Dr John Mack

Rhodes University
Lecturer, Chemistry
South Africa

My co-authors include

Dr Ojodomo Achadu

Dr Simon J Coles

My Publications

Methodological Survey of Simplified TD-DFT Methods for Fast and Accurate Interpretation...

ACS Omega
April 2019

Photophysical properties and photodynamic therapy activities of detonated nanodiamonds-...

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
March 2019

Corrosion Resistance of Aluminum against Acid Activation: Impact of Benzothiazole-Subst...

Molecules
January 2019

Preparation of NIR absorbing axial substituted tin(iv) porphyrins and their photocytoto...

MedChemComm
January 2019

Effect of bromination on the optical limiting properties at 532 nm of BODIPY dyes with ...

Journal of Molecular Structure
January 2019

Co(ii)Tetraphenyltetraphenanthroporphyrin@MWCNTs: enhanced π–π interaction for robust e...

New Journal of Chemistry
January 2019

Synthesis, characterization and photodynamic activity of Sn(iv) triarylcorroles with re...

New Journal of Chemistry
January 2019

A 3,5-DistyrylBODIPY Dye Functionalized with Boronic Acid Groups for Direct Electrochem...

Electroanalysis
November 2018

Core-modified rubyrins with phenanthrene-fused pyrrole rings: Highly selective and tuna...

Dyes and Pigments
November 2018

The investigation of in vitro dark cytotoxicity and photodynamic therapy effect of a 2,...

Journal of Coordination Chemistry
October 2018

Enhanced nonlinear optical response of benzothiazole substituted ball-type phthalocyani...

Optical Materials
August 2018

An optical limiting study in aminophenoxy substituted phthalocyanine in the presence of...

Journal of Luminescence
June 2018

Photophysical and enhanced nonlinear optical response in asymmetric benzothiazole subst...

Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
June 2018

Electrospun 3,5-dithienylvinyleneBODIPY embedded polystyrene nanofibers for the photoca...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
June 2018

Photophysical and optical limiting properties at 532 nm of BODIPY dyes with p-benzyloxy...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
May 2018

Photophysicochemical behaviour and antimicrobial properties of monocarboxy Mg (II) and ...

Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
March 2018

Porphyrin dimers with a bridging chiral amide-bonded benzo-moiety: Influence of positio...

Dyes and Pigments
February 2018

Photophysical and strong optical limiting properties of ball-type phthalocyanines dimer...

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
February 2018

Synthesis and photophysical properties of BODIPY-decorated graphene quantum dot–phthalo...

New Journal of Chemistry
January 2018

Iron(iii)porphyrin electrocatalyzed enantioselective carbon-chloride bond cleavage of h...

Dalton Transactions
January 2018

The photophysicochemical behavior of symmetric and asymmetric zinc phthalocyanines, sur...

New Journal of Chemistry
January 2018

Photophysical properties of a novel styryl-BODIPY with a fused crown ether moiety

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2018

Pyridone substituted phthalocyanines: Photophysico-chemical properties and TD-DFT calcu...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2018

Investigation of photophysicochemical properties of zinc phthalocyanines conjugated to ...

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
December 2017

Photophysical and optical limiting properties of a novel distyryl-BODIPY with fused cro...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
December 2017

Push–pull type manganese(III)corroles: Synthesis, electronic structures and tunable int...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
November 2017

Singly and Doubly N-Confused Calix[4]phyrin Organoplatinum(II) Complexes as Near-IR Tri...

Inorganic Chemistry
October 2017

Optical limiting properties of 3,5-dipyrenylvinyleneBODIPY dyes at 532 nm

Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
October 2017

Enantioselective electrochemical carbon-chloride bond cleavage of hexachlorocyclohexane...

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
October 2017

Optical Limiting Properties of 3,5-Dithienylenevinylene BODIPY Dyes at 532 nm

Chemistry - A European Journal
September 2017

Highly efficient C Cl bond cleavage and unprecedented C C bond cleavage of environmen...

Applied Catalysis A General
September 2017

Nonlinear optical dynamics of benzothiazole derivatized phthalocyanines in solution, th...

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
September 2017

N-Bridged Annulated BODIPYs: Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Blueshifted Dyes

Chemistry - An Asian Journal
August 2017

Halogen substituted A 2 B type Co(III)triarylcorroles: Synthesis, electronic structure ...

Dyes and Pigments
July 2017

Optical limiting properties of 2,6-dibromo-3,5- distyrylBODIPY dyes at 532 nm

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
July 2017

Electronic structure and NH-tautomerism of a novel metal-free phenanthroline-annelated ...

Dyes and Pigments
May 2017

Photophysical studies of 2,6-dibrominated BODIPY dyes substituted with 4-benzyloxystyry...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
April 2017

Improved nonlinear optical behaviour of ball type indium(III) phthalocyanine linked to ...

Dyes and Pigments
January 2017

Synthesis, photophysical and nonlinear optical properties of a series of ball-type phth...

New Journal of Chemistry
January 2017

Cu(iii)triarylcorroles with asymmetric push–pull meso-substitutions: tunable molecular ...

Dalton Transactions
January 2017

Aza boron-pyridyl-isoindoline analogues: synthesis and photophysical properties

New Journal of Chemistry
January 2017

Optical limiting properties of 3,5-diphenyldibenzo-azaBODIPY at 532 nm

New Journal of Chemistry
January 2017

4-Bis(4-aminophenoxy)phenoxy derivitized phthalocyanine conjugated to metallic nanopart...

New Journal of Chemistry
January 2017

Expanded, Contracted, and Isomeric Porphyrins: Theoretical Aspects

Chemical Reviews
December 2016

Flexible Metal-Porphyrin Dimers (M=MnIII Cl, CoII , NiII , CuII ): Synthesis, Spectrosc...

ChemPlusChem
November 2016

Aggregation Control of Robust Water-Soluble Zinc(II) Phthalocyanine-Based Photosensitizers

Langmuir
November 2016

A2B type copper(III)corroles containing zero-to-five fluorine atoms: Synthesis, electro...

Dyes and Pigments
October 2016

Synthesis, Characterization, and Electronic Structures of Porphyrins Fused with Polycyc...

Chemistry - A European Journal
August 2016

Rational Design of Emissive NIR-Absorbing Chromophores: RhIIIPorphyrin-Aza-BODIPY Conju...

Chemistry - A European Journal
August 2016

Synthesis and photophysicochemical properties of BODIPY dye functionalized gold nanorod...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
August 2016

Tuning the synthetic cobalt(III)corroles electroreductive catalyzed lindane dehalogenat...

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
August 2016

A Chiral Hemiporphyrazine Derivative: Synthesis and Chiroptical Properties

Chemistry - An Asian Journal
July 2016

Optically active BODIPYs

Coordination Chemistry Reviews
July 2016

Spectroscopic investigations and theoretical calculations of DABCO induced xanthene bri...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
May 2016

MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of magnesium tetra-(15-crown-5-oxanthreno)-pht...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2016

Efficient energy transfer in ethynyl bridged corrole–BODIPY dyads

RSC Advances
January 2016

Highly efficient near IR photosensitizers based-on Ir–C bonded porphyrin-aza-BODIPY con...

RSC Advances
January 2016

Photoisomerization and optical behavior study of a subphthalocyanine–bisazobenzene–subp...

Journal of Materials Chemistry C
January 2016

Photoisomerization and optical properties of a subphthalocyanine–azobenzene–subphthaloc...

RSC Advances
January 2016

Photophysical properties of tetraphenylporphyrinsubphthalocyanine conjugates

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2016

Synthesis and photophysical properties of orthogonal rhodium(iii)–carbon bonded porphyr...

Journal of Materials Chemistry C
January 2016

Synthesis and properties of azulene-functionalized BODIPYs

RSC Advances
January 2016

Synthesis, characterization and electrochemistry of rhodium(iii) complexes of meso-subs...

RSC Advances
January 2016

Synthesis and Characterization of Palladium(II) Complexes of meso-Substituted [14]Tribe...

Inorganic Chemistry
November 2015

Synthesis and Photophysical Investigation of Tetraazaporphyrin Substituted with Aggrega...

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
November 2015

Optical properties and electronic structures of axially-ligated group 9 porphyrins

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
August 2015

Facile synthesis, spectroscopic and electrochemical properties, and theoretical calcula...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
July 2015

Modulation of the molecular spintronic properties of adsorbed copper corroles

Nature Communications
June 2015

Organosilicon compounds as fluorescent chemosensors for fluoride anion recognition

Coordination Chemistry Reviews
February 2015

Corrole–BODIPY conjugates: enhancing the fluorescence and phosphorescence of the corrol...

RSC Advances
January 2015

A BODIPY-based ‘turn-on’ fluorescent probe for hypoxic cell imaging

Chemical Communications
January 2015

Synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties of an acenaphthalene fused-rin...

RSC Advances
January 2015

Spectroscopic and nonlinear optical properties of the four positional isomers of 4α-(4-...

Journal of Materials Chemistry C
January 2015

Lipophilic M(α,α′-OC5H11)8phthalocyanines (M = H2 and Ni(ii)): synthesis, electronic st...

Dalton Transactions
January 2015

Optical limiting and singlet oxygen generation properties of phosphorus triazatetrabenz...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2015

Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemistry of the Manganese(I) Complexes ofmeso-...

Chemistry - A European Journal
November 2014

A new aza-BODIPY based NIR region colorimetric and fluorescent chemodosimeter for fluoride

RSC Advances
October 2014

Synthesis, characterization and photodynamic therapy properties of an octa-4-tert-butyl...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
August 2014

Trends in the TD-DFT calculations of porphyrin and phthalocyanine analogs

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
August 2014

Porphodilactones as Synthetic Chlorophylls: Relative Orientation of β-Substituents on a...

Journal of the American Chemical Society
July 2014

MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of low symmetry subnaphthalocyanine analogs

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
July 2014

Asymmetrical aza-boron-dipyridomethene derivatives with large Stokes shifts: synthesis ...

Tetrahedron Letters
July 2014

Core-Modified Rubyrins Containing Dithienylethene Moieties

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
April 2014

Synthesis, photophysicochemical properties and TD-DFT calculations of tetrakis(2-benzoy...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
April 2014

Phosphorus(V)-Corrole: Synthesis, Spectroscopic Properties, Theoretical Calculations, ...

Inorganic Chemistry
March 2014

Photophysicochemical properties and TD-DFT calculations of a novel terminal alkyne subs...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
March 2014

Photophysical and photochemical properties and TD-DFT calculations of novel zinc and pl...

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
March 2014

Boron-pyridyl-imino-isoindoline dyes: facile synthesis and photophysical properties

Chemical Communications
January 2014

Structural modification strategies for the rational design of red/NIR region BODIPYs

Chemical Society Reviews
January 2014

Optical nonlinearities and photophysicochemical behaviour of green and blue forms of lu...

Journal of Materials Chemistry C
January 2014

TD-DFT calculations and MCD spectroscopy of porphyrin and phthalocyanine analogues: rat...

TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
January 2014

New 2,6-Distyryl-Substituted BODIPY Isomers: Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and T...

Chemistry - A European Journal
December 2013

Synthesis, characterization and solid-state emission properties of arylsilyl-substitute...

Dyes and Pigments
December 2013

MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of low-symmetry acenaphthoporphyrins with dual...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
October 2013

Acenaphthylene-Fused Cyclo[8]pyrroles with Intense Near-IR-Region Absorption Bands

Chemistry - A European Journal
August 2013

MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of a naphthalene-ring-bridged coplanar binucle...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
June 2013

A BODIPY fluorescent probe with selective response for hypochlorous acid and its applic...

Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
June 2013

A red fluorescent turn-on probe for hydrogen sulfide and its application in living cells

Chemical Communications
January 2013

Magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy and electronic structures of C3 symmetry bucky...

Chemical Physics Letters
January 2013

Synthesis, Characterization, MCD Spectroscopy, and TD-DFT Calculations of Copper-Metal...

Inorganic Chemistry
December 2012

Synthesis and Properties of Fused-Ring-Expanded Porphyrins that were Core-Modified with...

Chemistry - A European Journal
November 2012

Synthesis and photophysical properties of covalent conjugates of aqua platinum(II) and ...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
November 2012

Synthesis, Optical Properties, and Electronic Structures of Fully Core-Modified Porphyr...

Chemistry - A European Journal
September 2012

Trends in the optical and redox properties of tetraphenyltetraphenanthroporphyrins

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
July 2012

Fourteen-Electron Ring Model and the Anomalous Magnetic Circular Dichroism of meso -Tr...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
April 2012

Synthesis, Characterization, and Spectroscopic Analysis of Antiaromatic Benzofused Meta...

Chemistry - A European Journal
February 2012

Chiral Phthalocyanine with Unambiguous Absolute Molecular Structures for Both Enantiomers

Acta Chimica Sinica
January 2012

Synthesis, structure and spectroscopic properties of a porphycene-Re I complex

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
July 2011

Self-Assembly and Gelation Behavior of Tris(phenylisoxazolyl)benzenes

The Journal of Organic Chemistry
June 2011

meso-Aryl Phenanthroporphyrins: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties

Chemistry - A European Journal
June 2011

Cyclo[8]isoindoles: Ring-Expanded and Annelated Porphyrinoids

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
May 2011

The Synthesis and Properties of Free‐Base [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) Compounds and the Format...

Chemistry - A European Journal
March 2011

Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of Fused-Ring-Expanded Aza-Boradiazaindacenes

Chemistry - An Asian Journal
March 2011

Low Symmetry Phthalocyanines and Their Analogues

Chemical Reviews
February 2011

A selective colorimetric and fluorometric ammonium ion sensor based on the H-aggregatio...

Chemical Communications
January 2011

Facile Hg2+ detection in water using fluorescent self-assembled monolayers of a rhodami...

Journal of Materials Chemistry
January 2011

Re-examination of the emission properties of alkoxy- and thioalkyl-substituted phthaloc...

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
March 2010

Specific Cu2+-induced J-aggregation and Hg2+-induced fluorescence enhancement based on ...

Chemical Communications
January 2010

Synthesis, Structures, and Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Benzoporphycenes

Chemistry - A European Journal
October 2009

Effect of peripheral fused ring substitution on the optical spectroscopy and electronic...

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
October 2009

A Facile One-Pot Synthesis of meso -Aryl-Substituted [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1)

Journal of the American Chemical Society
December 2008

Application of MCD Spectroscopy and TD-DFT to Nonplanar Core-Modified Tetrabenzoporphyr...

Chemistry - A European Journal
May 2008

Magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy of cobalt tetraphenyltetraacenaphthoporphyrin

Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
March 2008

Heme Binding Properties ofStaphylococcus aureusIsdE†

Biochemistry
November 2007

Application of MCD spectroscopy to porphyrinoids

Coordination Chemistry Reviews
February 2007

Characterization of the Heme Binding Properties of Staphylococcus aureus IsdA †

Biochemistry
October 2006

Application of MCD Spectroscopy and TD−DFT to a Highly Non-Planar Porphyrinoid Ring Sys...

Journal of the American Chemical Society
December 2005

In vivo heme scavenging by Staphylococcus aureus IsdC and IsdE proteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
July 2004

Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure of Electron Deficient Zinc Phthalocyanines

Journal of the American Chemical Society
June 2003

Electronic Structure of Reduced Symmetry Peripheral Fused-Ring-Substituted Phthalocyanines

Inorganic Chemistry
October 2002

Assignment of the optical spectra of metal phthalocyanines through spectral band deconv...

Coordination Chemistry Reviews
October 2001

Transition Assignments in the Ultraviolet−Visible Absorption and Magnetic Circular Dich...

Inorganic Chemistry
February 2001

Assignment of the optical spectrum of metal porphyrin and phthalocyanine radical anions

Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
January 2001

Degradation Pathways during the Treatment of Methyl tert -Butyl Ether by the UV/H 2 O ...

Environmental Science & Technology
February 2000

Photochemistry of nitrite and nitrate in aqueous solution: a review

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
November 1999

Absorption, Fluorescence, and Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectra of and Molecular Orbi...

Inorganic Chemistry
November 1997

Assignment of the Optical Spectra of Metal Phthalocyanine Anions

Inorganic Chemistry
January 1997

Band Deconvolution Analysis of the Absorption and Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectral ...

The Journal of Physical Chemistry
May 1995

Photochemical Formation of the Anion Radical of Zinc Phthalocyanine and Analysis of the...

Journal of the American Chemical Society
February 1994

Ground-state and optical spectrum of metallophthalocyanine radical anions from low-temp...

Inorganic Chemistry
April 1992