Dr Robert Jenkins

2021

• Nowicka, E. et al. 2021. Controlled reduction of aromaticity of alkylated polyaromatic compounds by selective oxidation using H2WO4, H3PO4 and H2O2: A route for upgrading heavy oil fractions. New Journal of Chemistry 45(31), pp. 13885-13892. (10.1039/D1NJ01986D)

2020

• Rogers, O., Pattisson, S., Engel, R. V., Jenkins, R. L., Whiston, K., Taylor, S. H. and Hutchings, G. J. 2020. Adipic acid formation from cyclohexanediol using platinum and vanadium catalysts: elucidating the role of homogeneous vanadium species. Catalysis Science and Technology 10(13), pp. 4210-4218. (10.1039/D0CY00914H)
• Bonsignore, R. et al. 2020. Carbon-Phosphorus coupling from C^N cyclometalated Au(III) complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal 26(19), pp. 4226-4231. (10.1002/chem.201905392)

2019

• Hirayama, J. et al. 2019. The effects of dopants on the Cu-ZrO2 catalysed hydrogenation of levulinic acid. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123(13), pp. 7879-7888. (10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07108)
• Woods, B., Wenzel, M. N., Williams, T., Thomas, S. R., Jenkins, R. L. and Casini, A. 2019. Exo-functionalized metallacages as host-guest systems for the anticancer drug Cisplatin. Frontiers in Chemistry 7(68) (10.3389/fchem.2019.00068)

2018

• Schotten, C., Howard, J. L., Jenkins, R. L., Codina, A. and Browne, D. L. 2018. A continuous flow-batch hybrid reactor for commodity chemical synthesis enabled by inline NMR and temperature monitoring. Tetrahedron 74(38), pp. 5503-5509. (10.1016/j.tet.2018.05.070)
• Huynh, F., Grundy, D. J., Jenkins, R. L., Miller, D. J. and Allemann, R. K. 2018. Sesquiterpene synthase-catalysed formation of a new medium-sized cyclic terpenoid ether from farnesyl diphosphate analogues. Chembiochem 19(17), pp. 1834-1838. (10.1002/cbic.201800218)
• Nowicka, E. et al. 2018. Mechanistic insights into selective oxidation of polyaromatic compounds using RICO chemistry. Chemistry - A European Journal 24(47), pp. 12359-12369. (10.1002/chem.201800423)

2017

• Taylor, S. H. et al. 2017. Oxidation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons using ruthenium ion catalyzed oxidation: The role of aromatic ring number in reaction kinetics and product distribution. Chemistry - a European Journal (10.1002/chem.201704133)
• Agarwal, N. et al. 2017. Aqueous Au-Pd colloids catalyze selective CH4 oxidation to CH3OH with O2 under mild conditions. Science 358(6360), pp. 223-227. (10.1126/science.aan6515)
• Peneau, V. et al. 2017. The low temperature oxidation of propane using H2O2 and Fe/ZSM-5 catalysts; insights into the active site and enhancement of catalytic turnover frequencies. ChemCatChem 9(4), pp. 642-650. (10.1002/cctc.201601241)

2016

• Peneau, V. et al. 2016. The partial oxidation of propane under mild aqueous conditions with H2O2 and ZSM-5 catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 6(20), pp. 7521-7531. (10.1039/C6CY01332E)
• Pattisson, S. et al. 2016. Tuning graphitic oxide for initiator- and metal-free aerobic epoxidation of linear alkenes. Nature Communications 7, article number: 12855. (10.1038/ncomms12855)
• Ab Rahim, M. H. et al. 2016. Low temperature selective oxidation of methane to methanol using titania supported gold palladium copper catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 6(10), pp. 3410-3418. (10.1039/C5CY01586C)
• Bennett, S. D., Pope, S. J. A., Jenkins, R. L. and Ward, B. D. 2016. Scandium complexes bearing bis(oxazolinylphenyl)amide ligands: an analysis of their reactivity, solution-state structures and photophysical properties. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2016(18), pp. 2932-2941. (10.1002/ejic.201600223)

2015

• Haider, M. H. et al. 2015. Efficient green methanol synthesis from glycerol. Nature Chemistry 7, pp. 1028-1032. (10.1038/nchem.2345)
• Ramdas, R., Nowicka, E., Jenkins, R. L., Sellick, D., Davies, C. and Golunski, S. E. 2015. Using real particulate matter to evaluate combustion catalysts for direct regeneration of diesel soot filters. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 176-17, pp. 436-443. (10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.04.031)
• Liu, X. et al. 2015. Liquid phase oxidation of cyclohexane using bimetallic Au–Pd/MgO catalysts. Applied Catalysis A: General 504, pp. 373-380. (10.1016/j.apcata.2015.02.034)
• Peneau, V. et al. 2015. Co-oxidation of octane and benzaldehyde using molecular oxygen with Au–Pd/carbon prepared by sol-immobilisation. Catalysis Science & Technology 5(8), pp. 3953-3959. (10.1039/C5CY00453E)
• Nowicka, E. et al. 2015. Selective oxidation of alkyl-substituted polyaromatics using ruthenium-ion-catalyzed oxidation [Cover Profile]. Chemistry - A European Journal 21(11), pp. 4169. (10.1002/chem.201406658)
• Nowicka, E. et al. 2015. Selective oxidation of alkyl-substituted polyaromatics using ruthenium-ion-catalyzed oxidation. Chemistry - A European Journal 21(11), pp. 4285-4293. (10.1002/chem.201405831)
• Gupta, U. N., Dummer, N. F., Pattisson, S., Jenkins, R. L., Knight, D. W., Bethell, D. and Hutchings, G. J. 2015. Solvent-free aerobic epoxidation of Dec-1-ene using gold/graphite as a catalyst. Catalysis Letters 145(2), pp. 689-696. (10.1007/s10562-014-1425-z)
• Gupta, U. N., Jenkins, R. L., Dummer, N. F., Bethell, D. and Hutchings, G. J. 2015. Epoxidation of propene with graphite AuPd-supported nanoparticles. Catalysis Letters 145(2), pp. 697-701. (10.1007/s10562-014-1439-6)
• Gupta, U. N., Alshammari, H., Dummer, N. F., Jenkins, R. L., Bethell, D. and Hutchings, G. J. 2015. Solvent-free oxidation of dec-1-ene using gold/graphite catalyst using an in situ generated oxidant. Catalysis Science & Technology 5(2), pp. 1307-1313. (10.1039/C4CY01355G)

2014

• Liu, X. et al. 2014. Molybdenum blue nano-rings: an effective catalyst for the partial oxidation of cyclohexane. Catalysis Science & Technology 5, pp. 217-227. (10.1039/C4CY01213E)
• Forde, M. et al. 2014. Light alkane oxidation using catalysts prepared by chemical vapour impregnation: tuning alcohol selectivity through catalyst pre-treatment. Chemical Science 5(9), pp. 3603-3616. (10.1039/C4SC00545G)
• Forde, M. M. et al. 2014. High activity redox catalysts synthesized by chemical vapor impregnation. ACS Nano 8(1), pp. 957-969. (10.1021/nn405757q)

2013

• Ab Rahim, M. H. et al. 2013. Systematic study of the oxidation of methane using supported gold palladium nanoparticles under mild aqueous conditions. Topics in Catalysis 56(18-20), pp. 1843-1857. (10.1007/s11244-013-0121-3)
• Forde, M. M. et al. 2013. Partial oxidation of ethane to oxygenates using Fe- and Cu-containing ZSM-5. Journal of the American Chemical Society 135(30), pp. 11087-11099., article number: 130716133536007. (10.1021/ja403060n)
• Hammond, C. et al. 2013. Elucidation and evolution of the active component within Cu/Fe/ZSM-5 for catalytic methane oxidation: from synthesis to catalysis. ACS Catalysis 3(4), pp. 689-699. (10.1021/cs3007999)
• Ab Rahim, M. H. et al. 2013. Oxidation of methane to methanol with hydrogen peroxide using supported gold-palladium alloy nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 52(4), pp. 1280-1284. (10.1002/anie.201207717)
• Hammond, C. et al. 2013. Aqueous-phase methane oxidation over Fe-MFI zeolites: promotion through isomorphous framework substitution. ACS Catalysis 3(8), pp. 1835-1844., article number: 130702113713003. (10.1021/cs400288b)
• Almalioti, F. et al. 2013. Convenient syntheses of cyanuric chloride-derived NHC ligands, their Ag(i) and Au(i) complexes and antimicrobial activity. Dalton Transactions 42(34), pp. 12370-12380. (10.1039/c3dt51400e)

2012

• Hammond, C. et al. 2012. Catalytic and mechanistic insights of the low-temperature selective oxidation of methane over Cu-promoted Fe-ZSM-5. Chemistry - a European Journal 18(49), pp. 15735-15745. (10.1002/chem.201202802)
• Jones, J. E., Jenkins, R. L., Hicks, R. S., Hallett, A. J. and Pope, S. J. A. 2012. Water-soluble, luminescent iridium(III)–ytterbium(III) complexes using dipyrido[3,2-a:2′,3′-c]phenazine derivatives as bridging units. Dalton Transactions 41(34), pp. 10372-10381. (10.1039/c2dt31115a)
• Forde, M. M. et al. 2012. Methane oxidation using silica-supported N-bridged di-iron phthalocyanine catalyst. Journal of Catalysis 290, pp. 177-185. (10.1016/j.jcat.2012.03.013)
• Hammond, C. et al. 2012. Direct catalytic conversion of methane to methanol in an aqueous medium by using copper-promoted Fe-ZSM-5. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 51(21), pp. 5129-5133. (10.1002/anie.201108706)
• Marshall, P. et al. 2012. Chiral Ag(I) and Pt(II) complexes of ditopic NHC ligands: synthesis, structural and spectroscopic properties. Dalton Transactions 2012(41), pp. 12839-12846. (10.1039/C2DT31740K)
• Saiman, M. I. et al. 2012. Involvement of surface-bound radicals in the oxidation of toluene using supported Au-Pd nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie. International Edition 51(24), pp. 5981-5985. (10.1002/anie.201201059)
• Pradhan, S. et al. 2012. Non-lattice surface oxygen species implicated in the catalytic partial oxidation of decane to oxygenated aromatics. Nature Chemistry 4(2), pp. 134-139. (10.1038/nchem.1245)
• Pradhan, S., Lloyd, R., Bartley, J. K., Bethell, D., Golunski, S. E., Jenkins, R. L. and Hutchings, G. J. 2012. Multi-functionality of Ga/ZSM-5 catalysts during anaerobic and aerobic aromatisation of n-decane. Chemical Science 3(10), pp. 2958-2964. (10.1039/c2sc20683h)
• Hammond, C. et al. 2012. Cover Picture: Catalytic and mechanistic insights of the low-temperature selective oxidation of methane over Cu-promoted Fe-ZSM-5 (Chem. Eur. J. 49/2012). Chemistry - A European Journal 18(49), pp. 15557. (10.1002/chem.201290208)

2011

• Lopez-Sanchez, J. A. et al. 2011. Facile removal of stabilizer-ligands from supported gold nanoparticles. Nature Chemistry 3(7), pp. 551-556. (10.1038/nchem.1066)
• Lopez-Sanchez, J. A. et al. 2011. Hydrocarbon selective oxidation with heterogeneous gold catalysts. Patent WO 2011051642 [Patent].
• Hammond, C. et al. 2011. Synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea with gold-based catalysts. Dalton Transactions 40(15), pp. 3927-3937. (10.1039/c0dt01389g)
• Lloyd, R. et al. 2011. Low-temperature aerobic oxidation of decane using an oxygen-free radical initiator. Journal of Catalysis 283(2), pp. 161-167. (10.1016/j.jcat.2011.08.003)
• Dummer, N., Bawaked, S. M., Hayward, J., Jenkins, R. L. and Hutchings, G. J. 2011. Reprint of: Oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane and cyclohexene over supported gold, -palladium catalysts. Catalysis Today 160(1), pp. 50-54. (10.1016/j.cattod.2010.12.014)
• Kesavan, L. et al. 2011. Solvent-free oxidation of primary carbon-hydrogen bonds in toluene using Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles. Science 331(6014), pp. 195-199. (10.1126/science.1198458)
• Hutchings, G. J. et al. 2011. Selective epoxidation of cyclooctene using graphite-supported gold and gold palladium catalysts. Presented at: 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, 27-31 March 2011.

2010

• Fernández-Moreira, V., Thorp-Greenwood, F. L., Arthur, R. J., Kariuki, B., Jenkins, R. L. and Coogan, M. P. 2010. Fluxionality and lability in rhenium 4'-hydroxyterpyridine complexes: Evidence for an associative mechanism and correlated fluxionality and lability. Dalton Transactions 39(32), pp. 7493-7503. (10.1039/c0dt00022a)
• Bagley, M. C., Fusillo, V., Jenkins, R. L., Lubinu, M. C. and Mason, C. 2010. Continuous flow processing from microreactors to mesoscale: the Bohlmann-Rahtz cyclodehydration reaction. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 8(9), pp. 2245-2251. (10.1039/b926387j)
• Fernández-Moreira, V. et al. 2010. Uptake and localisation of rhenium fac-tricarbonyl polypyridyls in fluorescent cell imaging experiments. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 8(17), pp. 3888-3901. (10.1039/c004610h)
• Dummer, N., Bawaked, S. M., Hayward, J., Jenkins, R. L. and Hutchings, G. J. 2010. Oxidative dehydrogenation of cyclohexane and cyclohexene over supported gold, palladium and gold-palladium catalysts. Catalysis Today 154(1-2), pp. 2-6. (10.1016/j.cattod.2010.03.031)
• Meenakshisundaram, S. et al. 2010. Oxidation of alcohols using supported gold and gold-palladium nanoparticles. Faraday Discussions 145, pp. 341-356. (10.1039/b908172k)

2009

• Garry, A., Edwards, D. H., Fallis, I. A., Jenkins, R. L. and Griffith, T. M. 2009. Ascorbic acid and tetrahydrobiopterin potentiate the EDHF phenomenon by generating hydrogen peroxide. Cardiovascular Research 84(2), pp. 218-226. (10.1093/cvr/cvp235)
• Fallis, I. A. et al. 2009. Locus-specific microemulsion catalysts for sulfur mustard (HD) chemical warfare agent decontamination. Journal of the American Chemical Society 131(28), pp. 9746-9755. (10.1021/ja901872y)

2008

• Evans, G. J., Gibbs, T. J., Jenkins, R. L., Coles, S. J., Hursthouse, M. B., Platts, J. A. and Tomkinson, N. C. O. 2008. Kinetics of iminium ion catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. International Edition 47(15), pp. 2820-2823. (10.1002/anie.200705539)

2007

• Griffiths, P. C. et al. 2007. Derivatizing weak polyelectrolytes-Solution properties, self-aggregation, and association with anionic surfaces of hydrophobically modified poly(ethylene imine). Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 314(2), pp. 460-469. (10.1016/j.jcis.2007.05.082)
• Jenkins, R. L. 2007. Enantioselective hydrogenation of pyruvate esters over cinchona alkaloid modified platinum catalysts. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

2005

• Bagley, M. C., Jenkins, R. L., Lubinu, M. C., Mason, C. and Wood, R. 2005. A simple continuous flow microwave reactor. Journal of organic chemistry 70(17), pp. 7003-7006. (10.1021/jo0510235)

2004

• Fallis, I. A., Murphy, D. M., Willock, D. J., Tucker, R. J., Farley, R. D., Jenkins, R. L. and Strevens, R. R. 2004. Direct Observation of Enantiomer Discrimination of Epoxides by Chiral Salen Complexes Using ENDOR. Journal of the American Chemical Society 126(48), pp. 15660-15661. (10.1021/ja045491s)
• Li, X. et al. 2004. Enantioselective hydrogenation using cinchona-modified Pt/γ-Al 2O3 catalysts: Comparison of the reaction of ethyl pyruvate and buta-2,3-dione. Catalysis Letters 96(3-4), pp. 147-151. (10.1023/B:CATL.0000030112.70608.a0)

1999

• Elliott, M. C., Monk, A. E., Kruiswijk, E., Hibbs, D. E., Jenkins, R. L. and Jones, D. V. 1999. Asymmetric Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions with Heterocumulenes. Synlett 1999(9), pp. 1379-1382. (10.1055/s-1999-2853)