Alasdair McKay

A photo-switchable molecular capsule: sequential photoinduced processes

Manjiri Choudhari, Jingjing Xu, Alasdair McKay, Clement Guerrin, Craig Forsyth, Howard Z Ma, Lars Goerigk, Richard AJ O'Hair, Antoine Bonnefont, Laurent Ruhlmann, Stephane Aloise, Chris Ritchie

Journal article  |  2022  |  CHEMICAL SCIENCE

The metastable trilacunary heteropolyoxomolybdate [PMo9O31(py)3]3- - {PMo9}; py = pyridine) and the ditopic pyridyl bearing diaryl..

Quantitative High-Field NMR- and Mass Spectrometry-Based Fatty Acid Sequencing Reveals Internal Structure in Ru-Catalyzed Deuteration of Docosahexaenoic Acid

Dong Hao Wang, Dragoslav Vidovic, Alasdair I McKay, Tamim Darwish, Hui Gyu Park, Secilia Martinez Garza, Samuel W Shields, Jennifer S Brodbelt, Zhen Wang, RJ Scott Lacombe, Vadim V. Shmanai, Ivan L Lysenko, Andrei V. Bekish, Karsten Schmidt, Christina Redfield, J Thomas Brenna, Mikhail S Shchepinov

Journal article  |  2022  |  ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Ru-based catalysis results in highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) ethyl esters (EE) deuterated to various extents. The products c..

Cytochrome P450 Blt Enables Versatile Peptide Cyclisation to Generate Histidine‐ and Tyrosine‐Containing Crosslinked Tripeptide Building Blocks

Yongwei Zhao, Edward Marschall, Maxine Treisman, Alasdair McKay, Leo Padva, Max Crüsemann, David R Nelson, David L Steer, Ralf B Schittenhelm, Julien Tailhades, Max J Cryle

Journal article  |  2022  |  Angewandte Chemie

Cytochrome P450Blt Enables Versatile Peptide Cyclisation to Generate Histidine- and Tyrosine-Containing Crosslinked Tripeptide Building Blocks.

Yongwei Zhao, Edward Marschall, Maxine Treisman, Alasdair McKay, Leo Padva, Max Crüsemann, David R Nelson, David L Steer, Ralf B Schittenhelm, Julien Tailhades, Max J Cryle

Journal article  |  2022  |  Angew Chem Int Ed Engl

We report our investigation of the utility of peptide crosslinking cytochrome P450 enzymes from biarylitide biosynthesis to genera..

Carbodiphosphorane-Stabilized Parent Dioxophosphorane: A Valuable Synthetic HO2P Source

Zhizhou Liu, Alasdair McKay, Lili Zhao, Craig M Forsyth, Violeta Jevtovic, Milena Petkovic, Gernot Frenking, Dragoslav Vidovic

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Introducing a small phosphorus-based fragment into other molecular entities via, for example, phosphorylation/phosphonylation is a..

Solvent‐Independent Molecular Weight Determination of Polymers Based on a Truly Universal Calibration

Pieter‐Jan Voorter, Alasdair McKay, Jinhuo Dai, Olga Paravagna, Neil R Cameron, Tanja Junkers

Journal article  |  2022  |  Angewandte Chemie

Solvent-Independent Molecular Weight Determination of Polymers Based on a Truly Universal Calibration

Pieter-Jan Voorter, Alasdair McKay, Jinhuo Dai, Olga Paravagna, Neil R Cameron, Tanja Junkers

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY) allows for accurate molecular weight calibration and determination that can be corrected..

Examination of N,N-dimethylbenzylamine as a substrate for ruthenium-catalysed C-H (thio)amidation: A mass spectrometry and DFT directed study

Weam AO Altalhi, Alasdair I McKay, Benjamin Spyrou, Allan J Canty, Paul S Donnelly, Richard AJ O'Hair

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Key steps in the potential application of N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, a widely used substrate in organometallic chemistry, in rutheni..

Stereoelectronic Characterization and Catalytic Potential of a 1,3-Bis(2,6-terphenyl)-Substituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene

Daniel Twycross, Christopher J Davey, Marcus L Cole, Alasdair McKay

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The preparation of a 1,3-bis(2,6-terphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene, IDitop (Ditop=2,6-bis(4-tolyl)phenyl-) is reported. Several late tr..

A Series of Crystallographically Characterized Linear and Branched sigma-Alkane Complexes of Rhodium: From Propane to 3-Methylpentane

Alexander J Bukvic, Arron L Burnage, Graham J Tizzard, Antonio J Martinez-Martinez, Alasdair McKay, Nicholas H Rees, Bengt E Tegner, Tobias Kramer, Heather Fish, Mark R Warren, Simon J Coles, Stuart A Macgregor, Andrew S Weller

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Using solid-state molecular organometallic (SMOM) techniques, in particular solid/gas single-crystal to single-crystal reactivity,..