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Manuel A. Fernandes

Researcher Next ID · RN-043044

Researcher · Chemistry

University of the Witwatersrand

Johannesburg, South Africa

Accepting doctoral researchersFunding unknown
Works count
695
Citation count
2,490
H-index
25
i10-index
89

Research interests

Chemistry
Materials Science
Medicine
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Crystallography and molecular interactions
Crystal structures of chemical compounds
Metal complexes synthesis and properties

Publications

  • A Cytotoxic Bis(1,2,3‐triazol‐5‐ylidene)carbazolide Gold(III) Complex Targets DNA by Partial Intercalation

    Chemistry - A European Journal · 2021 · 10.1002/chem.202100598

  • A simple detection platform based on molecularly imprinted polymer for AFB1 and FuB1 mycotoxins

    Microchemical Journal · 2021 · 10.1016/j.microc.2021.106730

  • Recent Applications of Magnesium Oxide (MgO) Nanoparticles in various domains

    Advanced Materials Letters · 2020 · 10.5185/amlett.2020.081543

  • Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of T‐Shaped Coinage‐Metal Complexes

    Chemistry - A European Journal · 2020 · 10.1002/chem.202000726

  • V2-Directed Vaccine-like Antibodies from HIV-1 Infection Identify an Additional K169-Binding Light Chain Motif with Broad ADCC Activity

    Cell Reports · 2018 · 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.11.058

  • Synthesis of heterobimetallic gold( i ) ferrocenyl-substituted 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene complexes as potential anticancer agents

    Dalton Transactions · 2018 · 10.1039/c8dt03116a

  • A single-crystal-to-single-crystal Diels–Alder reaction with mixed topochemical and topotactic behaviour

    CrystEngComm · 2015 · 10.1039/c5ce01301a

  • Palladium, cadmium and mercury complexes of 2-((2-((2-hydroxyethyl)amino)ethyl)amino)cyclohexanol: Synthesis, structural, spectral and solution studies

    Polyhedron · 2013 · 10.1016/j.poly.2013.08.065

  • Adventures in co-crystal land: high Z′, stoichiometric variations, polymorphism and phase transitions in the co-crystals of four liquid and solid cyclic carboxylic acids with the supramolecular reagent isonicotinamide

    New Journal of Chemistry · 2012 · 10.1039/c2nj40186j

  • Oxovanadium(iv)-catalysed oxidation of dibenzothiophene and 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene

    Dalton Transactions · 2012 · 10.1039/c2dt31433a

  • Structural insights into the South African HIV-1 subtype C protease: impact of hinge region dynamics and flap flexibility in drug resistance

    Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics · 2012 · 10.1080/07391102.2012.736774

  • Coordination geometries and crystal structures of cadmium(II) complexes with a new amino alcohol (NN′O) ligand

    Journal of Coordination Chemistry · 2012 · 10.1080/00958972.2012.690145

  • Anticancer Properties of an Important Drug Lead Podophyllotoxin Can Be Efficiently Mimicked by Diverse Heterocyclic Scaffolds Accessible via One-Step Synthesis

    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 2011 · 10.1021/jm200410r

  • Stereoselective Syntheses of the 2-Isopropenyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran Nucleus: Potential Chiral Building Blocks for the Syntheses of Tremetone, Hydroxytremetone, and Rotenone

    The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2007 · 10.1021/jo062447h

  • Synthesis of the dibenzopyrrocoline alkaloid skeleton: indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines and related analogues

    Tetrahedron · 2006 · 10.1016/j.tet.2006.12.063

  • Ring-closing metathesis for the synthesis of substituted indenols, indenones, indanones and indenes: Tandem RCM-dehydrogenative oxidation and RCM-formal redox isomerization

    Journal of Organometallic Chemistry · 2006 · 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.08.074

  • Tandem Catalysis: A Ring-Closing Metathesis Followed by Dehydrogenative Oxidation to Afford Substituted Indenones

    Synlett · 2005 · 10.1055/s-2005-862356

  • The synthesis of angularly fused polyaromatic compounds by using a light-assisted, base-mediated cyclization reaction

    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry · 2004 · 10.1039/b412932f

  • A new polymorph of ortho-ethoxy-trans-cinnamic acid: single-to-single-crystal phase transformation and mechanism

    Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science · 2004 · 10.1107/s0108768104009048

  • Photodimerization of the α′-polymorph of ortho-ethoxy-trans-cinnamic acid in the solid state. I. Monitoring the reaction at 293 K

    Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science · 2004 · 10.1107/s0108768104007955

  • The synthesis of 3-methyl- and 3,4-dimethyltetrahydroisoquinolines by intramolecular hydroamination with n-butyllithium

    Tetrahedron Letters · 2004 · 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.10.155

  • Synthesis of dienynes from alkenes and diynes using ruthenium-mediated ring-closing metathesis

    Tetrahedron Letters · 2003 · 10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.11.063

  • Probing the Nature of the CoIII Ion in Cobalamins − Spectroscopic and Structural Investigations of the Reactions of Aquacobalamin (Vitamin B12a) with Ambident Nucleophiles

    European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry · 2003 · 10.1002/ejic.200200600

  • Reaction of Bis(phosphine)(hydrotris(3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl)borato)rhodium(I) with Phenylacetylene,p-Nitrobenzaldehyde, and Triphenyltin Hydride: Structures of [Rh(Tp*)(PPh3)2], [Rh(Tp*)(H)(C2Ph){P(4-C6H4F)3}], [Rh(Tp*)(H)(COC6H4-4-NO2)(PPh3)], and [Rh(Tp*)(H)(SnPh3)(PPh3)]

    Inorganic Chemistry · 2002 · 10.1021/ic0112037

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