Duncan W. Bruce

Research interests

Publications

• Support-Enhanced Selective Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation over Pd/Mesoporous Silicas

  ACS Catalysis · 2011 · 10.1021/cs200145n

• Phosphorescence vs Fluorescence in Cyclometalated Platinum(II) and Iridium(III) Complexes of (Oligo)thienylpyridines

  Inorganic Chemistry · 2011 · 10.1021/ic200210e

• Structure–Function Relationships in Liquid‐Crystalline Halogen‐Bonded Complexes

  Chemistry - A European Journal · 2010 · 10.1002/chem.201000717

• Synthesis, Mesomorphism, and Luminescent Properties of Calamitic 2-Phenylpyridines and Their Complexes with Platinum(II)

  Chemistry of Materials · 2009 · 10.1021/cm9012156

• Phosphorescent, Terdentate, Liquid‐Crystalline Complexes of Platinum(II): Stimulus‐Dependent Emission

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2008 · 10.1002/anie.200802101

• Mesogenic, trimeric, halogen-bonded complexes from alkoxystilbazoles and 1,4-diiodotetrafluorobenzene

  New Journal of Chemistry · 2008 · 10.1039/b709107a

• Intercalated liquid-crystalline phases formed by symmetric dimers with an α,ω-diiminoalkylene spacer

  Journal of Materials Chemistry · 2007 · 10.1039/b612517d

• Metallomesogens

  Structure and bonding · 2007 · 10.1007/3-540-68118-3_5

• Fluorinated liquid crystals formed by halogen bonding

  Chemical Communications · 2006 · 10.1039/b605101d

• Iron nanoparticles in the coupling of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents

  Chemical Communications · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1039/b601014h

• Simple iron-amine catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing β-hydrogens

  Chemical Communications · 2005 · 10.1039/b507133j

• Iron−Phosphine, −Phosphite, −Arsine, and −Carbene Catalysts for the Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents

  The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2005 · 10.1021/jo052250+

• A Generalized Model for the Molecular Arrangement in the Columnar Mesophases of Polycatenar Mesogens. Crystal and Molecular Structure of Two Hexacatenar Mesogens

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2004 · 10.1021/ja0471673

• Iron( iii ) salen-type catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing β-hydrogens

  Chemical Communications · 2004 · 10.1039/b413790f

• Shape Amphiphiles: Mixing Rods and Disks in Liquid Crystals

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · 10.1021/ja0357947

• Metallomesogens by ligand design

  Dalton Transactions · 2003 · 10.1039/b212610a

• Metallomesogens

  Elsevier eBooks · 2003 · 10.1016/b0-08-043748-6/06150-8

• Bent-core liquid crystals forming two- and three-dimensional modulated structures

  Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 2003 · 10.1103/physreve.67.031702

• Columnar Mesomorphism from Hemi‐Disklike Metallomesogens Derived from 2,6‐Bis[3′,4′,5′‐tri(alkoxy)phenyliminomethyl]pyridines (L): Crystal and Molecular Structures of [M(L)Cl2] (M=Mn, Ni, Zn)

  Chemistry - A European Journal · 2003 · 10.1002/chem.200204578

• Halogen Bonding: A New Interaction for Liquid Crystal Formation

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja036994l

• Calamitics, Cubics, and ColumnarsLiquid-Crystalline Complexes of Silver(I)

  Accounts of Chemical Research · 2000 · 10.1021/ar990159k

• Rare-Earth-Containing Magnetic Liquid Crystals

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2000 · 10.1021/ja993351q

• Lewis Acidic Borane Adducts of Pyridines and Stilbazoles for Nonlinear Optics

  Chemistry of Materials · 1998 · 10.1021/cm9707519

• Liquid-crystalline ionic liquids

  Chemical Communications · 1996 · https://doi.org/10.1039/cc9960001625

• Dalton perspectives. The synthesis and properties of metal-containing liquid-crystal systems: what can the metal do for you?

  Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions · 1993 · 10.1039/dt9930002983

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