By Professor Jon Beves

Journal articles

Beves JE, 2012, 'Metal template synthesis of molecular knots and links', Chimia, 66, pp. 170 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2012.170

Beves JE; Blight BA; Campbell CJ; Leigh DA; McBurney RT, 2011, 'Strategien und Taktiken für die metallgesteuerte Synthese von Rotaxanen, Knoten, Catenanen und Verschlingungen höherer Ordnung', Angewandte Chemie, 123, pp. 9428 - 9499, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201007963

Beves JE; Blight BA; Campbell CJ; Leigh DA; McBurney RT, 2011, 'Strategies and tactics for the metal-directed synthesis of rotaxanes, knots, catenanes, and higher order links', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50, pp. 9260 - 9327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201007963

Beves JE; Leigh DA, 2010, 'Interlocked molecules: Linking rings without templates', Nature Chemistry, 2, pp. 708 - 710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.745

D'Souza DM; Carrillo R; Blight BA; Beves JE; Papmeyer M; Howgego D; Leigh DA, 2010, 'Walking transition metal complexes', ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 240, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000208164705412&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S; Zampese JA, 2009, 'Substituent effects in homoleptic iron(II) and ruthenium(II) complexes of 4′-hydrazone derivatives of 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine', Polyhedron, 28, pp. 3828 - 3838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2009.08.014

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S; Zampese JA, 2009, 'Building functionality into 4′-hydrazone derivatives of 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine', Helvetica Chimica Acta, 92, pp. 2214 - 2226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hlca.200900132

Beves JE; Constable EC; Decurtins S; Dunphy EL; Housecroft CE; Keene TD; Neuburger M; Schaffner S; Zampese JA, 2009, 'Structural diversity in the reactions of 4′-(pyridyl)-2,2′: 6′,2″-terpyridine ligands and bis{4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′: 6′,2″-terpyridine}iron(II) with copper(II) salts', Crystengcomm, 11, pp. 2406 - 2416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b909639f

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S, 2009, 'Ditopic, flexible hydrazone-based building blocks with pendant 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine metal-binding domains', Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 12, pp. 898 - 901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2009.07.008

Silvi S; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Beves JE; Dunphy EL; Tomasulo M; Raymo FM; Credi A, 2009, 'All-optical integrated logic operations based on chemical communication between molecular switches', Chemistry A European Journal, 15, pp. 178 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.200801645

Silvi S; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Beves JE; Dunphy EL; Tomasulo M; Raymo FM; Credi A, 2009, 'Photochemical switching of luminescence and singlet oxygen generation by chemical signal communication', Chemical Communications, pp. 1484 - 1486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b900712a

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Kepert CJ; Neuburger M; Price DJ; Schaffner S; Zampese JA, 2008, 'Curly-curly, loop-loop: Homoleptic metal(ii) complexes of pyridinecarbaldehyde 4′-(2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridyl) hydrazones and their coordination polymers', Dalton Transactions, pp. 6742 - 6751, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b810906k

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S; Zampese JA, 2008, '4′-Chloro-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine (L): ethyl sulfate salts of [H2L]2+ and the single crystal structures of [H2L][EtOSO3]Cl · H2O and [ML2][PF6]2 with M = Fe and Ru', Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 11, pp. 1006 - 1008, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2008.04.026

Beves JE; Chwalisz P; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S; Zampese JA, 2008, 'A new polymorph of 4′-tolyl-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine (ttpy) and the single crystal structures of [Fe(ttpy)2][PF6]2 and [Ru(ttpy)2][PF6]2', Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 11, pp. 1009 - 1011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2008.04.033

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S, 2008, 'A pyrazolyl-terminated 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine ligand: Iron(II), ruthenium(II) and palladium(II) complexes of 4′-(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine', Polyhedron, 27, pp. 2395 - 2401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.poly.2008.04.022

Beves JE; Constable EC; Decurtins S; Dunphy EL; Housecroft CE; Keene TD; Neuburger M; Schaffner S, 2008, 'Homoleptic metal complexes of 4′-(5-pyrimidinyl)-2,2′:6′, 2″-terpyridine: Tetrafurcated expanded ligands', Crystengcomm, 10, pp. 986 - 990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b807193b

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S; Zampese JA, 2008, '4′-hydrazone derivatives of 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine: Protonation and substituent effects', European Journal of Organic Chemistry, pp. 3569 - 3581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.200800301

Beves JE; Bray DJ; Clegg JK; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Jolliffe KA; Kepert CJ; Lindoy LF; Neuburger M; Price DJ; Schaffner S; Schaper F, 2008, 'Expanding the 4,4′-bipyridine ligand: Structural variation in {M(pytpy)2}2+ complexes (pytpy = 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine, M = Fe, Ni, Ru) and assembly of the hydrogen-bonded, one-dimensional polymer {[Ru (pytpy) (Hpytpy)]}n3 n+', Inorganica Chimica Acta, 361, pp. 2582 - 2590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2007.10.040

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S, 2008, 'A one-dimensional copper(ii) coordination polymer containing [Fe(pytpy)2]2+ (pytpy = 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′: 6′,2″-terpyridine) as an expanded 4,4′-bipyridine ligand: A hydrogen-bonded network penetrated by rod-like polymers', Crystengcomm, 10, pp. 344 - 348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b713001e

Beves JE; Dunphy EL; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Kepert CJ; Neuburger M; Price DJ; Schaffner S, 2008, 'Vectorial property dependence in bis{4′-(n-pyridyl)-2,2′: 6′,2″-terpyridine}iron(ii) and ruthenium(ii) complexes with n = 2, 3 and 4', Dalton Transactions, pp. 386 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b714970k

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Kepert CJ; Neuburger M; Price DJ; Schaffner S, 2007, 'The conjugate acid of bis{4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′:6′, 2″-terpyridine}iron(ii) as a self-complementary hydrogen-bonded building block', Crystengcomm, 9, pp. 1073 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b710332h

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S, 2007, 'A palladium(II) complex of 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine: Lattice control through an interplay of stacking and hydrogen bonding effects', Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 10, pp. 1185 - 1188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2007.07.005

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Kepert CJ; Price DJ, 2007, 'The first example of a coordination polymer from the expanded 4,4′-bipyridine ligand Ru(pytpy)22+ (pytpy = 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′6′,2″-terpyridine)', Crystengcomm, 9, pp. 353 - 357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b702560b

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S; Shardlow EJ, 2007, '[n+n]-Heterometallomacrocyclic complexes (n ≥ 2) prepared from platinum(ii)-centred ditopic 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine ligands: Dimensional cataloguing by pulsed-field gradient spin-echo NMR spectroscopy', Dalton Transactions, pp. 1593 - 1602, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b618197j

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Kepert CJ; Price DJ, 2007, 'The first example of a coordination polymer from the expanded 4,4′-bipyridine ligand Ru(pytpy)22+ (pytpy = 4′-(4-pyridyl)-2,2′6′,2″-terpyridine)', Crystengcomm, 9, pp. 456 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b703622a

Beves JE; Constable EC; Housecroft CE; Neuburger M; Schaffner S, 2006, '4′-Chloro-2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine', Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, 62, pp. o2497 - o2498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600536806019180

Beyes JE; Chapman BE; Kuchel PW; Lindoy LF; McMurtrie J; McPartlin M; Thordarson P; Wei G, 2006, 'New discrete metallocycles incorporating palladium(II) and platinum(II) corners and dipyridyldibenzotetra-aza[14]annulene side units', Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, pp. 744 - 750

Conference Papers

Schmidt TW; Tayebjee MJY; Nielsen MP; McCamey DR; Ekins-Daukes N; Baldacchino A; Mo A; Brett MW; Pearce PM; Ciesla AM; Chang NL; Hoex B; Beves JE; Jiang Y; McNab S; Carwithen BP; de Clercq DM; Tong J, 2024, 'Singlet fission solar cells', SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, pp. 2, presented at Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices XIII, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3003348

de Clercq D; Carwithen B; Hosseinabadi P; Nielsen M; Brett M; Prasad S; Farahani A; Li H; Feng J; Beves J; Ekins-Daukes N; Cole J; Thordarson P; Tayebjee M; Schmidt T; Sanders S, 2024, 'Resolving the emissive intermediate in singlet fission', Fundacio Scito, presented at Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2024.011

Ayme J-F; Beves JE; Campbell CJ; Leigh DA; Slawin AMZ, 2012, 'Synthesis of topologically complex molecules', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, PA, Philadelphia, presented at 244th National Fall Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), PA, Philadelphia, 19 August 2012 - 23 August 2012

Working Papers

Kennedy A; DiNardi R; Fillbrook L; Donald W; Beves J, Visible light switching of metallosupramolecular assemblies, Cambridge University Press (CUP), http://dx.doi.org10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-rfd1m

Preprints

Capomolla SS; Leonhardt CM; Rasheed S; Violi JP; Donald WA; Lusby PJ; Beves JE, 2026, Catalysis by a metastable photoswitchable cage, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15003829/v3

Sarma KA; Chak MH; Newman NE; Violi JP; Donald WA; Beves JE, 2026, Red Light Photoswitching in Discrete Indigo Self-Assemblies, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15004051/v1

Capomolla SS; Leonhardt CM; Rasheed S; Violi JP; Donald WA; Lusby PJ; Beves JE, 2026, Catalysis by a metastable photoswitchable cage, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15003829/v2

Capomolla SS; Leonhardt CM; Rasheed S; Violi JP; Donald WA; Lusby PJ; Beves JE, 2026, Catalysis by a metastable photoswitchable cage, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15003829/v1

Rashidnejad H; Schmidt TW; Peeks MD; Beves JE, 2026, Determining the absorption spectra and photostationary state distributions of molecular photoswitches, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.10001656/v1

Chak MH; de Graaf FV; Bellan R; Violi JP; Donald WA; Vantomme G; Meijer EW; Beves J, 2026, The emergence of chirality in time and space: transient asymmetry in supramolecular polymers triggered by visible light, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2026-x0r9k

Fillbrook L; Günther J-P; Majer G; Price W; Fischer P; Beves J, 2021, Errors in the Use of NMR to Test Molecular Mobility during a Chemical Reaction, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.14306771.v1

Larik F; Fillbrook L; Nurttila S; Martin AD; Kuchel RP; Taief KA; Bhadbhade M; Beves J; Thordarson P, 2020, Ultra-Low Molecular Weight Photoswitchable Hydrogelators, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12950858.v4

MacDonald T; Price WS; Astumian RD; Beves J, 2019, Enhanced Diffusion of Molecular Catalysts Is Due to Convection, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.8259317.v1

Hakonen A; Beves JE, 2018, Hue Parameter Fluorescence Identification of Edible Oils with a Smartphone, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.6854486

Baumgartner B; Glembockyte V; Gonzalez-Hernandez AJ; Valavalkar A; Mayer RJ; Fillbrook LL; Müller-Deku A; Zhang J; Steiner F; Gross C; Reynders M; Munguba H; Arefin A; Ofial A; Beves JE; Lohmueller T; Dietzek-Ivanšic B; Broichhagen J; Tinnefeld P; Levitz J; Thorn-Seshold O, A general method for near-infrared photoswitching in biology, demonstrated by the >700 nm photocontrol of GPCR activity in brain slices, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-vm4n3

Bajpayee S; Murugan V; Price WS; Rana S; Beves J, Aggregation of phosphates enhances enzyme activity in aqueous solution, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-brhc1

MacDonald T; Schmidt T; Beves J, An All-Photonic Molecular Amplifier and Binary Flip-flop, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.13277855

Beves J; Wimberger L; Andréasson J, Basic-to-acidic reversible pH switching with a merocyanine photoacid, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-wnts7

Capomolla SS; Leonhardt CM; Rasheed S; Violi JP; Donald WA; Lusby PJ; Beves JE, Catalysis by a metastable photoswitchable cage, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15003829/v4

Capomolla SS; Leonhardt CM; Rasheed S; Violi JP; Donald WA; Lusby PJ; Beves JE, Catalysis by a metastable photoswitchable cage, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.15003829/v5

Günther J-P; Fillbrook L; MacDonald T; Majer G; Price WS; Fischer P; Beves J, Comment on “Boosted Molecular Mobility During Common Chemical Reactions", http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.13023164

MacDonald T; Feringa BL; Price WS; Wezenberg SJ; Beves J, Controlled Diffusion of Photoswitchable Receptors by Binding Antielectrostatic Phosphate Oligomers, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.12298919

Carwithen B; Bajpayee S; Brett M; de Clercq D; Baldacchino A; Ekins-Daukes N; Nielsen M; Tayebjee M; Beves J; Schmidt T, Exploiting transient anisotropy to reveal detailed molecular-frame ultrafast dynamics, http://dx.doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-26q6r

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