PUBLICATIONS
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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 Article, doi.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 2021, 7, 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. 2021, 143, 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 2020, 6, 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. 2019, 141, 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. 2019, 141, 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. 2018, 140, 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 2017, 358, 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. 2017, 139, 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. 2017, 8, 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. 2016, 14, 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. 2015, 115, 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. 2013, 15, 6190–6193