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18. METAL-PEPTIDIC CAGES – HELICAL OLIGOPROLINES GENERATE HIGHLY ANISOTROPIC NANOSPACES WITH EMERGENT ISOMER CONTROL

Ben B. Barber,§ Ellen M. G. Jamieson,§ Leah E. M. White,§ Charlie T. McTernan* 

§ = authorship is alphabetical

Chem 2024, Advance Articledoi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2024.05.002

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17. THE MECHANICAL BOND IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Sophie R. Beeren,§* Charlie T. McTernan,§* Fredrik Schaufelberger§*

§ = These authors contributed equally

*Co-Corresponding Author

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16. LISTENING TO FATHERS IN STEM

Jennifer S. Leigh, David K. Smith, Barry A. Blight, Gareth O. Lloyd, Charlie T. McTernan, Emily R. Draper*


Nat. Rev. Chem. 2023, 7, 67–68

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15. A DOUBLE-WALLED TETRAHEDRON WITH AGI4 VERTICES BINDS DIFFERENT GUESTS IN DISTINCT SITES

Samuel E. Clark, Andrew W. Heard, Charlie T. McTernan, Tanya K. Ronson, Barbara Rossi, Petr Rozhin, Silvia Marchesan, Jonathan R. Nitschke

doi.org/10.1002/anie.202301612

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14. BEYOND PLATONIC: HOW TO BUILD METAL–ORGANIC POLYHEDRA CAPABLE OF BINDING LOW-SYMMETRY, INFORMATION-RICH MOLECULAR CARGOES

Charlie T. McTernan,​§ Jack A. Davies,​§ Jonathan R. Nitschke

§ = These authors contributed equally

Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 10393–10437

For a highlight of this paper, please see:https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/chemist’s-guide-metal-organic-architecture

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13. CONTROLLING THE SHAPE AND CHIRALITY OF AN EIGHT-CROSSING MOLECULAR KNOT

John P. Carpenter,§ Charlie T. McTernan,§ Jake L. Greenfield, Roy Lavendomme, Tanya, K. Ronson, Jonathan R. Nitschke

§ = These authors contributed equally

Chem 2021, 7, 1534-1543

For a Highlight of this paper please see 'New Synthetic Strategies Hold Promise for the Future of Molecular Topology', L. Zhang, Chem 20217, 1407-1409

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12. SELECTIVE ANION BINDING DRIVES THE FORMATION OF AG8L6 AND AG12L6 SIX-STRANDED HELICATES

Charlie T. McTernan, Tanya K. Ronson, Jonathan R. Nitschke*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021143, 664-670

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11. A TRACK-BASED MOLECULAR SYNTHESIZER THAT BUILDS A SINGLE-SEQUENCE OLIGOMER THROUGH ITERATIVE CARBON-CARBON BOND FORMATION

Charlie T. McTernan, Guillaume De Bo, David A. Leigh*

Chem 20206, 2964–2973

For a highlight of this paper see, ‘On the right “track” to artificial assemblers’, R. Costil, A. Guinart and B. L. Feringa, Chem 2020,  6, 2868–2870

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10. DIVERGING FROM NATURE: A NEW REACTIVITY FOR MOLECULAR SYNTHESIZERS

Charlie T. McTernan*

Chem 2020, 6, 2862–2864

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9. ANION PAIRS TEMPLATE A TRIGONAL PRISM WITH DISILVER VERTICES

John P. Carpenter,§ Charlie T. McTernan,§ Tanya K. Ronson, Jonathan R. Nitschke*

§ = These authors contributed equally

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019141, 11409–11413

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8. POST-ASSEMBLY MODIFICATION OF PHOSPHINE CAGES CONTROLS HOST-GUEST BEHAVIOR

Charlie T. McTernan, Tanya K. Ronson, Jonathan R. Nitschke*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019141, 6837–6842

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7. SPONTANEOUS ASSEMBLY OF ROTAXANES FROM A PRIMARY AMINE, CROWN ETHER AND ELECTROPHILE

Stephen D. P. Fielden, David A. Leigh, Charlie T. McTernan, Borja Pérez-Saavedra, Iñigo J. Vitorica-Yrezabal

Alphabetical Authorship

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018140, 6049–6052

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6. ROTARY AND LINEAR MOLECULAR MOTORS DRIVEN BY PULSES OF A CHEMICAL FUEL

Sundus Erbas-Cakmak, Stephen D. P. Fielden, Ulvi Karaca, David A. Leigh, Charlie T. McTernan, Daniel J. Tetlow, Miriam R. Wilson

Alphabetical Authorship

Science 2017358, 340–343

For a highlight on this paper please see: http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/70277

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5. [2]ROTAXANE FORMATION BY TRANSITION STATE STABILIZATION

Guillaume De Bo, Guillaume Dolphijn, Charlie T. McTernan, David A. Leigh

Intended Alphabetical Authorship

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017139, 8455–8457

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4. A COMPLEMENTARY PAIR OF ENANTIOSELECTIVE SWITCHABLE ORGANOCATALYSTS

Guillaume De Bo, David A. Leigh, Charlie T. McTernan, Shoufeng Wang

Alphabetical Authorship

Chem. Sci. 20178, 7077–7081

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3. PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ENOLATE ARYLATION AS A KEY C-C BOND-FORMING REACTION FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ISOQUINOLINES

Ben S. Pilgrim, Alice E. Gatland, Carlos H. A. Esteves, Charlie T. McTernan, Geraint R. Jones, Matthew R. Tatton, Panayiotis A. Procopiou, Timothy J. Donohoe

Org. Biomol. Chem. 201614, 1065–1090

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2. ARTIFICIAL MOLECULAR MACHINES

Sundus Erbas-Cakmak, David A. Leigh, Charlie T. McTernan, Alina L. Nussbaumer

Alphabetical Authorship

Chem. Rev. 2015115, 10081–10206

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1. MODULAR ISOQUINOLINE SYNTHESIS USING CATALYTIC ENOLATE ARYLATION AND IN SITU FUNCTIONALIZATION

Ben S. Pilgrim, Alice E. Gatland, Charlie T. McTernan, Panayiotis A. Procopiou, Timothy J. Donohoe

Org. Lett. 201315, 6190–6193

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