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Dr M Watkinson

Full list of publications

  • 1) A. Iraqi, M. Watkinson, J.A. Crayston and D.J. Cole-Hamilton, "Polymer-bound Ligands and Metal Complexes via Catalysed Reactions of Polybutadienes," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1991, 1767-1769.

  • 2) A. Iraqi, S. Seth, C.A. Vincent, D.J. Cole-Hamilton, M. Watkinson, I.M. Graham and D. Jeffrey, "Catalytic Hydrosilation of Polybutadienes as a Route to Functional Polymers," J. Mater. Chem., 1992, 2, 1057-1064.

  • 3) N. Aurangzeb, C.E. Hulme, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard, M. Watkinson, A. Garcia-Deibe, M.R. Bermejo and A. Sousa, "The Crystal Structure of [Mn(salpn)(acetate)]2(H2O)3; The First Example of a Manganese(III) Schiff Base Polymeric Complex Containing a Dimeric Repeat Unit," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 1524-1526.

  • 4) N. Aurangzeb, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard, M. Watkinson, A. Garcia-Deibe, M.R. Bermejo, A. Sousa, "3-Amino-1-Propylammonium Perchlorate," Acta. Crystallogr., 1993, C49, 1656-1657.

  • 5) N. Aurangzeb, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard, M. Watkinson, A. Garcia-Deibe, M.R. Bermejo and A. Sousa, "A Facile Synthesis and X-Ray Crystal Structure of the MnIV-MnIV Dinuclear Complex [Mn(salpn)O]2(DMSO)2," Acta. Crystallogr., 1993, C49, 1945-1947.

  • 6) M.R. Bermejo, A. Garcia-Deibe, J. Sanmartin, A. Sousa, N. Aurangzeb, C.E. Hulme, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard and M. Watkinson, "Isolation of a Remarkably Stable Hydrogen Bonded Dimeric Manganese(II) Schiff Base Complex," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 645-646.

  • 7) M.R. Bermejo, A. Garcia-Deibe, J. Sanmartin, A. Sousa, N. Aurangzeb, C.E. Hulme, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard and M. Watkinson, " A Mechanism for the Rearrangement of Unsymmetrical Tetradentate (N2O2) Ligands Bound to Manganese(III)," J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1994, 1265-1269.

  • 8) N. Aurangzeb, C.E. Hulme, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard, M. Watkinson, M.R. Bermejo, A. Garcia-Deibe, M. Rey, J. Sanmartin and A. Sousa, "Crystallographic Characterisation of a Possible Model for Photosystem II," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 1153-1155.

  • 9) C.A. McAuliffe, A. Nabhan, R.G. Pritchard, M. Watkinson, M.R. Bermejo and A. Sousa, "[Mn(salphen)(EtOH)2](BPh4) a Further Example of a Photosynthetic Model Compound Forming Dimers Linked by Hydrogen and p-bonds." Acta Crystallogr., 1994, C50, 1676-1678.

  • 10) M. Watkinson, A.Whiting and C.A. McAuliffe, "Synthesis of a Bis-Manganese Water Splitting Complex," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 2141-2142.

  • 11) N. Aurangzeb, C.E. Hulme, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard, M. Watkinson, M.R. Bermejo and A. Sousa, "Structurally Diverse Manganese(III) Carboxylate Complexes of N2O2 Donor Set Symmetrical Schiff Base Ligands," J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 2193-2195.

  • 12) H.P. Lane, M. Watkinson, N. Bricklebank, R.G. Pritchard and C.A. McAuliffe, "The Reaction of the N2O2 Donor Set Schiff Base Ligand en=P2 with MI2 Salts (M = Mn, Co and Ni) and The Reaction of its Tetraiodine Adduct with Coarse Grain Unactivated Metal Powders: A Comparative Study," Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1995, 232, 145-150.

  • 13) L. Luaces, M.R. Bermejo, J.A. Garcia-Vazquez, J. Romero, A. Sousa, M. Watkinson, Y. Mugnier, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard and M. Helliwell, " The Use of Electrochemical Methods in the Preparation of New Manganese(II) Complexes of Bidentate Schiff Base Ligands and 1,10-Phenanthroline," Polyhedron, 1996, 15, 1375-1382.

  • 14) M.R. Bermejo, A. Castiñeiras, J.C. Garcia-Monteaguado, M. Rey, A. Sousa, M. Watkinson, C.A. McAuliffe and R.G. Pritchard, "Electronic and Steric Effects in Manganese Schiff Base Complexes as Models for the Water Oxidation Complex in Photosystem II," J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1996, 2935-2944.

  • 15) B. Beagley, N.C. Edge, N. Jaiboon, J.J. James, C. A. McAuliffe, M.S. Thorp, M. Watkinson, A. Whiting and D.C. Wright, "MM2 Force Field Parameterisation, Modelling and Structure Prediction of Salen-type Monomeric and Hydrogen-bonded Dimeric Manganese Complexes,' Tetrahedron, 1996, 52, 10193-10204.

  • 16) M.R. Bermejo, A. Garcia-Deibe, M. Rey, J. Sanmartin, A. Sousa, M. Watkinson, C.A. McAuliffe and R.G. Pritchard, "The Diversity Observed in Manganese(III) Complexes of Tetradentate Schiff Base Ligands: An Assesssment of Structural Trends," Polyhedron, 1996, 15, 4185-4194.

  • 17) C.E. Hulme, M. Watkinson, M.Haynes, R.G. Pritchard, C.A. McAuliffe, M.R. Bermejo and A. Sousa, "Structurally Diverse Complexes of Manganese(III) and Schiff Base Ligands with Ancillary Carboxylate Donors," J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 1805-1814.

  • 18) M. Watkinson, M. Fondo, M.R. Bermejo, A.Sousa, C. A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard, N. Jaiboon, N.Aurangzeb and M. Naeem, "Further Attempts to Rationalise the Coordination Chemistry of Manganese with Schiff Base Ligands and Supplementary Carboxylate Donors," J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 31-41.

  • 19) M.R. Bermejo, M. Fondo, A. Garcia-Deibe, A.M. Gonzalez, J. Sanmartin, A. Sousa, C.A. McAuliffe, R.G. Pritchard, M. Watkinson and I. Lukov, “Studies of the Binding Modes of Carboxylate Donors with Manganese(III) Complexes Containing Tetradentate Schiff Base Ligands. Crystal Structures of the Complexes [Mn(3CH3O-salpn)(HO2CC6H4CO2)]n and {[Mn(5NO2-salpn)(OH)(OH2)][Mn(5NO2-salpn)-(HO2CC6H4CO2)(H2O)].EtOH}” Inorg. Chim. Acta, 1999, 293, 210-217.

  • 20) M.R. Bermejo, A.M. González, M. Fondo, A. García-Deibe, M. Maneiro, J. Sanmartín, O.L. Hoyos and M. Watkinson, "A direct route to obtain manganese(III) complexes with a new class of asymmetrical Schiff base ligands," New J. Chem., 2000. 24, 235-241.

  • 21) R.G. Pritchard, M. Steele, M. Watkinson and A. Whiting, "A facile, strain induced 1,2-aryl migration in 5,6-diarylacenaphthenes," Tetrahedron Lett., 2000, 41, 6915-6918.

  • 22) M. Steele, M. Watkinson and A. Whiting, “Attempts to solve the problem of atropisomer interconversion in 1,8-diarylnaphthalene and 5,6-diarylacenaphthene systems,” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 2001, 588-598.

  • 23) W. Cross, G.E. Hawkes, R.T. Kroemer, K.R. Liedl, T. Loerting, R. Nasser, R.G. Pritchard, M. Steele, M. Watkinson and A. Whiting, “The structure, modelling and dynamics of 5,6-diarylacenaphthenes,” J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans 2, 2001, 459-467.

  • 24) P.V. Coveney, J.L.W. Griffin, M. Watkinson and A. Whiting, " Novel non-exfoliated clay-nanocomposite materials by in situ co-polymerisation of intercalated monomers: A combinatorial discovery approach," Mol. Sim., 2002, 28, 295-316.

  • 25) S. Pulacchini and M. Watkinson, “An efficient one-pot route to symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted 1,4,7-triazacyclononanes also results in the isolation of a stable macrocyclic aminal,” Tetrahedron Lett., 1999, 40, 9363-9365.

  • 26) J. Eames and M. Watkinson, “Polymeric reagents in organic synthesis,” Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2001, 1213-1224.

  • 27) J. Eames and M. Watkinson, “Catalytic alyllic oxidation of alkenes using an asymmetric Kharasch-Sosnovsky reaction,” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 2001, 40, 3567-3571.

  • 28) S. Pulacchini, and M. Watkinson, “An efficient route to symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted azamacrocyclic ligands,” Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2001, 4333-4338.

  • 29) S. Pulacchini, K. Shastri, N.C. Dixon and M. Watkinson, “A remarkably efficient and direct route for the synthesis of binucleating 1,4,7-triazacyclononane ligands,” Synthesis, 2001, 2381-2383.

  • 30) D. Martínez, M. Motevalli and M. Watkinson, “Aquachloro[N,N’-ethylenebis(salicylideneiminato)]manganese(III),” Acta Crystallogra., 2002, C58, m258-260.

  • 31) J.E.W. Scheuermann, G. Ilyashenko, D.V. Griffiths and M. Watkinson, ”Solvent mediated selective single and double ring-opening of N-tosyl activated aziridines with benzylamine,” Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2002, 13, 269-272.

  • 32) I. Abrahams, J. Eames, S. Pulacchini, and M. Watkinson, “Conformational chiral recognition in a simple urea,” Supramol. Chem., 2002, 14, 353-357.

  • 33) J.E.W. Scheuermann, F. Ronketti, M. Motevalli, D.V.Griffiths and M. Watkinson, “The synthesis of C2-symmetric 1,4,7-triazacyclononane ligands derived from chiral aziridines,” New. J. Chem., 2002, 26, 1054-1059.

  • 34) M. Watkinson and J. Eames, “Metalloenzymes and Electrophilic Catalysis,” Encyclopaedia of Life Sciences, Nature Publishing Group, 2003, (article reference code 724).

  • 35) S. Pulacchini, K.F. Sibbons, K. Shastri, M. Motevalli, M. Watkinson, H. Wan, A. Whiting and A.P. Lightfoot, “Synthesis of new C2-symmetric aza- and azaoxamacrocyclic ligands and their applications in catalysis,” Dalton Trans., 2003, 2043-2052.

  • 36) S. Pulacchini, K.F. Sibbons, R. Nasser, G.E. Hawkes, M. Motevalli, R.T. Kroemer, E.S. Bento and M. Watkinson, “Structure, modelling and dynamic behaviour of macrocyclic ligands derived from (R,R)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane,” Org. Biomol. Chem., 2003, 1, 4058-4063.

  • 37) S. Lamond, M.Watkinson, T. Rutherford, K. Laing, A. Whiting, A. Smallwood, G. Nargund, S. Campbell and S. Banerjee, “Gene-specific oxidative damage in human sperm can be blocked by antioxidants that target mitochondria,” Reproductive Biomedicine, 2003, 7, 407-418.

  • 38) J.E.W. Scheurmann, M. Motevalli, and M. Watkinson, “The synthesis of unsymmetrically N-substituted chiral 1,4,7-triazacyclononanes,” Org. Biomol. Chem., accepted for publication, manuscript B4092559G.

  • 39) K.F. Sibbons, M. Al-Hashimi, M. Motevalli, J. Wolowska and M. Watkinson, “Rare and unexpected coordination to copper(II) by a tertiary amide in a macrocyclic ligand,” Dalton Trans., submitted for publication, manuscript B410525G.

    Patents

  • 1) P.V. Coveney, M. Watkinson, A. Whiting and E.S. Boek, "Stabilising clayey formations".UK Patent Application No. 2332221 A, published 16.06.99.

  • 2) P.V. Coveney, M. Watkinson, A. Whiting and E.S. Boek, "Stabilizing clayey formations". US Patent application filed June 2000.

    Books

  • 1) S.M. Godfrey, C.A. McAuliffe and M. Watkinson, “Manganese Inorganic and Co-ordination Chemistry,” Encyclopaedia of Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley, New York, 1994.

  • 2) J. Eames and M. Watkinson, “Oxidation not including epoxidation,'” Second Addition of Rodd’s Chemistry of Carbon Compounds, Volume V, Topical Volumes, Asymmetric Catalysis, ed. M. Sainsbury, Elsevier Publishing, 2001, Chapter 2, 33-64.

  • 3) J. Eames and M. Watkinson, “Polymeric Scavengers for Efficient Organic Synthesis,” in Organic Synthesis Highlights, Volume V, Chapter 27, VCH-Wiley, 2002, 280-296 (ISBN 3-527-30611-0 Wiley-VCH, Weinheim).

    Recent Presentations

    “Synthesis of new C2-symmetric aza- and azaoxamacrocyclic ligands and their applications in catalysis,” RSC Dalton Discussion Group 5, Noordwijkerhout, Holland, April 2003.

    “Do synzymes have a role to play in biosensors?” invited presentation at UK-Analytical Partnerships workshop on Biomimetic Transduction Mechanisms., January 2004.

    “Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue,” Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, May 2004.

    “Ligand design: A route towards functional complexes?” Department of Chemistry, University of Bristol, July 2004.

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