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Reduction of phenylacetylenes using Raney Ni-Al alloy, Al powder in the presence of noble metal catalysts in water (2017)
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Rayhan, U., Kowser, Z., Islam, M. N., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2017). Reduction of phenylacetylenes using Raney Ni-Al alloy, Al powder in the presence of noble metal catalysts in water. Arkivoc, 2018(2), 241-251. https://doi.org/10.24820/ark.5550190.p010.277

Dedicated to Prof. Kenneth Laali on the occasion of his 66th birthday Received mm-dd-yyyy Accepted mm-dd-yyyy Published on line mm-dd-yyyy Dates to be inserted by editorial office Abstract The chemoselective reduction is based on the reaction of Rane... Read More about Reduction of phenylacetylenes using Raney Ni-Al alloy, Al powder in the presence of noble metal catalysts in water.

Synthesis and structure of a chiral areno-bridged [2.4]metacyclophane (2017)
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Islam, M., Akther, T., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, J., Thuéry, P., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2018). Synthesis and structure of a chiral areno-bridged [2.4]metacyclophane. Tetrahedron, 74(2), 329-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2017.11.075

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The reductive coupling reaction of 1,4-bis(3-acetyl-5-tert-butyl-2-methoxyphenyl)butane 3 was carried out using TiCl 4 -Zn in pyridine followed by a McMurry coupling reaction to afford the compounds anti and syn 1,2-dimethyl[2.4]M... Read More about Synthesis and structure of a chiral areno-bridged [2.4]metacyclophane.

Molybdocalix[4]arene N,O-Schiff-base ligands (2017)
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Wang, X., Zhao, K. Q., Elsegood, M. R., & Redshaw, C. (2018). Molybdocalix[4]arene N,O-Schiff-base ligands. Supramolecular chemistry, 30(5-6), 404-410. https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2017.1403608

The ‘one-pot’ reaction of 2-hydroxy-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylaldehyde with in situ generated ‘amino calixarene’ (from {Mo[(2-NC 6 H 4 ) 2 CH 2 CH 2 ]Cl 2 (DME)}, KOtBu and p-tert-butylcalix[4]areneH 4 LH 4 ) afforded, after work-up, the heterobimetall... Read More about Molybdocalix[4]arene N,O-Schiff-base ligands.

Highly selective recognition of Al3+ and I- ions using a bifunctional fluorescent probe (2017)
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Li, Z., Zhao, J.-L., Wu, Y.-T., Mu, L., Zeng, X., Jin, Z., Wei, G., Xie, N., & Redshaw, C. (2017). Highly selective recognition of Al3+ and I- ions using a bifunctional fluorescent probe. Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 15(40), 8627-8633. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7OB02301D

A tripodal fluorescent probe L1 armed with rhodamine B and 1-naphthaleneisothiocyanates was prepared in high yield. A study of the recognition properties revealed that probe L1 exhibited high sensitivity and selectivity towards Al3⁺ through a “FRET”... Read More about Highly selective recognition of Al3+ and I- ions using a bifunctional fluorescent probe.

Synthesis, Conformational Properties and DFT Computational Studies of Polymethyl-Substituted [3.3]Metacyclophanes (2017)
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Islam, M. M., Akther, T., Rahman, S., Georghiou, P. E., Matsumoto, T., Tanaka, J., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2017). Synthesis, Conformational Properties and DFT Computational Studies of Polymethyl-Substituted [3.3]Metacyclophanes. ChemistrySelect, 2(24), 7255-7262. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201701243

Polymethyl substituted [3.3]metacyclophanes (MCPs) 4 a–d, were synthesized by the TosMIC coupling method followed by Wolff–Kishner reduction of the corresponding polymethyl-substituted [3.3]MCP-2,11-diones (3 a–d). 1H NMR spectroscopy reveals that bo... Read More about Synthesis, Conformational Properties and DFT Computational Studies of Polymethyl-Substituted [3.3]Metacyclophanes.

Click synthesis of a quinoline-functionalized hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene : a turn-on fluorescence chemosensor for Fe³⁺ (2017)
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Wu, C., Wang, C.-Z., Zhu, Q., Zeng, X., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2018). Click synthesis of a quinoline-functionalized hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene : a turn-on fluorescence chemosensor for Fe³⁺. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 254, 52-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.07.048

A novel quinoline-functionalized hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene L was synthesized via Click chemistry and its chemosensing properties with various metal ions were investigated. The chemosensor L exhibited a high selectivity for Fe³⁺ with little interfer... Read More about Click synthesis of a quinoline-functionalized hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene : a turn-on fluorescence chemosensor for Fe³⁺.

Synthesis and structure of the inclusion complex {NdQ[5]K@Q[10](H₂O)4}·4NO₃·20H₂O (2017)
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Chen, L. X., Kan, J. L., Cong, H., Prior, T. J., Tao, Z., Xiao, X., & Redshaw, C. (2017). Synthesis and structure of the inclusion complex {NdQ[5]K@Q[10](H₂O)4}·4NO₃·20H₂O. Molecules, 22(7), 1147. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules22071147

Heating a mixture of Nd(NO₃)₃·6H₂O, KCl, Q[10] and Q[5] in HCl for 10 min affords the inclusion complex {NdQ[5]K@Q[10](H₂O)₄}·4NO₃·20H₂O. The structure of the inclusion complex has been investigated by single crystal X-ray diffraction and by X-ray Ph... Read More about Synthesis and structure of the inclusion complex {NdQ[5]K@Q[10](H₂O)4}·4NO₃·20H₂O.

A quinoline-based fluorometric and colorimetric dual-modal pH probe and its application in bioimaging (2017)
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Zhu, Q., Li, Z., Mu, L., Zeng, X., Redshaw, C., & Wei, G. (2018). A quinoline-based fluorometric and colorimetric dual-modal pH probe and its application in bioimaging. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 188, 230-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2017.06.071

The compound (E)-8-hydroxyl-2-[(E)-2-(2, 4-dihydroxyphenyl)vinyl]-quinoline (1) has been developed as a fluorometric and colorimetric dual-modal probe for pH detection in solution and in vivo. Remarkable changes in the fluorescence intensity with lar... Read More about A quinoline-based fluorometric and colorimetric dual-modal pH probe and its application in bioimaging.

A pyrene-based approach to tune emission color from blue to yellow (2017)
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Wang, C.-Z., Ichiyanagi, H., Sakaguchi, K., Feng, X., Elsegood, M. R., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2017). A pyrene-based approach to tune emission color from blue to yellow. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82(14), 7176-7182. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b00685

The development of functionalized, luminescent, pyrene-based monomers has been and continues to be an area of great interest in terms of the design and fabrication of optical and electronic devices. Herein, a facile strategy to tune the emission colo... Read More about A pyrene-based approach to tune emission color from blue to yellow.

A 2-Styryl-1,8-naphthyridine derivative as a versatile fluorescent probe for the selective recognition of Hg²⁺, Ag⁺ and F⁻ ions by tuning the solvent (2017)
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Wu, Y. T., Zhao, J.-L., Mu, L., Zeng, X., Wei, G., Redshaw, C., & Jin, Z. (2017). A 2-Styryl-1,8-naphthyridine derivative as a versatile fluorescent probe for the selective recognition of Hg²⁺, Ag⁺ and F⁻ ions by tuning the solvent. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 252, 1089-1097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.06.057

A novel fluorescent probe 1 has been synthesized by a microwave reaction, and its ion-binding and fluorescence-sensing properties have been investigated under different solvent conditions. The analysis results indicated that probe 1 can act as a mult... Read More about A 2-Styryl-1,8-naphthyridine derivative as a versatile fluorescent probe for the selective recognition of Hg²⁺, Ag⁺ and F⁻ ions by tuning the solvent.