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The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes (2017)
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Gregson, M., Lu, E., Mills, D. P., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J., Hennig, C., Scheinost, A. C., McMaster, J., Lewis, W., Blake, A. J., Kerridge, A., & Liddle, S. T. (2017). The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes. Nature Communications, 8, Article 14137. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14137

© The Author(s) 2017. Across the periodic table the trans-influence operates, whereby tightly bonded ligands selectively lengthen mutually trans metal-ligand bonds. Conversely, in high oxidation state actinide complexes the inverse-trans-influence op... Read More about The inverse-trans-influence in tetravalent lanthanide and actinide bis(carbene) complexes.

Total Synthesis of the Post‐translationally Modified Polyazole Peptide Antibiotic Goadsporin (2017)
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Dexter, H. L., Williams, H. E., Lewis, W., & Moody, C. J. (2017). Total Synthesis of the Post‐translationally Modified Polyazole Peptide Antibiotic Goadsporin. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(11), 3069-3073. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201612103

The structurally unique polyazole antibiotic goadsporin contains six heteroaromatic oxazole and thiazole rings integrated into a linear array of amino acids that also contains two dehydroalanine residues. An efficient total synthesis of goadsporin is... Read More about Total Synthesis of the Post‐translationally Modified Polyazole Peptide Antibiotic Goadsporin.

Nanoscale engineering of hybrid magnetite–carbon nanofibre materials for magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents (2017)
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Metelkina, O. N., Lodge, R. W., Rudakovskaya, P. G., Gerasimov, V. M., Lucas, C. H., Grebennikov, I. S., Shchetinin, I. V., Savchenko, A. G., Pavlovskaya, G. E., Rance, G. A., del Carmen Gimenez-Lopez, M., Khlobystov, A. N., & Majouga, A. G. (2017). Nanoscale engineering of hybrid magnetite–carbon nanofibre materials for magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 5(8), 2167-2174. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TC04141H

Magnetic nanomaterials show significant promise as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We have developed a new highly efficient one-step procedure for the synthesis of magnetically- functionalised hollow carbon nanofibres, where (i)... Read More about Nanoscale engineering of hybrid magnetite–carbon nanofibre materials for magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

Terminal uranium(V/VI) nitride activation of carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide: factors governing diverse and well-defined cleavage and redox reactions (2017)
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Cleaves, P. A., Kefalidis, C. E., Gardner, B. M., Tuna, F., McInnes, E. J., Lewis, W., Maron, L., & Liddle, S. T. (2017). Terminal uranium(V/VI) nitride activation of carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide: factors governing diverse and well-defined cleavage and redox reactions. Chemistry - A European Journal, 23(12), 2950-2959. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201605620

The reactivity of terminal uranium(V/VI) nitrides with CE2 (E=O, S) is presented. Well-defined C=E cleavage followed by zero-, one-, and two-electron redox events is observed. The uranium(V) nitride [U(TrenTIPS)(N)][K(B15C5)2] (1, TrenTIPS=N(CH2CH2NS... Read More about Terminal uranium(V/VI) nitride activation of carbon dioxide and carbon disulfide: factors governing diverse and well-defined cleavage and redox reactions.

Using titanium complexes to defeat cancer: the view from the shoulders of titans (2017)
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Cini, M., Bradshaw, T. D., & Woodward, S. (in press). Using titanium complexes to defeat cancer: the view from the shoulders of titans. Chemical Society Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CS00860G

When the first titanium complex with anticancer activity was identified in the 1970s, it was attractive, based on the presence of the dichloride unit in TiCl2Cp2 (Cp = η-C5H5)2, to assume its mode of biological action was closely aligned with cisplat... Read More about Using titanium complexes to defeat cancer: the view from the shoulders of titans.

Bioreducible cross-linked core polymer micelles enhance in vitro activity of methotrexate in breast cancer cells (2017)
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Gulfam, M., Matini, T., Monteiro, P. F., Riva, R., Collins, H., Spriggs, K., Howdle, S. M., Jérôme, C., & Alexander, C. (2017). Bioreducible cross-linked core polymer micelles enhance in vitro activity of methotrexate in breast cancer cells. Biomaterials Science, 5, https://doi.org/10.1039/c6bm00888g

Polymer micelles have emerged as promising carriers for controlled release applications, however, several limitations of micelle-based drug delivery have also been reported. To address these issues, we have synthesized a functional biodegradable and... Read More about Bioreducible cross-linked core polymer micelles enhance in vitro activity of methotrexate in breast cancer cells.

Identifying and understanding strong vibronic interaction effects observed in the asymmetry of chiral molecule photoelectron angular distributions (2017)
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Garcia, G. A., Dossmann, H., Nahon, L., Daly, S., & Powis, I. (in press). Identifying and understanding strong vibronic interaction effects observed in the asymmetry of chiral molecule photoelectron angular distributions. ChemPhysChem, 18(5), https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201601250R1

Electron-ion coincidence imaging is used to study chiral asymmetry in the angular distribution of electrons emitted from randomly-oriented enantiomers of two molecules, methyloxirane and trifluoromethyloxirane, upon ionization by circularly polarized... Read More about Identifying and understanding strong vibronic interaction effects observed in the asymmetry of chiral molecule photoelectron angular distributions.

Theoretical study of Si+(2PJ)-RG complexes and transport of Si+(2PJ) in RG (RG = He – Ar) (2017)
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Tuttle, W. D., Thorington, R. L., Viehland, L. A., & Wright, T. G. (in press). Theoretical study of Si+(2PJ)-RG complexes and transport of Si+(2PJ) in RG (RG = He – Ar). Molecular Physics, 115(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2016.1269965

We calculate accurate interatomic potentials for the interaction of a singly-charged silicon cation with a rare gas atom of helium, neon or argon. We employ the RCCSD(T) method, and basis sets of quadruple- and quintuple- quality; each point is coun... Read More about Theoretical study of Si+(2PJ)-RG complexes and transport of Si+(2PJ) in RG (RG = He – Ar).

Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective C-H activation of aliphatic amines using chiral anionic BINOL-phosphoric acid ligands (2017)
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Smalley, A. P., Cuthbertson, J. D., & Gaunt, M. J. (2017). Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective C-H activation of aliphatic amines using chiral anionic BINOL-phosphoric acid ligands. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(4), 1412-1415. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b12234

© 2017 American Chemical Society. The design of an enantioselective Pd(II)-catalyzed C-H amination reaction is described. The use of a chiral BINOL phosphoric acid ligand enables the conversion of readily available amines into synthetically valuable... Read More about Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective C-H activation of aliphatic amines using chiral anionic BINOL-phosphoric acid ligands.