Dr Jonathan Rourke

(he/him)

2023

• Marsden, A. J. et al., 2023. From graphene to graphene oxide: the importance of extended topological defects. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24 (4), pp.2318-2331. (10.1039/D1CP04316A)
• Spencer-Briggs, J. L. and Rourke, J. P. 2023. A new bridging "Introduction to university chemistry" module for Cardiff university. Journal of Chemical Education 100 (2), pp.554-563. (10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00654)

2022

• Maidich, L. et al., 2022. Classical vs. Non-classical cyclometalated pt(ii) complexes. Molecules 27 (21) 7249. (10.3390/molecules27217249)

2020

• Argent, S. P. et al., 2020. A family of diastereomeric dodecanuclear coordination cages based on inversion of chirality of individual triangular cyclic helicate faces. Chemical Science 11 (37), pp.10167-10174. (10.1039/D0SC04347H)
• De Visser, S. P. , Rourke, J. P. and Vincent, K. A. 2020. Inorganic reaction mechanisms. Dalton Transactions 49 (15), pp.4597-4598. (10.1039/D0DT90059A)

2019

• Mannu, A. et al., 2019. Variation of the chemical composition of waste cooking oils upon bentonite filtration. Resources 8 (2) 108. (10.3390/resources8020108)

2018

• Knighton, R. C. et al., 2018. Solution, solid-state, and computational analysis of agostic interactions in a coherent set of low-coordinate rhodium(III) and iridium(III) complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal 24 (19), pp.4927-4938. (10.1002/chem.201705990)
• Petretto, G. et al., 2018. Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Cuminum cyminum L. collected in different areas of Morocco. Food Bioscience 22 , pp.50-58. (10.1016/j.fbio.2018.01.004)

2017

• Biggs, C. I. et al., 2017. Impact of sequential surface-modification of graphene oxide on ice nucleation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (33), pp.21929-21932. (10.1039/C7CP03219F)
• Bosch-Navarro, C. et al., 2017. Non-covalent functionalization of graphene with a hydrophilic self-limiting monolayer for macro-molecule immobilization. FlatChem 1 , pp.52-56. (10.1016/j.flatc.2016.11.001)
• Fancello, F. et al., 2017. Essential oils from three species of Mentha harvested in Sardinia: chemical characterization and evaluation of their biological activity. International Journal of Food Properties 20 (S2), pp.1751-1761. (10.1080/10942912.2017.1354020)
• Maldini, M. et al., 2017. Identification and quantification of glucosinolates in different tissues of Raphanus raphanistrum by liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 61 , pp.20-27. (10.1016/j.jfca.2016.06.002)
• Omer, E. A. et al., 2017. Acclimatization study of Tagetes lucida L. in Egypt and the chemical characterization of its essential oils. Natural Product Research 31 (13), pp.1509-1517. (10.1080/14786419.2017.1278594)
• Petretto, G. L. et al., 2017. Stir bar sorptive extraction coupled with GC/MS applied to honey: optimization of method and comparative study with headspace extraction techniques. European Food Research and Technology 243 (5), pp.735-741. (10.1007/s00217-016-2787-9)
• Petretto, G. L. et al., 2017. Antioxidant activity, color chromaticity coordinates, and chemical characterization of monofloral honeys from Morocco. International Journal of Food Properties 20 (9), pp.2016-2027. (10.1080/10942912.2016.1230745)
• Shaw, P. A. , Clarkson, G. J. and Rourke, J. P. 2017. Oxidation of an o -tolyl phosphine complex of platinum: C-H activation and transcyclometallation. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 851 , pp.115-121. (10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.09.026)
• Shaw, P. A. , Clarkson, G. J. and Rourke, J. P. 2017. Reversible C-C bond formation at a triply cyclometallated platinum(IV) centre. Chemical Science 8 (8), pp.5547-5558. (10.1039/C7SC01361B)
• Shaw, P. A. and Rourke, J. P. 2017. Selective C-C coupling at a Pt(IV) centre: 100% preference for sp2-sp3 over sp3-sp3. Dalton Transactions 46 (14), pp.4768-4776. (10.1039/C7DT00328E)

2016

• Bosch-Navarro, C. et al., 2016. Selective imaging of discrete polyoxometalate ions on graphene oxide under variable voltage conditions. ACS Nano 10 (1), pp.796-802. (10.1021/acsnano.5b05898)
• Bosch-Navarro, C. , Rourke, J. P. and Wilson, N. R. 2016. Controlled electrochemical and electroless deposition of noble metal nanoparticles on graphene. RSC Advances 6 (77), pp.73790-73796. (10.1039/C6RA14836K)
• Fancello, F. et al., 2016. Chemical characterization, antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity against food related microorganisms of Citrus limon var. pompia leaf essential oil. Food Science and Technology 69 , pp.579-585. (10.1016/j.lwt.2016.02.018)
• Maldini, M. et al., 2016. Profiling and simultaneous quantitative determination of anthocyanins in wild myrtus communisL. berries from different geographical areas in sardinia and their comparative evaluation. Phytochemical Analysis 27 (5), pp.249-256. (10.1002/pca.2623)
• Maldini, M. et al., 2016. Profiling and simultaneous quantitativedetermination of anthocyanins in wild Myrtus communis L. berries from different geographical areas in Sardinia and their comparative evaluation. Phytochemical Analysis 27 (5), pp.249-256. (10.1002/pca.2623)
• Petretto, G. L. et al., 2016. Variability of chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oils between Myrtus communis var. Leucocarpa DC and var. Melanocarpa DC. Food Chemistry 197 (Part A), pp.124-131. (10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.10.056)
• Petretto, G. L. et al., 2016. Citrus monstruosa discrimination among several citrus species by multivariate analysis of volatiles: A metabolomic approach. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 40 (5), pp.950. (10.1111/jfpp.12674)
• Rourke, J. P. and Wilson, N. R. 2016. Letter to the Editor: A defence of the two-component model of graphene oxide. Carbon 96 , pp.339-341. (10.1016/j.carbon.2015.09.083)
• Shaw, P. A. , Clarkson, G. J. and Rourke, J. P. 2016. Long-lived five-coordinate platinum(IV) intermediates: regiospecific C-C coupling. Organometallics 35 (21), pp.3751-3762. (10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00697)
• Shaw, P. A. et al., 2016. Trapping five-coordinate platinum(IV) intermediates. Dalton Transactions 45 (28), pp.11397-11406. (10.1039/C6DT02088G)
• Troadec, T. et al., 2016. One-electron oxidation of [M((PBu3)-Bu-t)(2)] (M=Pd, Pt): isolation of monomeric [Pd((PBu3)-Bu-t)(2)](+) and redox-promoted C-H bond cyclometalation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 (11), pp.3754-3757. (10.1002/anie.201511467)
• Troadec, T. et al., 2016. One-electron oxidation of [M(Pt Bu3 )2 ] (M=Pd, Pt): isolation of monomeric [Pd(Pt Bu3 )2 ]+ and redox-promoted C-H bond cyclometalation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 (11), pp.3754-3757. (10.1002/anie.201511467)

2015

• Bosch-Navarro, C. et al., 2015. Reproducible, stable and fast electrochemical activity from easy to make graphene on copper electrodes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (44), pp.29628-29636. (10.1039/C5CP04070A)
• Bosch-Navarro, C. et al., 2015. Covalently binding atomically designed Au9 clusters to chemically modified graphene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (33), pp.9560-9563. (10.1002/anie.201504334)
• Bosch-Navarro, C. et al., 2015. Covalent modification of exfoliated fluorographite with nitrogen functionalities. Journal of Materials Chemistry. C 3 (29), pp.7627-7631. (10.1039/C5TC01633A)
• Maidich, L. et al., 2015. Electronic and steric effects in rollover C-H bond activation. Organometallics 34 (5), pp.817-828. (10.1021/om500681u)
• Shaw, P. A. et al., 2015. Intramolecular transcyclometallation: the exchange of an aryl-Pt bond for an alkyl-Pt bond via an agostic intermediate. Chemical Communications 51 (39), pp.8365-8368. (10.1039/C5CC02355F)
• Thomas, H. R. et al., 2015. One-step grafting of polymers to graphene oxide. Polymer Chemistry 6 (48), pp.8270-8274. (10.1039/C5PY01358E)

2014

• Thomas, H. R. et al., 2014. Sulfur-functionalized graphene oxide by epoxide ring-opening. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 (29), pp.7613-7618. (10.1002/anie.201404002)
• Zucca, A. et al., 2014. Rollover‐assisted C(sp2)-C(sp3) bond formation. Chemistry - A European Journal 20 (18), pp.5501-5510. (10.1002/chem.201304257)

2013

• Maidich, L. et al., 2013. Oxidative addition of MeI to a rollover complex of platinum(II): isolation of the kinetic product. Organometallics 32 (11), pp.3371-3375. (10.1021/om400300n)
• Thomas, H. R. et al., 2013. Deoxygenation of graphene oxide: reduction or cleaning?. Chemistry of Materials 25 (18), pp.3580-3588. (10.1021/cm401922e)
• Thomas, H. R. et al., 2013. Identifying the fluorescence of graphene oxide. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices 1 (2), pp.338-342. (10.1039/c2tc00234e)
• Valles, C. et al., 2013. Graphene oxide and base-washed graphene oxide as reinforcements in PMMA nanocomposites. Composites Science and Technology 88 , pp.158-164. (10.1016/j.compscitech.2013.08.030)

2012

• Crosby, S. H. , Clarkson, G. J. and Rourke, J. P. 2012. Relieving steric strain a octahedral platinum(IV): isomerization and reductive coupling of alkyl and aryl chlorides. Organometallics 31 (20), pp.7256-7263. (10.1021/om3008019)
• Crosby, S. H. et al., 2012. Concerted reductive coupling of an alkyl chloride at Pt(IV). Chemical Communications 48 (46), pp.5775-5777. (10.1039/c2cc31572f)
• Pandey, P. A. et al., 2012. Resolving the nanoscale morphology and crystallographic structure of molecular thin films: F16CuPc on graphene oxide. Chemistry of Materials 24 (7), pp.1365-1370. (10.1021/cm300073v)
• Petretto, G. L. et al., 2012. Heterobimetallic rollover derivatives. Organometallics 31 (8), pp.2971-2977. (10.1021/om200660a)

2011

• Crosby, S. H. , Clarkson, G. J. and Rourke, J. P. 2011. Reactions of a platinum(II) agostic complex: decyclometalation, dcyclometalation, and solvent-switchable formation of a rollover complex. Organometallics 30 (13), pp.3603-3609. (10.1021/om200293e)
• Crosby, S. H. et al., 2011. Platinum(IV) centres with agostic interactions from either sp(2) or sp(3) C-H bonds. Dalton Transactions 40 (6), pp.1227-1229. (10.1039/c0dt01428a)
• Pandey, P. A. et al., 2011. Physical vapor deposition of metal nanoparticles on chemically modified graphene: observations on metal-graphene interactions. Small 7 (22), pp.3202-3210. (10.1002/smll.201101430)
• Rourke, J. P. et al. 2011. The real graphene oxide revealed: Stripping the oxidative debris from the graphene-like sheets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50 (14), pp.3173-3177. (10.1002/anie.201007520)
• Speight, R. J. et al., 2011. (1)H and (13)C solution- and solid-state NMR investigation into wax products from the Fischer-Tropsch process. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 39 (3-4), pp.58-64. (10.1016/j.ssnmr.2011.03.008)
• Thomas, H. et al., 2011. Palladium(II) Agostic Complex: Exchange of Aryl-Pd and Alkyl-Pd Bonds. Organometallics 30 (21), pp.5641-5648. (10.1021/om200451v)

2010

• Crosby, S. et al., 2010. Platinum(IV) DMSO Complexes: Synthesis, Isomerization, and Agostic Intermediates. Organometallics 29 (8), pp.1966-1976. (10.1021/om901087m)
• Petretto, G. et al., 2010. Platinum(II) N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: coordination and cyclometallation. Dalton Transactions 39 (33), pp.7822-7825. (10.1039/c0dt00435a)
• Sloan, J. et al., 2010. Imaging the Structure, Symmetry, and Surface-Inhibited Rotation of Polyoxometalate Ions on Graphene Oxide. Nano Letters 10 (11), pp.4600-4606. (10.1021/nl1026452)
• Wilson, N. R. et al., 2010. On the structure and topography of free-standing chemically modified graphene. New Journal of Physics 12 125010. (10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/125010)

2009

• Crosby, S. , Clarkson, G. and Rourke, J. 2009. A Delicate Balance between sp(2) and sp(3) C-H Bond Activation: A Pt(II) Complex with a Dual Agostic Interaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (40), pp.14142-+. (10.1021/ja905046n)
• Wilson, N. et al., 2009. Graphene Oxide: Structural Analysis and Application as a Highly Transparent Support for Electron Microscopy. ACS Nano 3 (9), pp.2547-2556. (10.1021/nn900694t)

2008

• Mamtora, J. et al., 2008. Platinum(IV) Complexes: C-H Activation at Low Temperatures. Organometallics 27 (21), pp.5559-5565. (10.1021/om800583c)

2007

• Ball, G. E. et al., 2007. A delicate balance of complexation vs. activation of alkanes interacting with [Re(Cp)(CO)(PF3)] studied with NMR and time-resolved IR spectroscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (17), pp.6927-6932. (10.1073/pnas.0610212104)
• Newman, C. et al., 2007. Cyclometallated platinum(II) complexes: oxidation to, and C-H activation by, platinum(IV). Dalton Transactions (29), pp.3170-3182. (10.1039/b705609e)
• Newman, C. , Clarkson, G. and Rourke, J. 2007. Silver(I) N-heterocyclic carbene halide complexes: A new bonding motif. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 692 (22), pp.4962-4968. (10.1016/j.jorganchem.2007.07.041)
• Newman, C. et al., 2007. Synthesis of mixed NHC/L platinum(II) complexes: Restricted rotation of the NHC group. Organometallics 26 (25), pp.6225-6233. (10.1021/om700671y)

2006

• Evans, P. et al., 2006. Cyclopalladated acetate dimers: crystal structures and VT-NMR. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 691 (6), pp.1251-1256. (10.1016/j.jorganchem.2005.11.066)
• McMaster, J. et al., 2006. Density functional theoretical studies of the Re-Xe bonds in Re(Cp)(CO) (PF3)Xe and Re(Cp)(CO)(2)Xe. Organometallics 25 (22), pp.5242-5248. (10.1021/om060485l)
• Newman, C. et al., 2006. Carbene or zwitterion? Competition in organoplatinum complexes. Dalton Transactions (27), pp.3321-3325. (10.1039/b517874f)
• Randell, K. et al., 2006. N-heterocyclic carbenes: Reaction to give anilines. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 691 (16), pp.3411-3415. (10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.04.034)

2005

• Alcock, N. W. and Rourke, J. P. 2005. 2,6-Bis[2,4-bis(heptyloxy)phenyl]pyridine. Acta Crystallographica Section E 61 , pp.O368-O369. (10.1107/S1600536805001248)
• Ball, G. E. et al., 2005. Characterization of an organometallic xenon complex using NMR and IR spectroscopy. PNAS 102 (6), pp.1853-1858. (10.1073/pnas.0406527102)

2004

• Clarke, A. et al., 2004. Silver-phosphine complexes of the highly methylated carborane monoanion [closo-1-H-CB11M11](-). Journal of the American Chemical Society 126 (5), pp.1503-1517. (10.1021/ja038173m)

2003

• Ingleson, M. et al., 2003. [Cp2ZrMe(12-mu-Me-1-closo-CB11HMe10)]: a transition metal complex of a highly-methylated carborane anion. Chemical Communications (15), pp.1930-1931. (10.1039/b304568d)
• Slater, J. and Rourke, J. 2003. Cyclometallated nitrogen heterocycles. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 688 (1-2), pp.112-120. (10.1016/j.jorganchem.2003.08.038)

2002

• Harrisson, S. , Rourke, J. and Haddleton, D. 2002. C-13 kinetic isotope effects in the copper(I)-mediated living radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate. Chemical Communications (14), pp.1470-1471. (10.1039/b203675d)
• Jiang, Q. et al., 2002. Ferroelectric, conductive, and dielectric properties of KTiOPO4 at low temperature. Physical Review B 66 (9), pp.8. (10.1103/PhysRevB.66.094102)
• Rourke, J. et al. 2002. Mechanism of formation of [(PMe3)(3)Rh(-C equivalent to C-R)(2)(H)] via C-H oxidative addition: Isomerization, alkyne exchange, and hydride replacement. Organometallics 21 (2), pp.429-437. (10.1021/om010685r)
• Slater, J. , Lydon, D. and Rourke, J. 2002. Doubly cyclopalladated pyridazines: chiral liquid crystals. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 645 (1-2), pp.246-255. (10.1016/S0022-328X(01)01330-4)

2001

• Newman, C. et al., 2001. Di-metallated platinum carbonyl complexes: platinum-platinum interactions in the solid state. JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS (18), pp.2678-2682. (10.1039/b105073g)
• Rourke, J. et al. 2001. Regiospecific high yield reductive coupling of diynes to give a luminescent rhodium complex. Chemical Communications (24), pp.2626-2627. (10.1039/b108625a)
• Rourke, J. , Slater, J. and Lydon, D. 2001. Cyclometallation of pyridazines. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 222 , pp.U606-U606.
• Slater, J. et al., 2001. Doubly cyclometalated pyridazines: Contrasting behavior with palladium and platinum. Organometallics 20 (21), pp.4418-4423. (10.1021/om010449g)

2000

• Cave, G. et al., 2000. C-H activation induced by water. Monocyclometalated to dicyclometalated: C boolean AND N boolean AND C tridentate platinum complexes. Organometallics 19 (7), pp.1355-1364. (10.1021/om9910423)
• Fanizzi, F. et al., 2000. Trans-Dichloro(stilbazole)(methyl n-alkyl sulfoxide)platinum(II) complexes: the first examples of metallomesogens containing chiral centres directly bonded to the metal. Chemical Communications (8), pp.673-674. (10.1039/b000594k)
• Saccomando, D. et al., 2000. Chiral cyclopalladated liquid crystals from amino acids. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 601 (2), pp.305-310. (10.1016/S0022-328X(00)00087-5)

1999

• Cave, G. , Alcock, N. and Rourke, J. 1999. High-yield synthesis of a C boolean AND N boolean AND C tridentate platinum complex. Organometallics 18 (9), pp.1801-1803. (10.1021/om981006o)
• Cave, G. , Errington, W. and Rourke, J. 1999. (6-chloropyridin-2-yl)iodobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II). Acta Crystallographica, Section C, Crystal Structure Communications 55 , pp.1461-1463. (10.1107/S0108270199007866)
• Cave, G. , Errington, W. and Rourke, J. 1999. Trans-diiodobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II). Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry 55 (3), pp.320-322. (10.1107/S0108270198015868)
• Rourke, J. 1999. Platinum carbenes and carbonyls. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 218 , pp.U719-U719.

1998

• Cave, G. et al., 1998. Inter- versus intramolecular C-H activation: Synthesis and characterization of a novel platinum-carbene complex. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 37 (23), pp.3270-3272. (10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981217)37:23<3270::AID-ANIE3270>3.0.CO;2-2)
• Cave, G. , Lydon, D. and Rourke, J. 1998. Cyclopalladated Schiff's base liquid crystals: the effect of the acac group on the thermal behaviour. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 555 (1), pp.81-88. (10.1016/S0022-328X(97)00751-1)
• Rourke, J. and Lydon, D. 1998. Homo- and hetero-bimetallic liquid crystals. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 215 , pp.U836-U836.

1997

• Lydon, D. , Cave, G. and Rourke, J. 1997. Cyclopalladated acac and cp liquid crystals: A comparative study. Journal of Materials Chemistry 7 (3), pp.403-406. (10.1039/a605791h)
• Lydon, D. and Rourke, J. 1997. Di-cyclopalladated Schiff's base liquid crystals: Novel metallomesogens. Chemical Communications (18), pp.1741-1742. (10.1039/a704110a)
• Morton, C. , Duncalf, D. and Rourke, J. 1997. Substituent effects on the cyclo-manganation reaction - X-ray crystal structure of Mn{2-(Bu-n-N=CH)5-(NO2)C6H3}(CO)(4). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 530 (1-2), pp.19-25. (10.1016/S0022-328X(96)06663-6)

1995

• Rourke, J. , Bruce, D. and Marder, T. 1995. Dalton communications. Organometallic liquid crystals based on octahedral rhodium(III). JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS (2), pp.317-318. (10.1039/dt9950000317)
• Xu, W. et al., 1995. Transition-metal rimmed calixresorcinarene complexes. Inorganic Chemistry 34 (1), pp.323-329. (10.1021/ic00105a050)

1994

• Bruce, D. et al., 1994. Mesomorphic arylethynes and their precursors. Journal of Materials Chemistry 4 (7), pp.1017-1020. (10.1039/jm9940401017)
• Bruce, D. and Rourke, J. 1994. The Synthesis and Characterization of Potentially Mesomorphic Carbonyl-Complexes of Tungsten(0) with Substituted Pyridines. Polyhedron 14 (13-14), pp.1915-1922. (10.1016/0277-5387(94)00450-S)

1993

• Xu, W. et al., 1993. Anion inclusion by a calix[4]arene complex: a contrast between tetranuclear gold(I) and copper(I) complexes. Journal of the chemical society-chemical communications (2), pp.145-147. (10.1039/c39930000145)

1992

• Rourke, J. et al. 1992. Synthesis and properties of (±)-trans-(η2-alkene)(4-alkyloxy-4′-stilbazole)dichloroplatinum: a remarkable family of low-melting metallomesogens. JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-DALTON TRANSACTIONS (20), pp.3009-3014. (10.1039/dt9920003009)

1990

• Rourke, J. et al. 1990. Trans-(eta-2-alkene)(4'-alkyloxy-4-stilbazole)dichloroplatinum - low melting organometallic mesogens. Journal of the chemical society-chemical communications (3), pp.229-231. (10.1039/c39900000229)