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• When Reality Defies Prediction: Polymorphism, Twinning, and Accordion Crystals
  
  Hall, A. V., Taylor, A. C., Pridmore, N. E., Cruz-Cabeza, A. J., Smith, D. K., Cosottini, N., Fox, M. A., Chattopadhyay, A., Konstantinopoulos, S., Rainer, D. N., Coles, S. J., Blagden, N., Zhang, Q., Bowen, L., & Blundell, T. J. (2026). When Reality Defies Prediction: Polymorphism, Twinning, and Accordion Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 148(5), 5774–5782. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c22213
• Supramolecular Diversity in Bis(acylhydrazone) Crystals: Linker Effects, Polymorphism, and Gelator Assemblies
  
  Zhao, J. J., Pridmore, N. E., Blundell, T. J., Taylor, A. C., Smith, D. K., Cosottini, N., Screen, M. A., & Hall, A. V. (2026). Supramolecular Diversity in Bis(acylhydrazone) Crystals: Linker Effects, Polymorphism, and Gelator Assemblies. Crystal Growth & Design, 26(1), 664–670. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5c01576
• From X-ray diffraction to molecular simulations: celebrating Professor Angelo Gavezzotti’s contributions to crystal science
  
  Black, S., Blundell, T. J., Brocca, M., Chattopadhyay, A., Davey, R. J., Hall, A. V., Holleb, H. A., Howard, J. A. K., Jiang, Z., Jones, L. O., Maunder, J. J., Pridmore, N. E., Rzepa, J. G., Sacchi, P., Sironi, L., Theodosiou, F., Woods-Ryan, A., Young, R., & Cruz-Cabeza, A. J. (2026). From X-ray diffraction to molecular simulations: celebrating Professor Angelo Gavezzotti’s contributions to crystal science. Structural Chemistry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-025-02683-4
• Unraveling the Role of Triplet-Triplet Annihilation and Photodegradation in Difluoroboron-Based Organic Laser Gain Materials.
  
  Kuila, S., Miranda-Salinas, H., Li, C., Pridmore, N. E., Bryce, M. R., Marian, C. M., & Monkman, A. P. (2025). Unraveling the Role of Triplet-Triplet Annihilation and Photodegradation in Difluoroboron-Based Organic Laser Gain Materials. Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. In English). Advance online publication, Article e202509535. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202509535
• Impact of Cations and Framework on Trapdoor Behavior: A Study of Dynamic and In Situ Gas Analysis
  
  Yang, D., Doan, H. V., O’Hara, U., Reed, D., Hungerford, J., Eloi, J., Pridmore, N. E., Henry, P. F., Rochat, S., Tian, M., & Ting, V. P. (2024). Impact of Cations and Framework on Trapdoor Behavior: A Study of Dynamic and In Situ Gas Analysis. Langmuir, 40(24), 12394-12406. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00498
• Backbone-functionalised ruthenium diphosphine complexes for catalytic upgrading of ethanol and methanol to iso-butanol
  
  Sama, F. J., Doyle, R. A., Kariuki, B. M., Pridmore, N. E., Sparkes, H. A., Wingad, R. L., & Wass, D. F. (2024). Backbone-functionalised ruthenium diphosphine complexes for catalytic upgrading of ethanol and methanol to iso-butanol. Dalton Transactions, 53(18), 8005-8010. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4dt00561a
• Multicolor Photoluminescent Carbon Dots à La Carte for Biomedical Applications
  
  Garcia-Millan, T., Ramos-Soriano, J., Ghirardello, M., Liu, X., Santi, C. M., Eloi, J., Pridmore, N., Harniman, R. L., Morgan, D. J., Hughes, S., Davis, S. A., Oliver, T. A. A., Kurian, K. M., & Galan, M. C. (2023). Multicolor Photoluminescent Carbon Dots à La Carte for Biomedical Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(38), 44711-44721. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c08200
• Dynamic and Persistent Cyclochirality in Hydrogen-Bonded Derivatives of Medium-Ring Triamines
  
  Morris, D. T. J., Wales, S. M., Echavarren, J., Žabka, M., Marsico, G., Ward, J. W., Pridmore, N. E., & Clayden, J. (2023). Dynamic and Persistent Cyclochirality in Hydrogen-Bonded Derivatives of Medium-Ring Triamines. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(34), 19030-19041. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c06570
• Halogen-bonded liquid-crystalline complexes formed from 4-alkoxyphenylpyridines with iodine and with interhalogens
  
  McAllister, L. J., Taylor, J., Pridmore, N. E., McEllin, A. J., Whitwood, A. C., Karadakov, P. B., & Bruce, D. W. (2023). Halogen-bonded liquid-crystalline complexes formed from 4-alkoxyphenylpyridines with iodine and with interhalogens. CrystEngComm, 25(11), 1683-1692. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ce01555b
• Supramolecular interactions between ethylene-bridged oligoureas: nanorings and chains formed by cooperative positive allostery
  
  Tilly, D. P., Žabka, M., Vitorica-Yrezabal, I., Sparkes, H. A., Pridmore, N., & Clayden, J. (2022). Supramolecular interactions between ethylene-bridged oligoureas: nanorings and chains formed by cooperative positive allostery. Chemical Science, 13(44), 13153-13159. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc04716k
• Heterometathesis of diphosphanes (R2P–PR2) with dichalcogenides (R′E–ER′, E = O, S, Se, Te)
  
  Branfoot, C., Pringle, P. G., Pridmore, N. E., Young, T. A., & Wass, D. F. (2022). Heterometathesis of diphosphanes (R2P–PR2) with dichalcogenides (R′E–ER′, E = O, S, Se, Te). Dalton Transactions, 51(22), 8906-8913. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2dt01093c
• Identifying palladium culprits in amine catalysis
  
  Avanthay, M., Bedford, R. B., Begg, C. S., Böse, D., Clayden, J., Davis, S. A., Eloi, J., Goryunov, G. P., Hartung, I. V., Heeley, J., Khaikin, K. A., Kitching, M. O., Krieger, J., Kulyabin, P. S., Lennox, A. J. J., Nolla-Saltiel, R., Pridmore, N. E., Rowsell, B. J. S., Sparkes, H. A., … Wilkinson, H. J. (2021). Identifying palladium culprits in amine catalysis. Nature Catalysis, 4(12), 994-998. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00710-1
• Bridging the Gap from Mononuclear PdII Precatalysts to Pd Nanoparticles: Identification of Intermediate Linear [Pd3(XPh3)4]2+ Clusters as Catalytic Species for Suzuki–Miyaura Couplings (X = P, As)
  
  Appleby, K. M., Dzotsi, E., Scott, N. W. J., Dexin, G., Jeddi, N., Whitwood, A. C., Pridmore, N. E., Hart, S., Duckett, S. B., & Fairlamb, I. J. S. (2021). Bridging the Gap from Mononuclear PdII Precatalysts to Pd Nanoparticles: Identification of Intermediate Linear [Pd3(XPh3)4]2+ Clusters as Catalytic Species for Suzuki–Miyaura Couplings (X = P, As). Organometallics, 40(21), 3560-3570. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00452
• Rhenium Complexes Bearing Tridentate and Bidentate Phosphinoamine Ligands in the Production of Biofuel Alcohols via the Guerbet Reaction
  
  King, A. M., Wingad, R. L., Pridmore, N. E., Pringle, P. G., & Wass, D. F. (2021). Rhenium Complexes Bearing Tridentate and Bidentate Phosphinoamine Ligands in the Production of Biofuel Alcohols via the Guerbet Reaction. Organometallics, 40(16), 2844-2851. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00313
• Structural effects of halogen bonding in iodochalcones
  
  Hamilton, V., Harris, C., Hall, C. L., Potticary, J., Cremeens, M. E., D’Ambruoso, G. D., Matsumoto, M., Warren, S. D., Pridmore, N. E., Sparkes, H. A., & Hall, S. R. (2021). Structural effects of halogen bonding in iodochalcones. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, 77(3), 347-356. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2052520621002961
• Color Differences Highlight Concomitant Polymorphism of Chalcones
  
  Hall, C. L., Guo, R., Potticary, J., Cremeens, M. E., Warren, S. D., Andrusenko, I., Gemmi, M., Zwijnenburg, M. A., Sparkes, H. A., Price, S. L., Pridmore, N. E., & Hall, S. R. (2020). Color Differences Highlight Concomitant Polymorphism of Chalcones. Crystal Growth & Design, 20(10), 6346-6355. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.0c00285
• Crystal structures of three functionalized chalcones: 4′-dimethylamino-3-nitrochalcone, 3-dimethylamino-3′-nitrochalcone and 3′-nitrochalcone
  
  Hall, C. L., Hamilton, V., Potticary, J., Cremeens, M. E., Pridmore, N. E., Sparkes, H. A., D’ambruoso, G. D., Warren, S. D., Matsumoto, M., & Hall, S. R. (2020). Crystal structures of three functionalized chalcones: 4′-dimethylamino-3-nitrochalcone, 3-dimethylamino-3′-nitrochalcone and 3′-nitrochalcone. Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, 76(10), 1599-1604. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2056989020011858
• The solubility and stability of heterocyclic chalcones compared with trans-chalcone
  
  Sweeting, S. G., Hall, C. L., Potticary, J., Pridmore, N. E., Warren, S. D., Cremeens, M. E., D’Ambruoso, G. D., Matsumoto, M., & Hall, S. R. (2020). The solubility and stability of heterocyclic chalcones compared with trans-chalcone. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials, 76(1), 13-17. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2052520619015907
• Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (E)-3-(3-iodophenyl)-1-(4-iodophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
  
  Spruce, K. J., Hall, C. L., Potticary, J., Pridmore, N. E., Cremeens, M. E., D’ambruoso, G. D., Matsumoto, M., Warren, G. I., Warren, S. D., & Hall, S. R. (2020). Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (E)-3-(3-iodophenyl)-1-(4-iodophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one. Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, 76(1), 72-76. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2056989019016402
• Zirconium–Nitrogen Intermolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs
  
  Hamilton, H. B., King, A. M., Sparkes, H. A., Pridmore, N. E., & Wass, D. F. (2019). Zirconium–Nitrogen Intermolecular Frustrated Lewis Pairs. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(9), 6399-6409. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00569
• Using hyperpolarised NMR and DFT to rationalise the unexpected hydrogenation of quinazoline to 3,4-dihydroquinazoline
  
  Richards, J. E., Hooper, A. J. J., Bayfield, O. W., Cockett, M. C. R., Dear, G. J., Holmes, A. J., John, R. O., Mewis, R. E., Pridmore, N., Roberts, A. D., Whitwood, A. C., & Duckett, S. B. (2018). Using hyperpolarised NMR and DFT to rationalise the unexpected hydrogenation of quinazoline to 3,4-dihydroquinazoline. Chemical Communications, 54(73), 10375-10378. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cc04826f
• Lamotrigine ethanol monosolvate
  
  Hall, C. L., Potticary, J., Sparkes, H. A., Pridmore, N. E., & Hall, S. R. (2018). Lamotrigine ethanol monosolvate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, 74(5), 678-681. https://doi.org/10.1107/s2056989018005819
• Boron–nitrogen main chain analogues of polystyrene: poly(B-aryl)aminoboranes via catalytic dehydrocoupling
  
  Resendiz-Lara, D. A., Stubbs, N. E., Arz, M. I., Pridmore, N. E., Sparkes, H. A., & Manners, I. (2017). Boron–nitrogen main chain analogues of polystyrene: poly(B-aryl)aminoboranes via catalytic dehydrocoupling. Chem. Commun., 53(85), 11701-11704. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cc07331c
• Addition of a Cyclophosphine to Nitriles: An Inorganic Click Reaction Featuring Protio, Organo, and Main‐Group Catalysis
  
  Chitnis, S. S., Sparkes, H. A., Annibale, V. T., Pridmore, N. E., Oliver, A. M., & Manners, I. (2017). Addition of a Cyclophosphine to Nitriles: An Inorganic Click Reaction Featuring Protio, Organo, and Main‐Group Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(32), 9536-9540. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201704991
• A Structurally Characterized Fluoroalkyne
  
  Hall, L. M., Tew, D. P., Pridmore, N. E., Whitwood, A. C., Lynam, J. M., & Slattery, J. M. (2017). A Structurally Characterized Fluoroalkyne. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 56(26), 7551-7556. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201702401
• Influence of Ring Strain and Bond Polarization on the Ring Expansion of Phosphorus Homocycles
  
  Chitnis, S. S., Musgrave, R. A., Sparkes, H. A., Pridmore, N. E., Annibale, V. T., & Manners, I. (2017). Influence of Ring Strain and Bond Polarization on the Ring Expansion of Phosphorus Homocycles. Inorganic Chemistry, 56(8), 4521-4537. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00086
• Photoactivated Functionizable Tetracarbonyl(phenylpyridine)manganese(I) Complexes as CO‐Releasing Molecules: A Direct Suzuki–Miyaura Cross‐Coupling on a Thermally Stable CO‐RM
  
  Ward, J. S., Bray, J. T. W., Aucott, B. J., Wagner, C., Pridmore, N. E., Whitwood, A. C., Moir, J. W. B., Lynam, J. M., & Fairlamb, I. J. S. (2016). Photoactivated Functionizable Tetracarbonyl(phenylpyridine)manganese(I) Complexes as CO‐Releasing Molecules: A Direct Suzuki–Miyaura Cross‐Coupling on a Thermally Stable CO‐RM. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2016(31), 5044-5051. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201600775
• Manganese(I)‐Catalyzed C−H Activation: The Key Role of a 7‐Membered Manganacycle in H‐Transfer and Reductive Elimination
  
  Yahaya, N. P., Appleby, K. M., Teh, M., Wagner, C., Troschke, E., Bray, J. T. W., Duckett, S. B., Hammarback, L. A., Ward, J. S., Milani, J., Pridmore, N. E., Whitwood, A. C., Lynam, J. M., & Fairlamb, I. J. S. (2016). Manganese(I)‐Catalyzed C−H Activation: The Key Role of a 7‐Membered Manganacycle in H‐Transfer and Reductive Elimination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(40), 12455-12459. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201606236
• Access to novel fluorovinylidene ligands via exploitation of outer-sphere electrophilic fluorination: new insights into C–F bond formation and activation
  
  Milner, L. M., Hall, L. M., Pridmore, N. E., Skeats, M. K., Whitwood, A. C., Lynam, J. M., & Slattery, J. M. (2016). Access to novel fluorovinylidene ligands via exploitation of outer-sphere electrophilic fluorination: new insights into C–F bond formation and activation. Dalton Transactions, 45(4), 1717-1726. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt04596g
• The Role of Fluorine Substituents in the Regioselectivity of Intramolecular C–H Bond Functionalization of Benzylamines at Palladium(II)
  
  Milani, J., Pridmore, N. E., Whitwood, A. C., Fairlamb, I. J. S., & Perutz, R. N. (2015). The Role of Fluorine Substituents in the Regioselectivity of Intramolecular C–H Bond Functionalization of Benzylamines at Palladium(II). Organometallics, 34(17), 4376-4386. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00608
• Outer-Sphere Electrophilic Fluorination of Organometallic Complexes
  
  Milner, L. M., Pridmore, N. E., Whitwood, A. C., Lynam, J. M., & Slattery, J. M. (2015). Outer-Sphere Electrophilic Fluorination of Organometallic Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137(33), 10753-10759. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b06547
• Aluminum(salen) Complexes as Catalysts for the Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides via CO2 Coupling
  
  North, M., Quek, S. C. Z., Pridmore, N. E., Whitwood, A. C., & Wu, X. (2015). Aluminum(salen) Complexes as Catalysts for the Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides via CO2 Coupling. ACS Catalysis, 5(6), 3398-3402. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b00235
• Dispersion, solvent and metal effects in the binding of gold cations to alkynyl ligands: implications for Au(i) catalysis
  
  Ciano, L., Fey, N., Halliday, C. J. V., Lynam, J. M., Milner, L. M., Mistry, N., Pridmore, N. E., Townsend, N. S., & Whitwood, A. C. (2015). Dispersion, solvent and metal effects in the binding of gold cations to alkynyl ligands: implications for Au(i) catalysis. Chemical Communications, 51(47), 9702-9705. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc02629f
• Synthesis of Phosphonium-Substituted Vinylidene Complexes from [HC≡CCH2PPh3]+: Exploring the Competition between Allene and Vinylidene Formation.
  
  Smith, E. J., Pridmore, N. E., Whitwood, A. C., & Lynam, J. M. (2014). Synthesis of Phosphonium-Substituted Vinylidene Complexes from [HC≡CCH2PPh3]+: Exploring the Competition between Allene and Vinylidene Formation. Organometallics, 33(24), 7260-7269. https://doi.org/10.1021/om5010429
• Halogen‐ and Hydrogen‐Bonded Salts and Co‐crystals Formed from 4‐Halo‐2,3,5,6‐tetrafluorophenol and Cyclic Secondary and Tertiary Amines: Orthogonal and Non‐orthogonal Halogen and Hydrogen Bonding, and Synthetic Analogues of Halogen‐Bonded Biological Systems
  
  Takemura, A., McAllister, L. J., Hart, S., Pridmore, N. E., Karadakov, P. B., Whitwood, A. C., & Bruce, D. W. (2014). Halogen‐ and Hydrogen‐Bonded Salts and Co‐crystals Formed from 4‐Halo‐2,3,5,6‐tetrafluorophenol and Cyclic Secondary and Tertiary Amines: Orthogonal and Non‐orthogonal Halogen and Hydrogen Bonding, and Synthetic Analogues of Halogen‐Bonded Biological Systems. Chemistry – A European Journal, 20(22), 6721-6732. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201402128
• Correction to Iridium(III) Hydrido N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Phosphine Complexes as Catalysts in Magnetization Transfer Reactions
  
  Fekete, M., Bayfield, O. W., Duckett, S. B., Hart, S., Mewis, R. E., Pridmore, N., Rayner, P. J., & Whitwood, A. (2014). Correction to Iridium(III) Hydrido N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Phosphine Complexes as Catalysts in Magnetization Transfer Reactions. Inorganic Chemistry, 53(5), 2749-2749. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic5000099
• Mechanistic insight into the ruthenium-catalysed anti-Markovnikov hydration of alkynes using a self-assembled complex: a crucial role for ligand-assisted proton shuttle processes
  
  Breit, B., Gellrich, U., Li, T., Lynam, J. M., Milner, L. M., Pridmore, N. E., Slattery, J. M., & Whitwood, A. C. (2014). Mechanistic insight into the ruthenium-catalysed anti-Markovnikov hydration of alkynes using a self-assembled complex: a crucial role for ligand-assisted proton shuttle processes. Dalton Trans., 43(29), 11277-11285. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4dt00712c
• Competition and cooperation: hydrogen and halogen bonding in co-crystals involving 4-iodotetrafluorobenzoic acid, 4-iodotetrafluorophenol and 4-bromotetrafluorophenol
  
  Takemura, A., McAllister, L. J., Karadakov, P. B., Pridmore, N. E., Whitwood, A. C., & Bruce, D. W. (2014). Competition and cooperation: hydrogen and halogen bonding in co-crystals involving 4-iodotetrafluorobenzoic acid, 4-iodotetrafluorophenol and 4-bromotetrafluorophenol. CrystEngComm, 16(20), 4254-4264. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ce00319e
• Iridium(III) Hydrido N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Phosphine Complexes as Catalysts in Magnetization Transfer Reactions
  
  Fekete, M., Bayfield, O., Duckett, S. B., Hart, S., Mewis, R. E., Pridmore, N., Rayner, P. J., & Whitwood, A. (2013). Iridium(III) Hydrido N-Heterocyclic Carbene–Phosphine Complexes as Catalysts in Magnetization Transfer Reactions. Inorganic Chemistry, 52(23), 13453-13461. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic401783c
• Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation Using Polymorphic Macroporous TaON
  
  Tsang, M., Pridmore, N. E., Gillie, L. J., Chou, Y., Brydson, R., & Douthwaite, R. E. (2012). Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation Using Polymorphic Macroporous TaON. Advanced Materials, 24(25), 3406-3409. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201201193