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2017, '23rd IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC-23)', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 89, pp. 677, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pac-2017-0311
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,2016, 'NMR Diffusion Measurements as a Simple Method to Examine Solvent–Solvent and Solvent–Solute Interactions in Mixtures of the Ionic Liquid [Bmim][N(SO
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
,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
,2016, 'Synthesis of 1-Substituted Fluorenones', Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 36, pp. 697 - 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10406638.2015.1046609
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,2016, 'ChemInform Abstract: NMR Spectroscopy to Follow Reaction Progress in Ionic Liquids', ChemInform, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201632280
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,2015, 'Effect of Modifying the Anion of an Ionic Liquid on the Outcome of an S
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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,2015, 'ChemInform Abstract: Towards Solvent‐Controlled Reactivity in Ionic Liquids', ChemInform, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201516364
,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
,2014, 'Incrementally increasing the length of a peptide backbone: Effect on macrocyclisation efficiency', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 12, pp. 4598 - 4601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4ob00492b
,2014, 'Effect of ionic liquid (Bmim[NTf2]) on the rate of reaction in the synthesis of some new azole compounds as antifungal agents', Science Research, 2, pp. 125 - 131
,2013, 'Probing the importance of ionic liquid structure: A general ionic liquid effect on an S
2013, 'Towards solvent-controlled reactivity in ionic liquids', Pure and Applied Chemistry, 85, pp. 1979 - 1990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-CON-12-10-22
,2013, 'Does the cation really matter? the effect of modifying an ionic liquid cation on an S
2013, 'Towards reaction control using an ionic liquid: Biasing outcomes of reactions of benzyl halides', RSC Advances, 3, pp. 15698 - 15704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3ra42820f
,2012, 'Using an Electrical Potential to Reversibly Switch Surfaces between Two States for Dynamically Controlling Cell Adhesion', Angewandte Chemie, 124, pp. 7826 - 7830, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201202118
,2012, 'A novel route to copper(II)detection using ‘click’ chemistry- induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles', Analyst, 137, pp. 82 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C1AN15693D
,2012, 'Investigating the origin of entropy-derived rate accelerations in ionic liquids', Faraday Discussions, 154, pp. 365 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1fd00060h
,2012, 'Using an electrical potential to reversibly switch surfaces between two states for dynamically controlling cell adhesion', Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 51, pp. 7706 - 7710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201202118
,2011, 'ChemInform Abstract: Recent Advances in the NMR Spectroscopy of Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine', ChemInform, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201141279
,2011, 'Oxidative acetylenic coupling reactions as a surface chemistry tool', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13, pp. 15624 - 15632
,2011, 'Recent Advances in the NMR Spectroscopy of Chlorine, Bromine and Iodine', Annual Reports on Nmr Spectroscopy, 73, pp. 63 - 82
,2010, 'ChemInform Abstract: Wet Chemical Routes to the Assembly of Organic Monolayers on Silicon Surfaces via the Formation of Si—C Bonds: Surface Preparation, Passivation and Functionalization', ChemInform, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201042248
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