By Dr Anthony Ivan Day

Book Chapters

Day AI; Atthar AS, 2020, 'Drug Delivery Vehicles Based on Glycoluril Oligomers', in Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry, pp. 238 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781788015967-00238

Day AI; Collins JG, 2012, 'Cucurbituril Receptors and Drug Delivery', in Gale PA; Steed JW (ed.), Supramolecular Chemistry: From Molecules to Nanomaterials, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, pp. 983 - 1000

Journal articles

Atthar AS; Saha S; Abdulrahman A; Day AI, 2024, 'Microwave Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles in the Presence of Tetrahydrothiophenocucurbituril', Molecules, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules29010168

Al Muqarrabun LMR; Atthar AS; Kumar C P; Mandadapu V; Abdulrahman A; Iranmanesh H; Beves JE; Day AI, 2023, 'Gold and Silver Chains from Tetrahydrothiophenocucurbit[6]uril as Au or Ag-Nanoparticles', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 88, pp. 12208 - 12215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c00413

Al Tbakhi B; Nsairat H; Alshaer W; Al-Kadash A; Helal W; Alrawashdeh L; Day A; Assaf KI; Hassouneh R; Odeh F; Al Bawab A, 2022, 'Cinnamaldehyde-cucurbituril complex: investigation of loading efficiency and its role in enhancing cinnamaldehyde in vitro anti-tumor activity', RSC ADVANCES, 12, pp. 7540 - 7549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2ra00044j

Chen M; Lv N; Zhao W; Day AI, 2021, 'The cyclobutanocucurbit[5–8]uril family: Electronegative cavities in contrast to classical cucurbituril while the electropositive outer surface acts as a crystal packing driver', Molecules, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26237343

Luis ET; Day AI; König B; Beves JE, 2020, 'Photophysical Activity and Host-Guest Behavior of Ruthenium Polypyridyl Catalysts Encapsulated in Cucurbit[10]uril', Inorganic Chemistry, 59, pp. 9135 - 9142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00986

Anis-Ul-Haque KM; Woodward CE; Day AI; Wallace L, 2020, 'Interaction of the Large Host Q[10] with Metal Polypyridyl Complexes: Binding Modes and Effects on Luminescence', Inorganic Chemistry, 59, pp. 3942 - 3953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03603

Dhiman R; Pen S; Chandrakumar PK; Frankcombe TJ; Day AI, 2020, 'Glycoluril derived cucurbituril analogues and the emergence of the most recent example: Tiarauril', Chemical Communications, 56, pp. 2529 - 2537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9cc07233k

Chandrakumar PK; Dhiman R; Woodward CE; Iranmanesh H; Beves JE; Day AI, 2019, 'Tiara[ n]uril: A Glycoluril-Based Macrocyclic Host with Cationic Walls', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84, pp. 3826 - 3831, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.8b02913

Sun B; Musgrave IF; Day AI; Heimann K; Keene FR; Collins JG, 2018, 'Eukaryotic cell toxicity and HSA binding of [Ru(Me4phen)(bb7)]²⁺ and the effect of encapsulation in cucurbit[10]uril', Frontiers in Chemistry, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00595

Wu W; Cronin MP; Wallace L; Day AI, 2018, 'An Exploration of Induced Supramolecular Chirality Through Association of Chiral Ammonium Ions and Tartrates with the Achiral Host Cucurbit[7]uril', Israel Journal of Chemistry, 58, pp. 479 - 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201700112

Alrawashdeh LR; Cronin MP; Day AI; Wallace L; Woodward CE, 2018, 'Modelling the luminescence of iridium cyclometalated complexes encapsulated in cucurbituril', Analyst, pp. - - -, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7AN01632H

Zhao Y; Mandadapu V; Iranmanesh H; Beves JE; Day AI, 2017, 'The Inheritance Angle: A Determinant for the Number of Members in the Substituted Cucurbit[n]uril Family', Organic Letters, 19, pp. 4034 - 4037, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01786

Wu WJ; Wu F; Day AI, 2017, 'Molecular Snuggle and Stretch of a Tetraammonium Chain in the Construction of a Hetero-[4]pseudorotaxane with CyclopentanoQ[6] and Classical Q[7]', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82, pp. 5507 - 5515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6b02813

Konda SK; Maliki R; McGrath S; Parker BS; Robinson T; Spurling A; Cheong A; Lock P; Pigram PJ; Phillips DR; Wallace L; Day AI; Collins JG; Cutts SM, 2017, 'Encapsulation of Mitoxantrone within Cucurbit[8]uril Decreases Toxicity and Enhances Survival in a Mouse Model of Cancer', ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 8, pp. 538 - 542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00090

Li F; Gorle AK; Ranson M; Vine KL; Kinobe R; Feterl M; Warner JM; Keene FR; Collins JG; Day AI, 2017, 'Probing the pharmacokinetics of cucurbit[7, 8 and 10]uril: And a dinuclear ruthenium antimicrobial complex encapsulated in cucurbit[10]uril', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 15, pp. 4172 - 4179, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ob00724h

Al Rawashdeh L; Cronin MP; Woodward CE; Day AI; Wallace L, 2016, 'Iridium Cyclometalated Complexes in Host–Guest Chemistry: A Strategy for Maximizing Quantum Yield in Aqueous Media', Inorganic Chemistry, 55, pp. 6759 - 6769, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01037

Sigwalt D; Moncelet D; Falcinelli S; Mandadapu V; Zavalij PY; Day A; Briken V; Isaacs L, 2016, 'Acyclic Cucurbit[ n ]uril-Type Molecular Containers: Influence of Linker Length on Their Function as Solubilizing Agents', ChemMedChem, 11, pp. 980 - 989, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.201600090

Li X; Heimann K; Dinh XT; Keene FR; Collins JG, 2016, 'Biological processing of dinuclear ruthenium complexes in eukaryotic cells', Molecular BioSystems, 12, pp. 3032 - 3045, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6mb00431h

Li X; Heimann K; Li F; Warner JM; Richard Keene F; Grant Collins J, 2016, 'Dinuclear ruthenium(II) complexes containing one inert metal centre and one coordinatively-labile metal centre: Syntheses and biological activities', Dalton Transactions, 45, pp. 4017 - 4029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5dt04885k

Bali MS; Armitt D; Wallace L; Day AI, 2015, 'Rapid degradation of cyclic peroxides by titanium and antimony chlorides', Dalton Transactions, 44, pp. 6775 - 6783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5dt00200a

Mandadapu V; Day AI; Ghanem A, 2015, 'ChemInform Abstract: Cucurbituril: Chiral Applications', ChemInform, 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201532250

Day AI, 2014, 'Cucurbit[n]uril', Supramolecular Chemistry, 26, pp. 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2014.947824

Kumar CP; Wu F; Woodward CE; Day AI, 2014, 'The influence of equatorial substitution and K⁺ ion concentration: An encapsulation study of CH4, CH3F, CH3Cl, CH2F2 and CF4, in Q[5], CYP5Q[5] and a CYP5Q[5]-carboxylate derivative', Supramolecular Chemistry, 26, pp. 670 - 676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2014.936866

Day AI, 2014, 'Editorial : Cucurbit[n]uril', Supramolecular Chemistry, 26, pp. 631 - 631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2014.947824

Chandra Kumar P; Wu F; Woodward CE; Day AI, 2014, 'The influence of equatorial substitution and K+ ion concentration: An encapsulation study of CH4, CH3F, CH3Cl, CH2F2 and CF4, in Q[5], CyP5Q[5] and a CyP5Q[5]-carboxylate derivative', Supramolecular Chemistry, 26, pp. 670 - 676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2014.936866

Mandadapu V; Wu F; Day AI, 2014, 'ChemInform Abstract: Fe(OTf)₃ versus Bi(OTf)₃ as Mild Catalysts in Epoxide Oxidative Ring‐Opening, Urea α‐Diketone Condensation, and Glycoluril Diether Synthesis.', ChemInform, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201433189

Wu F; Mandadapu V; Day AI, 2014, 'ChemInform Abstract: Bi(OTf)₃ — A Mild Catalyst for the Synthesis of Difficult to Obtain C‐Alkyl Substituted Glycolurils.', ChemInform, 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201415140

Mandadapu V; Wu F; Day AI, 2014, 'Fe(OTf) versus Bi(OTf) as Mild Catalysts in Epoxide Oxidative Ring-Opening, Urea α-Diketone Condensation, and Glycoluril Diether Synthesis', Organic Letters, 16, pp. 1275 - 1277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol5000428

Mandadapu V; Day AI; Ghanem A, 2014, 'Cucurbituril: Chiral Applications', Chirality, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chir.22363

Bali MS; Wallace L; Day AI; Armitt D, 2014, 'Cyclic pentanone peroxide: Sensitiveness and suitability as a model for triacetone triperoxide', Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59, pp. 936 - 942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.12439

Alrawashdeh LR; Day AI; Wallace L, 2013, 'Strong enhancement of luminescence from an iridium polypyridyl complex via encapsulation in cucurbituril', Dalton Transactions, 42, pp. 16478 - 16481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3dt51836a

Wu F; Mandadapu V; Day AI; wu F, 2013, 'Bi(OTf)-a mild catalyst for the synthesis of difficult to obtain C-alkyl substituted glycolurils', Tetrahedron, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.09.071

Li F; Feterl M; Warner JM; Day AI; Keene FR; Collins JG, 2013, 'Protein binding by dinuclear polypyridyl ruthenium(ii) complexes and the effect of cucurbit[10]uril encapsulation', Journal of the Royal Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 42, pp. 8868 - 8877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3dt50551k

Day AI; Xiao X; Zhang Y; Zhu Q; Xue S; Tao Z, 2012, 'ChemInform Abstract: Substituted Cucurbit[n]uril Rings, Catenanes and Channels', ChemInform, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201215263

Wu F; Wu L; Xiao X; Zhang Y-Q; Xue S; Tao Z; Day AI, 2012, 'Locating the Cyclopentano Cousins of the Cucurbit[n]uril Family', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 77, pp. 606 - 611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo2021778

Woodward CE; Forsman J, 2011, 'Analytical theory of ideal polydisperse polymers at interfaces', Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 13, pp. 5764 - 5770, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C0CP01239D

Feng X; Chen K; Zhang Y-Q; Xue S; Zhu Q; Tao Z; Day AI, 2011, 'Stable cucurbit[5]uril MOF structures as 'beaded' rings built on a p-hydroxybenzoic acid template - a small molecule absorption material', CrystEngComm, 13, pp. 5049 - 5051, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C1CE05051F

Day AI; Xiao X; Zhang Y-Q; Zhu Q; Xue S; Tao Z, 2011, 'Substituted cucurbit[n]uril rings, catenanes and channels', Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 71, pp. 281 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10847-011-9989-3

Woodward CE; Harris KR; Day A, 2010, 'A lattice-hole theory for conductivity in ionic liquid mixtures: application to ionic liquid plus water mixtures', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12, pp. 1172 - 1176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b919835k

Pisani M; Zhao Y; Wallace L; Woodward CE; Keene FR; Day AI; Collins JG, 2010, 'Cucurbit[10]uril binding of dinuclear platinum(II) and ruthenium(II) complexes: association/dissociation rates from seconds to hours', Journal of the Royal Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 39, pp. 2078 - 2086, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b921172a

Zhao Y; Pourgholami MH; Morris DL; Collins JG; Day AI, 2010, 'Enhanced cytotoxicity of benzimidazole carbamate derivatives and solubilisation by encapsulation in cucurbit[n]uril', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 8, pp. 3328 - 3337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c003732j

Xiao X; He L; Tao Z; Xue S; Zhu Q; Day AI, 2010, 'Supramolecular assemblies and modes of binding of the 1,6-hexanedipyridinium ion and the HCl salt of N,N '-bis(3-pyridylmethyl)-diaminoethane, with the symmetrically substituted tetramethylcucurbit[6]uril', Supramolecular Chemistry, 22, pp. 194 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10610270903262368

Uzunova VD; Cullinane C; Brix K; Nau WM; Day AI, 2010, 'Toxicity of cucurbit[7]uril and cucurbit[8]uril: an exploratory in vitro and in vivo study', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 8, pp. 2037 - 2042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b925555a

Wallace L; Cronin MP; Day AI; Buck DP, 2009, 'Electrochemical Method Applicable to Treatment of Wastewater from Nitrotriazolone Production', Environmental Science and Technology, 43, pp. 1993 - 1998

Zhao Y; Bali MS; Cullinane C; Day AI; Collins JG, 2009, 'Synthesis, cytotoxicity and cucurbituril binding of triamine linked dinuclear platinum complexes', Journal of the Royal Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 26, pp. 5190 - 5198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b905112k

Limei Z; Jiannan Z; Yunqian Z; Zhu Q; Xue S; Tao Z; Zhang J; Xin Z; Wei Z; Long L; Day AI, 2008, 'Opposing substitution in cucurbit[6]urils forms ellipsoid cavities: the symmetrical dicyclohexanocucurbit[6]uril is no exception highlighted by inclusion and exclusion complexes', Supramolecular Chemistry, 20, pp. 709 - 716

Zhao Y; Buck DP; Morris DL; Pourgholami MH; Day AI; Collins JG, 2008, 'Solubilisation and cytotoxicity of albendazole encapsulated in cucurbit[n]uril', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 6, pp. 4509 - 4515

Ni X; Lin J; Zheng Y; Wu W; Zhang Y-Q; Xue S; Zhu Q; Tao Z; Day AI, 2008, 'Supramolecular bracelets and interlocking rings elaborated through the interrelationship of neighboring chemical environments of alkyl-substitution on cucurbit[5]uril', Crystal Growth and Design, 8, pp. 3446 - 3450

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