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  1. Structural Studies of ( rac )-BIPHEN Organomagnesiates and Intermediates in the Halogen–Metal Exchange of 2-Bromopyridine

    Article • Organometallics, June 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  2. Solid state and solution studies of lithium tris(n-butyl)magnesiates stabilised by Lewis donors

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  3. Directed ortho-meta'- and meta-meta'-dimetalations: A template base approach to deprotonation

    Article • Science, November 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  4. Dehydromethylation of alkali metal salts of the utility amide 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (TMP)

    Article • Chemical Communications, July 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  5. Complexity in seemingly simple sodium magnesiate systems

    Article • Dalton Transactions, June 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  6. Mixed Lithium Complexes: Structure and Applicationin Synthesis

    Article • March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  7. Synthesis of an alkylmagnesium amide and interception of a ring-opened isomer of the important utility amide 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (TMP)

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  8. Optimisation of a lithium magnesiate for use in the non-cryogenic asymmetric deprotonation of prochiral ketones

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  9. Pre-inverse-crowns: synthetic, structural and reactivity studies of alkali metal magnesiates primed for inverse crown formation

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  10. Evaluatingcis-2,6-Dimethylpiperidide (cis-DMP) as a Base Component in Lithium-Mediated Zincation Chemistry

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  11. Structural elucidation of homometallic anthracenolates synthesised via deprotonative metallation of anthrone

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara, William Clegg

  12. catena-Poly[sodium-μ2-(N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethane-1,2-diamine)-κ2N:N′-sodium-bis[μ2-bis(trimethylsilyl)azanido-κ2N:N]]

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, November 2012, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  13. Synthesis and structural elucidation of a rare example of a tris(amido) potassium magnesiate

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, April 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  14. Single electron transfer (SET) activity of the dialkyl-amido sodium zincate [(TMEDA)·Na(μ-TMP)(μ-tBu)Zn(tBu)] towards TEMPO and chalcone

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  15. Meta -metallation of N , N -dimethylaniline: Contrasting direct sodium-mediated zincation with indirect sodiation-dialkylzinc co-complexation

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2011, Beilstein Institut

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  16. Mixed Lithium Amide–Lithium Halide Compounds: Unusual Halide‐Deficient Amido Metal Anionic Crowns

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  17. Mixed Lithium Amide-Lithium Halide Compounds: Unusual Halide-Deficient Amido Metal Anionic Crowns

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  18. Remote functionalisation via sodium alkylamidozincate intermediates: access to unusual fluorenone and pyridyl ketone reactivity patterns

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  19. Synthesis and structural chemistry of alkali metal tris(HMDS) magnesiates containing chiral diamine donor ligands

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  20. Sodium-Mediated Magnesiation of Thiophene and Tetrahydrothiophene: Structural Contrasts with Furan and Tetrahydrofuran

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  21. cis-2,6-Dimethylpiperidide: a structural mimic for TMP (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide) or DA (diisopropylamide)?

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  22. Structural elaboration of the surprising ortho-zincation of benzyl methyl ether

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  23. Synergic Synthesis of Benzannulated Zincabicyclic Complexes, α-Zincated N Ylides, through Sodium-TMEDA-Mediated Zincation of a Haloarene

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  24. Synergic Synthesis of Benzannulated Zincabicyclic Complexes, α-Zincated N Ylides, through Sodium-TMEDA-Mediated Zincation of a Haloarene

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara, William Clegg

  25. Structural Elucidation of tmeda-Solvated Alkali Metal Diphenylamide Complexes

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, November 2009, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  26. Structural Variations within Group 1 (Li−Cs) + (2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy) − Complexes Made via Metallic Reduction of the Nitroxyl Radical

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, July 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  27. Reactions of (−)-sparteine with alkali metal HMDS complexes: conventional meets the unconventional

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  28. Unmasking Representative Structures of TMP-Active Hauser and Turbo-Hauser Bases

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2008, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  29. Innentitelbild: Unmasking Representative Structures of TMP-Active Hauser and Turbo-Hauser Bases (Angew. Chem. 42/2008)

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2008, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  30. Inside Cover: Unmasking Representative Structures of TMP-Active Hauser and Turbo-Hauser Bases (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 42/2008)

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2008, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  31. Unmasking Representative Structures of TMP-Active Hauser and Turbo-Hauser Bases

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2008, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  32. A Structural and Computational Study of Synthetically Important Alkali-Metal/Tetramethylpiperidide (TMP) Amine Solvates

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2008, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  33. Structurally Defined Reactions of Sodium TMP–Zincate with Nitrile Compounds: Synthesis of a Salt-Like Sodium Sodiumdizincate and Other Unexpected Ion-Pair Products

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  34. Structurally Defined Reactions of Sodium TMP–Zincate with Nitrile Compounds: Synthesis of a Salt-Like Sodium Sodiumdizincate and Other Unexpected Ion-Pair Products

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, January 2008, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara, William Clegg

  35. Transamination chemistry of sodium TMP-zincate: synthesis and crystal structure of a chiral amidozincate

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Joaquín García-Álvarez, Dr Charles O'Hara, William Clegg

  36. Synthetic and structural investigations of alkali metal diamine bis(phenolate) complexes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara, William Clegg

  37. Isolation and characterisation of a (−)-sparteine coordinated mixed alkyl/amido sodium magnesiate, a chiral variant of an important utility ate base

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  38. Synthesis and Structure of a Molecular Barium Aminebis(phenolate) and Its Application as an Initiator for Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, September 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  39. Organometallic Polymers Assembled from Cation–π Interactions: Use of Ferrocene as a Ditopic Linker Within the Homologous Series [{(Me3Si)2NM}2⋅(Cp2Fe)]∞ (M=Na, K, Rb, Cs; Cp=cyclopentadienyl)

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  40. Synthesis and structural characterisation of mixed alkali metal–magnesium mixed ligand alkyl-amido ate complexes

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  41. Alkali-Metal-Mediated Zincation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis and Structures of Mono- and Dizincated Naphthalenes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2006, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara, William Clegg

  42. Alkali-Metal-Mediated Zincation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis and Structures of Mono- and Dizincated Naphthalenes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2006, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  43. A polymeric solvent-free variant of a hydridomagnesium inverse crown

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications, July 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  44. The synthesis and characterisation of a magnesium amine bis(phenolate) complex as a potential initiator for the ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters

    Article • Main Group Chemistry, March 2006, IOS Press

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  45. Building an extended inverse crown motif via alkali-metal-mediated α-magnesiation of furan

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  46. SelectiveMeta-Deprotonation of Toluene by Using Alkali-Metal-Mediated Magnesiation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2005, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  47. SelectiveMeta-Deprotonation of Toluene by Using Alkali-Metal-Mediated Magnesiation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 2005, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  48. Stoichiometrically-controlled reactivity and supramolecular storage of butylmagnesiate anions

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  49. A Homologous Series of Regioselectively Tetradeprotonated Group 8 Metallocenes:  New Inverse Crown Ring Compounds Synthesized via a Mixed Sodium−Magnesium Tris(diisopropylamide) Synergic Base

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Charles O'Hara, William Clegg

  50. Isolation and characterisation of the mixed-metal alkyl amide [(TMEDA)Na(μ-Bu)(μ-TMP)Mg(TMP)], an unexpected chelate-trapped intermediate in the formation of inverse crowns

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  51. Synthesis, Structure and Theoretical Studies of the Hydrido Inverse Crown [K2Mg2(NiPr2)4(μ-H)2·(toluene)2]: a Rare Example of a Molecular Magnesium Hydride with a Mg-(μ-H)2-Mg Double Bridge

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, September 2003, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  52. Synthesis of the mixed lithium–potassium–(bis)magnesium N-metallated/N, C-dimetallated amide [Li2K2Mg4{But(Me3Si)N}4{But[Me2(H2C)Si]N}4]: an inverse crown molecule with an atomless cavityElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: NMR spectra...

    Article • Chemical Communications, April 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara, Dr John A Parkinson

  53. Hexameric Mg-O Stacks with Six THF-Solvated Sodium Amide Appendages: “Super” Variants of Inverse Crown Ethers Generated by Cleavage of THF

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2002, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  54. Hexameric Mg-O Stacks with Six THF-Solvated Sodium Amide Appendages: “Super” Variants of Inverse Crown Ethers Generated by Cleavage of THF

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, July 2002, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  55. Alkoxide binding in inverse crown chemistry: rational synthesis of a series of composite alkali metal–magnesium–alkoxide–diisopropylamides

    Article • Chemical Communications, May 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  56. Hydride encapsulation in s-block metal inverse crown chemistry

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

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    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2001, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

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    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2001, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

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    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2001, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

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    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2001, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  61. Regioselective Tetrametalation of Ferrocene in a Single Reaction: Extension of s-Block Inverse Crown Chemistry to the d-Block

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2001, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  62. Regioselective Tetrametalation of Ferrocene in a Single Reaction: Extension of s-Block Inverse Crown Chemistry to the d-Block

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2001, Wiley

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  63. Trimagnesium-bridged trinuclear ferrocenophanes cocomplexed with solvated mononuclear alkali metal amide molecules

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara

  64. Synergistic effects in the activation of small molecules by <i>s</i>-block elements

    Article • Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Charles O'Hara