Professor, University of Otago 2015– Senior Lecturer, University of Otago 2011-2015 Lecturer, University of Otago 2008–2011 British Ramsay Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow (with Prof. D. A. Leigh, FRS), University of Edinburgh 2006–2007 Postdoctoral Fellow (with Prof. D. A. Leigh, FRS), University of Edinburgh 2005–2006 S.M and Ph.D, The University of Chicago (Prof. B Bosnich, FRS) 2000-2005 B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc., Victoria University of Wellington (Dr. D. C. Weatherburn) 1994-1999
Awards and Distinctions
University of Otago, Division of Sciences Research Group of the Year 2016 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), Organometallic Chemistry Award 2015 Finalist in OUSA Supervisor of the Year Awards 2015 Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Asian International Distinguished Lectureship Award 2015 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), Alan Sargeson Lectureship 2014 Royal Society of Chemistry/New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Easterfield Award 2013 University of Otago Early Career Award for Distinction in Research 2011 British Ramsay Memorial Fellowship (U of Ed.) 2006-2008 Joan Shiu Award for Student Service, (U of C) 2004 Curtis-Gordon Scholarship for Chemistry (VUW) 1998
My research interests are in synthetic organic, inorganic, organometallic and supramolecular chemistry. I am interested in the design and synthesis of new functional materials. I have expertise in a wide range of synthetic and spectroscopic techniques including NMR, IR, UV-vis and X-ray crystallography. Major areas of interest include:
CuAAC “Click” coordination chemistry. The mild and modular Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-cycloaddition of terminal alkynes with organic azides (the CuAAC “click” reaction) allows the ready formation of functionalised 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole scaffolds and this has led to an explosion of interest in the coordination chemistry of these heterocycles. A diverse array of mono-, bi-, tri- and polydentate ligands incorporating 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole units have been synthesised and characterised. Easy access to readily functionalised ligand architectures is of crucial importance in a range of different areas and we are exploiting these ligands for the development of new catalysts, metallo-pharmaceuticals, bio-imaging agents, metallosupramolecular architectures, and molecular machines.
Synthetic molecular machines (nanotechnology). It is well established that the fundamental processes of life at the cellular level are governed by complex biological molecular machines which convert chemical energy into work. My research group is interested in exploiting a range of interlocked and non-interlocked molecular architectures for the development of synthetic molecular machines. These efforts are motivated by the goal of creating synthetic devices or materials that, like their far more complex biological counterparts, could carry out tasks by exploiting controlled molecular-level mechanical motion; a key requirement for the development of useable nanotechnology.
Functional metallosupramolecular architectures. I am also interested in the engineering of functional molecular architectures via self-assembly. In particular we are attempting to exploit these self-assembled cages as novel metallo-pharmaceuticals, for drug delivery and as nanoreactors for carrying out chemical transformations.
Publications
Pearcy, A. C., Lisboa, L. S., Preston, D., Page, N. B., Lawrence, T., Wright, L. J., … Crowley, J. D. (2023). Exploiting reduced-symmetry ligands with pyridyl and imidazole donors to construct a second-generation stimuli-responsive heterobimetallic [PdPtL4]4+ cage. Chemical Science, 14, 8615-8623. doi: 10.1039/d3sc01354e
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Tremlett, W. D. J., Söhnel, T., Crowley, J. D., Wright, L. J., & Hartinger, C. G. (2023). Ferrocene-derived palladium(II)-based metallosupramolecular structures: Synthesis, guest interaction, and stimulus-responsiveness studies. Inorganic Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04399
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Pearcy, A. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2023). The biologically inspired abilities of metallosupramolecular architectures. Chemistry: A European Journal. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/chem.202203752
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Vasdev, R. A. S., Preston, D., Casey-Stevens, C. A., Martí-Centelles, V., Lusby, P. J., Garden, A. L., & Crowley, J. D. (2023). Exploiting supramolecular interactions to control isomer distributions in reduced-symmetry [Pd2L4]4+ cages. Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 1833-1844. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00937
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Lisboa, L. S., Riisom, M., Dunne, H. J., Preston, D., Jamieson, S. M. F., Wright, L. J., … Crowley, J. D. (2022). Hydrazone- and imine-containing [PdPtL4]4+ cages: A comparative study of the stability and host-guest chemistry. Dalton Transactions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1039/d2dt02720h
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Crowley, J. D., Findlay, J. A., & Ross, D. A. W. (2022). Ferrocene rotary switches featuring 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole “click” chelates. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 5, e202100948. doi: 10.1002/ejic.202100948
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Lisboa, L. S., Preston, D., McAdam, C. J., Wright, L. J., Hartinger, C. G., & Crowley, J. D. (2022). Heterotrimetallic double cavity cages: Syntheses and selective guest binding. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61, e202201700. doi: 10.1002/anie.202201700
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Crowley, J. D., Lisboa, L. S., & van Hilst, Q. V. C. (2021). Supramolecular systems: Metallo-molecular machines and stimuli responsive metallo-macrocycles and cages. In Reference module in chemistry, molecular sciences and chemical engineering. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102688-5.00042-8
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Green, L. P. M., Steel, T. R., Riisom, M., Hanif, M., Söhnel, T., Jamieson, S. M. F., … Crowley, J. D., & Hartinger, C. G. (2021). Synthetic strategy towards heterodimetallic half-sandwich complexes based on a symmetric ditopic ligand. Frontiers in Chemistry, 9, 786367. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.786367
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Lisboa, L. S., Riisom, M., Vasdev, R. A. S., Jamieson, S. M. F., Wright, L. J., Hartinger, C. G., & Crowley, J. D. (2021). Cavity-containing [Fe2L3]4+ helicates: An examination of host-guest chemistry and cytotoxicity. Frontiers in Chemistry, 9, 697684. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.697684
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Ross, D. A. W., Findlay, J. A., Vasdev, R. A. S., & Crowley, J. D. (2021). Can 2-Pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole “click” ligands be used to develop Cu(I)/Cu(II) molecular switches? ACS Omega, 6, 30115-30129. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c04977
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Ross, D. A. W., Mapley, J. I., Cording, A. P., Vasdev, R. A. S., McAdam, C. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2021). 6,6'-ditriphenylamine-2,2'-bipyridine: Coordination chemistry and electrochemical and photophysical properties. Inorganic Chemistry, 60, 11852-11865. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01435
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Steel, T. R., Tong, K. K. H., Söhnel, T., Jamieson, S. M. F., Wright, L. J., Crowley, J. D., … Hartinger, C. G. (2021). Homodinuclear organometallics of ditopic N,N-chelates: Synthesis, reactivity and in vitro anticancer activity. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 518, 120220. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.120220
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Sutton, J. J., Preston, D., Traber, P., Steinmetzer, J., Wu, X., Kayal, S., … Crowley, J. D., … Gordon, K. C. (2021). Excited-state switching in Rhenium(I) bipyridyl complexes with donor–donor and donor–acceptor substituents. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, 9082-9093. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c02755
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Crlikova, H., Malina, J., Novohradsky, V., Kostrhunova, H., Vasdev, R. A. S., Crowley, J. D., … Brabec, V. (2020). Antiproliferative activity and associated DNA interactions of [Co2L3]6+ cylinders derived from bis(bidentate) 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ligands. Organometallics, 39, 1448-1455. doi: 10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00146
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Lagesse, N. R., Tan, K. Y. L., Crowley, J. D., & Findlay, J. A. (2020). Planar 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole derived metallo-ligands: Self-assembly with PdCl2 and photocatalysis. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 15, 1567-1573. doi: 10.1002/asia.202000284
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Lisboa, L. S., Findlay, J. A., Wright, L. J., Hartinger, C. G., & Crowley, J. D. (2020). A reduced-symmetry heterobimetallic [PdPtL4]4+ cage: Assembly, guest binding, and stimulus-induced switching. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59, 11101-11107. doi: 10.1002/anie.202003220
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McNeill, S., Giles, N. M., Preston, D., Jones, P. P., Crowley, J. D., & Giles, G. I. (2020). The quadruply stranded metallo-supramolecular helicate [Pd2 (hextrz)4]4+ acts as a molecular mimic of cytolytic peptides. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 33, 1822-1834. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00061
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Shillito, G. E., Preston, D., Traber, P., Steinmetzer, J., McAdam, C. J., Crowley, J. D., … Gordon, K. C. (2020). Excited-state switching frustrates the tuning of properties in triphenylamine-donor-ligand rhenium(I) and platinum(II) complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 59, 6736-6746. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03691
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Barnsley, J. E., Findlay, J. A., Shillito, G. E., Pelet, W. S., Scottwell, S. Ø., McIntyre, S. M., Tay, E. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2019). Long-lived MLCT states for Ru(II) complexes of ferrocene-appended 2,2'-bipyridines. Dalton Transactions, 48, 15713-15722. doi: 10.1039/c9dt02025j
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Mapley, J. I., Ross, D. A. W., McAdam, C. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2019). Triphenylamine-substituted 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole copper(I) complexes: An experimental and computational investigation. Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 72(8), 1378-1394. doi: 10.1080/00958972.2019.1593388
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Preston, D., Findlay, J. A., & Crowley, J. D. (2019). Recognition properties and self-assembly of planar [M(2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole)2]2+ metallo-ligands. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 14, 1136-1142. doi: 10.1002/asia.201801132
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Preston, D., Inglis, A. R., Crowley, J. D., & Kruger, P. E. (2019). Self-assembly and cycling of a three-state PdxLy metallosupramolecular system. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 14, 3404-3408. doi: 10.1002/asia.201901238
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van Hilst, Q. V. C., Vasdev, R. A. S., Preston, D., Findlay, J. A., Scottwell, S. Ø., Giles, G. I., Brooks, H. J. L., & Crowley, J. D. (2019). Synthesis, characterisation and antimicrobial studies of some 2,6-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine ruthenium(II) “click” complexes. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 8, 496-505. doi: 10.1002/ajoc.201900088
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Findlay, J. A., Barnsley, J. E., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2018). Synthesis and light-induced actuation of photo-labile 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole Ru(bis-bipyridyl) appended rerrocene rotors. Molecules, 23(8), 2037. doi: 10.3390/molecules23082037
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Findlay, J. A., McAdam, C. J., Sutton, J. J., Preston, D., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2018). Metallosupramolecular architectures formed with ferrocene-linked bis-bidentate ligands: Synthesis, structures, and electrochemical studies. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(7), 3602-3614. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02503
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Preston, D., Gordon, K. C., Sutton, J. J., & Crowley, J. D. (2018). A nona-nuclear heterometallic Pd3Pt6 "Donut" shaped cage: Molecular recognition and photocatalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57(28), 8659-8663. doi: 10.1002/anie.201804745
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Shillito, G. E., Hall, T. B. J., Preston, D., Traber, P., Wu, L., Reynolds, K. E. A., … Lucas, N. T., Crowley, J. D., … Gordon, K. C. (2018). Dramatic alteration of 3ILCT lifetimes using ancillary ligands in [Re(L)(CO)3(phen-TPA)]n+ complexes: An integrated spectroscopic and theoretical study. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(13), 4534-4542. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b12868
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van Hilst, Q. V. C., Lagesse, N. R., Preston, D., & Crowley, J. D. (2018). Functional metal complexes from CuAAC "click" bidentate and tridentate pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ligands. Dalton Transactions, 4, 997-1002. doi: 10.1039/c7dt04570k
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Vasdev, R. A. S., Gaudin, L. F., Preston, D., Jogy, J. P., Giles, G. I., & Crowley, J. D. (2018). Anticancer activity and cisplatin binding ability of bis-quinoline and bis-isoquinoline derived Pd2L44+ metallosupramolecular cages. Frontiers in Chemistry, 6, 563. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00563
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Kim, T. Y., Digal, L., Gardiner, M. G., Lucas, N. T., & Crowley, J. D. (2017). Octahedral [Pd6L8]12+ metallosupramolecular cages: Synthesis, structures and guest-encapsulation studies. Chemistry: A European Journal, 23, 15089-15097. doi: 10.1002/chem.201702518
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Preston, D., Lewis, J. E. M., & Crowley, J. D. (2017). Multicavity [PdnL4]2n+ cages with controlled segregated binding of different guests. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(6), 2379-2386. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b11982
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Preston, D., White, K. F., Lewis, J. E. M., Vasdev, R. A. S., Abrahams, B. F., & Crowley, J. D. (2017). Solid state gas adsorption studies with discrete palladium(II) [Pd2(L)4]4+ cages. Chemistry: A European Journal, 23(44), 10559-10567. doi: 10.1002/chem.201701477
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Ross, D. A. W., Preston, D., & Crowley, J. D. (2017). Self-Assembly with 2,6-Bis(1-(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine: Silver(I) and Iron(II) Complexes. Molecules, 22(10), 1762. doi: 10.3390/molecules22101762
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Scottwell, S. Ø., Barnsley, J. E., McAdam, C. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2017). A ferrocene based switchable molecular folding ruler. Chemical Communications, 53, 7628-7631. doi: 10.1039/C7CC03358C
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Vasdev, R. A. S., Preston, D., & Crowley, J. D. (2017). Functional metallosupramolecular architectures using 1,2,3-triazole ligands: It's as easy as 1,2,3 "click". Dalton Transactions, 46(8), 2402-2414. doi: 10.1039/c6dt04702e
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Vasdev, R. A. S., Preston, D., & Crowley, J. D. (2017). Multicavity metallosupramolecular architectures. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 12(19), 2513-2523. doi: 10.1002/asia.201700948
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Barnsley, J. E., Scottwell, S. Ø., Elliott, A. B. S., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2016). Structural, electronic, and computational studies of heteroleptic Cu(I) complexes of 6,6′-dimesityl-2,2′-bipyridine with ferrocene-appended ethynyl-2,2′-bipyridine ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(16), 8184-8192. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01300
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Elliott, A. B. S., Lewis, J. E. M., van der Salm, H., McAdam, C. J., Crowley, J. D., & Gordon, K. C. (2016). Luminescent cages: Pendant emissive units on [Pd2L4]4+ "click" cages. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(7), 3440-3447. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02843
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Huff, G. S., Lo, W. K. C., Horvath, R., Turner, J. O., Sun, X.-Z., Weal, G. R., Davidson, H. J., Kennedy, A. D. W., McAdam, C. J., Crowley, J. D., … Gordon, K. C. (2016). Excited states of triphenylamine-substituted 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(23), 12238-12253. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01959
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Kumar, S. V., Scottwell, S. Ø., Waugh, E., McAdam, C. J., Hanton, L. R., Brooks, H. J. L., & Crowley, J. D. (2016). Antimicrobial properties of tris(homoleptic) ruthenium(II) 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole "click" complexes against pathogenic bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Inorganic Chemistry, 55(19), 9767-9777. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01574
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Lo, W. K. C., Castillo, C. E., Gueret, R., Fortage, J., Rebarz, M., Sliwa, M., … McAdam, C. J., … McMorran, D. A., Crowley, J. D., … Blackman, A. G. (2016). Synthesis, characterization, and photocatalytic H2-evolving activity of a family of [Co(N4Py)(X)]n+ complexes in aqueous solution. Inorganic Chemistry, 55, 4564-4581. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00391
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McKay, A. P., Lo, W. K. C., Preston, D., Giles, G. I., Crowley, J. D., Barnsley, J. E., Gordon, K. C., & McMorran, D. A. (2016). Palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of ((2-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)benzoic acids: Synthesis, solid state characterisation and biological cytotoxicity. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 446, 41-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2016.02.038
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Pages, B. J., Sakoff, J., Gilbert, J., Zhang, Y., Li, F., Preston, D., Crowley, J. D., & Aldrich-Wright, J. R. (2016). Investigating the cytotoxicity of platinum(II) complexes incorporating bidentate pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole “click” ligands. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 165, 92-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.06.017
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Preston, D., Barnsley, J. E., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2016). Controlled formation of heteroleptic [Pd2(La)2(Lb)2]4+ cages. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(33), 10578-10585. doi: 10.1021/jacs.6b05629
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Preston, D., McNeill, S. M., Lewis, J. E. M., Giles, G. I., & Crowley, J. D. (2016). Enhanced kinetic stability of [Pd2L4] 4+ cages through ligand substitution. Dalton Transactions, 45, 8050-8060. doi: 10.1039/c6dt00133e
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Preston, D., Tucker, R. A. J., Garden, A. L., & Crowley, J. D. (2016). Heterometallic [MnPtn(L)2n]x+ macrocycles from dichloromethane-derived bis-2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(17), 8928-8934. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01435
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Scottwell, S. Ø., & Crowley, J. D. (2016). Ferrocene-containing non-interlocked molecular machines. Chemical Communications, 52, 2451-2464. doi: 10.1039/c5cc09569g
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Vasdev, R. A. S., Preston, D., Scottwell, S. Ø., Brooks, H. J. L., Crowley, J. D., & Schramm, M. P. (2016). Oxidatively locked [Co2L3]6+ cylinders derived from bis(bidentate) 2-Pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole "Click" ligands: Synthesis, stability, and antimicrobial studies. Molecules, 21(11), 1548. doi: 10.3390/molecules21111548
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Wright, J. R., Crowley, J. D., & Lucas, N. T. (2016). Carbon-rich "click" 1,2,3-triazoles: Hexaphenylbenzene and hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene-based ligands for Suzuki-Miyaura catalysts. Chemical Communications, 52(88), 12976-12979. doi: 10.1039/c6cc07413h
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Cubanski, J. R., Reish, M. E., Blackman, A. G., Steel, P. J., Gordon, K. C., McMorran, D. A., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). Hybrid pyrazolyl-1,2,3-triazolyl tripodal tetraamine ligands: Click synthesis and cobalt(III) complexes. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 68(7), 1160-1170. doi: 10.1071/CH14700
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Kim, T. Y., Lucas, N. T., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). A diaryl-linked [Pd2L4]4+ metallosupramolecular architecture: Synthesis, structures and cisplatin binding studies. Supramolecular Chemistry, 27(11-12), 734-745. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2015.1063633
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Kumar, S. V., Lo, W. K. C., Brooks, H. J. L., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). Synthesis, structure, stability and antimicrobial activity of a ruthenium(II) helicate derived from a bis-bidentate "click" pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ligand. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 425, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2014.10.011
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Lo, W. K. C., Huff, G. S., Cubanski, J. R., Kennedy, A. D. W., McAdam, C. J., McMorran, D. A., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). Comparison of inverse and regular 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole "click" complexes: Structures, stability, electrochemical, and photophysical properties. Inorganic Chemistry, 54(4), 1572-1587. doi: 10.1021/ic502557w
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Lo, W. K. C., Huff, G. S., Preston, D., McMorran, D. A., Giles, G. I., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). A dinuclear platinum(II) N4Py complex: An unexpected coordination mode for N4Py. Inorganic Chemistry, 54(14), 6671-6673. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01032
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Lo, W. K. C., McAdam, C. J., Blackman, A. G., Crowley, J. D., & McMorran, D. A. (2015). The pentadentate ligands 2PyN2Q and N4Py, and their Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes: A synthetic, spectroscopic and crystallographic structural study. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 426, 183-194. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2014.11.036
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McNeill, S. M., Preston, D., Lewis, J. E. M., Robert, A., Knerr-Rupp, K., Graham, D. O., Wright, J. R., Giles, G. I., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). Biologically active [Pd2L4]4+ quadruply-stranded helicates: Stability and cytotoxicity. Dalton Transactions, 44, 11129-11136. doi: 10.1039/c5dt01259g
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Noor, A., Maloney, D. L., Lewis, J. E. M., Lo, W. K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). Acid–base driven ligand exchange with palladium(II) "click" complexes. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 4(3), 208-211. doi: 10.1002/ajoc.201402197
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Preston, D., Fox-Charles, A., Lo, W. K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). Chloride triggered reversible switching from a metallosupramolecular [Pd2L4]4+ cage to a [Pd2L2Cl4] metallo-macrocycle with release of endo- and exo-hedrally bound guests. Chemical Communications, 51, 9042-9045. doi: 10.1039/C5CC02226F
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Scottwell, S. Ø., Elliott, A. B. S., Shaffer, K. J., Nafady, A., McAdam, C. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2015). Chemically and electrochemically induced expansion and contraction of a ferrocene rotor. Chemical Communications, 51, 8164. doi: 10.1039/c5cc01973g
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Lewis, J. E. M., & Crowley, J. D. (2014). Exo- and endo-hedral interactions of counteranions with tetracationic Pd2L4 metallosupramolecular architectures. Supramolecular Chemistry, 26(3-4), 173-181.
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Lewis, J. E. M., Elliott, A. B. S., McAdam, C. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2014). 'Click' to functionalise: Synthesis, characterisation and enhancement of the physical properties of a series of exo- and endo-functionalised Pd2L4 nanocages. Chemical Science, 5, 1833-1843. doi: 10.1039/C4SC00434E
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Lo, W. K. C., Cavigliasso, G., Stranger, R., Crowley, J. D., & Blackman, A. G. (2014). Five-coordinate [PtII(bipyridine)2(phosphine)]π+ complexes: Long-lived intermediates in ligand substitution reactions of [Pt(bipyridine)2]2+ with phosphine ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 53(7), 3595-3605. doi: 10.1021/ic403089j
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Noor, A., Huff, G. S., Kumar, S. V., Lewis, J. E. M., Paterson, B. M., Schieber, C., … Brooks, H. J. L., Gordon, K. C., Moratti, S. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2014). [Re(CO)3]+ complexes of exo-functionalized tridentate "click" macrocycles: Synthesis, stability, photophysical properties, bioconjugation, and antibacterial activity. Organometallics, 33(24), 7031-7043. doi: 10.1021/om500664v
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Noor, A., Lo, W. K. C., Moratti, S. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2014). CuAAC "click" active-template synthesis of functionalised [2]rotaxanes using small exo-substituted macrocycles: How small is too small? Chemical Communications, 50, 7044-7047. doi: 10.1039/c4cc03077j
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Noor, A., Moratti, S. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2014). Active-template synthesis of "click" [2]rotaxane ligands: Self-assembly of mechanically interlocked metallo-supramolecular dimers, macrocycles and oligomers. Chemical Science, 5(11), 4283-4290. doi: 10.1039/c4sc01438c
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Scott, S. Ø., Shaffer, K. J., McAdam, C. J., & Crowley, J. D. (2014). 5-Ferrocenyl-2,2′-bipyridine ligands: Synthesis, palladium(II) and copper(I) complexes, optical and electrochemical properties. RSC Advances, 4(67), 35726-35734. doi: 10.1039/c4ra05333h
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Anderson, C. B., Elliott, A. B. S., McAdam, C. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2013). fac-Re(CO)3Cl complexes of [2-(4-R-1H-1,2,3-Triazol-1-yl) methyl]pyridine inverse "click" ligands: A systematic synthetic, spectroscopic, and computational study. Organometallics, 32(3), 788-797. doi: 10.1021/om300868k
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Cavigliasso, G., Stranger, R., Lo, W. K. C., Crowley, J. D., & Blackman, A. G. (2013). The nature of species derived from [Pt(bipy)2]2+ in aqueous solution: X-ray structural, mass spectral, NMR, and computational studies. Polyhedron, 64, 238-246. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2013.05.004
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Cubanski, J. R., Cameron, S. A., Crowley, J. D., & Blackman, A. G. (2013). Low symmetry pyrazole-based tripodal tetraamine ligands: Metal complexes and ligand decomposition reactions. Dalton Transactions, 42(6), 2174-2185. doi: 10.1039/C2DT32200E
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Kim, T. Y., Elliott, A. B. S., Shaffer, K. J., McAdam, C. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2013). Rhenium(I) complexes of readily functionalized bidentate pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole “click” ligands: A systematic synthetic, spectroscopic and computational study. Polyhedron, 52, 1391-1398. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2012.05.003
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Lewis, J. E. M., & Crowley, J. D. (2013). Copper(II) complexes of a tripyridyl ligand: Anion-dependent metallosupramolecular structures. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 66(11), 1447-1454. doi: 10.1071/CH13379
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Lewis, J. E. M., McAdam, C. J., Gardiner, M. G., & Crowley, J. D. (2013). A facile "click" approach to functionalised metallosupramolecular architectures. Chemical Communications, 33, 3398-3400. doi: 10.1039/c3cc41209a
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Vellas, S. K., Lewis, J. E. M., Shankar, M., Sagatova, A., Tyndall, J. D. A., Monk, B. C., Fitchett, C. M., Hanton, L. R., & Crowley, J. D. (2013). [Fe2L3]4+ cylinders derived from bis(bidentate) 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole "click" ligands: Synthesis, structures and exploration of biological activity. Molecules, 18(6), 6383-6407. doi: 10.3390/molecules18066383
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Wright, J. R., Young, P. C., Lucas, N. T., Lee, A.-L., & Crowley, J. D. (2013). Gold(I) and Palladium(II) complexes of 1,3,4-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene "click" carbenes: Systematic study of the electronic and steric influence on catalytic activity. Organometallics, 32(23), 7065-7076. doi: 10.1021/om400773n
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Crowley, J. D., & McMorran, D. A. (2012). "Click triazole" Coordination chemistry: Exploiting 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazoles as ligands. In J. Košmrlj (Ed.), Click triazoles: Topics in heterocyclic chemistry (Vol. 28). (pp. 31-83). Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/7081_2011_67
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Anderson, C. B., Elliott, A. B. S., Lewis, J. E. M., McAdam, C. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2012). fac-Re(CO)3 complexes of 2,6-bis(4-substituted-1,2,3-triazol-1-ylmethyl)-pyridine "click" ligands: Synthesis, characterisation and photophysical properties. Dalton Transactions, 48, 14625-14632. doi: 10.1039/c2dt31569f
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Lewis, J. E. M., Gavey, E. L., Cameron, S. A., & Crowley, J. D. (2012). Stimuli-responsive Pd2L4 metallosupramolecular cages: Towards targeted cisplatin drug delivery. Chemical Science, 3, 778-784. doi: 10.1039/c2sc00899h
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Noor, A., Lewis, J. E. M., Cameron, S. A., Moratti, S. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2012). A multi-component CuAAC 'click' approach to an exo functionalised pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole macrocycle: Synthesis, characterisation, Cu(I) and Ag(I) complexes. Supramolecular Chemistry, 24(7), 492-498. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2012.688126
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Wright, J. R., Shaffer, K. J., McAdam, C. J., & Crowley, J. D. (2012). 3,5-Diferrocenylpyridine: Synthesis, characterisation, palladium(II) dichloride complex and electrochemistry. Polyhedron, 36(1), 73-78. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2012.01.028
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Crowley, J. D., Kilpin, K. J., & Keep, C. C. (2011). Exploiting ferrocene to develop synthetic molecular machines. In E. S. Phillips (Ed.), Ferrocenes: Compounds, properties and applications. (pp. 149-188). New York: Nova Science.
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Crowley, J. D., Lee, A.-L., & Kilpin, K. J. (2011). 1,3,4-trisubstituted-1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene 'Click' carbene ligands: Synthesis, catalysis and self-assembly. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 64(8), 1118-1132. doi: 10.1071/ch11185
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Kilpin, K. J., Gavey, E. L., McAdam, C. J., Anderson, C. B., Lind, S. J., Keep, C. C., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2011). Palladium(II) complexes of readily functionalized bidentate 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ″Click″ ligands: A synthetic, structural, spectroscopic, and computational study. Inorganic Chemistry, 50, 6334-6346. doi: 10.1021/ic200789b
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Kilpin, K. J., Gower, M. L., Telfer, S. G., Jameson, G. B., & Crowley, J. D. (2011). Toward the self-assembly of metal—organic nanotubes using metal—metal and π-stacking interactions: Bis(pyridylethynyl) silver(I) metallo-macrocycles and coordination polymers. Inorganic Chemistry, 50, 1123-1134. doi: 10.1021/ic1020059
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Kilpin, K. J., Paul, U. S. D., Lee, A.-L., & Crowley, J. D. (2011). Gold(I) "click" 1,2,3-triazolylidenes: Synthesis, self-assembly and catalysis. Chemical Communications, 47(1), 328-330. doi: 10.1039/c0cc02185g
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Scott, S. Ø., Gavey, E. L., Lind, S. J., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2011). Self-assembled palladium(II) “click″ cages: Synthesis, structural modification and stability. Dalton Transactions, 40, 12117-12124. doi: 10.1039/c1dt10551e
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Crowley, J. D., & Bandeen, P. (2010). A multicomponent CuAAC ″click″ approach to a library of hybrid polydentate 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ligands: New building blocks for the generation of metallosupramolecular architectures. Dalton Transactions, 39(2), 612-623. doi: 10.1039/b911276f
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Crowley, J. D., & Gavey, E. L. (2010). Use of di-1,4-substituted-1,2,3-triazole "click" ligands to self-assemble dipalladium(II) coordinatively saturated, quadruply stranded helicate cages. Dalton Transactions, 39(17), 4035-4037. doi: 10.1039/c003683h
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Crowley, J. D., Bandeen, P. H., & Hanton, L. R. (2010). A one pot multi-component CuAAC ″click″ approach to bidentate and tridentate pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ligands: Synthesis, X-ray structures and copper(II) and silver(I) complexes. Polyhedron, 29(1), 70-83. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2009.06.010
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Crowley, J. D., Goldup, S. M., Gowans, N. D., Leigh, D. A., Ronaldson, V. E., & Slawin, A. M. Z. (2010). An unusual nickel—copper-mediated alkyne homocoupling reaction for the active-template synthesis of [2]rotaxanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132, 6243-6248. doi: 10.1021/ja101121j
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Crowley, J. D., Hänni, K. D., Leigh, D. A., & Slawin, A. M. Z. (2010). Diels-Alder active-template synthesis of rotaxanes and metal-ion-switchable molecular shuttles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(14), 5309-5314. doi: 10.1021/ja101029u
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Gower, M. L., & Crowley, J. D. (2010). Self-assembly of silver(I) metallomacrocycles using unsupported 1,4-substituted-1,2,3-triazole ″click″ ligands. Dalton Transactions, 39(9), 2371-2378. doi: 10.1039/b923211g
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Kilpin, K. J., & Crowley, J. D. (2010). Palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of bidentate 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole "click" ligands: Synthesis, properties and X-ray structures. Polyhedron, 29(16), 3111-3117. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2010.08.021
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Kilpin, K. J., Horvath, R., Jameson, G. B., Telfer, S. G., Gordon, K. C., & Crowley, J. D. (2010). Pyridyl gold(I) alkynyls: A synthetic, structural, spectroscopic, and computational study. Organometallics, 29(23), 6186-6195. doi: 10.1021/om1003978
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Crowley, J. D., Bandeen, P. H., & Hanton, L. R. (2009). 1-(3-Bromopropyl)-4-(2-pyridyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole. Acta Crystallographica Section E, E65, o999-01000. doi: 10.1107/s1600536809012148
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Crowley, J. D., Goldup, S. M., Lee, A.-L., Leigh, D. A., & Mcburney, R. T. (2009). Active metal template synthesis of rotaxanes, catenanes and molecular shuttles. Chemical Society Reviews, 38(6), 1530-1541. doi: 10.1039/b804243h
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Crowley, J. D., Kay, E. R., & Leigh, D. A. (2008). Chemically driven artificial molecular machines. In M. Shahinpoor & H.-J. Schneider (Eds.), Intelligent materials. (pp. 1-47). Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Aucagne, V., Berná, J., Crowley, J. D., Goldup, S. M., Hänni, K. D., Leigh, D. A., … Walker, D. B. (2007). Catalytic ″active-metal″ template synthesis of [2]Rotaxanes, [3]Rotaxanes, and molecular shuttles, and some observations on the mechanism of the Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne 1,3-cycloaddition. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129, 11950-11963. doi: 10.1021/ja073513f
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Berná, J., Crowley, J. D., Goldup, S. M., Hänni, K. D., Lee, A.-L., & Leigh, D. A. (2007). A catalytic palladium active-metal template pathway to [2]Rotaxanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 46, 5709-5713. doi: 10.1002/anie.200701678
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Crowley, J. D., Hänni, K. D., Lee, A.-L., & Leigh, D. A. (2007). [2]Rotaxanes through palladium active-template oxidative Heck cross-couplings. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(40), 12092-12093. doi: 10.1021/ja075219t
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Crowley, J. D., Leigh, D. A., Lusby, P. J., Mcburney, R. T., Perret-Aebi, L.-E., Petzold, C., … Symes, M. D. (2007). A switchable palladium-complexed molecular shuttle and its metastable positional isomers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129, 15085-15090. doi: 10.1021/ja076570h
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