Professor Sally Brooker

2025

Journal - Research Article

Singh, V., Robb, M. G., & Brooker, S. (2025). Testing mixed metal bimetallic, and monometallic, cryptates for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Dalton Transactions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1039/d4dt03161j

2024

Journal - Research Article

Akogun, F. S., Judd, M., Mort, A. G. C., Malthus, S. J., Robb, M. G., Cox, N., & Brooker, S. (2024). Complexes of a noncyclic carbazole-based N5-donor Schiff base: Structures, redox, EPR and poor activity as hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts. Inorganic Chemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02657

Robb, M. G., Chong, S. V., & Brooker, S. (2024). Iron(II) spin crossover complexes of tetradentate Schiff-bases: Tuning T_1/2 by choice of formyl-heterocycle component. Dalton Transactions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1039/d4dt00884g

Hamonnet, J., Brooker, S., Golovko, V., & Marshall, A. T. (2024). Effect of loading and pyrolysis of carbon-supported cobalt phthalocyanine on the electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂. Electrochimica Acta, 491, 144332. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144332

Cahyanto, H., Chen, X., Lam, F. L. Y., Iadrat, P., Wattanakit, C., Kidkhunthod, P., Singh, V., Brooker, S., … Yip, A. C. K. (2024). Effective prevention of palladium metal particles sintering by histidine stabilization on silica catalyst support. Advanced Functional Materials, 2402983. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202402983

Abudayyeh, A. M., Bennington, M. S., Hamonnet, J., Marshall, A. T., & Brooker, S. (2024). Copper-based electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution in water. Dalton Transactions, 53, 6207-6214. doi: 10.1039/d4dt00224e

Robb, M. G., Bondì, L., Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Garden, A. L., Jerabeck, P., & Brooker, S. (2024). Predictable electronic tuning of Fe^II and Ru^II complexes via choice of azine: Correlation of ligand pK_a with E_pa(M^III/II) of complex. Dalton Transactions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1039/d3dt03484d

2023

Journal - Research Article

Sundaresan, S., & Brooker, S. (2023). Solution spin crossover versus speciation effects: A cautionary tale. Inorganic Chemistry, 62, 12192-12202. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00186

Robb, M. G., & Brooker, S. (2023). Incorporation of switchable inorganic building blocks into heterometallic coordination polymers. Crystal Growth & Design, 23, 1848-1859. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.2c01341

2022

Journal - Research Article

Hamonnet, J., Bennington, M. S., Johannessen, B., Hamilton, J., Brooksby, P. A., Brooker, S., … Marshall, A. T. (2022). Influence of carbon support on the pyrolysis of cobalt phthalocyanine for the efficient electroreduction of CO₂. ACS Catalysis, 12, 14571-14581. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03929

Bouldi, N., Mannini, M., Retegan, M., Miller, R. G., Cahier, B., Sainctavit, P., … Brooker, S., & Juhin, A. (2022). XAS and XMCD reveal a cobalt(II) imide undergoes high-pressure-induced spin crossover. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 5784-5792. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00614

Bondì, L., Garden, A. L., Totti, F., Jerabek, P., & Brooker, S. (2022). Quantitative assessment of ligand substituent effects on σ- and π-contributions to Fe-N bonds in spin crossover Fe^II complexes. Chemistry: A European Journal, 28, e202104314. doi: 10.1002/chem.202104314

Singh, V., Abudayyeh, A. M., Robb, M. G., & Brooker, S. (2022). Mono-copper far more active than analogous di-copper complex for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Dalton Transactions, 51, 4166-4172. doi: 10.1039/d2dt00141a

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Brooker, S. (2022). German-New Zealand Green Hydrogen Centre: Research, networking and outreach. Proceedings of the 16th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: An Equitable and Low-Cost Energy Transition. (pp. 21). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/symposia

2021

Journal - Research Article

Bondì, L., Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Feltham, H. L. C., Garden, A. L., & Brooker, S. (2021). Probing the generality of spin crossover complex T_½ vs. ligand ¹⁵N NMR chemical shift correlations: Towards predictable tuning. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 8(22), 4846-4857. doi: 10.1039/d1qi00919b

Bondì, L., Brooker, S., & Totti, F. (2021). Accurate prediction of pressure and temperature T_1/2 variation in solid state spin crossover by ab initio methods: The [Co-^II(dpzca)₂] case. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 9, 14256. doi: 10.1039/d1tc03467g

Singh, S., & Brooker, S. (2021). Correlations between ligand field Δ_o spin crossover T_1/2 and redox potential E_pa in a family of five dinuclear helicates. Chemical Science, 12, 10919. doi: 10.1039/d1sc01458g

Abudayyeh, A. M., Schott, O., Feltham, H. L. C., Hanan, G. S., & Brooker, S. (2021). Copper catalysts for photo- and electro-catalytic hydrogen production. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 8(4), 1015-1029. doi: 10.1039/d0qi01247e

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Bennington, M. S., Akbarinejad, A., Tay, E. J., Chan, E. W. C., Wan, Z., Abudayyeh, A. M., … Gordon, K. C., … Brooker, S. (2021). Electroactive metal complexes covalently attached to conductive PEDOT films: A spectroelectrochemical study. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(1), 1301-1313. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c16317

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Bennington, M. S., Hamonnet, J., Abudayyeh, A. M., Golovko, V., Marshall, A. T., & Brooker, S. (2021). A copper electrocatalyst for H₂ production from a neutral water solution. Proceedings of the 15th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: The Challenge of Net Zero by 2050. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/symposia

2020

Journal - Research Article

Rinck, J., Kitchen, J. A., Carter, A. B., Lan, Y., Anson, C. E., Fink, K., Brooker, S., & Powell, A. K. (2020). Di- and tri-nuclear V^III and Cr^III complexes of dipyridyltriazoles: Ligand rearrangements, mixed valency and ferromagnetic coupling. Frontiers in Chemistry, 8, 540. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00540

Bondì, L., Garden, A. L., Jerabek, P., Totti, F., & Brooker, S. (2020). Quantitative and chemically intuitive evaluation of the nature of M-L bonds in paramagnetic compounds: Application of EDA-NOCV theory to spin crossover complexes. Chemistry: A European Journal, 26, 13677-13685. doi: 10.1002/chem.202002146

Miller, R. G., Warren, M. R., Allan, D. R., & Brooker, S. (2020). Direct crystallographic observation of CO₂ captured in zig zag channels of a copper(I) metal-organic framework. Inorganic Chemistry, 59, 6376-6381. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00471

Sundaresan, S., Kitchen, J. A., & Brooker, S. (2020). Hydrophobic tail length in spin crossover active iron(II) complexes predictably tunes T_½ in solution and enables surface immobilisation. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 7, 2050-2059. doi: 10.1039/C9QI01478K

Dhers, S., Wilson, R. K., Rouzieres, M., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2020). A one-dimensional coordination polymer assembled from a macrocyclic Mn(III) single-molecule magnet and terephthalate. Crystal Growth & Design, 20, 1538-1542. doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01269

Singh, S., & Brooker, S. (2020). Extension of azine-triazole synthesis to azole-triazoles reduces ligand field, leading to spin crossover in tris-L Fe^II. Inorganic Chemistry, 59(2), 1265-1273. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02993

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Abudayyeh, A., Schott, O., Feltham, H., Hanan, G., & Brooker, S. (2020). Copper catalysts for hydrogen production. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium: New Energy Futures post COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc

2019

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, R. K., Dhers, S., Sproules, S., McInnes, E. J. L., & Brooker, S. (2019). Three manganese complexes of anionic N₄-donor Schiff-base macrocycles: Monomeric Mn^II and Mn^III, and dimeric Mn^IV. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 72, 805-810. doi: 10.1071/CH19209

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., & Brooker, S. (2019). Qualitative guest sensing via iron(II) triazole complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 8188-8197. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01006

Singh, S., Hogue, R. W., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2019). Dinuclear helicate and tetranuclear cage assembly using appropriately designed ditopic triazole-azine ligands. Dalton Transactions, 48, 15435. doi: 10.1039/c9dt01890e

Dhers, S., Feltham, H. L. C., Rouzières, M., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2019). Discrete versus chain assembly: Hexacyanometallate linkers and macrocyclic {3d-4f} single-molecule magnet building blocks. Inorganic Chemistry, 58, 5543-5554. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03455

McPherson, J. N., Hogue, R. W., Akogun, F. S., Bondì, L., Luis, E. T., Price, J. R., Garden, A. L., Brooker, S., & Colbran, S. B. (2019). Predictable substituent control of Co^III/II redox potential and spin crossover in Bis(dipyridylpyrrolide)cobalt complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 58(3), 2218-2228. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b03457

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Bondì, L., Yang, M., Garden, A. L., & Brooker, S. (2019). Predictable electronic tuning by choice of azine substituent in five iron(II) triazoles: Redox properties and DFT calculations. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 14, 1158-1166. doi: 10.1002/asia.201801537

Journal - Research Other

Kostakis, G. E., & Brooker, S. (2019). Modern coordination chemistry. Dalton Transactions, 48, 15318-15320. doi: 10.1039/c9dt90209k

2018

Journal - Research Article

Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., Peng, Y., Moreno-Pineda, E., Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2018). The effect of modifying the macrocyclic ring size on Zn₃Ln (Ln = Dy, Er, and Yb) single-molecule magnet behavior. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie, 644(14), 775-779. doi: 10.1002/zaac.201800155

Balinski, K., Schneider, L., Wöllermann, J., Buling, A., Joly, L., Piamonteze, C., … Feltham, H. L. C., Brooker, S., … Kuepper, K. (2018). Element specific determination of the magnetic properties of two macrocyclic tetranuclear 3d-4f complexes with a Cu₃Tb core by means of X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(33), 21286-21293. doi: 10.1039/c7cp08689j

Karabulut, F. N. H., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2018). Substituents drive ligand rearrangements, giving dinuclear rather than mononuclear complexes, and tune Co^II/III redox potential. Dalton Transactions, 47, 11749-11759. doi: 10.1039/c8dt01502c

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Barltrop, A. S., White, N. G., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2018). Solvent polarity predictably tunes spin crossover T_1/2 in isomeric iron(II) pyrimidine triazoles. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(11), 6266-6282. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00128

Hogue, R. W., Schott, O., Hanan, G. S., & Brooker, S. (2018). A smorgasbord of 17 new cobalt complexes active in photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Chemistry: A European Journal, 24(39), 9820-9832. doi: 10.1002/chem.201800396

Malthus, S. J., Cameron, S. A., & Brooker, S. (2018). Improved access to 1,8-diformyl-carbazoles leads to metal-free carbazole-based [2 + 2] Schiff base macrocycles with strong turn-on fluorescence sensing of zinc(II) ions. Inorganic Chemistry, 57(5), 2480-2488. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02763

Feltham, H. L. C., Dankhoff, K., Meledandri, C. J., & Brooker, S. (2018). Towards dual-functionality spin-crossover complexes. ChemPlusChem, 83(7), 582-589. doi: 10.1002/cplu.201700512

Hogue, R. W., Lepper, C. P., Jameson, G. B., & Brooker, S. (2018). Manipulating and quantifying spin states in solution as a function of pressure and temperature. Chemical Communications, 54(2), 172-175. doi: 10.1039/c7cc08104a

Feltham, H. L. C., Cowan, M. G., Kitchen, J. A., Jameson, G. N. L., & Brooker, S. (2018). Targeted structural modification of spin crossover complexes: Pyridine vs pyrazine. Supramolecular Chemistry, 30(4), 296-304. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2017.1358449

Journal - Research Other

Hogue, R. W., Singh, S., & Brooker, S. (2018). Spin crossover in discrete polynuclear iron(II) complexes. Chemical Society Reviews, 47, 7303-7338. doi: 10.1039/c7cs00835j

2017

Journal - Research Article

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Yang, M., Stewart, I., Garden, A. L., & Brooker, S. (2017). A simple method of predicting spin state in solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(50), 18392-18396. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b11069

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., & Brooker, S. (2017). Solid versus solution spin crossover and the importance of the Fe-N≡C(X) angle. Inorganic Chemistry, 56, 13697-13708. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01338

Hogue, R. W., Dhers, S., Hellyer, R. M., Luo, J., Hanan, G. S., Larsen, D. S., Garden, A. L., & Brooker, S. (2017). Self-assembly of cyclohelicate [M₃L₃] triangles over [M₄L₄] squares, despite near-linear bis-terdentate L and octahedral M. Chemistry: A European Journal, 23(57), 14193-14199. doi: 10.1002/chem.201702153

Malthus, S. J., Wilson, R. K., Aggarwal, A. V., Cameron, S. A., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2017). Carbazole-based N₄-donor Schiff base macrocycles: Obtained metal free and as Cu(II) and Ni(II) complexes. Dalton Transactions, 46(10), 3141-3149. doi: 10.1039/c6dt04598g

Feltham, H. L. C., Barltrop, A. S., & Brooker, S. (2017). Spin crossover in iron(II) complexes of 3,4,5-tri-substituted-1,2,4-triazole (Rdpt), 3,5-di-substituted-1,2,4-triazolate (dpt^–), and related ligands. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 344, 26-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.10.006

Bennington, M. S., Feltham, H. L. C., Buxton, Z. J., White, N. G., & Brooker, S. (2017). Tuneable reversible redox of cobalt(III) carbazole complexes. Dalton Transactions, 46(14), 4696-4710. doi: 10.1039/c7dt00295e

Feltham, H. L. C., Dumas, C., Mannini, M., Otero, E., Sainctavit, P., Sessoli, R., Meledandri, C. J., & Brooker, S. (2017). Proof of principle: Immobilisation of robust Cu^II₃Tb^III-macrocycles on small, suitably pre-functionalised gold nanoparticles. Chemistry: A European Journal, 23(11), 2517-2521. doi: 10.1002/chem.201604821

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Thevenon, A., Romain, C., Bennington, M., Davidson, H., White, A., Brooker, S., & Williams, C. (2017). Switchable di-zinc macrocycle catalysts: From highly active lactide polymerization to block copolymers. Proceedings of the 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Spring Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.acs.org

Thevenon, A., Romain, C., Bennington, M., Davidson, H., White, A., Brooker, S., & Williams, C. (2017). Dizinc lactide polymerization catalysts: Hyperactivity by control of ligand conformation and metallic cooperativity. Proceedings of the 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Spring Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.acs.org

Hogue, R. W., Dhers, S., Hellyer, R. M., Garden, A. L., & Brooker, S. (2017). Self-assembly of [M₃L₃] triangles over [M₄L₄] [2x2] grids. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Organometallics Meeting. (pp. 33). Retrieved from https://www.raci.org.au/divisions/australian-symposium-on-organometallic-chemistry-ozom

Hogue, R., Schott, O., Hanan, G., & Brooker, S. (2017). Producing hydroden from water and sunlight using molecular cobalt catalysts. Proceedings of the 11th Otago Energy Research Centre (OERC) Symposium and Ag@Otago Colloquium. (pp. 23-24). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/oerc/index.html

Brooker, S. (2017). Triangles, guest sensors, immobilised SMMs, and active catalysts. Proceedings of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Centenary Congress. (pp. 191). Retrieved from http://www.racicongress.com/

Malthus, S. J., Aggarwal, V., Wilson, R. K., & Brooker, S. (2017). Carbazole-based Schiff base macrocycles for fluorescence, redox and catalytic properties. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN8). (pp. 474). Retrieved from http://confer.co.nz/amn8/

Davidson, H. J., Thevenon, A., Romain, C., Bennington, M., Williams, C., & Brooker, S. (2017). Diphenylamine-based macrocyclic di-zinc(ll) complexes as outstanding polymerisation catalysts. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN8). (pp. 441). Retrieved from http://confer.co.nz/amn8/

Karabulut, F., & Brooker, S. (2017). Surface attachment of robust, switchable and/or catalytically active, macrolytic complexes. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN8). (pp. 432). Retrieved from http://confer.co.nz/amn8/

Bittner, D., Brooker, S., & Rentschler, E. (2017). 1,3,4-thiadiazole-derived ligands for tuneable non-symmetric bimetallic spin-crossover complexes. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN8). (pp. 396). Retrieved from http://confer.co.nz/amn8/

Hogue, R. W., Dhers, S., Hellyer, R. M., & Brooker, S. (2017). Unexpected self-assembly of trimetallic [M₃L₃] triangles instead of tetrametallic [2x2] [M₄L₄] grids. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN8). (pp. 200). Retrieved from http://confer.co.nz/amn8/

Rodriguez-Jimenez, S., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2017). Colourful cycle of topotactic transformations of a non-porous iron(II)-based guest sensor. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN8). (pp. 115). Retrieved from http://confer.co.nz/amn8/

Feltham, H. L. C., Meledandri, C. J., & Brooker, S. (2017). Towards multi-functional spin crossover materials. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN8). (pp. 110). Retrieved from http://confer.co.nz/amn8/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Malthus, S. J., Cameron, S., Aggarwal, V., Wilson, R. K., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2017, February). Carbazole-based Schiff base macrocycles and complexes for fluorescence, redox and catalytic properties. Poster session presented at the 2nd Southampton, Australia, New Zealand, Magnetism Workshop (SANZ-O-MAG2), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Karabulut, F., Chan, E., Barker, D., Travas-Sedjic, J., Feltham, H. L. C., Meledandri, C., & Brooker, S. (2017, February). Surface attachment of robust, switchable and/or catalytically active, macrocyclic complexes. Poster session presented at the 2nd Southampton, Australia, New Zealand, Magnetism Workshop (SANZ-O-MAG2), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Davidson, H. J., Thevenon, A., Romain, C., Bennington, M. S., Williams, C. K., & Brooker, S. (2017, February). Di-zinc diphenylamine-based macrocycles: Outstandingly good lactide polymerisation catalysts. Poster session presented at the 2nd Southampton, Australia, New Zealand, Magnetism Workshop (SANZ-O-MAG2), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Bittner, D., Brooker, S., & Rentschler, E. (2017, February). 1,3,4-thiadiazole-derived ligands for tunable non-symmetric bimetallic spin-crossover. Poster session presented at the 2nd Southampton, Australia, New Zealand, Magnetism Workshop (SANZ-O-MAG2), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Bennington, M. S., Feltham, H. L. C., Buxton, Z. J., White, N. G., & Brooker, S. (2017, February). Tuneable reversible redox of cobalt(III) carbazole complexes. Poster session presented at the 2nd Southampton, Australia, New Zealand, Magnetism Workshop (SANZ-O-MAG2), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Feltham, H. L. C., Dumas, C., Mannini, M., Otero, E., Sainctavit, P., Sessoli, R., Meledandri, C. J., & Brooker, S. (2017, February). Surface immbolisation of single-molecule magnets. Poster session presented at the 2nd Southampton, Australia, New Zealand, Magnetism Workshop (SANZ-O-MAG2), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Hogue, R. W., Feltham, H. L. C., Yang, R., Garden, A. L., & Brooker, S. (2017, July). Towards ligand field predictability and spin crossover-based sensors. Verbal presentation at the International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC) in conjunction with ISACS: Challenges in organic Materials & Supramolecular Chemistry, Cambridge, UK.

Hogue, R. W., Lepper, C., Jameson, G. B., & Brooker, S. (2017, February). Monitoring spin crossover in solution at variable pressures: Application of an adapted Evan's ¹H NMR method. Verbal presentation at the 2nd Southampton, Australia, New Zealand, Magnetism Workshop (SANZ-O-MAG2), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2017, February). Colourful cycle of topotactic transformations of a non-porous iron(II)-based guest sensor. Verbal presentation at the 2nd Southampton, Australia, New Zealand, Magnetism Workshop (SANZ-O-MAG2), Dunedin, New Zealand.

2016

Journal - Research Article

Dhers, S., Feltham, H. L. C., Rouzières, M., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2016). Macrocyclic {3d-4f} SMMs as building blocks for 1D-polymers: Selective bridging of 4f ions by use of an O-donor ligand. Dalton Transactions, 45, 18089-18093. doi: 10.1039/c6dt03734h

Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2016). Non-porous iron(II)-based sensor: Crystallographic insights into a cycle of colorful guest-induced topotactic transformations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(48), 15067-15071. doi: 10.1002/anie.201608813

Thevenon, A., Romain, C., Bennington, M. S., White, A. J. P., Davidson, H. J., Brooker, S., & Williams, C. K. (2016). Dizinc lactide polymerization catalysts: Hyperactivity by control of ligand conformation and metallic cooperativity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(30), 8680-8685. doi: 10.1002/anie.201602930

Miller, R. G., Southon, P. D., Kepert, C. J., & Brooker, S. (2016). Commensurate CO₂ capture, and shape selectivity for HCCH over H₂CCH₂, in zigzag channels of a robust Cu^I(CN)(L) metal—organic framework. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(12), 6195-6200. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00813

Miller, R. G., & Brooker, S. (2016). Reversible quantitative guest sensing via spin crossover of an iron(II) triazole. Chemical Science, 7(4), 2501-2505. doi: 10.1039/c5sc04583e

Hogue, R. W., Feltham, H. L. C., Miller, R. G., & Brooker, S. (2016). Spin crossover in dinuclear N₄S₂ Iron(II) thioether-triazole complexes: Access to [HS-HS], [HS-LS], and [LS-LS] States. Inorganic Chemistry, 55(9), 4152-4165. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02851

Janzen, D. E., Juchum, M., Presow, S. R., Ronson, T. K., Mohr, W., Clérac, R., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2016). Trigonal (-3) symmetry octahedral lanthanide(III) complexes of zwitterionic tripodal ligands: Luminescence and magnetism. Supramolecular Chemistry, 28(1-2), 125-140. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2015.1102264

Malthus, S. J., Cameron, S. A., & Brooker, S. (2016). First row transition metal complexes of di-o-substituted-diarylamine-based ligands (including carbazoles, acridines and dibenzoazepines). Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 316, 125-161. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.02.006

Malthus, S. J., Wilson, R. K., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2016). Acridine-based ligands from cobalt(II) mediated rearrangement of diphenylamine-based starting materials. Supramolecular Chemistry, 28(1-2), 98-107. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2015.1091458

White, N. G., & Brooker, S. (2016). New complexation behaviour of the potentially bis-terdentate triazole based ligands PMAT and PMPT: Fe^III₄ oxo-bridged metallomacrocycles. Polyhedron, 103(Part B), 283-287. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2015.03.034

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hogue, R. W., Feltham, H. L. C., Miller, R. G., & Brooker, S. (2016). Crystal packing vs electronic effects on spin crossover in dinuclear Fe(II) complexes with N₄S₂ coordination: Solid state and solution studies. Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzic16.org/

Thevenon, A., Romain, C., Bennington, M., Davidson, H., Brooker, S., & Williams, C. (2016). Di-zinc diphenylamine-based macrocycles: Outstandingly good lactide polymerisation catalysts. Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzic16.org/

Miller, R. G., Rodríguez-Jiménez, S., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2016). Spin crossover in discrete iron(II) triazoles: Reversible, colourful and quantitative guest sensing in the solid state [Keynote]. Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzic16.org/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Brooker, S. (2016, July). Reversible quantitative guest sensing via spin crossover of a discrete iron(II) triazole in the solid state. Verbal presentation at the 27th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC), Melbourne, Australia.

2015

Journal - Research Article

Cowan, M. G., Miller, R. G., & Brooker, S. (2015). Smaller is smarter in a new cobalt(II) imide: Intermolecular interactions involving pyrazine versus the larger aromatic quinoxaline. Supramolecular Chemistry, 27(11-12), 780-786. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2015.1075535

Romain, C., Bennington, M. S., White, A. J. P., Williams, C. K., & Brooker, S. (2015). Macrocyclic dizinc(II) alkyl and alkoxide complexes: Reversible CO₂ uptake and polymerization catalysis testing. Inorganic Chemistry, 54(24), 11842-11851. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02038

Miller, R. G., Narayanaswamy, S., Clark, S. M., Dera, P., Jameson, G. B., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2015). Pressure induced separation of phase-transition-triggered-abrupt vs. gradual components of spin crossover. Dalton Transactions, 44, 20843-20849. doi: 10.1039/c5dt03795f

Feltham, H. L. C., Dhers, S., Rouzières, M., Clérac, R., Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2015). A family of fourteen soluble stable macrocyclic [Ni^II₃Ln^III] heterometallic 3d-4f complexes. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2, 982-990. doi: 10.1039/C5QI00130G

Miller, R. G., & Brooker, S. (2015). Spin crossover, reversible redox, and supramolecular interactions in 3d complexes of 4-(4-pyridyl)-2,5-dipyrazyl-pyridine. Inorganic Chemistry, 54(11), 5398-5409. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00428

Brooker, S. (2015). Spin crossover with thermal hysteresis: Practicalities and lessons learnt. Chemical Society Reviews, 44, 2880-2892. doi: 10.1039/c4cs00376d

Dhers, S., Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2015). A toolbox of building blocks, linkers and crystallisation methods used to generate single-chain magnets. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 296, 24-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.03.012

Feltham, H. L. C., Johnson, C., Elliott, A. B. S., Gordon, K. C., Albrecht, M., & Brooker, S. (2015). "Tail" tuning of iron(II) spin crossover temperature by 100 K. Inorganic Chemistry, 54(6), 2902-2909. doi: 10.1021/ic503040f

Cowan, M. G., Miller, R. G., & Brooker, S. (2015). Pyrazine-imide complexes: Reversible redox and MOF building blocks. Dalton Transactions, 44(6), 2880-2892. doi: 10.1039/c4dt03407d

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Rodriguez-Jimenez, S., & Brooker, S. (2015, February). New triazole ligands for spin-crossover. Poster session presented at the Seventh International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (AMN-7), Nelson, New Zealand.

Hogue, R. W., & Brooker, S. (2015, February). New triazole ligands for di-iron(II) spin-crossover. Poster session presented at the Seventh International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (AMN-7), Nelson, New Zealand.

Dumas, C., Feltham, H. L. C., Brooker, S., & Meledandri, C. J. (2015, February). Preparation of metal nanoparticles with controllable properties using secondary surfactants in a microemulsion-based synthesis. Poster session presented at the Seventh International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (AMN-7), Nelson, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Kulmaczewski, R., Miller, R. G., Feltham, H. L. C., Jameson, G. N. L., Narayanaswamy, S., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2015, February). Spin crossover with thermal hysteresis. Verbal presentation at the Seventh International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (AMN-7), Nelson, New Zealand.

Feltham, H. L. C., Albrecht, M., & Brooker, S. (2015, February). Surface organisation of spin crossover complexes. Verbal presentation at the Seventh International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (AMN-7), Nelson, New Zealand.

Miller, R. G., Cowan, M. G., Southon, P. D., Yazaydin, O., Lane, J. R., Kepert, C. J., & Brooker, S. (2015, February). Robust isostructural cationic nanoporous MOFs with variable anion loading. Verbal presentation at the Seventh International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (AMN-7), Nelson, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Cowan, M. G., Miller, R. G., Southon, P. D., Price, J. R., Yazaydin, O., Lane, J. R., … Brooker, S. (2014). Selective gas adsorption in a pair of robust isostructural MOFs differing in framework charge and anion loading. Inorganic Chemistry, 53(22), 12075-12083. doi: 10.1021/ic501876m

Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2014). Review of purely 4f and mixed-metal nd-4f single-molecule magnets containing only one lanthanide ion. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 276, 1-33. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.05.011

Miller, R. G., Narayanaswamy, S., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2014). Spin crossover with thermal hysteresis in cobalt(II) complexes and the importance of scan rate. New Journal of Chemistry, 38(5), 1932-1941. doi: 10.1039/c3nj01451g

Kulmaczewski, R., Olguín, J., Kitchen, J. A., Feltham, H. L. C., Jameson, G. N. L., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2014). Remarkable scan rate dependence for a highly constrained dinuclear iron(II) spin crossover complex with a wide thermal hysteresis loop. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(3), 878-881. doi: 10.1021/ja411563x

Hogue, R. W., Miller, R. G., White, N. G., Feltham, H. L. C., Jameson, G. N. L., & Brooker, S. (2014). Hysteretic spin crossover in iron(II) complexes of a new pyridine-triazole-pyrazine ligand is tuned by choice of NCE co-ligand. Chemical Communications, 50, 1435-1437. doi: 10.1039/c3cc43922d

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Miller, R. G., Cowan, M., Southon, P., Yazaydin, O., Lane, J., Kepert, C., & Brooker, S. (2014, July). Robust isostructural cationic nanoporous frameworks with variable anion loading. Poster session presented at the 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Singapore.

Miller, R. G., Cowan, M. G., Southon, P. D., Yazaydin, O., Lane, J. R., Kepert, C. J., & Brooker, S. (2014, December). Isostructural cationic nanoporous frameworks with variable anion loading. Poster session presented at the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) National Congress, Adelaide, Australia.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Brooker, S. (2014, July). Remarkable scan rate effects on spin crossover with thermal hysteresis: Di-iron and mono-cobalt complexes as examples. Invited presentation at the 41st International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Singapore.

Miller, R. G., Cowan, M. G., Southon, P. D., Yazaydin, O., Lane, J. R., Kepert, C. J., & Brooker, S. (2014, December). Isostructural cationic nanoporous frameworks with variable anion loading. Verbal presentation at the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) National Congress, Adelaide, Australia.

2013

Chapter in Book - Research

Olguín, J., & Brooker, S. (2013). Spin-crossover in discrete polynuclear complexes. In M. A. Halcrow (Ed.), Spin-crossover materials: Properties and applications. (pp. 77-120). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118519301.ch3

Journal - Research Article

Dhers, S., Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2013). Design of one-dimensional coordination networks from a macrocyclic {3d-4f} single-molecule magnet precursor linked by [W(CN)₈]^{3 –}anions. Inorganic Chemistry, 52(23), 13685-13691. doi: 10.1021/ic402248y

White, N. G., & Brooker, S. (2013). Metal acetates form diverse polynuclear complexes with 4-amino-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole (adpt). Supramolecular Chemistry, 25(12), 806-811. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2013.804187

Gobeze, W. A., & Brooker, S. (2013). Two distinct tetranuclear motifs, rectangular vs extended, are observed for complexes of a bis-tetradentate pyrimidine-based ligand. RSC Advances, 3, 24307-24312. doi: 10.1039/C3RA45091K

Kitchen, J. A., Olguín, J., Kulmaczewski, R., White, N. G., Milway, V. A., Jameson, G. N. L., … Brooker, S. (2013). Effect of N⁴-substituent choice on spin crossover in dinuclear iron(II) complexes of bis-terdentate 1,2,4-triazole-based ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 52, 11185-11199. doi: 10.1021/ic4014416

Wilson, R. K., & Brooker, S. (2013). Oxidative dehydrogenation of a new tetra-amine N₄-donor macrocycle tunes the nickel(II) spin state from high spin to low spin. Dalton Transactions, 42(34), 12075-12078. doi: 10.1039/c3dt51776d

Gobeze, W. A., Milway, V. A., Chilton, N. F., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2013). Di- and tetranuclear complexes of bis-tetradentate pyrimidine-based ligands with all-methylene- versus mixed methylene/ethylene-linked arms. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013(25), 4485-4498. doi: 10.1002/ejic.201300368

Bilbeisi, R. A., Zarra, S., Feltham, H. L. C., Jameson, G. N. L., Clegg, J. K., Brooker, S., & Nitschke, J. R. (2013). Guest binding subtly influences spin crossover in an Fe^II₄L₄ capsule. Chemistry: A European Journal, 19(25), 8058-8062. doi: 10.1002/chem.201300805

Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., Ungur, L., Chibotaru, L. F., Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2013). By design: A macrocyclic 3d—4f single-molecule magnet with quantifiable zero-field slow relaxation of magnetization. Inorganic Chemistry, 52, 3236-3240. doi: 10.1021/ic302735j

Wilson, R. K., (née Sanyal), & Brooker, S. (2013). Complexes of a porphyrin-like N₄-donor Schiff-base macrocycle. Dalton Transactions, (42), 7913-7923. doi: 10.1039/c3dt33057e

Bhattacharjee, A., Roy, M., Ksenofontov, V., Kitchen, J. A., Brooker, S., & Gütlich, P. (2013). Pressure effect studies on the spin-transition behavior of a dinuclear iron(II) compound. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013(5-6), 843-849. doi: 10.1002/ejic.201201522

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Feltham, H. L. C., Albrecht, M., & Brooker, S. (2013). Surface organisation of spin crossover complexes. Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (NZIC) Conference. Christchurch, New Zealand: NZIC. [Abstract]

Dhers, S., Feltham, H., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2013). Clusters and chains of a macrocyclic {3d-4f} single molecule magnet. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN6). [USB Memory Stick] [Abstract]

Cowan, M. G., Olguín, J., Narayanaswamy, S., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2013). A triply switchable (temperature, pressure and redox) cobalt complex: Abrupt, complete, reversable and hysteretic spin crossover [Invited]. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN6). [USB Memory Stick] [Abstract]

2012

Journal - Research Article

Kelso, G. F., Maroz, A., Cochemé, H. M., Logan, A., Prime, T. A., Peskin, A. V., Winterbourn, C. C., James, A. M., … Brooker, S., Porteous, C. M., … Smith, R. A. J. (2012). A mitochondria-targeted macrocyclic Mn(II) superoxide dismutase mimetic. Chemistry & Biology, 19(10), 1237-1246. doi: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.08.005

Miller, R. G., Jameson, G. N. L., Olguín, J., & Brooker, S. (2012). Synthesis and characterisation of two high spin iron(II) complexes of 3,4-diphenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole. Supramolecular Chemistry, 24(8), 547-552. doi: 10.1080/10610278.2012.691608

Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., Ungur, L., Vieru, V., Chibotaru, L. F., Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2012). Synthesis and magnetic properties of a new family of macrocyclic M^II₃Ln^III complexes: Insights into the effect of subtle chemical modification on single-molecule magnet behavior. Inorganic Chemistry, 51(20), 10603-10612. doi: 10.1021/ic300819u

Brooker, S., White, N. G., Bauzá, A., Deyà, P. M., & Frontera, A. (2012). Understanding the forces that govern packing: A density functional theory and structural investigation of anion—π—anion and nonclassical C—H^...anion interactions. Inorganic Chemistry, 51(19), 10334-10340. doi: 10.1021/ic3014688

Gobeze, W. A., Milway, V. A., Olguín, J., Jameson, G. N. L., & Brooker, S. (2012). Nine diiron(II) complexes of three bis-tetradentate pyrimidine based ligands with NCE (E = S, Se, BH₃) coligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 51(16), 9056-9065. doi: 10.1021/ic3012052

Olguín, J., Kalisz, M., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2012). Di- and tetra-nuclear copper(II), nickel(II), and cobalt(II) complexes of four bis-tetradentate triazole-based ligands: Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties. Inorganic Chemistry, 51(9), 5058-5069. doi: 10.1021/ic202537c

Gobeze, W. A., Milway, V. A., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2012). Solvent control: Dinuclear versus tetranuclear complexes of a bis-tetradentate pyrimidine-based ligand. Dalton Transactions, 41, 9708-9721. doi: 10.1039/c2dt12449a

Cowan, M. G., & Brooker, S. (2012). Syntheses, structures and properties of structurally characterised complexes of imide-based ligands. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 256(23-24), 2944-2971. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.06.004

White, N. G., Kitchen, J. A., Joule, J. A., & Brooker, S. (2012). Copper-induced N-N bond cleavage results in an octanuclear expanded-core grid-like complex. Chemical Communications, 48(50), 6229-6231. doi: 10.1039/c2cc32018e

Cowan, M. G., Olguín, J., Narayanaswamy, S., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2012). Reversible switching of a cobalt complex by thermal, pressure and electrochemical stimuli: Abrupt, complete, hysteretic spin crossover. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134(6), 2892-2894. doi: 10.1021/ja208429u

Cowan, M. G., & Brooker, S. (2012). Nine non-symmetric pyrazine-pyridine imide-based complexes: Reversible redox and isolation of [M^II/III(pypzca)₂]^0/+ when M = Co, Fe. Dalton Transactions, 41, 1465-1474. doi: 10.1039/c1dt11128k

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dhers, S., Clerac, R., & Brooker, S. (2012). Clusters and chains of a macrocyclic {3d-4f} single molecule magnet. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets (ICMM). TF-07. Retrieved from http://icmm2012.cos.ucf.edu/

Cowan, M. G., Olguín, J., Narayanaswamy, S., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2012). A triply switchable (T, P and redox) cobalt complex: Abrupt, complete, reversible and hysteretic spin crossover. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Molecule-Based Magnets (ICMM). ThC-09. Retrieved from http://icmm2012.cos.ucf.edu/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Wilson, R., Cameron, S., & Brooker, S. (2012, September). Stepwise oxidative dehydrogenation of a tetra-amine N₄ macrocycle tunes the nickel(II) spin state. Poster session presented at the 40th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Valencia, Spain.

Kulmaczewski, R., Kitchen, J., Olguin, J., Jameson, G., Tallon, J., Gandolfi, C., Albrecht, M., & Brooker, S. (2012, September). Iron(II) triazole complexes: Mono-, di- and tri-nuclear spin crossover complexes. Poster session presented at the 40th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Valencia, Spain.

Dhers, S., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2012, September). Clusters and chains of macrocyclic {3d-4f} single molecule magnet. Poster session presented at the 40th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Valencia, Spain.

Feltham, H., Clerac, R., Ungur, L., Chibotaru, L., Powell, A., & Brooker, S. (2012, September). 3d-4f complexes of hexaimine macrocycles as potential single-molecule magnets. Poster session presented at the 40th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Valencia, Spain.

Kulmaczewski, R., Kitchen, J. A., Olguín, J., Jameson, G. N. L., Tallon, J. L., Gandolfi, C., … Brooker, S. (2012, January-February). Iron(II) triazole complexes: Mono-, di- and tri-nuclear spin crossover complexes. Poster session presented at the 7th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Wilson, R. K., Cameron, S. A., & Brooker, S. (2012, January-February). Complexes of a porphyrin-like N₄ Schiff-base macrocycle derived from 2,2'-iminobisbenzaldehyde. Poster session presented at the 7th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Miller, R. G., Kitchen, J. A., White, N. G., Gandolfi, C., Albrecht, M., Jameson, G. N. L., … Brooker, S. (2012, January-February). Spin crossover active iron(II) complexes of 1,2,4-triazole-based ligands. Poster session presented at the 7th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Feltham, H. L. C., Lan, Y., Klöwer, F., Clérac, R., Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2012, January-February). Tetranuclear 3d-4f complexes of hexamine macrocycles as potential single-molecule magnets. Poster session presented at the 7th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Cowan, M. G., Olguín, J., Narayanaswamy, S., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2012, January-February). Reversible switching of a cobalt complex by thermal, pressure and electrochemical stimuli: Abrupt, complete, hysteretic spin crossover. Poster session presented at the 7th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Cameron, S. A., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2012, January-February). Toward new families of expanded porphyrin-like ligands and complexes. Poster session presented at the 7th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Brooker, S. (2012, September). A triply switchable (T, P and redox) cobalt complex: Abrupt, complete, reversible and hysteric spin crossover. Verbal presentation at the 40th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Valencia, Spain.

2011

Journal - Research Article

Li, R., & Brooker, S. (2011). An unexpected mixed-valence cobalt(II)/cobalt(III) complex of a pyrrole-containing tridentate Schiff-base ligand. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena & Macrocyclic Chemistry, 71(3-4), 303-309. doi: 10.1007/s10847-011-9977-7

Olguín, J., Jameson, G. N. L., & Brooker, S. (2011). Two mononuclear iron (II) complexes of 4-phenylpyrazole-5-carbaldehyde derived ligands are stabilised in different spin states. RSC Advances, 1(1), 52-57. doi: 10.1039/c1ra00190f

Feltham, H. L. C., Klöwer, F., Cameron, S. A., Larsen, D. S., Lan, Y., Tropiano, M., … Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2011). A family of 13 tetranuclear zinc(II)-lanthanide(III) complexes of a [3 + 3] Schiff-base macrocycle derived from 1‚4-diformyl-2‚3-dihydroxybenzene. Dalton Transactions, 40, 11425-11432. doi: 10.1039/c1dt11038a

Olguín, J., & Brooker, S. (2011). Synthesis of 3- and 5-formyl-4-phenyl-1H-pyrazoles: Promising head units for the generation of asymmetric imine ligands and mixed metal polynuclear complexes. New Journal of Chemistry, 35(6), 1242-1253. doi: 10.1039/c0nj00774a

Kitchen, J. A., White, N. G., Jameson, G. N. L., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2011). Effect of counteranion X on the spin crossover properties of a family of diiron(II) triazole complexes [Fe^II₂(PMAT)₂](X)₄. Inorganic Chemistry, 50, 4586-4597. doi: 10.1021/ic200308k

Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2011). A tetranuclear, macrocyclic 3d—4f complex showing single-molecule magnet behavior. Inorganic Chemistry, 50(10), 4232-4234. doi: 10.1021/ic2003639

Olguín, J., Jameson, G. N. L., & Brooker, S. (2011). Two dinuclear iron(II) complexes K[Fe₂(L¹)(SCN)₄]•2(C₃H₈O) and [Fe₂(L¹)(SeCN)₃(C₅H₅N)]•H₂O are stabilised in the '[HS—LS]' state by a bis-tetradentate pyrazolate-based ligand. Dalton Transactions, 40(18), 5086-5089. doi: 10.1039/c0dt01391a

Feltham, H. L. C., Lan, Y., Klöwer, F., Ungur, L., Chibotaru, L. F., Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2011). A non-sandwiched macrocyclic monolanthanide single-molecule magnet: The key role of axiality. Chemistry: A European Journal, 17(16), 4362-4365. doi: 10.1002/chem.201100438

Cameron, S. A., & Brooker, S. (2011). Metal-free and Dicopper(II) complexes of Schiff base [2 + 2] macrocycles derived from 2,2'-iminobisbenzaldehyde: Syntheses, structures, and electrochemistry. Inorganic Chemistry, 50(8), 3697-3706. doi: 10.1021/ic200059n

Willms, H., Cowan, M. G., & Brooker, S. (2011). Heteroleptic N₆ coordinated ruthenium(II) complexes as building blocks for the formation of discrete Ru₂Ag₂ complexes. Chemical Communications, 47, 1063-1065. doi: 10.1039/c0cc03969a

Li, R., & Brooker, S. (2011). Copper(II) and palladium(II) complexes of a terdentate pyrrolidine diester ligand. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 365(1), 246-250. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2010.09.032

Olguín, J., & Brooker, S. (2011). Spin crossover active iron(II) complexes of selected pyrazole-pyridine/pyrazine ligands. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 255(1-2), 203-240. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2010.08.002

Journal - Research Other

Sanyal, R., Cameron, S. A., & Brooker, S. (2011). Synthesis and complexes of an N₄ Schiff-base macrocycle derived from 2,2'-iminobisbenzaldehyde. Dalton Transactions, 40, 12277-12287. doi: 10.1039/c1dt10730e

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Olguín, J., Milway, V. A., Jameson, G. N. L., & Brooker, S. (2011). Tuning the magnetic properties of dinuclear iron(II) complexes of bis-tetradentate triazole-based ligands. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN-5). Retrieved from http://www.confer.co.nz/amn-5/pdf/4%20Friday/C29.5.pdf

Feltham, H., Lan, Y., Klöwer, F., Clerac, R., Powell, A. K., & Brooker, S. (2011). Tetranuclear 3d-4f complexes of hexaimine macrocycles as potential Single Molecule Magnets. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN-5). Retrieved from http://www.confer.co.nz/amn-5/pdf/4%20Friday/C36.4.pdf

2010

Journal - Research Article

Kitchen, J. A., Jameson, G. N. L., Milway, V. A., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2010). When three is not a crowd: The first trinuclear complexes of N⁴-substituted-3,5-dipyridyl-1,2,4-triazole ligands, [Fe^II₃(Rdpt)₄(NCS)₆]. Dalton Transactions, 39, 7637-7639. doi: 10.1039/c0dt00716a

Handel, R. W., Willms, H., Jameson, G. B., Berry, K. J., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2010). Factors influencing the structural and magnetic properties of octahedral cobalt(II) and iron(II) complexes of terdentate N₃ Schiff base ligands. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (21), 3317-3327. doi: 10.1002/ejic.201000288

Kitchen, J. A., White, N. G., Gandolfi, C., Albrecht, M., Jameson, G. N. L., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2010). Room-temperature spin crossover and Langmuir-Blodgett film formation of an iron(II) triazole complex featuring a long alkyl chain substituent: The tail that wags the dog. Chemical Communications, 46(35), 6464-6466. doi: 10.1039/c0cc01008a

Price, J. R., Lan, Y., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2010). Doubly pyridazine-bridged dicobalt(II) and dinickel(II) side-by-side complexes of variously substituted conjugated bis-bidentate ligands. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 63, 779-784. doi: 10.1071/CH09614

Kitchen, J. A., Jameson, G. N. L., Tallon, J. L., & Brooker, S. (2010). Spin crossover in co-crystallised 2 : 1 cis : trans [Fe^II(pldpt)₂(NCS)₂] occurs only in 1/3 of the iron centres. Chemical Communications, 46, 3200-3202. doi: 10.1039/b927036a

Noble, A., Olguín, J., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2010). Doubly pyrazolate-bridged dinuclear complexes of a highly constrained bis-terdentate ligand: Observation of a [high spin-low spin] state for [Fe^II)₂(PMAP)₂][SbF₆]₂•2.25(C₃H ₈O) (PMAP = 3,5-bis{[N-(2-pyridylmethyl)amino]-methyl}-1H-pyrazolate). Inorganic Chemistry, 49(10), 4560-4569. doi: 10.1021/ic1001013

White, N. G., Feltham, H. L. C., Gandolfi, C., Albrecht, M., & Brooker, S. (2010). Towards Langmuir— Blodgett films of magnetically interesting materials: Solution equilibria in amphiphilic iron(II) complexes of a triazole-containing ligand. Dalton Transactions, 39(15), 3751-3758. doi: 10.1039/b923923e

Kitchen, J. A., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2010). Alkylations of N⁴-(4-Pyridyl)-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole: First observation of room-temperature rearrangement of an N⁴-substituted triazole to the N¹ analogue. Chemistry: An Asian Journal, 5(4), 910-918. doi: 10.1002/asia.200900485

Kitchen, J. A., & Brooker, S. (2010). Two dicobalt(III) complexes of triazolate-containing [2+2] Schiff-base macrocycles coordinate thiocyanate ions via the sulfur atom. Dalton Transactions, 39(14), 3358-3360. doi: 10.1039/b925745d

Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2010). Octa- and hendecanuclear zinc(II) complexes of an acyclic diimine ligand derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene. Polyhedron, 29, 1353-1357. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2009.12.027

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Brooker, S., Kitchen, J. A., Milway, V. A., Jameson, G. N., Tallon, J. L., Gandolfi, C., & Albrecht, M. (2010). Iron(II) triazole complexes: Mono-, di- and tri-nuclear SCO complexes. Proceedings of the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem). Retrieved from http://pacifichem.abstractcentral.com/planner

Brooker, S., Feltham, H. L., Cameron, S. A., Sanyal, R., Kitchen, J. A., Milway, V. A., Larsen, D. S., Kloewer, F., … Clerac, R. (2010). Magnetically and electrochemically interesting di- and poly-metallic complexes of new generation Schiff-base macrocycles. Proceedings of the International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem). Retrieved from http://pacifichem.abstractcentral.com/planner

2009

Journal - Research Article

Feltham, H. L. C., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2009). A hexanuclear iron(III) complex of a hexadentate fully conjugated diimine ligand derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene. New Journal of Chemistry, 33, 2001-2003. doi: 10.1039/b9nj00347a

Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2009). A tetranuclear mixed-valence manganese complex of a diimine ligand derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene: Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 62(9), 1119-1123. doi: 10.1071/ch09254

Jameson, G. N. L., Werner, F., Bartell, M., Absmeier, A., Reissner, M., Kitchen, J. A., Brooker, S., … Linert, W. (2009). Anion, solvent and time dependence of high-spin-low-spin interactions in a 3D coordination polymer. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (26), 3948-3959. doi: 10.1002/ejic.200900537

Brooker, S., & Kitchen, J. A. (2009). Nano-magnetic materials: Spin crossover compounds vs. single molecule magnets vs. single chain magnets. Dalton Transactions, (36), 7331-7340. doi: 10.1039/b907682d

Kitchen, J. A., White, N. G., Boyd, M., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Boyd, P. D. W., & Brooker, S. (2009). Iron(II) tris-[N⁴-substituted-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole] complexes: Structural, magnetic, NMR, and Density Functional Theory studies. Inorganic Chemistry, 48(14), 6670-6679. doi: 10.1021/ic900634t

Li, R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2009). Monomeric and dimeric copper(II) complexes of a pyrrole-containing tridentate Schiff-base ligand. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (19), 2851-2859. doi: 10.1002/ejic.200900221

Hellyer, R. M., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2009). Cobalt and silver complexes of terdentate pyrazine-based amide ligands and assembly of monocobalt building blocks through a silver connector. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (9), 1162-1171. doi: 10.1002/ejic.200801187

Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2009). Hexa-, hepta- and dodeca-nuclear nickel(II) complexes of three Schiff-base ligands derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene. Dalton Transactions, (16), 2965-2973. doi: 10.1039/b821782c

White, N. G., Kitchen, J. A., & Brooker, S. (2009). A structural investigation of anion-triazole interactions: Observation of ″π-pockets″ and ″π-sandwiches″. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (9), 1172-1180. doi: 10.1002/ejic.200801260

Feltham, H. L. C., & Brooker, S. (2009). Ligands and polymetallic complexes derived from 1,4-diformyl-2,3-dihydroxybenzene and two close analogues. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 253(9-10), 1458-1475. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2008.10.017

Lan, Y., Novitchi, G., Clérac, R., Tang, J.-K., Madhu, N. T., Hewitt, I. J., … Brooker, S., & Powell, A. K. (2009). Di-, tetra- and hexanuclear iron(III), manganese(II/III) and copper(II) complexes of Schiff-base ligands derived from 6-substituted-2-formylphenols. Dalton Transactions, (10), 1721-1727. doi: 10.1039/b818113f

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Brooker, S. (2009, June). Spin crossover and anion-π interactions in iron(II) triazole complexes. Poster session presented at the 4th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Cameron, S. A., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2009, February). Towards new families of expanded porphyrin-like ligands and complexes. Poster session presented at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference (AMN-4), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Gobeze, W. A., & Brooker, S. (2009, February). Dinuclear and tetranuclear metal complexes incorporating a pyrimidine bridge. Poster session presented at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference (AMN-4), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Olguín, J., & Brooker, S. (2009, February). Structural and magnetic properties of new dinuclear triazole-bridged first row transition metal complexes. Poster session presented at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference (AMN-4), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Feltham, H. L. C., Clérac, R., & Brooker, S. (2009, February). Polynuclear complexes of transition metal ions: Towards single molecule magnets. Poster session presented at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference (AMN-4), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Cowan, M. G., Hellyer, R. M., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2009, February). Self-organisation of supramolecular building blocks via silver bridges. Poster session presented at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference (AMN-4), Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Brooker, S. (2009, June). Spin crossover and anion-π interactions in iron(II) triazole complexes. Verbal presentation at the Royal Society of Chemistry Coordination Chemistry Discussion Group, Leeds, UK.

Brooker, S. (2009, July). Heterocycle-based ligands and complexes: Design, self-assembly and spin crossover. Invited presentation at the INT Seminar on Nanotechnology, Mannheim, Germany.

Brooker, S. (2009, August-September). Heterocycle-based ligands and complexes: Design, self-assembly and spin crossover. Verbal presentation at the Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry, Sydney, Australia.

Kitchen, J. A., White, N. G., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Grunert, C. M., Reiman, S., … Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2009, February). Generating magnetically interesting dinuclear iron(II) complexes with designer 1,2,4-triazole ligands. Verbal presentation at the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference (AMN-4), Dunedin, New Zealand.

2008

Journal - Research Article

Kitchen, J. A., & Brooker, S. (2008). Spin crossover in iron(II) complexes of 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazoles and 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazolates. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 252, 2072-2092. doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2007.11.010

Grunert, C. M., Reiman, S., Spiering, H., Kitchen, J. A., Brooker, S., & Gütlich, P. (2008). Mixed spin-state [HS-LS] pairs in a dinuclear spin-transition complex: Confirmation by variable-temperature ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47(16), 2997-2999. doi: 10.1002/anie.200705778

Kitchen, J. A., Noble, A., Brandt, C. D., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2008). High and low spin mononuclear and dinuclear iron(II) complexes of 4-amino and 4-pyrrolyl-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazoles. Inorganic Chemistry, 47(20), 9450-9458. doi: 10.1021/ic801039j

Li, R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2008). Monomeric, dimeric and 1D chain polymeric copper(II) complexes of a pyrrole-containing tridentate Schiff-base ligand and its 4-brominated analogue. Dalton Transactions, (43), 6014-6022. doi: 10.1039/b808845d

Price, J. R., White, N. G., Perez-Velasco, A., Jameson, G. B., Hunter, C. A., & Brooker, S. (2008). Factors influencing tetranuclear [2 x 2] grid vs dinuclear side-by-side structures for silver(I) complexes of pyridazine-based bis-bidentate ligands. Inorganic Chemistry, 47(22), 10729-10738. doi: 10.1021/ic800959s

Jordan, D. K., Kitchen, J. A., Hegh, D. Y., Brooker, S., & Tan, E. W. (2008). 1-Tetradecylpyridinium bromide monohydrate. Acta Crystallographica Section E, E64, o2457-02457.

Bhattacharjee, A., Ksenofontov, V., Kitchen, J. A., White, N. G., Brooker, S., & Gütlich, P. (2008). Effect of pressure and light on the spin transition behavior of the dinuclear iron(II) compound [Fe^II₂(PMAT)₂](BF₄)₄•DMF. Applied Physics Letters, 92, 174104. doi: 10.1063/1.2911918

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Kitchen, J. A., White, N. G., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Grunert, C. M., Reiman, S., … Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2008, November-December). Spin crossover and anion •••€ interactions in iron(II) triazole complexes. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists Combined Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Kitchen, J. A., White, N., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Grunert, C. M., Reiman, S., … Larsen, D. S., … Brooker, S. (2008, April). Spin crossover complexes. Verbal presentation at the 3rd Korea-New Zealand Material Science Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2007

Journal - Research Article

Croucher, P. D., Klingele, M. H., Noble, A., & Brooker, S. (2007). Tricopper(II) complexes of unsymmetrical macrocycles incorporating phenol and pyridine moieties: The development of two stepwise routes. Dalton Transactions, 4000-4007.

Brandt, C. D., Kitchen, J. A., Beckmann, U., White, N. G., Jameson, G. B., & Brooker, S. (2007). Synthesis and structures of 3,5-disubstituted 1,2,4-triazole head units and incorporation of 3,5-dibenzoyl-1,2,4-triazolate into new [2 + 2] Schiff-base macrocyclic complexes. Supramolecular Chemistry, 19(1-2), 17-27. doi: 10.1080/10610270600902340

Klingele (née Hausmann), J., Boas, J. F., Pilbrow, J. R., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Berry, K. J., Hunter, K. A., … Brooker, S. (2007). A [2 x 2] nickel(II) grid and a copper(II) square result from differing binding modes of a pyrazine-based diamide ligand. Dalton Transactions, 633-645.

de Geest, D. J., Noble, A., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2007). Dicopper(II) complexes of a new pyrazolate-containing Schiff-base macrocycle and related acyclic ligand. Dalton Transactions, 467-475.

Klingele, M. H., Noble, A., Boyd, P. D. W., & Brooker, S. (2007). Synthesis and X-ray crystal structures of some mononuclear and dinuclear complexes of 4-isobutyl-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole. Polyhedron, 26, 479-485.

Price, J. R., Lan, Y., & Brooker, S. (2007). Pyridazine-bridged copper(I) complexes of bis-bidentate ligands: Tetranuclear [2 x 2] grid versus dinuclear side-by-side architectures as a function of ligand substituents. Dalton Transactions, 1807-1820.

Hellyer, R. M., Joule, J. A., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2007). 4-(Pyrrol-1-yl)-1,2,4-triazole. Acta Crystallographica Section C, C63, o358-o360.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Kitchen, J. A., Klingele, M. H., Noble, A., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Grunert, M., … Brooker, S. (2007, March). Development of routes to designer triazole ligands and their iron(II) complexes. Poster session presented at the Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Price, J. R., Lan, Y., Jameson, G. B., Perez-Velasco, A., Hunter, C. A., & Brooker, S. (2007, March). Control of molecular architecture by steric and electronic factors: Side-by-side vs [2x2] grid-type silver(I) complexes. Poster session presented at the Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Noble, A., de Geest, D. J., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2007, March). Macrocyclic and acyclic pyrazolate-containing Schiff-base dicopper(II) complexes. Poster session presented at the Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Hellyer, R. M., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2007, March). Mixed-metal Ag(I)-Co(III) complexes. Poster session presented at the Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Clements, O. P., Kelly, R. J., Plieger, P. G., Iremonger, S. S., & Brooker, S. (2007, March). Pyridazine-based ligands: Towards families of dinuclear spin crossover complexes. Poster session presented at the Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Kitchen, J. A., Klingele, M. H., Noble, A., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Grunert, M., … Brooker, S. (2007, March). Development of routes to designer triazole ligands and their iron(II) complexes. Verbal presentation at the Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanoscience Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Brooker, S. (2007, August). Colourful chemistry. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

2006

Journal - Research Article

Beckmann, U., & Brooker, S. (2006). 1:1 Adduct of (S,S)-4-amino-3,5-bis(1-hydroxyethyl)-1,2,4-triazole with (S,S)-1,2-bis(2-hydroxypropionyl)hydrazine stabilized by eight hydrogen bonds. Acta Crystallographica Section C, C62(11), o653-o655. doi: 10.1107/S0108270106038583

Klingele, M. H., Boyd, P. D. W., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2006). Probing the dinucleating behaviour of a bis-bidentate ligand: Synthesis and characterisation of some di- and mononuclear cobalt(II), nickel(II), copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-4-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (3), 573-589.

Price, J. R., Lan, Y., Jameson, G. B., & Brooker, S. (2006). Control of molecular architecture by steric and electronic factors: Dinuclear side-by-side vs. tetranuclear [2 x 2] grid-type silver(I) complexes. Dalton Transactions, (12), 1491-1494.

Mulhern, D., Brooker, S., Görls, H., Rau, S., & Vos, J. G. (2006). Synthesis of mononuclear and dinuclear ruthenium(II) tris(heteroleptic) complexes via photosubstitution in bis(carbonyl) precursors. Dalton Transactions, 1, 51-57.

Mulhern, D., Lan, Y., Brooker, S., Gallagher, J. F., Görls, H., Rau, S., & Vos, J. G. (2006). Synthesis and characterisation of a series of mononuclear ruthenium(II) carbonyl complexes of heterocycle-based asymmetric bidentate ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 359, 736-744.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kitchen, J. A., Klingele, M. H., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Grunert, M., Gütlich, P., & Brooker, S. (2006). Dinuclear SCO complexes of iron(II) featuring bridging 1,2,4-triazole moieties. In M. Lein (Ed.), Proceedings of the New Zealand Insititute of Chemistry Conference. II, (pp. 53-54). Christchurch, New Zealand: NZIC. [Abstract]

Noble, A., Kitchen, J. A., Klingele, M. H., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2006). Mononuclear and bridged dinuclear complexes featuring pyrazole and triazole moieties. In M. Lein (Ed.), Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Conference. I, (pp. 159-160). Christchurch, New Zealand: NZIC. [Abstract]

Plieger, P. G., Hay, S. J., Lan, Y., Hausmann, J., Hellyer, R. M., Price, J. R., … Brooker, S. (2006). Carefully designed heterocycle-based ligands give control over the molecular architecture of the resulting self-assembled complexes. In M. Lein (Ed.), Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Conference. I, (pp. 50-51). Christchurch, New Zealand: NZIC. [Abstract]

Price, J. R., Lan, Y., Jameson, G. B., Perez-Velasco, A., Hunter, C. A., & Brooker, S. (2006). Control of molecular architecture by steric and electronic factors: Dinuclear side-by-side vs tetranuclear [2x2] grid-type silver(I) complexes. In M. Lein (Ed.), Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Conference. I, (pp. 179-180). Christchurch, New Zealand: NZIC. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Price, J. R., Lan, Y., Jameson, G. B., Perez-Velasco, A., Hunter, C. A., & Brooker, S. (2006, June). Control of molecular architecture by steric and electronic factors: Dinuclear side-by-side vs tetranuclear [2x2] grid-type silver(I) complexes. Poster session presented at the First Joint International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Victoria, Canada.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Brooker, S., Kitchen, J. A., Klingele, M. H., Plieger, P. G., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., … Guetlich, P. (2006, June). Spin crossover complexes featuring bridging heterocyclic moieties. Invited presentation at the First Joint International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry, Victoria, Canada.

Plieger, P. G., Hay, S. J., Lan, Y., Hausmann, J., Hellyer, R. M., Price, J. R., … Brooker, S. (2006, December). Carefully designed heterocycle-based ligands give control over the molecular architectures of the resulting self-assembled complexes. Invited presentation at the Joint Royal Society of Chemistry Meeting: UK Macrocycles & Supramolecular Chemistry Group and Coordination Chemistry Group, Belfast, Ireland.

Price, J. R., Lan, Y., Jameson, G. B., Perez-Velasco, A., Hunter, C. A., & Brooker, S. (2006, February). Control of molecular architecture by steric and electronic factors: Dinuclear side-by-side vs tetranuclear [2x2] grid-type silver(I) complexes. Verbal presentation at the Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry to mark the retirement of Professor Leonard F. Lindoy, FAA, Sydney, Australia.

2005

Journal - Research Article

Klingele, M. H., Boyd, P. D. W., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2005). First complexes of a 4-alkyl-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole: Synthesis, x-ray crystal structures and magnetic properties of dinuclear cobalt(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of 4-isobutyl-3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (5), 910-918.

Klingele, M. H., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2005). Synthesis and some first-row transition-metal complexes of the 1,2,4-triazole-based bis(terdentate) ligands TsPMAT and PMAT. Chemistry: A European Journal, 11, 6962-6973.

Klingele (née Hausmann), J., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Boas, J. F., & Brooker, S. (2005). Dinuclear copper(II) complexes of two homologous pyrazine-based bis(terdentate) diamide ligands. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 8, 1530-1541.

Weitzer, M., & Brooker, S. (2005). Dimetallic complexes of a structurally versatile pyridazine-containing Schiff-base macrocyclic ligand with pendant pyridine arms. Dalton Transactions, (14), 2448-2454. Retrieved from http://www.rsc.org/dalton

Hewitt, I. J., Tang, J.-K., Madhu, N. T., Pilawa, B., Anson, C. E., Brooker, S., & Powell, A. K. (2005). Iron(III) activation hits a [4 + 4] macrocycle. Dalton Transactions, 7(3), 429-432. Retrieved from http://www.rsc.org/dalton

Klingele, M. H., Moubaraki, B., Cashion, J. D., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2005). The first X-ray crystal structure determination of a dinuclear complex trapped in the [low spin-high spin] state: [Fe^II₂(PMAT)₂](BF₄)₄•DMF. Chemical Communications, 28(8), 987-989.

2004

Journal - Research Article

Klingele, M. H., & Brooker, S. (2004). From N-substituted thioamides to symmetrical and unsymmetrical 3,4,5-trisubstituted 4H-1,2,4-triazoles: Synthesis and characterisation of new chelating ligands. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 3422-3434.

Li, R., Evans, L. S., Larsen, D. S., Gale, P. A., & Brooker, S. (2004). Synthesis and anion binding behaviour of diamide derivatives of pyrrole-2,5-diacetic acid. New Journal of Chemistry, 28, 1340-1343.

Klingele, M. H., & Brooker, S. (2004). Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of a polymeric copper(II) complex containing the novel ligand 4,4′-(1,4-phenylene)bis[3-phenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole]. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357, 1598-1602.

Ronson, T. K., Nelson, J., Jameson, G. B., Jeffery, J. C., & Brooker, S. (2004). Controlled access to mixed-metal pyridazine-linked cryptates. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, (12), 2570-2584.

Hausmann, J., & Brooker, S. (2004). Control of molecular architecture by use of the appropriate ligand isomer: A mononuclear ″corner-type″ versus a tetranuclear [2×2] grid-type cobalt(III) complex. Chemical Communications, (13), 1530-1531.

Plieger, P. G., Downard, A. J., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Brooker, S. (2004). Dimetallic complexes of acyclic pyridine-armed ligands derived from 3,6-diformylpyridazine. Dalton Transactions, (14), 2157-2165.

Brandt, C. D., Plieger, P. G., Kelly, R. J., de Geest, D. J., Kennepohl, D. K., Iremonger, S. S., & Brooker, S. (2004). Dinickel(II), dizinc(II) and dilead(II) complexes of a pyridazine-containing Schiff-base macrocycle. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357(14), 4265-4272.

Klingele, M. H., & Brooker, S. (2004). Two forms of a copper(II) complex of 3-phenyl-5-(2-pyridyl)-4-(4-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole: A six-coordinate monomer versus a five-coordinate polymer. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357, 3413-3417.

Li, R., Mulder, T. A., Beckmann, U., Boyd, P. D. W., & Brooker, S. (2004). Dicopper(II) and dinickel(II) complexes of Schiff-base macrocycles derived from 5,5-dimethyl-1,9-diformyldipyrromethane. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357, 3360-3368. doi: 10.1016/j.ica.2004.03.042

Motson, G. R., Fleming, J. S., & Brooker, S. (2004). Potential applications for the use of lanthanide complexes as luminescent biolabels. Advances in Inorganic Chemistry, 55, 361-432.

2003

Journal - Research Article

Hausmann, J., Jameson, G. B., & Brooker, S. (2003). Control of molecular architecture by the degree of deprotonation: Self-assembled di- and tetranuclear copper(II) complexes of N,N´-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxamide. Chemical Communications, 2992-2993.

Beckmann, U., & Brooker, S. (2003). Cobalt(II) complexes of pyridazine or triazole containing ligands: Spin-state control. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 245(1-2), 17-29. doi: 10.1016/S0010-8545(03)00030-4

Li, R., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2003). Syntheses, structures and tautomers of 2,5-disubstituted pyrroles. New Journal of Chemistry, 27, 1353-1359.

Brooker, S., Iremonger, S. S., & Plieger, P. G. (2003). A new bis(phenol-armed) pyridazine-containing Schiff base ligand: Synthesis, complexation and reduction to the amine ligand analogue. Polyhedron, 22, 665-671.

Depree, C. V., Beckmann, U., Heslop, K., & Brooker, S. (2003). Monomeric, trimeric and polymeric assemblies of dicopper(ΙΙ) complexes of a triazolate-containing Schiff-base macrocycle. Dalton Transactions, (15), 3071-3081. doi: 10.1039/B304658C

Lan, Y., Kennepohl, D. K., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., Cashion, J. D., Jameson, G. B., & Brooker, S. (2003). Coordination algorithms control molecular architecture: [Cu^Ι₄(L2)₄]⁴⁺ Grid complex versus [M^ΙΙ₂(L2)₂X₄]^y+ side-by-side complexes (M = Mn , Co, Ni, Zn; X = solvent or anion) and [Fe^ΙΙ(L2)₃][Cl₃Fe^ΙΙΙOFe^ΙΙΙCl₃]. Chemistry: A European Journal, 9, 3772-3784.

Beckmann, U., Ewing, J. D., & Brooker, S. (2003). A dicobalt(ΙΙ) complex of a triazolate-containing macrocycle reacts with nitromethane to yield an organometallic dicobalt(ΙΙΙ) complex. Chemical Communications, (14), 1690-1691. doi: 10.1039/b304841a

Klingele, M. H., & Brooker, S. (2003). The coordination chemistry of 4-substituted 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazoles and related ligands. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 241, 119-132.

Brooker, S., Ewing, J. D., Ronson, T. K., Harding, C. J., Nelson, J., & Speed, D. J. (2003). Redox-adaptable copper hosts: Pyridazine-linked cryptands accommodate copper in a range of redox states. Inorganic Chemistry, 42(8), 2764-2773.

Beckmann, U., Brooker, S., Depree, C. V., Ewing, J. D., Moubaraki, B., & Murray, K. S. (2003). Dicobalt(ΙΙ) complexes of a triazolate-containing Schiff-base macrocycle: Synthesis, structure and magnetism. Dalton Transactions, (7), 1308-1313. doi: 10.1039/B212131J

2002

Journal - Research Article

Brooker, S., Ewing, J. D., Nelson, J., & Jeffery, J. C. (2002). Heterobinuclear cryptates; Cooperative binding generates two different coordination sites within a symmetrical cryptand. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 337, 463-466. doi: 10.1016/S0020-1693(02)00999-4

Brooker, S., de Geest, D., Kelly, R. J., Plieger, P. G., Moubaraki, B., Murray, K. S., & Jameson, G. B. (2002). Exchange coupled high-spin, low-spin and spin-crossover dicobalt(II) complexes of a pyridazine-containing Schiff-base macrocycle: Control of cobalt(II) spin state by choice of axial ligands. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2080-2087.

Brooker, S. (2002). Some copper and cobalt complexes of Schiff-base macrocycles containing pyridazine head units. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2535-2547.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Brooker, S., de Geest, D., Depree, C. V., Ewing, J. D., Kelly, R. J., Plieger, P. G., … Murray, K. S. (2002, July). Dicobalt(II) macrocycles: Spin state control. Verbal presentation at the International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Heidelberg, Germany.

2001

Journal - Research Article

Caygill, G. B., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (2001). Total synthesis of (+)-Hatomarubigin B. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 66, 7427-7431.

Brooker, S., Dunbar, G. S., & Weyhermuller, T. (2001). Figure-of-eight shaped metal-free amide-containing Schiff-base macrocycles and two dicobalt(III) amide complexes. Supramolecular Chemistry, 13(5), 601-612. doi: 10.1080/10610270108039793

Brooker, S. (2001). Complexes of thiophenolate-containing Schiff-base macrocycles and their amine analogues. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 222, 33-56.

Brooker, S., Ewing, J. D., & Nelson, J. (2001). A conformationally adaptable host capable of encapsulating single cations or homo and hetero dinuclear assemblies. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 317(1-2), 53-58. doi: 10.1016/S0164-1212(00)00108-4

Brooker, S., Davidson, T. C., Hay, S. J., Kelly, R. J., Kennepohl, D. K., Plieger, P. G., … Bothe, E. (2001). Doubly pyridazine-bridged macrocyclic complexes of copper in +1, +2 and mixed valent oxidation states. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 216-217, 3-30.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Brooker, S., Larsen, D. S., & Li, R. (2001, December). Synthesis of, and tautomerism in, 2,5-disubstituted pyrroles. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Institute of Chemestry ″Molecules for Life″ Conference, Napier.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Brooker, S. (2001, December). Running rings round metal ions. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry ″Molecules for Life″ Conference, Napier.

2000

Journal - Research Article

Edelmann, F. T., Buijink, J.-K. F., Brooker, S. A., Herbst-Irmer, R., Kilimann, U., & Bohnen, F. M. (2000). Formation and structure of the oxygen-centered lead thiolate cluster Pb₅O(SR_F)₈·2C₇H₈ [R_F = 2,4,6-Tris(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]. Inorganic Chemistry, 39(26), 6134-6135. doi: 10.1021/ic000219e

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., Dunbar, G. S., Beck, C., & Subramanian, S. (2000). Controlled thiolate coordination and redox chemistry: Synthesis, structure, axial-binding, and electrochemistry of dinickel(II) dithiolate macrocyclic complexes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 169-179.

Trotter, N. S., Larsen, D. S., Stoodley, R. J., & Brooker, S. (2000). A Diels-Alder strategy to 1,4-glycosidically linked monocarba-disaccharides. Tetrahedron Letters, 41, 8957-8962.

Brooker, S., Caygill, G. B., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., Clive, D., Magnuson, S., … Ralston, C. (2000). Conversion of some substituted phenols to the corresponding masked thiophenols, synthesis of a dinickel(II) dithiolate macrocyclic complex and isolation of some metal- and ligand-based oxidation products. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 3113-3121.

Wang, H., Ralston, C., Patil, D., Jones, R., Gu, W., Verhagen, M., … Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., … Cramer, S. P. (2000). Nickel L-edge soft X-ray spectroscopy of nickel-iron hydrogenases and model compounds-evidence for high-spin nickel(II) in the active enzyme. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122, 10544-10552.

Brooker, S., & Davidson, T. C. (2000). Dithiolate-containing macrocyclic complexes in which there is no thiolate bridging: Synthesis, structure and electrochemistry of some dizinc(II) complexes. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 306, 227-231.

Brooker, S., Dunbar, G. S., & Plieger, P. G. (2000). Complexation of copper(II) with acyclic amide ligands: structure of an unexpected rearrangement product resulting from an intramolecular reaction of an amine with an amide. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 304, 204-209.

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., & Smith, P. D. (2000). Dimetallic thiolate-bridged complexes: Synthesis and rich electrochemistry of dinickel(II) and dizinc(II) monothiolate complexes. Polyhedron, 19, 1887-1894.

Brooker, S., Hay, S. J., & Plieger, P. G. (2000). A grid complex [Cu^I₄L₂]⁴⁺ and a mixed-valent complex [Cu^IICu^IL(MeCN)₂]³⁺ of the pyridazine-containing macrocycle L. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 39, 1968-1970.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., & Dunbar, G. S. (2000, July). Thiolate containing macrocylces complexes. Poster session presented at the XXV International Symposium on Macrocyclic Chemistry: Macrocyles 2000, United Kingdom.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Brooker, S. (2000, December). Bi- and poly-metallic complexes of pyridazine-containing Schiff-base macrocylces. Verbal presentation at the Molecular Recognition of Anions and Cations symposium, Hawaii.

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., & Dunbar, G. S. (2000, December). Thiolate-containing macrocycles. Verbal presentation at the Inorganic, Organometallic and Biological Chemistry of Metal Sulfides Symposium, Hawaii.

Brooker, S. (2000, July). Bi- and poly-metallic complexes of pyridazine-containing Schiff-base macrocycles [Golden Jubilee Session Lecture]. Verbal presentation at the 34th International Coordination Chemistry Conference, Edinburgh.

1999

Journal - Research Article

Brooker, S., Plieger, P. G., Moubaraki, B., & Murray, K. S. (1999). [Co^II₂L(NCS)₂(SCN)₂]: The first cobalt complex to exhibit both exchange coupling and spin crossover effects. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 38, 408-410.

Brooker, S., & de Geest, D. J. (1999). Structure of 1,3-propanediammonium diperchlorate at 158 K. Acta Crystallographica Section C, 55, 1589-1591.

Brooker, S., Dunbar, G. S. S., & Jameson, G. B. (1999). Synthesis, complexation and cyclisation reactions of a new acyclic diamide: observation of intramolecular ligand exchange in a structurally characterised nickel(II) complex. Polyhedron, 18, 679-688.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., & Dunbar, G. S. (1999, July). Thiolate containing complexes. Poster session presented at the International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Minnieapolis, USA. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.

Brooker, S., & de Geest, D. (1999, January). Schiff-based complexes incorporating 3,5-disubstituted pyrazole. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry and Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.

Brooker, S., Kelly, R. J. M., & Plieger, P. G. (1999, January). Di- and polynuclear cobalt(II) complexes as potential nanocomponants [Student Prize]. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry and Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., & Dunbar, G. S. (1999, January). Thiolate containing complexes. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry and Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.

1998

Journal - Research Article

Brooker, S., & Simpson, T. J. (1998). Low spin iron(II) in a small unsymmetrical N6 macrocycle. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 1151-1154.

Brooker, S., de Geest, D. J., & Dunbar, G. S. S. (1998). Binuclear nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of amide-containing two-armed and macrocyclic ligands. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 282, 222-229.

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., Dunbar, G. S. S., McQuillan, A. J., & Jameson, G. B. (1998). First of a new family of tetraamine bis(m-thiolate)-containing macrocycles: structure and stepwise oxidations and reductions of the dinickel(II) complex. Chemical Communications, 2131-2132.

Wang, H., Ge, P., Riordan, C. G., Brooker, S., Woomer, C. G., Collins, T., … Cramer, S. P. (1998). Integrated X-ray L Absorption Spectra. Counting Holes in Ni Complexes. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 102(42), 8343-8346.

Brooker, S., Kelly, R. J., & Plieger, P. G. (1998). A pyridazine Schiff-base macrocycle hosts a dicobalt centre in five different redox states: evidence for a mixed valent Co(I)Co(II) species. Chemical Communications, 1079-1080.

Hayman, C. M., Larsen, D. S., & Brooker, S. (1998). A facile synthesis of 2,6-dideoxy,6,6,6-trifluorinated carbohydrate analogues. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 51, 545-553.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Davidson, T. C., Dunbar, G. S., Subramanian, S., McAuley, A., … Cramer, S. P. (1998, September). Probing the nature of dinuclear thiolate complexes and their redox products. Poster session presented at the International Coordination Chemistry Conference, Florence.

Brooker, S., Kelly, R. J. M., & Plieger, P. G. (1998, February). Synthesis and eletrochemical investigation of dicobalt and dizinc pyridazine macrocycles. Poster session presented at the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference, Wollongong, Australia.

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Dunbar, G. S., Subramanian, S., McAuley, A., Ralston, C. Y., & Cramer, S. P. (1998, September). Probing the nature of polynuclear thiolate complexes and thier redox products. Poster session presented at the Royal Australasian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference, Florence.

1997

Journal - Research Article

Brooker, S., & Davidson, T. C. (1997). First observation of non-bridging thiolates or tetrahedral geometries within thiolate-containing Schiff-base macrocycles: [Zn₂(L)](CF₃SO₃)₂. Chemical Communications, (20), 2007-2008.

Brooker, S., & Croucher, P. D. (1997). First example of thiolate-bridged square-pyramidal and octahedral nickel(II) ions: [Ni₂L(L^SO)(NCS)₂(dmf)]. Chemical Communications, (5), 459-460.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., Dunbar, G. S., Cramer, S. P., Ralston, C. Y., Subramanian, S., & McAuley, A. (1997, April). Probing polynuclear thiolate complexes and their redox products by XRD and XAS. Poster session presented at the Crystal XX, Queenstown.

1996

Journal - Research Article

Larsen, D. S., O'Shea, M. D., & Brooker, S. (1996). Total syntheses of the angucyclinone antibiotics (+)-emycin A and (+)-ochromycinone. Chemical Communications, 203-204.

Brooker, S., Kelly, R. J., Moubaraki, B., & Murray, K. S. (1996). First dicopper(II) complex to contain bridging macrocyclic pyridazine units: structure, electrochemistry and magnetochemistry of [Cu2L(MeCN)2(ClO4)2][ClO4]2. Chemical Communications, 2579-2580.

Brooker, S., McKee, V., & Metcalfe, T. (1996). Tetra- and pentamanganese(II) macrocyclic complexes with bridging carboxylate groups; product control by pretreatment of manganese acetate solutions. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 246, 171-179.

Brooker, S., Croucher, P. D., & Roxburgh, F. M. (1996). Controlled synthesis and reversible oxidation of a thiolate-bridged macrocyclic dinickel(II) complex. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 3031-3037.

Brooker, S., & Kelly, R. J. (1996). Synthesis and structure of dilead(II) and dimanganese(II) complexes of macrocycles derived from 3,6-diformylpyridazine. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 2117-2122.

1995

Journal - Research Article

Brooker, S. A., & Croucher, P. D. (1995). First macrocycle to incorporate phenol and thiophenol head units: the x-ray crystal structure of [Ni2 L(MeCN)2](ClO4)2 reveals bridged square-planar and octahedral nickel (II) ions. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 2075-2076.