Mechanochemical Synthesis of Phosphazane‐Based Frameworks

Y Sim, YX Shi, R Ganguly, Y Li… - Chemistry–A European …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanochemistry is emerging as a powerful solvent‐free approach to chemical synthesis,
having been applied to metal oxides, pharmaceutical materials, organic compounds and to …

Orthogonality in main group compounds: a direct one-step synthesis of air-and moisture-stable cyclophosphazanes by mechanochemistry

Y Sim, D Tan, R Ganguly, Y Li, F García - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanochemistry has been established to be an environmentally-friendly way of
conducting reactions in a solvent-free manner. The development of mechanochemical …

Designing the macrocyclic dimension in main group chemistry

HC Niu, AJ Plajer, R Garcia‐Rodriguez… - … A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Outside the confines and well‐established domain of organic chemistry, the systematic
building of large macromolecular arrangements based on non‐carbon elements represents …

Tailoring the binding properties of phosphazane anion receptors and transporters

AJ Plajer, J Zhu, P Proehm, AD Bond… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The binding and sensing of anions is an important cross-disciplinary field, which impacts
broad areas such as biology, supramolecular chemistry and catalysis. To date, however, this …

A modular approach to inorganic phosphazane macrocycles

AJ Plajer, R García‐Rodríguez… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Inorganic macrocycles, based on non‐carbon backbones, present exciting synthetic
challenges in the systematic assembly of inorganic molecules, as well as new avenues in …

Guest Binding via N− H⋅⋅⋅ π Bonding and Kinetic Entrapment by an Inorganic Macrocycle

AJ Plajer, FJ Rizzuto, HC Niu, S Lee… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Modern supramolecular chemistry is overwhelmingly based on non‐covalent interactions
involving organic architectures. However, the question of what happens when you depart …

Flexible Bonding of the Phosph(V)azane Dianions [S(E)P(μ‐NtBu)]22−

AJ Plajer, R Garcia‐Rodriguez… - … A European Journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidation of the PIII dianion [S− P (μ‐NtBu)] 22−(1) with elemental sulphur, selenium and
tellurium gives the PV dianions [(S)(E) P (μ‐NtBu)] 22−(E= S (6 a), Se (6 b), Te (6 c)) …

Isomerisation, reactivity and coordination chemistry of a new hybrid, multi-functional phosphazane

AJ Plajer, K Bold, FJ Rizzuto, R García-Rodríguez… - Dalton …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The unsymmetric PIII/PV cyclodiphosphazane framework [(S)(H) P (μ-NtBu) 2PNHtBu](2)
provides entry into the mixed chalgogenide dianion [(S) P (μ-NtBu) 2P (Se) NtBu] 2−, and …

The Coordination Chemistry of the N‐Donor‐Substituted Phosphazanes

AJ Plajer, AD Bond, DS Wright - Chemistry–A European …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Phosph (III) azanes, featuring the heterocyclobutane P2N2 ring, have now been established
as building blocks in main‐group coordination and supramolecular compounds. Previous …

Main Group Hydrogen-Bond Donors and Pyridyl Ligands for Supramolecular and Coordination Chemistry

AJ Plajer - 2020 - repository.cam.ac.uk
The thesis involves the investigation of two main areas in which new ligands based on main
group frameworks are developed. In the first part of this thesis we explore the host-guest …