Chemistry
Recent Deposits
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Chemistry of a Stable Vitamin C Glycoside in Apples (Malus spp.) and Other Fruit Crops
The primary aim of the research described in this thesis was to investigate an ascorbyl glycoside tentatively identified in crab apples (Malus sylvestris) by a non-targeted metabolomics study (unpublished thesis, J. Cho, ... -
Bridging the Gap: Synthesis of Bay-Annulated Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes
This thesis consists of five chapters describing the bay-annulation of the planar hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene towards a bowl-shaped hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene where all six bay sites are annulated. Chapter one provides ... -
Carbon-rich coordination cages
This thesis consists of five chapters describing the synthesis and host-guest binding studies of various carbon-rich metallosupramolecular cages. Chapter 1 provides an introduction of the field of metallosupramolecular ... -
Understanding Semi-Volatile Pesticides Fate and Transport: Field and Laboratory Studies with Modelling Approach
The use of pesticides in the agricultural sector, alongside other technological advances, caused dramatic increases in crop yield but also accompanying increases in environmental concerns. Pesticide volatilisation and ... -
New macrocycles for polymerisation catalysis
This thesis concerns the synthesis of diphenylamine-based macrocycles for generating new dimetallic polymerisation catalysts. Chapter 1 introduces the target polymerisations we aim to catalyse, and reviews the current ... -
Modification of Catalytically Active and/or Switchable Complexes for Surface Attachment
The overall aim of this project was to take robust complexes which exhibit reversible redox, catalytic activity, or spin crossover (SCO), and design, prepare and characterise suitably functionalised analogues of them, in ... -
Crystal Engineering of Transition Metal Complexes Containing Triple Hydrogen Bond Synthons: Towards the Co-crystallisation of Complexes
The understanding of the structural features within molecular compounds that facilitate their intermolecular assembly by hydrogen bonding, either with themselves or with complementary species, is important for the construction ... -
Synthesis of oligosaccharides for functionalization of RHDV VLP
Virus-like particles (VLP) present a promising platform for antigen delivery in anticancer vaccines. Conjugation of rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) VLP and simple mannoside components have been shown to increase ... -
Investigation of Ligand Design for the Self-assembly of [2 + 2] Metallomacrocycles Towards Drug Delivery
Antimicrobial resistance has been a pressing issue in medical treatment for over twenty years. Metal-organic compounds have shown potential as an additional source of antimicrobial agents. Additionally, preliminary studies ... -
Tracing Nutrients and Contaminants in Nearshore Food Web
Sewage derived organic matter from domestic and municipal wastewater, promotes enhanced secondary productivity, eutrophication and trace metal contamination, reduction in oxygen levels, and biodiversity. It poses a potential ... -
Flavones from Cyclopropanes: Development of Methodology and the Total Synthesis of Integrin and (±)-Oxyisocyclointegrin
Cyclopropanes are important substrates in organic chemistry able to participate in many different classes of reactions which can be broadly classified as ring opening, cycloaddition and rearrangement reactions. The unique ... -
Marine anoxia during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2: Constraints from the southern palaeo-Pacific and Tethys Oceans using carbon- and uranium-isotope systems
The Cenomanian–Turonian anoxic event or ‘Oceanic Anoxic Event 2’ (OAE 2), occurring c. 94 million years ago, marks one of the most severe climatic disturbances in Earth’s history and is associated with widespread ocean ... -
Applications of α-Oxygenated Cyclopropanes in Organic Methodology
Chapter one firstly details the bonding and reactivity of cyclopropanes, and highlights these aspects in prior literature work. Furthermore the literature syntheses for the 1,3-oxazinone heterocycles, and how cyclopropanes ... -
Interaction of Charge Transfer States in Transition Metal Complexes
The photophysical properties of a range of transition metal 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) complexes have been investigated. A suite of electronic and vibrational spectroscopic techniques including steady state and transient ... -
A Synthetic Methodology for Accessing Ceramide Based iNKT Cell Agonists
It is well established that immunological surveillance is an important method by which cancer is controlled in healthy people. Cancer immunotherapy aims to exploit the power of the host immune system for the targeted ... -
"Click" Functionalised Ferrocene-based Molecular Actuators
This thesis describes the synthesis of 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole functionalised ferrocene ligands, their coordination chemistry, and their ability to act as molecular actuators. It consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 ... -
Copper speciation in different marine ecosystems around New Zealand
Copper (Cu) is an important bioactive trace metal in the marine environment, acting as an essential micronutrient for many marine species. However, it can also be harmful at elevated concentrations, triggering sub-lethal ... -
Carbonylations with Bridged Carbonyl Compounds as CO donors
This thesis describes research carried out to develop a norbornadienone based organic carbon monoxide releasing molecule (CORM) as a safe, solid CO source for various carbonylation reactions. Reaction of 2,5-dimethyl-3,4 ... -
Functionalised Metal Nanoparticles for Surface Attachment Reactions
Surface attachment of functional molecules to metal nanoparticles can facilitate many useful applications such as molecular electronics.1-2 Preparing size-controlled stable nanoparticles with specific surface functionality ... -
N2 Dissociation Over Selected Pure Rare Earth Surfaces
N2 dissociation on a selection of rare earth (RE) elements (Nd, Sm, Eu, Yb) is studied to better understand a recent experimental observation that some rare earth nitrides (RENs) are able to form at ambient temperature and ...