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Newcastle Authors	Title	Year
Dr Corinne Wills Dr Casey Dixon Dr Elisabetta Arca Dr Julian Knight Dr Simon Doherty et al.	Efficient Hydrogen Evolution from Dimethylamine Borane, Ammonia Borane and Sodium Borohydride Catalyzed by Ruthenium and Platinum Nanoparticles Stabilized by an Amine Modified Polymer Immobilized Ionic Liquid: A Comparative Study	2024
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Reece Paterson Dr Corinne Wills Dr Casey Dixon et al.	Gold Nanoparticle Catalyzed Solvent Switchable Selective Partial Reduction of Nitrobenzene to N-Phenylhydroxylamine and Azoxybenzene	2024
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Adhwa Alharbi Dr Corinne Wills Dr Casey Dixon et al.	Selective Partial Reduction of Nitroarenes to the Hydrazoarene Catalyzed by Amine-Modified Ordered Mesoporous Silica Immobilized Ionic Liquid (OMSIIL) Stabilised RuNPs	2024
Reece Paterson Dr Elisabetta Arca Dr Casey Dixon Dr Corinne Wills Dr Kejun Wu et al.	Amine-modified polyionic liquid supports enhance the efficacy of PdNPs for the catalytic hydrogenation of CO₂ to formate	2023
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Adhwa Alharbi Dr Corinne Wills	Amino-Modified Polymer Immobilized Ionic Liquid Stabilized Ruthenium Nanoparticles: Efficient and Selective Catalysts for the Partial and Complete Reduction of Quinolines	2023
Reece Paterson Dr Hussam Alharbi Dr Corinne Wills Dr Julian Knight Dr Simon Doherty et al.	Highly efficient and selective partial reduction of nitroarenes to N-arylhydroxylamines catalysed by phosphine oxide-decorated polymer immobilized ionic liquid stabilized ruthenium nanoparticles	2023
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Dr Hussam Alharbi Reece Paterson Dr Corinne Wills et al.	Efficient Hydrolytic Hydrogen Evolution from Sodium Borohydride Catalyzed by Polymer Immobilized Ionic Liquid-Stabilized Platinum Nanoparticles	2022
Reece Paterson Adhwa Alharbi Dr Corinne Wills Dr Casey Dixon Professor Lidija Siller et al.	Heteroatom Modified Polymer Immobilized Ionic Liquid Stabilized Ruthenium Nanoparticles: Efficient Catalysts for the Hydrolytic Evolution of Hydrogen from Sodium Borohydride	2022
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Tom Backhouse Tina Tran Reece Paterson et al.	Highly efficient and selective aqueous phase hydrogenation of aryl ketones, aldehydes, furfural and levulinic acid and its ethyl ester catalyzed by phosphine oxide-decorated polymer immobilized ionic liquid-stabilized ruthenium nanoparticles	2022
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Tina Tran Daniel Perry	The Synthesis of Biarylmonophosphonates via Palladium-Catalysed Phosphonation, Iridium-Catalysed C-H Borylation and Palladium-Catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling	2022
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Dr Paul Waddell Dr Corinne Wills Dr Casey Dixon et al.	Arene-Immobilized Ru(II)/TsDPEN Complexes: Synthesis and Applications to the Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones	2021
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Tom Backhouse Einas Abood	Highly Selective and Solvent-Dependent Reduction of Nitrobenzene to N-Phenylhydroxylamine, Azoxybenzene and Aniline Catalyzed by Phosphino-Modified Polymer Immobilized Ionic Liquid-Stabilized AuNPs	2019
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Tom Backhouse Einas Abood Dr Hind Alshaikh et al.	Heteroatom Donor-Decorated Polymer-Immobilized Ionic Liquid Stabilized Palladium Nanoparticles: Efficient Catalysts for Room-Temperature Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling in Aqueous Media	2018
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Tom Backhouse Dr Andrew Bradford	Highly efficient aqueous phase reduction of nitroarenes catalyzed by phosphine-decorated PEG-modified polymer immobilized ionic liquid stabilized PdNPs	2018
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Tom Backhouse Einas Abood Dr Hind Alshaikh et al.	Highly efficient aqueous phase chemoselective hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes catalysed by phosphine-decorated polymer immobilized IL-stabilized PdNPs	2017
Dr Simon Doherty	The Phosphinoboration of N-Heterocycles	2017
Chinyelumndu Nwosu Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Professor Katarina Novakovic	Oscillatory carbonylation reaction employing mono- and di-alkyne-terminated poly(ethylene glycol)	2016
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Dr Michael Carroll Ashley Clemmet Jack Ellison et al.	Selective and Highly Efficient Hydrogen Peroxide-Mediated Oxidation of Sulfides in Batch and Continuous Flow using Styrene-Based Polymer Immobilised Ionic Liquid Phase Supported Peroxotungstates	2016
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Daniel Perry Nicholas Ward Dror Bittner et al.	Triaryl-Like MONO-, BIS- and TRISKITPHOS Phosphines: Synthesis, Solution NMR Studies and a Comparison in Gold-Catalysed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Forming 5-Exo-Dig and 6-Endo-Dig Cyclizations	2016
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Dr Michael Carroll Jack Ellison Dr Stephen Hobson et al.	Efficient and selective hydrogen peroxide-mediated oxidation of sulfides in batch and segmented and continuous flow using a peroxometalate-based polymer immobilised ionic liquid phase catalyst	2015
Dr Simon Doherty	The Phosphinoboration Reaction	2015
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Jack Ellison	An efficient Cu(II)-bis(oxazoline)-based polymer immobilised ionic liquid phase catalyst for asymmetric carbon–carbon bond formation	2014
Dr Simon Doherty	Homogeneous Catalysis in Ionic Liquids	2014
Dr Simon Doherty	Homogeneous catalysis in ionic liquids	2014
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Nicholas Ward Daniel Perry Dror Bittner et al.	Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Couplings with 2-Diethylphosphonato-Substituted Aryl- and Naphthylboronate Esters as the Nucleophilic Partner: A Complementary Approach to the Synthesis of Biaryl Monophosphonates	2014
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Nicholas Ward Dr Corinne Wills Emeritus Professor William McFarlane et al.	Electron-Rich Trialkyl-Type Dihydro-KITPHOS Monophosphines: Efficient Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling. Comparison with Their Biaryl-Like KITPHOS Monophosphine Counterparts	2013
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Jack Ellison Dr Ross Harrington	An efficient recyclable peroxometalate-based polymer-immobilised ionic liquid phase (PIILP) catalyst for hydrogen peroxide-mediated oxidation	2012
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Hamid Mehdi-Zodeh	Asymmetric carbonyl-Ene and Friedel-Crafts reactions catalyzed by Lewis acid platinum group metal complexes of the enantiopure atropisomeric biaryl-like diphosphine (S)-Me₂-CATPHOS: a comparison with BINAP	2012
Dr Simon Doherty Catherine Smyth	Synthesis and Resolution of the Biaryl-Like Diphosphine (S)-Me₂-CATPHOS, Preparation of a Derived Rhodium Precatalyst and Applications in Asymmetric Hydrogenation	2012
Dr Simon Doherty Catherine Smyth Dr Julian Knight	Synthesis of an Electron-Rich KITPHOS Monophosphine, Preparation of Derived Metal Complexes and Applications in Catalysis	2012
Dr Simon Doherty	Gold Catalyzed Cyclizations: A Comparative Study Between ortho,ortho'-Substituted KITPHOS Monophosphines and their Biaryl Monophosphine Counterpart SPHOS	2011
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Nicholas Ward Dr Ross Harrington	Ruthenium Complexes of κ(P)- and κ(P)-η6-Coordinated KITPHOS Monophosphines: Efficient Catalysts for the Direct Ortho Arylation of 2-Phenylpyridine and N-Phenylpyrazole with Aryl Chlorides	2011
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg	ortho,ortho'-Substituted KITPHOS Monophosphines: Highly Efficient Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed C‒C and C‒N Bond Formation	2010
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Catherine Smyth Nicholas Ward Parimala Saminathan et al.	Efficient Cycloisomerisation of Propargyl Amides by Electrophilic Gold(I) Complexes of KITPHOS Monophosphines: A Comparative Study	2010
Dr Simon Doherty Catherine Smyth Emeritus Professor Anthony Harriman Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg et al.	Can a Butadiene-Based Architecture Compete with its Biaryl Counterpart in Asymmetric Catalysis? Enantiopure Me-CATPHOS, a Remarkably Efficient Ligand for Asymmetric Hydrogenation	2009
Dr Julian Knight Dr Simon Doherty	Gold(I) Complexes of KITPHOS Monophosphines: Efficient Cycloisomerisation Catalysts	2009
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Adam Bell	Rhodium Complexes of (R)-Me-CATPHOS and (R)-(S)-JOSIPHOS: Highly Enantioselective Catalysts for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of (E)- and (Z)-beta-Aryl-beta-(Enamido)phosphonates	2009
Dr Simon Doherty Catherine Smyth Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg	Synthesis of Biaryl Diphosphines via a Stepwise Regioselective Double Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Elimination Sequence: Efficient Ligands for the Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of Aromatic Bromides	2009
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Catherine Smyth Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg et al.	Biaryl-like CATPHOS diphosphines via double diels-alder cycloaddition between 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)buta-1,3-diyne and anthracenes: Efficient ligands for the palladium-catalyzed amination of aromatic bromides and α-arylation of ketones	2008
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Catherine Smyth Professor William Clegg	Electron-Rich, Bicyclic Biaryl-Like KITPHOS Monophosphines via [4+2] Cycloaddition between 1-Alkynylphosphine Oxides and Anthracene: Highly Efficient Ligands for Palladium-Catalysed C‒N and C‒C Bond Formation	2008
Dr Simon Doherty Catherine Smyth Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg	Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Pseudo-C₂-Symmetric Axially Chiral Biaryl Diphosphines via Rhodium-Catalyzed Double [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition	2008
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Amy McRae Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg et al.	Oxazoline-substituted prolinamide-based organocatalysts for the direct intermolecular aldol reaction between cyclohexanone and aromatic aldehydes	2008
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Adam Bell Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg et al.	Asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones with ruthenium complexes of rac- and enantiopure (S,S)-1,2-bis((diphenylphosphino)methyl)cyclohexane: A comparative study with rac- and (R)-BINAP	2007
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Catherine Smyth Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg et al.	Efficient asymmetric carbonyl-ene reactions catalyzed by platinum metal lewis acid complexes of conformationally flexible NUPHOS diphosphines: A comparison with BINAP	2007
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Catherine Smyth Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg et al.	Metal-dependent reactivity of electrophilic platinum group metal lewis acid catalysts: Competitive alkene dimerization, intramolecular friedel-crafts alkylation, and carbonyl-ene reactivity	2007
Dr Simon Doherty Catherine Smyth Dr Julian Knight	Modern Carbonylation Methods: Recent Developments in Alkyne Carbonylation	2007
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Mimi Nguyen	Recyclable copper catalysts based on imidazolium-tagged bis(oxazolines): A marked enhancement in rate and enantioselectivity for Diels-Alder reactions in ionic liquid	2007
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Catherine Smyth Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg et al.	Rhodium-catalyzed double [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,4- bis(diphenylphosphinoyl)buta-1,3-diyne with tethered diynes: A modular, highly versatile single-pot synthesis of NU-BIPHEP biaryl diphosphines	2007
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Catherine Smyth Dr Ross Harrington Professor William Clegg et al.	Asymmetric platinum group metal-catalyzed carbonyl-ene reactions: Carbon-carbon bond formation versus isomerization	2006
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Catherine Smyth Nicholas Sore Dr Rakesh Rath et al.	Modular synthesis of a new class of bis(amino-oxazoline) using palladium-catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig amination methodology	2006
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Michael Betham	The first insoluble polymer-bound palladium complexes of 2-pyridyldiphenylphosphine: Highly efficient catalysts for the alkoxycarbonylation of terminal alkynes	2006
Dr Simon Doherty Michael Betham	The first insoluble polymer-bound palladium complexes of 2-pyridyldiphenylphosphine: highly efficient catalysts for the alkoxycarbonylation of terminal alkynes	2006
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Rakesh Rath	Lewis acid platinum complexes of conformationally flexible NUPHOS diphosphines: Highly efficient catalysts for the carbonyl - Ene reaction	2005
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Dr Rakesh Rath Professor William Clegg Dr Ross Harrington et al.	Ruthenium complexes of six-electron-donor NUPHOS-Type diphosphines: Highly selective catalysts for the hydrocarboxylation of terminal alkynes	2005
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Rakesh Rath Dr Julian Knight	Comparative study of diastereoisomer interconversion in chiral BINOL-ate and diamine platinum complexes of conformationally flexible NUPHOS diphosphines	2004
Dr Simon Doherty Dr John Errington Neil Housley Professor William Clegg	Dimeric aluminum chloride complexes of N-alkoxyalkyl-β-ketoimines: Activation with propylene oxide to form efficient lactide polymerization catalysts	2004
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Rakesh Rath Dr Julian Knight	Highly Efficient Asymmetric Lewis Acid Catalysis with Platinum Group Complexes of Conformationally Flexible 1,3-Butadiene-Bridged Diphosphines, NUPHOS	2003
Dr Simon Doherty	Marked enantioselectivity enhancements for Diels-Alder reactions in ionic liquids catalysed by platinum diphosphine complexes	2003
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Edward Robins	Polymer-supported phosphoramidites: highly efficient and recyclable catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation of dimethylitaconate and dehydroamino acids and esters	2003
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight	Ruthenium complexes of the 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,3-butadiene-bridged diphosphine 1,2,3,4-Me4-NUPHOS: Solvent-dependent interconversion of four- and six-electron donor coordination and transfer hydrogenation activity	2003
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Thomas Scanlan Dr Mark Elsegood Professor William Clegg et al.	Iminophosphines: Synthesis, formation of 2,3-dihydro-1 H-benzo[1,3]azaphosphol-3-ium salts and N-(pyridin-2-yl)-2-diphenylphosphinoylaniline, coordination chemistry and applications in platinum group catalyzed Suzuki coupling reactions and hydrosilylations	2002
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Edward Robins Paul Anthony Champkin Professor William Clegg	Palladium complexes of 2-pyridin-2-yl substituted 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane: Highly active catalysts for the room-temperature copolymerization of carbon monoxide with ethene	2002
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Edward Robins Dr Julian Knight Paul Anthony Champkin Professor William Clegg et al.	Synthesis of a new class of 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,3-butadiene bridged diphosphine, NUPHOS, via zirconium-mediated reductive coupling of alkynes and diynes: Applications in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions	2002
Dr Simon Doherty	Alkenyl isomerization at a diiron centre	2001
Dr Simon Doherty Mark Waugh Thomas Scanlan Dr Mark Elsegood Professor William Clegg et al.	Migratory insertion and CO substitution reactions of the beta,gamma-unsaturated esters and amides [Fe-2(CO)(5)(mu-PPh2)(mu-eta(1):eta(2)-{NuC(O)CH2}C=CH2}] (Nu = OMe, OEt, OPri,NHPh, NHBut): synthesis and characterisation of acyl-bridged [Fe-2(CO)(4)L-2(mu-PPh2)(mu-C=O{C=CH2}CH2C(O)Nu)](L-2 = dppm, dppe) and alkenyl-bridged [Fe-2(CO)(4){P(Ome)(3)}(2)(mu-eta(1):eta(2)-{NuC(O)CH2}C=CH2)]	2001
Dr Simon Doherty Mark Waugh Thomas Scanlan Dr Mark Elsegood Professor William Clegg et al.	Migratory insertion and CO substitution reactions of the β,γ-unsaturated esters and amides [Fe2(CO)5(μ-PPh2)μ-η 1:η2-{NuC(O)CH2}C=CH2}] (Nu = OMe, OEt, OPri, NHPh, NHBut): Synthesis and characterisation of acyl-bridged	2001
Dr Simon Doherty Mark Waugh Dr Mark Elsegood Professor William Clegg	Migratory Insertion and CO Substitution Reactions of Unsaturated Esters and Amides	2001
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Edward Robins Dr Julian Knight Dr Barrie Rhodes Paul Anthony Champkin et al.	Selectivity for the methoxycarbonylation of ethylene versus CO-ethylene copolymerization with catalysts based on C4-bridged bidentate phosphines and phospholes	2001
Dr Simon Doherty Dr Julian Knight Dr Edward Robins Thomas Scanlan Paul Anthony Champkin et al.	Zirconium-mediated synthesis of a new class of 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,3-butadiene-bridged diphosphine, NUPHOS: Highly efficient catalysts for palladium-mediated cross couplings	2001
Professor William Clegg Dr Simon Doherty Dr Mark Elsegood	α-β Alkenyl isomerisation at diiron centres	2001
Dr Simon Doherty	Conversion of σ,η-allenyl group into a σ,σ-(Diphenylphosphino)allyl and a hexa-1,3,5-triene-2,6-diyl ligand at a diiron center	2000
Dr Simon Doherty	Organometallic chemistry of bi- and poly-nuclear complexes	2000
Dr Simon Doherty	Reactions of alkynes with [Fe2(CO)6(μ-PPh2){μ-η 1:η2α,β=(H)C α=Cβ=CγH2}]: Formation of diphenylvinylphosphine-functionalized vinyl carbenes via carbon-carbon and carbon-phosphorus bond formation and hydrogen migration	2000
Dr Julian Knight Dr Simon Doherty Emeritus Professor Anthony Harriman	Remarkable differences in catalyst activity and selectivity for the production of methyl propanoate versus CO-ethylene copolymer by a series of palladium complexes of related C4-bridged diphosphines	2000
Professor William Clegg Dr Simon Doherty Dr Keith Izod Paul O'Shaughnessy Dr Joanne Sheffield et al.	Monomeric alkali metal complexes of a sterically demanding, donor-functionalised secondary phosphide ligand	1999
Dr Simon Doherty Dr John Errington Neil Housley Professor William Clegg Dr Mark Elsegood et al.	N-alkoxy-beta-ketoiminate complexes of groups 4 and 5: Synthesis and characterization of the complexes [(eta(5)-C5H4R)M{CH3C(O)CHC(NCH2CHR ' O)CH3}Cl-n] (M = Ti, n = 1; M = Nb, n = 2; R = H, Me; R ' = H, Me), [Ti{CH3C(O)CHC(NCH2CHR ' O)CH3}Cl-2(thf)], and [Ti{CH3C(O)CHC(NCH2CHR ' O)CH3}(2)]	1999
Dr Simon Doherty	Organometallic chemistry of bi- and poly-nuclear complexes	1999
Dr Simon Doherty Thomas Scanlan Dr Mark Elsegood Professor William Clegg	Palladium complexes of C2-, C3-, and C4-bridged bis(phospholyl) ligands: Remarkably active catalysts for the copolymerization of ethylene and carbon monoxide	1999
Dr Simon Doherty	Reactions of σ-π alkenyl complexes [Fe2(CO)6(μ-alkenyl)(μ-PPh2)] with bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm); Carbonyl substitution, migratory carbonyl insertion, phosphorus-carbon bond formation and cleavage, proton shift and alkenyl isomerisation reactions	1999
Dr Simon Doherty Mark Waugh Thomas Scanlan Professor William Clegg Dr Mark Elsegood et al.	Regioselective addition of tert-BuN C to the alpha carbon atom of the allenyl ligand in [Fe-2(CO)(6)(mu-PPh2){mu-eta(1):eta(2)(alpha,beta)-(H)C-alpha=C-beta=C gamma H2}]: Formation of [Fe-2(CO)(6)(mu-PPh2){mu-eta(1):eta(1)-(tert-BuN C)C=CCH3}] and [Fe-2(CO)(6)(mu-PPh2)(mu-eta(1):eta(2)-{tert-BuNHC(O)CH2}C=CH2)] via competitive 1,3-hydrogen migration and hydrolysis of the reactive allene-bridged intermediate [Fe-2(CO)(6)(mu-PPh2){mu-eta(1):eta(1)-(tert-BuNC)HC=C=CH2}]	1999
Dr Simon Doherty Mark Waugh Thomas Scanlan Professor William Clegg Dr Mark Elsegood et al.	Regioselective Addition of tert-BuNC to the α Carbon Atom of the Allenyl Ligand in [Fe2(CO)6(μ-PPh2){μ-η1:η2α,β-(H)CαCβCγH2}]: Formation of [Fe2(CO)6(μ-PPh2){μ-η1:η1-(tert-BuNC)CCCH3}] and [Fe2(CO)6(μ-PPh2)(μ-η1:η2-{tert-BuNHC(O)CH2}CCH2)] via Competitive 1,3-Hydrogen Migration and Hydrolysis of the Reactive Allene-Bridged Intermediate [Fe2(CO)6(μ-PPh2){μ-η1:η1-(tert-BuNC)HCCCH2}]	1999
Dr Simon Doherty Mark Waugh Thomas Scanlan Dr Mark Elsegood Professor William Clegg et al.	Regioselective addition of tris(dialkylamino) phosphines to [Fe2(CO)6(μ-PPh2){μ-η 1:η2-(H)C=C=CH2}]: Novel P-C coupling reactions and unusual hydrocarbyl rearrangements	1999
Dr Simon Doherty Dr John Errington Professor William Clegg Dr Mark Elsegood	Polymerization of ethylene by the electrophilic mixed cyclopentadienylpyridylalkoxide complexes [CpM{NC₅H₄(CR₂O)-2}Cl₂] (M = Ti, Zr, R = Ph, Prⁱ)	1998