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  1. Divergent prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidine and 8-oxo-purine ribonucleotides

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2017, Nature

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  2. Engineering Molecular Crystals: Backbreaking, yet Gratifying

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, May 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  3. Prebiotic selection and assembly of proteinogenic amino acids and natural nucleotides from complex mixtures

    Article • Nature Chemistry, January 2017, Nature

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  4. Are Oxygen and Sulfur Atoms Structurally Equivalent in Organic Crystals?

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, January 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  5. Rationalization of the Color Properties of Fluorescein in the Solid State: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  6. On the predictability of supramolecular interactions in molecular cocrystals – the view from the bench

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  7. The application of design of experiments (DoE) reaction optimisation and solvent selection in the development of new synthetic chemistry

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  8. Synthesis of substituted benzooxaborinin-1-ols via palladium-catalysed cyclisation of alkenyl- and alkynyl-boronic acids

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  9. Mechanical Properties of a Series of Macro- and Nanodimensional Organic Cocrystals Correlate with Atomic Polarizability

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  10. Sustainable Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydrofurans through the Selective Dehydration of Pentoses

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  11. Disappearing Polymorphs Revisited

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar, Professor Joel Bernstein

  12. Verschwundene Polymorphe: eine Neubetrachtung

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, June 2015, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar, Professor Joel Bernstein

  13. Irreversibleendo-Selective Diels-Alder Reactions of Substituted Alkoxyfurans: A General Synthesis ofendo-Cantharimides

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  14. Sonocrystallization Yields Monoclinic Paracetamol with Significantly Improved Compaction Behavior

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  15. Sonocrystallization Yields Monoclinic Paracetamol with Significantly Improved Compaction Behavior

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  16. Synthon Hierarchies in Crystal Forms Composed of Theophylline and Hydroxybenzoic Acids: Cocrystal Screening via Solution-Mediated Phase Transformation

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, October 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  17. A sildenafil cocrystal based on acetylsalicylic acid exhibits an enhanced intrinsic dissolution rate

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  18. Solid-state photoreactivity of 9-substituted acridizinium bromide salts

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  19. Organosulfonates aid argentophilic forces in the crystal engineering of [2+2] photodimerisations: reactivity involving 3-pyridyl groups

    Article • Supramolecular Chemistry, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  20. Sonochemical synthesis of nano-cocrystals

    Article • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, May 2013, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  21. Ultrasound-Assisted Construction of Halogen-Bonded Nanosized Cocrystals That Exhibit Thermosensitive Luminescence

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

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar, Dr Gareth O Lloyd

  22. pH-Controlled Coordination Mode Rearrangements of “Clickable” Huisgen-Based Multidentate Ligands with [MI(CO)3]+(M = Re,99mTc)

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, March 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  23. Supramolecular Complexes of Sulfadiazine and Pyridines: Reconfigurable Exteriors and Chameleon-like Behavior of Tautomers at the Co-Crystal–Salt Boundary

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, January 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  24. Single-crystal-to-single-crystal direct cross-linking and photopolymerisation of a discrete Ag(i) complex to give a 1D polycyclobutane coordination polymer

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  25. Discovery a predicted caffeine cocrystal

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Graeme Day, Dr Ivan Halasz, Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  26. From co-crystals to functional thin films: photolithography using [2+2] photodimerization

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  27. Advantages of mechanochemical cocrystallisation in the solid-state chemistry of pigments: colour-tuned fluorescein cocrystals

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar, Dr Gareth O Lloyd

  28. VO⋯C interactions in crystal structures of oxovanadium-coordination compounds

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Ivan Halasz, Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar, Vladimir Stilinovic

  29. ‘Masked synthons’ in crystal engineering: insulated components in acetaminophen cocrystal hydrates

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  30. Sonochemical synthesis of nano-cocrystals

    Article • January 2013, Acoustical Society of America (ASA)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  31. Organic Nanocrystals of the Resorcinarene Hexamer via Sonochemistry: Evidence of Reversed Crystal Growth Involving Hollow Morphologies

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  32. New opportunities in crystal engineering – the role of atomic force microscopy in studies of molecular crystals

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

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  33. A [2+2] cross-photodimerisation of photostable olefins via a three-component cocrystal solid solution

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

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  34. Accelerated aging: a low energy, solvent-free alternative to solvothermal and mechanochemical synthesis of metal–organic materials

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

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  35. Modification of luminescent properties of a coumarin derivative by formation of multi-component crystals

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Graeme Day, Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  36. A Supramolecular Protecting Group Strategy Introduced to the Organic Solid State: Enhanced Reactivity through Molecular Pedal Motion

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  37. A Supramolecular Protecting Group Strategy Introduced to the Organic Solid State: Enhanced Reactivity through Molecular Pedal Motion

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  38. Applications of hydrogen-bond-acceptor templates to direct ‘in-phase’ reactivity of a diene diacid in the solid state

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  39. Softening and Hardening of Macro- and Nano-Sized Organic Cocrystals in a Single-Crystal Transformation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  40. Softening and Hardening of Macro- and Nano-Sized Organic Cocrystals in a Single-Crystal Transformation

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, July 2011, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  41. The hydrazide/hydrazone click reaction as a biomolecule labeling strategy for M(CO)3 (M = Re, 99mTc) radiopharmaceuticals

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

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  42. A solid-state trimerisation of a diene diacid affords a bicyclobutyl: reactant structure from X-ray powder data and product separation and structure determination viaco-crystallisation

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

    Dr Ivan Halasz, Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  43. Unusual reactivity of acetylacetone with imidazole/histamine complexes and (M=Re, 99mTc)

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  44. Pharmaceutical Nano-Cocrystals: Sonochemical Synthesis by Solvent Selection and Use of a Surfactant

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  45. Pharmaceutical Nano-Cocrystals: Sonochemical Synthesis by Solvent Selection and Use of a Surfactant

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  46. A Red Zwitterionic Co-Crystal of Acetaminophen and 2,4-Pyridinedicarboxylic Acid

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  47. A 1:1 Cocrystal of Caffeine and 2-Hydroxy-1-Naphthoic Acid Obtained via a Slurry Screening Method

    Article • Journal of Chemical Crystallography, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  48. Supramolecular Catalysis in the Organic Solid State through Dry Grinding

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 2010, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  49. Supramolecular Catalysis in the Organic Solid State through Dry Grinding

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2010, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  50. ChemInform Abstract: Opportunities in Nanotechnology via Organic Solid-State Reactivity: Nanostructured Co-Crystals and Molecular Capsules

    Article • ChemInform, May 2010, Wiley

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  51. Stereospecific and quantitative photodimerisation of terminal olefins in the solid state

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

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  52. “Click” labeling strategy for M(CO)3 (M = Re, 99mTc) prostate cancer targeted Flutamide agents

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

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  53. A metal–organic framework with three cavities based on three-coloured square tiling derived from a cyclobutane constructed in the solid state

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  54. Supramolecular Control of Reactivity in the Solid State: From Templates to Ladderanes to Metal−Organic Frameworks

    Article • Accounts of Chemical Research, February 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Qianli Rick Chu, Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  55. General application of mechanochemistry to templated solid-state reactivity: rapid and solvent-free access to crystalline supermolecules

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

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  56. A lanthanide-based helicate coordination polymer derived from a rigid monodentate organic bridge synthesized in the solid state

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  57. Template‐Controlled Reactivity in the Organic Solid State by Principles of Coordination‐Driven Self‐Assembly

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, September 2007, Wiley

    Qianli Rick Chu, Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  58. Crystal and Molecular Structure of trans-1,2-bis(2-benzothiazolyl)ethene

    Article • Journal of Chemical Crystallography, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  59. Co-Crystals of Caffeine and Hydroxy-2-naphthoic Acids:  Unusual Formation of the Carboxylic Acid Dimer in the Presence of a Heterosynthon

    Article • Molecular Pharmaceutics, June 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  60. A “hidden” co-crystal of caffeine and adipic acid

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  61. Coding a coordination-driven self-assembly via a hydrogen bond-directed solid-state synthesis: An unexpected chiral tetrahedral capsule

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  62. Preparation and Reactivity of Nanocrystalline Cocrystals Formed via Sonocrystallization

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  63. 1D and 2D metal–organic frameworks functionalized with free pyridyl groups

    Article • Journal of Molecular Structure, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  64. Self-assembly of bis(1,3-diphenylpropane-1,3-dionato-κ2O,O′)bis(thiomorpholine-κN)cobalt(II)

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, January 2006, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  65. Bis(adamantylamine-κN)bis(1-phenylbutane-1,3-dionato-κ2O,O′)nickel(II)

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, February 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  66. The first adduct of bis(1,3-diphenyl-1,3-propanedionato)oxovanadium(IV)

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, November 2004, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Ivan Halasz, Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar, Vladimir Stilinovic

  67. Bis(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)bis(1-phenylbutane-1,3-dionato-κ2O,O′)nickel(II)

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, March 2004, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar

  68. A bis(1-phenyl-1,3-butanedionato)nickel(II) adduct with 3-aminopyridine

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online, October 2003, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Dejan-Kresimir Bucar