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Books
2022, Preface, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0065-3160(22)00011-9
,Book Chapters
2022, 'Pyridines and their benzo derivatives: Structure', in Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV, Elsevier, pp. 1 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818655-8.00068-8
,2018, 'Chapter Two Organic Reaction Outcomes in Ionic Liquids', in , Elsevier, pp. 49 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.apoc.2018.09.001
,2018, 'Selecting Ionic Liquids to Enhance and Control Reaction Outcomes', in Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409547-2.14212-x
,2017, 'Reactions in Ionic Liquids', in Encyclopedia of Physical Organic Chemistry, Volume 2, Wiley
,2015, 'Variation of the cation of ionic liquids: the effects on their physicochemical properties and reaction outcome', in Attanasi OA; Noto R; Spinelli D (ed.), Targets in Heterocyclic Systems: Chemistry and Properties, Vol 18, SOC CHIMICA ITALIANA, pp. 141 - 213
,2011, ''Recent Advances in the NMR Spectroscopy of Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine'', in Webb G (ed.), Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, Academic Press, pp. 63 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097074-5.00002-5
,2011, 'Chapter 2 Recent Advances in the NMR Spectroscopy of Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine', in , Elsevier, pp. 63 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097074-5.00002-5
,2008, 'Pyridines and their benzo derivatives: Structure', in Black DS; Katrizky AR; Ramsden CA; Scriven EFV; Taylor RJK (ed.), Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry: Six Membered Rings with One Heteroatom with Fused Carbbocyclic Derivatives, Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 1 - 38
,2006, 'A molecular reactor for the synthesis of indirubin and related compounds', in Meijer L; Guyard N; Skaltsounis L; Eisenbrand G (ed.), Indirubin, the red shade of indigo, Life in Progress Editions, Roscoff, France, pp. 127 - 134
,Journal articles
2024, 'Effects of Ionic Liquids on the Nucleofugality of Dimethyl Sulfide', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 89, pp. 14929 - 14939, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01685
,2024, 'Fluoromethylketone-Fragment Conjugates Designed as Covalent Modifiers of EcDsbA are Atypical Substrates', ChemMedChem, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202300684
,2024, 'Mechanistic and Kinetic Insights into Intermolecular [2+2] Photocycloadditions', ACS Catalysis, 14, pp. 8758 - 8766, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c01678
,2024, 'Effects of Ionic Liquids on the Nucleofugality of Bromide', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 89, pp. 6247 - 6256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c00249
,2024, 'Thermal Stability of Protic Ionic Liquids', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128, pp. 4208 - 4219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c08011
,2023, 'The effects of ionic liquids on the ethanolysis of a chloroacenaphthene. Evaluation of the effectiveness of nucleofugality data to predict reaction outcome', RSC Advances, 13, pp. 21036 - 21043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ra04302a
,2023, 'Diffusion Measurements To Understand Dynamics and Structuring in Solutions Involving a Homologous Series of Ionic Liquids', ChemPhysChem, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202300015
,2023, 'Tribochemistry of imidazolium and phosphonium bis(oxalato)borate ionic liquids: Understanding the differences', Tribology International, 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2023.108263
,2022, 'The Core Difference between a Mesoionic and a Normal N-Heterocyclic Carbene', ACS Omega, 7, pp. 34657 - 34664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c04682
,2022, 'Improving the Accuracy of Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Models with Polarized Fragment Charges', Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 18, pp. 5607 - 5617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00491
,2022, 'Recent advances in the use of ionic liquids as solvents for protein-based materials and chemistry', Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2022.100637
,2022, 'Understanding the Failure Mechanism of Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries: Metal Anode Perspective Through X-Ray Tomography', Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202100164
,2022, 'Effects of Ionic Liquids on the Nucleofugality of Chloride', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87, pp. 1767 - 1779, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c02043
,2022, 'Solvation Effects in Organic Chemistry', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 87, pp. 1599 - 1601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.1c03148
,2022, 'Correlating Electronic Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes with Structure, and the Implications of Using Different Probes', ChemistrySelect, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/slct.202104348
,2021, 'Steric Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes affect the Performance of Electronic Probes', European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, pp. 4954 - 4958, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202100796
,2021, 'Non-traditional solvent effects in organic reactions', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, pp. 26028 - 26029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cp90187g
,2021, 'The effect of anion architecture on the lubrication chemistry of phosphonium orthoborate ionic liquids', Scientific Reports, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02763-5
,2021, 'Boundary lubricity of phosphonium bisoxalatoborate ionic liquids', Tribology International, 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2021.107075
,2021, 'The effects of using an ionic liquid as a solvent for a reaction that proceeds through a phenonium ion', Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.4217
,2021, 'On the Accuracy of QM/MM Models: A Systematic Study of Intramolecular Proton Transfer Reactions of Amino Acids in Water', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, pp. 9304 - 9316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04876
,2021, 'A Dual NMR Probe Approach to Understanding the Electronic Properties of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes', Chemistry-Methods, 1, pp. 374 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmtd.202100043
,2021, 'Rapid relaxation NMR measurements to predict rate coefficients in ionic liquid mixtures. An examination of reaction outcome changes in a homologous series of ionic liquids', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, pp. 9878 - 9888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cp06066f
,2021, 'Explanation of Substituent Effects on the Enolization of β-Diketones and β-Ketoesters', Journal of Chemical Education, 98, pp. 1043 - 1048, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c01076
,2021, 'Machine learning approaches to understand and predict rate constants for organic processes in mixtures containing ionic liquids', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23, pp. 2742 - 2752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cp04227g
,2020, 'Controlling the outcome of S
2020, 'The effect of bisimidazolium-based ionic liquids on a bimolecular substitution process. Are two head(group)s better than one?', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 18, pp. 7388 - 7395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ob01500h
,2020, 'Controlling the reactions of 1-bromogalactose acetate in methanol using ionic liquids as co-solvents', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 18, pp. 5442 - 5452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ob01198c
,2020, 'Hydrogen-Bonding Donor-Acceptor Stenhouse Adducts', ChemPhotoChem, 4, pp. 407 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cptc.201900295
,2020, 'The p: K
2020, 'Palaeoclimate potential of New Zealand Manoao colensoi (silver pine) tree rings using Blue-Intensity (BI)', Dendrochronologia, 60, pp. 125664 - 125664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125664
,2019, 'A new preparation method for testate amoebae in minerogenic sediments', Mires and Peat, 24, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.19189/MaP.2018.OMB.380
,2019, 'Investigating Variation of the Pnicogen Nucleophilic Heteroatom on Ionic Liquid Solvent Effects in Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution Processes', ChemPlusChem, 84, pp. 534 - 539, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201900188
,2019, 'The Dependence of Ionic Liquid Solvent Effects on the Nucleophilic Heteroatom in S
2019, 'Correlating ionic liquid solvent effects with solvent parameters for a reaction that proceeds through a xanthylium intermediate', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 17, pp. 9336 - 9342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ob01807g
,2019, 'Resolving X-ray photoelectron spectra of ionic liquids with difference spectroscopy', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, pp. 114 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8cp06701e
,2019, 'The effect of the structure of the anion of an ionic liquid on the rate of reaction at a phosphorus centre', Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.3819
,2019, 'The impact of cation structure upon the acidity of triazolium salts in dimethyl sulfoxide', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 18, pp. 66 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ob02258a
,2019, 'Understanding the effects of ionic liquids on a unimolecular substitution process: Correlating solvent parameters with reaction outcome', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 17, pp. 675 - 682, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ob02460j
,2019, 'Understanding the effects of solvate ionic liquids as solvents on substitution processes', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 17, pp. 9243 - 9250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ob01753d
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