• Mechanistic study of in situ generation and use of methanesulfonyl azide as a diazo transfer reagent with real-time monitoring by FlowNMR 

  Lynch, Denis; O'Mahony, Rosella M.; McCarthy, Daniel G.; Bateman, Lorraine M.; Collins, Stuart G.; Maguire, Anita R. (Wiley, 2019-05-07)

  The mechanistic pathway by which the hazardous diazo transfer reagent methanesulfonyl azide can be formed in situ, from methanesulfonyl chloride and aqueous sodium azide, has been investigated using real-time reaction ...
• Highly stable PEGylated gold nanoparticles in water: applications in biology and catalysis 

  Rahme, Kamil; Nolan, Marie Therese; Doody, Timothy; McGlacken, Gerard P.; Morris, Michael A.; O'Driscoll, Caitríona M.; Holmes, Justin D. (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2013-08-21)

  Here we report the synthesis of well dispersed gold nanoparticles (Au NPs), with diameters ranging between 5 and 60 nm, in water and demonstrate their potential usefulness in catalysis and biological applications. ...
• The impact of recent developments in technologies which enable the increased use of biocatalysts 

  Foley, Aoife M.; Maguire, Anita R. (Wiley, 2019-04-10)

  While biocatalytic transformations are very powerful in enantioselective synthesis, frequently occurring under mild conditions, and proceed with extraordinary selectivity, there are practical challenges associated with the ...
• Novel rhodium carboxylates as powerful enantioselective catalysts 

  Buckley, Aoife (University College Cork, 2019)

  This thesis describes the design and synthesis of novel rhodium carboxylates for use as enantioselective catalysts in transformations of α-diazocarbonyl compounds. Enantioselectivities of up to 93% ee were achieved in a ...
• Crystallisation kinetics of organic compounds; quinacridone derivatives as UV-active probes of solution state pre-nucleation phenomena 

  Shanahan, Louise (University College Cork, 2019)

  An ideal crystallisation process is predictable and reproducible; a less than simple ask. The influence of pre-nucleation molecular interactions in solution on the crystallised phase obtained has been highlighted. To improve ...

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