diazo compounds, and alkynes. Organic Letters, 19(23), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b03252

The iron (III) catalyzed synthesis of indolizines from commercially available alkyne, pyridine, and diazo precursors is reported. This mild, expedient method is tolerant of various solvents and proceeds with as little as 0.25 mol % [Fe(TPP)Cl]. Signi... Read More about Iron-catalyzed indolizine synthesis from pyridines, diazo compounds, and alkynes.

Sulfonylative and azidosulfonylative cyclizations by visible-light-photosensitization of sulfonyl azides in THF (2017)
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Zhu, S., Pathigoolla, A., Lowe, G., Walsh, D. A., Cooper, M., Lewis, W., & Lam, H. W. (2017). Sulfonylative and azidosulfonylative cyclizations by visible-light-photosensitization of sulfonyl azides in THF. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(69), https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704380

The generation of sulfonyl radicals from sulfonyl azides using visible light and a photoactive iridium complex in THF is described. This process was used to promote sulfonylative and azidosulfonylative cyclizations of enynes to give several classes o... Read More about Sulfonylative and azidosulfonylative cyclizations by visible-light-photosensitization of sulfonyl azides in THF.

An On-Surface Reaction Confined within a Porous Molecular Template (2017)
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Judd, C. J., Champness, N. R., & Saywell, A. (2018). An On-Surface Reaction Confined within a Porous Molecular Template. Chemistry - A European Journal, 24(1), 56-61. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704693

On-surface reactions based on metal-catalysed Ullmann coupling have been successfully employed to synthesise a wide variety of covalently coupled structures. Substrate chemistry and topology are both known to effect the progression of an on-surface r... Read More about An On-Surface Reaction Confined within a Porous Molecular Template.

Click Chemistry: Mechanistic Insights into the Role of Amines Using Single-Molecule Spectroscopy (2017)
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Wang, B., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2017). Click Chemistry: Mechanistic Insights into the Role of Amines Using Single-Molecule Spectroscopy. ACS Catalysis, 7(12), 8487-8492. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b03150

Single-molecule spectroscopy is used to gain insights into the click chemistry reaction photocatalyzed by copper. We show that CuxO@Nb2O5 catalysts can act as truly heterogeneous photocatalysts and that the amine plays an important role in the comple... Read More about Click Chemistry: Mechanistic Insights into the Role of Amines Using Single-Molecule Spectroscopy.

Supramolecular networks stabilise and functionalise black phosphorus (2017)
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Korolkov, V. V., Timokhin, I. G., Haubrichs, R., Smith, E. F., Yang, L., Yang, S., …Beton, P. H. (2017). Supramolecular networks stabilise and functionalise black phosphorus. Nature Communications, 8(1), Article 1385. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01797-6

© 2017 The Author(s). The limited stability of the surface of black phosphorus (BP) under atmospheric conditions is a significant constraint on the exploitation of this layered material and its few layer analogue, phosphorene, as an optoelectronic ma... Read More about Supramolecular networks stabilise and functionalise black phosphorus.

Thionated naphthalene diimides: tuneable chromophores for applications in photoactive dyads (2017)
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Pearce, N., Davies, E. S., Horvath, R., Pfeiffer, C. R., Sun, X.-X., Lewis, W., …Champness, N. R. (2018). Thionated naphthalene diimides: tuneable chromophores for applications in photoactive dyads. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(2), https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp06952a

Varying the degree of thionation of a series of naphthalene diimide (NDI) and naphthalic imides (NI) phenothiazine dyad systems afford a systematic approach for tuning of the system’s donor-acceptor energy gap. Each dyad was compared to model NDI/NI... Read More about Thionated naphthalene diimides: tuneable chromophores for applications in photoactive dyads.

NEXAFS spectroscopy of ionic liquids: experiments versus calculations (2017)
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Fogarty, R. M., Matthews, R. P., Clough, M. T., Ashworth, C. R., Brandt, A., Corbett, P. J., …Lovelock, K. R. (in press). NEXAFS spectroscopy of ionic liquids: experiments versus calculations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP07143D

Experimental near edge X–ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectra are reported for 12 ionic liquids (ILs) encompassing a range of chemical structures for both the sulfur 1s and nitrogen 1s edges and compared with time–dependent density function... Read More about NEXAFS spectroscopy of ionic liquids: experiments versus calculations.

Ullmann coupling reactions on Ag(111) and Ag(110); substrate influence on the formation of covalently coupled products and intermediate metal-organic structures Metal-Organic Structures (2017)
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Judd, C. J., Haddow, S. L., Champness, N. R., & Saywell, A. (in press). Ullmann coupling reactions on Ag(111) and Ag(110); substrate influence on the formation of covalently coupled products and intermediate metal-organic structures Metal-Organic Structures. Scientific Reports, 7(14541), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13315-1

On-surface reactions based on Ullmann coupling are known to proceed on coinage-metal substrates (e.g. Au, Ag, Cu), with the chemistry of the surface strongly influencing the reaction progression. In addition, the topography of the surface may be expe... Read More about Ullmann coupling reactions on Ag(111) and Ag(110); substrate influence on the formation of covalently coupled products and intermediate metal-organic structures Metal-Organic Structures.

Can a combination of poly(ethylene glycol) and dense phase carbon dioxide improve processing of polylactide? A high pressure rheology investigation (2017)
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Pepper, K., Masson, T., De Focatiis, D. S., & Howdle, S. M. (in press). Can a combination of poly(ethylene glycol) and dense phase carbon dioxide improve processing of polylactide? A high pressure rheology investigation. Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 133(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2017.10.014

High temperature melts or use of organic solvents are not practicable approaches for encapsulating protein based or thermally labile drugs into degradable polymers. Here, we demonstrate that poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) in combination with supercritic... Read More about Can a combination of poly(ethylene glycol) and dense phase carbon dioxide improve processing of polylactide? A high pressure rheology investigation.

Enantioselective synthesis of 6,6-disubstituted pentafulvenes containing a chiral pendant hydroxy group (2017)
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Nouch, R., Cini, M., Magre, M., Abid, M., Diéguez, M., Pàmies, O., …Lewis, W. (in press). Enantioselective synthesis of 6,6-disubstituted pentafulvenes containing a chiral pendant hydroxy group. Chemistry - A European Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704247

Simple enantioselective synthesis of 6,6-disubstituted pentafulvenes bearing chiral pendant hydroxy groups are attained by cascade reactivity using commercially available proline-based organocatalysts. Condensation of cyclopentadiene with the acetyl... Read More about Enantioselective synthesis of 6,6-disubstituted pentafulvenes containing a chiral pendant hydroxy group.