Dr Dmitry Yufit's Outputs (52)

Supramolecular gelation as the first stage in Ostwald’s rule (2018)
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Andrews, J. L., Pearson, E., Yufit, D. S., Steed, J. W., & Edkins, K. (2018). Supramolecular gelation as the first stage in Ostwald’s rule. Crystal Growth and Design, 18(12), 7690-7700. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01539

Ostwald’s rule of stages describes the observation that a metastable polymorph of a particular compound will crystallise before the thermodynamically stable form under the same conditions. Whilst traditionally applied to crystalline systems, there ha... Read More about Supramolecular gelation as the first stage in Ostwald’s rule.

Highly Linearized Twisted Iridium(III) Complexes (2018)
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Davidson, R., Hsu, Y.-T., Griffiths, G. C., Li, C., Yufit, D., Pal, R., & Beeby, A. (2018). Highly Linearized Twisted Iridium(III) Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(22), 14450-14462. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02818

Sonogashira coupling with alkyne iridium(phenylpyridine)2(acetylacetone) synthons is used to produce highly linearized twisted iridium(III) complexes with lengths of up to 5 nm. These complexes were mechanically aligned in a polymer matrix, showing a... Read More about Highly Linearized Twisted Iridium(III) Complexes.

Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages (2018)
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Bismillah, A., Sturala, J., Chapin, B., Yufit, D., Hodgkinson, P., & McGonigal, P. (2018). Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages. Chemical Science, 9(46), 8631-8636. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sc04303e

Dynamic covalent rearrangements of fluxional carbon cages, such as bullvalenes and barbaralanes, impart ‘shapeshifting’ molecular properties. Here, a series of five barbaralanes each interconvert dynamically between two constitutional isomers in solu... Read More about Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages.

Conductance of ‘bare-bones’ tripodal molecular wires (2018)
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Davidson, R. J., Milan, D. C., Al-Owaedi, O. A., Ismael, A. K., Nichols, R. J., Higgins, S. J., Lambert, C. J., Yufit, D. S., & Beeby, A. (2018). Conductance of ‘bare-bones’ tripodal molecular wires. RSC Advances, 8(42), 23585-23590. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ra01257a

Controlling the orientation of molecular conductors on the electrode surfaces is a critical factor in the development of single-molecule conductors. In the current study, we used the scanning tunnelling microscopy-based break junction (STM-BJ) techni... Read More about Conductance of ‘bare-bones’ tripodal molecular wires.

Chiral transcription in self-assembled tetrahedral Eu4L6 chiral cages displaying sizable circularly polarized luminescence (2017)
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Yeung, C., Yim, K., Wong, H., Pal, R., Lo, W., Yan, S., …Law, G. (2017). Chiral transcription in self-assembled tetrahedral Eu4L6 chiral cages displaying sizable circularly polarized luminescence. Nature Communications, 8(1), Article 1128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01025-1

Predictable stereoselective formation of supramolecular assembly is generally believed to be an important but complicated process. Here, we show that point chirality of a ligand decisively influences its supramolecular assembly behavior. We designed... Read More about Chiral transcription in self-assembled tetrahedral Eu4L6 chiral cages displaying sizable circularly polarized luminescence.

In situ laser irradiation setup for a Bruker three-circle goniometer (2017)
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Yufit, D. S. (2017). In situ laser irradiation setup for a Bruker three-circle goniometer. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 50(5), 1556-1558. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600576717012067

A new design of a setup for in situ laser irradiation of single crystals during an X-ray diffraction experiment is presented. The system is designed for use with a Bruker three-circle goniometer in combination with a Helix ultra-low-temperature cryos... Read More about In situ laser irradiation setup for a Bruker three-circle goniometer.

Exploring the Chemistry and Photophysics of Substituted Picolinates Positional Isomers in Iridium(III) Bisphenylpyridine Complexes (2017)
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Davidson, R., Hsu, Y., Bhagani, C., Yufit, D., & Beeby, A. (2017). Exploring the Chemistry and Photophysics of Substituted Picolinates Positional Isomers in Iridium(III) Bisphenylpyridine Complexes. Organometallics, 36(15), 2727-2735. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00179

A simple and versatile route for modifying picolinate ligands coordinated to iridium is described. Reacting a μ-chloro iridium(C∧N) dimer (where C∧N is a phenylpyridine-based ligand) with bromopicolinic acid (HpicBr) yields the corresponding iridium(... Read More about Exploring the Chemistry and Photophysics of Substituted Picolinates Positional Isomers in Iridium(III) Bisphenylpyridine Complexes.

Insulated molecular wires: inhibiting orthogonal contacts in metal complex based molecular junctions (2017)
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Al-Owaedi, O. A., Bock, S., Milan, D. C., Oerthel, M., Inkpen, M. S., Yufit, D. S., …Low, P. J. (2017). Insulated molecular wires: inhibiting orthogonal contacts in metal complex based molecular junctions. Nanoscale, 9(28), 9902-9912. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr01829k

Metal complexes are receiving increased attention as molecular wires in fundamental studies of the transport properties of metal|molecule|metal junctions. In this context we report the single-molecule conductance of a systematic series of d8 square-p... Read More about Insulated molecular wires: inhibiting orthogonal contacts in metal complex based molecular junctions.

Triphenylide-Based Molecular Solid—A New Candidate for a Quantum Spin-Liquid Compound (2017)
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Štefančič, A., Klupp, G., Knaflič, T., Yufit, D. S., Tavčar, G., Potočnik, A., …Arčon, D. (2017). Triphenylide-Based Molecular Solid—A New Candidate for a Quantum Spin-Liquid Compound. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(27), 14864-14871. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b02763

The reduction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with alkali metals results in solids having intriguing magnetic properties the understanding of which has been hitherto severely hampered by the lack of single-phase samples. Here, we report on the su... Read More about Triphenylide-Based Molecular Solid—A New Candidate for a Quantum Spin-Liquid Compound.

Pyridylphosphinate Metal Complexes: Synthesis, Structural Characterisation and Biological Activity (2016)
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Cross, J., Gallagher, N., Gill, J., Jain, M., McNeillis, A., Rockley, K., …Walton, J. (2016). Pyridylphosphinate Metal Complexes: Synthesis, Structural Characterisation and Biological Activity. Dalton Transactions, 45(32), 12807-12813. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt01264g

For the first time, a series of 25 pseudo-octahedral pyridylphosphinate metal complexes (Ru, Os, Rh, Ir) has been synthesised and assessed in biological systems. Each metal complex incorporates a pyridylphosphinate ligand, a monodentate halide and a... Read More about Pyridylphosphinate Metal Complexes: Synthesis, Structural Characterisation and Biological Activity.

Low-melting molecular complexes: Part VII. 2,3-, 2,5- and 3,4-hexanediones and their molecular complexes with chloroform (2015)
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Yufit, D., & Fox, M. (2016). Low-melting molecular complexes: Part VII. 2,3-, 2,5- and 3,4-hexanediones and their molecular complexes with chloroform. Structural Chemistry, 27(1), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-015-0620-x

Crystals of three isomeric 2,3-, 2,5- and 3,4-hexanediones 1–3 and of molecular complexes (1:2) of 2 and 3 with chloroform (4 and 5) were grown by in situ cryocrystallisation and characterised by single-crystal X-ray crystallography. The intermolecul... Read More about Low-melting molecular complexes: Part VII. 2,3-, 2,5- and 3,4-hexanediones and their molecular complexes with chloroform.

Characterization of Polymorphs and Solvates of Terbutaline Sulfate (2008)
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Harris, R., Hodgkingson, P., Larsson, T., Muruganantham, A., Ymen, I., Yufit, D., & Zorin, V. (2008). Characterization of Polymorphs and Solvates of Terbutaline Sulfate. Crystal Growth and Design, 8(1), 80-90. https://doi.org/10.1021/cg700840j

Five different crystalline modifications (two anhydrates, a monohydrate, a higher hydrate, and an acetic acid solvate) of an asthma-therapy drug, terbutaline sulfate, have been identified and characterized by several solid-state techniques. X-ray pow... Read More about Characterization of Polymorphs and Solvates of Terbutaline Sulfate.