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Email

rohair@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
School of Chemistry
Education
Doctorate (Research)
Adelaide University
Bachelors Degree
Adelaide University
PhD
Adelaide University
ORCID

0000-0002-8044-0502

Prof Richard O'Hair

Professor
School of Chemistry

459 Scholarly works
19 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Alkali metal-mediated decarboxylation and C[sbnd]F activation reactions for the decomposition of perfluoropropionate into perfluoroethene.
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2025.122953
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Gas-phase negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy and reactivity of phenylacetylide PhCC−
    DOI: 10.1039/d5cp03821a
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Gas-phase reactivity of hexanuclear molybdenum [Mo6I14]2−and its photo-fragments towards O2and CO2: combined mass spectrometry (MSn) and quantum chemical simulations
    DOI: 10.1039/d5cp02611c
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Front Cover: Ar–X Coupling Reactions of Cationic Aryl Copper(II) Complexes with Organic Substrates: What Role Do Radicals Play?
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.70196
  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    Improving Materials Testing for the Display and Storage of Museum Collections
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Metal-Promoted Bond Functionalisation: New Routes to Amides and Thioamides
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Decoding the Mechanism of Environmental Polymer Degradation
Richard O'Hair

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
University of Melbourne
2004
Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
2002
Gilmour Research Award University of Melbourne
2001
David Syme Research Prize University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Ar–X Coupling Reactions of Cationic Aryl Copper(II) Complexes with Organic Substrates: What Role Do Radicals Play?
    DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500431
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Remembering John I. Brauman (September 7, 1937-August 23, 2024): His Impact on Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry and Science
    DOI: 10.1021/jasms.5c00143
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Effects of Oxygenation on the Reactions of the Iodiranium Ion c-C2H4I with Unsaturated Compounds in the Gas Phase
    DOI: 10.1021/jasms.4c00495
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Reactivity of [CpFe(CO)2] with Nitrogen-Containing Heterocyclic Compounds in the Gas Phase: Ligand Exchange and Dehydrogenation
    DOI: 10.1021/jasms.4c00437
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Perfluorocarboxylate Anions: Fragmentation Induced by Reactive Species Formed From Microwave Excited Hydrogen and Water Plasmas
    DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9953
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Henkel-like Decarboxylation Produces Mononuclear Arylalkalis, [4-(CH3)3N(C6H4)M] which Hydrolyse and Undergo Surprising SN2 Reactions Between Alkali Hydroxides and (CH3)3NC6H5
    DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202400425

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    Improving Materials Testing for the Display and Storage of Museum Collections
  • 2015

    Research Grant

    Coinage Metal Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity

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