By Associate Professor Jason B Harper

Journal articles

Schaffarczyk McHale KS; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2018, 'Ionic Liquids as Solvents for SN2 Processes. Demonstration of the Complex Interplay of Interactions Resulting in the Observed Solvent Effects', ChemPlusChem, 83, pp. 1162 - 1168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201800510

Hawker RR; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2018, 'Predicting solvent effects in ionic liquids: Extension of a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction on a benzene to a pyridine', Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.3862

Hart WES; Aldous L; Harper JB, 2018, 'Nucleophilic Cleavage of Lignin Model Compounds under Acidic Conditions in an Ionic Liquid: A Mechanistic Study', ChemPlusChem, 83, pp. 348 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201700486

Hawker RR; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2018, 'Rational selection of the cation of an ionic liquid to control the reaction outcome of a substitution reaction', Chemical Communications, 54, pp. 2296 - 2299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8cc00241j

Oss G; De Vos SD; Luc KNH; Harper JB; Nguyen TV, 2018, 'Tropylium-Promoted Oxidative Functionalization of Tetrahydroisoquinolines', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 83, pp. 1000 - 1010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b02584

Hawker RR; Wong MJ; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2018, 'Correction: Rationalising the effects of ionic liquids on a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction (Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (2017) 15 (6433-6440) DOI: 10.1039/C7OB01476G)', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 16, pp. 9069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ob90159g

Black JJ; Dolan A; Harper JB; Aldous L, 2018, 'Kamlet-Taft solvent parameters, NMR spectroscopic analysis and thermoelectrochemistry of lithium-glyme solvate ionic liquids and their dilute solutions', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, pp. 16558 - 16567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8cp02527d

Hawker RR; Harper JB, 2018, 'Organic Reaction Outcomes in Ionic Liquids', Advances in Physical Organic Chemistry, 52, pp. 49 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.apoc.2018.09.001

Abbott A; Abe H; Aldous L; Atkin R; Bendová M; Busato M; Canongia Lopes JN; Costa Gomes M; Cross B; Dietz C; Everts J; Firestone M; Gardas R; Gras M; Greaves T; Halstead S; Hardacre C; Harper J; Holbrey J; Jacquemin J; Jessop P; Macfarlane D; Maier F; Medhi H; Mezger M; Pádua A; Perkin S; Reid JESJ; Saha S; Slattery JM; Thomas ML; Tiwari S; Tsuzuki S; Uralcan B; Watanabe M; Wishart J; Youngs T, 2018, 'Phase behaviour and thermodynamics: General discussion', Faraday Discussions, 206, pp. 113 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7fd90091k

Mallo N; Foley ED; Iranmanesh H; Kennedy ADW; Luis ET; Ho J; Harper JB; Beves JE, 2018, 'Structure-function relationships of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adduct photochromic switches', Chemical Science, 9, pp. 8242 - 8252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8sc03218a

Black JJ; Harper JB; Aldous L, 2018, 'Temperature effect upon the thermoelectrochemical potential generated between lithium metal and lithium ion intercalation electrodes in symmetric and asymmetric battery arrangements', Electrochemistry Communications, 86, pp. 153 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2017.12.005

Hawker RR; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2018, 'The effect of varying the anion of an ionic liquid on the solvent effects on a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 16, pp. 3453 - 3463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ob00651b

Konstandaras N; Matto L; Bhadbhade M; Hunter L; Harper JB, 2017, 'Synthesis and Determination of the pKa Values of a Series of Bis(anilino)furazano[3, 4-b]pyrazines', ChemistrySelect, 2, pp. 7018 - 7023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/slct.201701674

Dunn MH; Konstandaras N; Cole ML; Harper JB, 2017, 'Targeted and Systematic Approach to the Study of pKa Values of Imidazolium Salts in Dimethyl Sulfoxide', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82, pp. 7324 - 7331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b00716

Beves JE; Harper JB; Thordarson P, 2017, '23^rd IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC-23)', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 89, pp. 677, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pac-2017-0311

Keaveney ST; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2017, 'Ionic liquid solvents: The importance of microscopic interactions in predicting organic reaction outcomes', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 89, pp. 745 - 757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1008

Keaveney ST; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2017, 'Investigating Solvent Effects of an Ionic Liquid on Pericyclic Reactions through Kinetic Analyses of Simple Rearrangements', ChemPlusChem, 82, pp. 449 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201600585

Hart WES; Aldous L; Harper JB, 2017, 'Cleavage of ethers in an ionic liquid. Enhancement, selectivity and potential application', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 15, pp. 5556 - 5563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ob01096f

Hawker RR; Wong MJ; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2017, 'Rationalising the effects of ionic liquids on a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 15, pp. 6433 - 6440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ob01476g

Keaveney ST; Greaves TL; Kennedy DF; Harper JB, 2016, 'Understanding the Effect of Solvent Structure on Organic Reaction Outcomes When Using Ionic Liquid/Acetonitrile Mixtures', Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 120, pp. 12687 - 12699, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b11090

Keaveney ST; Schaffarczyk McHale KS; Stranger JW; Ganbold B; Price WS; Harper JB, 2016, 'Inside Back Cover: NMR Diffusion Measurements as a Simple Method to Examine Solvent–Solvent and Solvent–Solute Interactions in Mixtures of the Ionic Liquid [Bmim][N(SO₂CF₃)₂] and Acetonitrile (ChemPhysChem 23/2016)', ChemPhysChem, 17, pp. 4028 - 4028, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201601224

Keaveney ST; Schaffarczyk McHale KS; Stranger JW; Ganbold B; Price WS; Harper JB, 2016, 'NMR Diffusion Measurements as a Simple Method to Examine Solvent–Solvent and Solvent–Solute Interactions in Mixtures of the Ionic Liquid [Bmim][N(SO2CF3)2] and Acetonitrile', ChemPhysChem, 17, pp. 3853 - 3862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201600927

Butler BJ; Harper JB, 2016, 'The effect of the structure of the cation of an ionic liquid on the rate of reaction at a phosphorus centre', Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 29, pp. 700 - 708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/poc.3554

Gondosiswanto R; Gunawan CA; Hibbert DB; Harper JB; Zhao C, 2016, 'Microcontact Printing of Thiol-Functionalized Ionic Liquid Microarrays for "membrane-less" and "spill-less" Gas Sensors', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 31368 - 31374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b08876

George SRD; Scott LT; Harper JB, 2016, 'Synthesis of 1-Substituted Fluorenones', Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 36, pp. 697 - 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10406638.2015.1046609

Butler BJ; Thomas DS; Hook JM; Harper JB, 2016, 'NMR spectroscopy to follow reaction progress in ionic liquids', Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 54, pp. 423 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4161

Hawker RR; Panchompoo J; Aldous L; Harper JB, 2016, 'Novel Chloroimidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids: Synthesis, Characterisation and Behaviour as Solvents to Control Reaction Outcome', ChemPlusChem, 81, pp. 574 - 583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201600099

Francis DV; Harper JB; Gioia S; Lamb RN; Read RW, 2016, 'Defining surface properties of fluorous bis(1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-ylmethyl) ethers', Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 183, pp. 36 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2016.01.007

Blümel M; Crocker RD; Harper JB; Enders D; Nguyen TV, 2016, 'N-Heterocyclic olefins as efficient phase-transfer catalysts for base-promoted alkylation reactions', Chemical Communications, 52, pp. 7958 - 7961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cc03771b

Schaffarczyk McHale KS; Hawker RR; Harper JB, 2016, 'Nitrogen: Versus phosphorus nucleophiles-how changing the nucleophilic heteroatom affects ionic liquid solvent effects in bimolecular nucleophilic substitution processes', New Journal of Chemistry, 40, pp. 7437 - 7444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6nj00721j

Mallo N; Brown PT; Iranmanesh H; MacDonald TSC; Teusner MJ; Harper JB; Ball GE; Beves JE, 2016, 'Photochromic switching behaviour of donor-acceptor Stenhouse adducts in organic solvents', Chemical Communications, 52, pp. 13576 - 13579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CC08079K

Keaveney ST; White BP; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2016, 'The effects of an ionic liquid on unimolecular substitution processes: The importance of the extent of transition state solvation', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14, pp. 2572 - 2580, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ob02598b

Francis DV; Harper JB; Read RW, 2016, 'Titration characteristics of fluorous 1,2,3-triazol-4-ylmethyl ethers, bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-ylmethyl) ethers and bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-ylmethyl) amines', Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 192, pp. 86 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2016.10.012

Bluemel M; Crocker RD; Harper JB; Enders D; Nguyen TV, 2016, 'ChemInform Abstract: N‐Heterocyclic Olefins as Efficient Phase‐Transfer Catalysts for Base‐Promoted Alkylation Reactions.', ChemInform, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201644051

Butler BJ; Thomas DS; Hook JM; Harper JB, 2016, 'ChemInform Abstract: NMR Spectroscopy to Follow Reaction Progress in Ionic Liquids', ChemInform, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201632280

Hawker RR; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2016, 'ChemInform Abstract: Variation of the Cation of Ionic Liquids: The Effects on Their Physicochemical Properties and Reaction Outcome', ChemInform, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201619247

George SRD; Frith TDH; Thomas DS; Harper JB, 2015, 'Putting corannulene in its place. Reactivity studies comparing corannulene with other aromatic hydrocarbons', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13, pp. 9035 - 9041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ob01215e

Keaveney ST; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2015, 'Ionic liquid effects on a multistep process. Increased product formation due to enhancement of all steps', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13, pp. 8925 - 8936, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ob01214g

Keaveney ST; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2015, 'Developing principles for predicting ionic liquid effects on reaction outcome. the importance of the anion in controlling microscopic interactions', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13, pp. 3771 - 3780, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ob02482f

Yau HM; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2015, 'A robust, "one-pot" method for acquiring kinetic data for hammett plots used to demonstrate transmission of substituent effects in reactions of aromatic ethyl esters', Journal of Chemical Education, 92, pp. 538 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ed400701m

Butler BJ; Harper JB, 2015, 'Correction: The effect of an ionic liquid on the rate of reaction at a phosphorus centre', New Journal of Chemistry, 39, pp. 1525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4nj90052a

Keaveney ST; Harper JB; Croft AK, 2015, 'Computational approaches to understanding reaction outcomes of organic processes in ionic liquids', RSC Advances, 5, pp. 35709 - 35729, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ra14676j

Keaveney ST; Francis DV; Cao W; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2015, 'Effect of Modifying the Anion of an Ionic Liquid on the Outcome of an SN2 Process', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 68, pp. 31 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH14117

George SRD; Elton TE; Harper JB, 2015, 'Electronic effects on the substitution reactions of benzhydrols and fluorenyl alcohols. Determination of mechanism and effects of antiaromaticity', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13, pp. 10745 - 10750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ob01637a

Francis DV; Harper JB; Read RW, 2015, 'Fluorous 1,2,3-Triazol-4-ylmethyl Amines and Amine Derivatives for Novel Surfactant Applications', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 68, pp. 57 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH14458

Butler BJ; Harper JB, 2015, 'The effect of an ionic liquid on the rate of reaction at a phosphorus centre', New Journal of Chemistry, 39, pp. 213 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4nj01224k

Hart WES; Harper JB; Aldous L, 2015, 'The effect of changing the components of an ionic liquid upon the solubility of lignin†', Green Chemistry, 17, pp. 214 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4gc01888e

Keaveney ST; Harper JB; Croft AK, 2015, 'ChemInform Abstract: Computational Approaches to Understanding Reaction Outcomes of Organic Processes in Ionic Liquids', ChemInform, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201527319

Yau HM; Keaveney ST; Butler BJ; Tanner EEL; Guerry MS; George SRD; Dunn MH; Croft AK; Harper JB, 2015, 'ChemInform Abstract: Towards Solvent‐Controlled Reactivity in Ionic Liquids', ChemInform, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201516364

Keaveney ST; Schaffarczyk McHale KS; Haines RS; Harper JB, 2014, 'Developing principles for predicting ionic liquid effects on reaction outcome. A demonstration using a simple condensation reaction', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 12, pp. 7092 - 7099, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ob01070a

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