Publications
Journal Articles
Ahmed, Manan, Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Xie, Zixi, Price, Jason R., Cruddas, Jace, Clegg, Jack K., Powell, Benjamin J., Kepert, Cameron J. and Neville, Suzanne M. (2022). Guest-induced multistep to single-step spin-crossover switching in a 2-D Hofmann-like framework with an amide-appended ligand. Inorganic Chemistry, 61 (30), 11667-11674. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01253
Ahmed, Manan, Zenere, Katrina A., Sciortino, Natasha F., Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Turner, Gemma F., Cruddas, Jace, Hua, Carol, Price, Jason R., Clegg, Jack K., Valverde-Muñoz, Francisco Javier, Real, Jose A., Chastanet, Guillaume, Moggach, Stephen A., Kepert, Cameron J., Powell, Benjamin J. and Neville, Suzanne M. (2022). Regulation of multistep spin crossover across multiple stimuli in a 2-D framework material. Inorganic Chemistry, 61 (17), 6641-6649. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00530
Sainaba, Arppitha Baby, Venkateswarulu, Mangili, Bhandari, Pallab, Arachchige, Kasun Sankalpa Athukorala, Clegg, Jack K. and Mukherjee, Partha Sarathi (2022). An adaptable water-soluble molecular boat for selective separation of phenanthrene from isomeric anthracene. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144 (16), 7504-7513. doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c02540
Siddique, Rashid G., Arachchige, Kasun S. A., AL‐Fayaad, Hydar A., Thoburn, John D., McMurtrie, John C. and Clegg, Jack K. (2022). Controlling the complexity and interconversion mechanisms in self‐assembled [Fe2 L3 ]4+ helicates and [Fe4 L6 ]8+ cages. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61 (7) e202115555, 1-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.202115555
Siddique, Rashid G., Arachchige, Kasun S. A., AL‐Fayaad, Hydar A., Thoburn, John D., McMurtrie, John C. and Clegg, Jack K. (2022). Controlling the complexity and interconversion mechanisms in self‐assembled [Fe 2 L 3 ] 4+ helicates and [Fe 4 L 6 ] 8+ cages. Angewandte Chemie, 134 (7). doi: 10.1002/ange.202115555
Siddique, Rashid G., Arachchige, Kasun S. A., AL-Fayaad, Hydar A., McMurtrie, John C. and Clegg, Jack K. (2022). Sterics and metal-ion radius control the self-assembly of [M2L3] helicates. Dalton Transactions, 51 (33), 12704-12708. doi: 10.1039/d2dt02241a
Chalmers, Brian A., Somisara, D. M. Upulani K., Surgenor, Brian A., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Woollins, J. Derek, Bühl, Michael, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Kilian, Petr (2021). Synthetic and structural study of peri-substituted phosphine-arsines. Molecules, 26 (23) 7222, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/molecules26237222
Siddique, Rashid G., Arachchige, Kasun S. A., AL-Fayaad, Hydar A., Brock, Aidan J., Micallef, Aaron S., Luis, Ena T., Thoburn, John D., McMurtrie, John C. and Clegg, Jack K. (2021). The kinetics and mechanism of interconversion within a system of [Fe2L3]4+ helicates and [Fe4L6]8+ cages. Chemical Communications, 57 (40), 4918-4921. doi: 10.1039/d1cc01583d
Poynder, Tiffany B., Chamorro Orué, Analia I., Tania, Sharp-Bucknall, Lachlan, Flynn, Matthew T., Wilson, David J. D., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Clegg, Jack K. and Dutton, Jason L. (2021). On the activation of PhICl2 with pyridine. Chemical Communications, 57 (40), 4970-4973. doi: 10.1039/d1cc01567b
Setter, Caitlin J., Whittaker, Jacob J., Brock, Aidan J., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., McMurtrie, John C., Clegg, Jack K. and Pfrunder, Michael C. (2020). Correction: Straightening out halogen bonds (CrystEngComm (2020) 22 (1687–1690) DOI: 10.1039/D0CE00176G). CrystEngComm, 22 (37), 6249-6249. doi: 10.1039/d0ce90107e
AL-Fayaad, Hydar A., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S. and Clegg, Jack K. (2020). A heterofunctional ligand approach for the preparation of high connectivity coordination polymers: combining a “bridge” and “pillar” in one ligand. CrystEngComm, 22 (32), 5310-5315. doi: 10.1039/d0ce01020k
AL-Fayaad, Hydar A., Siddique, Rashid G., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala and Clegg, Jack K. (2020). A two-dimensional coordination polymer formed from cobalt(ii) and an extended dipyridyl ligand*. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 73 (6), 547-551. doi: 10.1071/ch19468
Setter, Caitlin J., Whittaker, Jacob J., Brock, Aidan J, Arachchige, Kasun, McMurtrie, John, Clegg, Jack Kay and Pfrunder, Michael Craig (2020). Straightening out halogen bonds. CrystEngComm, 22 (10), 1687-1690. doi: 10.1039/d0ce00176g
Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Fahrenhorst-Jones, Tyler, Burns, Jed M., AL-Fayaad, Hydar A., Behera, Jogendra N., Rao, C. N. R., Clegg, Jack K. and Williams, Craig M. (2019). 1,4-Diazacubane crystal structure rectified as piperazinium. Chemical Communications, 55 (78), 11751-11753. doi: 10.1039/c9cc06272f
Camacho, Paula Sanz, Stanford, Martin W., McKay, David, Dawson, Daniel M., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Cordes, David B., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Woollins, J. Derek and Ashbrook, Sharon E. (2018). Polymorphism, weak interactions and phase transitions in chalcogen-phosphorus heterocycles. Chemistry, 24 (43), 11067-11081. doi: 10.1002/chem.201800978
Luis, Ena T., Iranmanesh, Hasti, Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Donald, William A., Quach, Gina, Moore, Evan G. and Beves, Jonathon E. (2018). Luminescent tetrahedral molecular cages containing ruthenium(II) chromophores. Inorganic Chemistry, 57 (14), 8476-8486. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01157
Li, Li, Neville, Suzanne M., Craze, Alexander R., Clegg, Jack K., Sciortino, Natasha F., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Mustonen, Outi, Marjo, Christopher E., McRae, Christopher R., Kepert, Cameron J., Lindoy, Leonard F., Aldrich-Wright, Janice R. and Li, Feng (2017). Spin-state patterning in an iron(II) tripodal spin-crossover complex. ACS Omega, 2 (7), 3349-3353. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00630
Iranmanesh, Hasti, Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Donald, William A., Kyriacou, Niamh, Shen, Chao, Price, Jason R. and Beves, Jonathon E. (2017). Rage against conformity: ruthenium(II) bisterpyridine complexes respond to crystal engineering instructions with whelming results. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 70 (5), 529-537. doi: 10.1071/CH16620
Iranmanesh, Hasti, Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Bhadbhade, Mohan, Donald, William A., Liew, Jane Y., Liu, Kenny T. -C., Luis, Ena T., Moore, Evan G., Price, Jason R., Yan, Hong, Yang, Jiajia and Beves, Jonathon E. (2016). Chiral ruthenium(II) complexes as supramolecular building blocks for heterometallic self-assembly. Inorganic Chemistry, 55 (24), 12737-12751. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02007
Hua, Guoxiong, Du, Junyi, Cordes, David B., Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2016). Synthesis and characterization of novel organic heteroatom compounds from reaction of Woollins' reagent with various organic substrates. Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, 191 (3), 341-346. doi: 10.1080/10426507.2015.1072184
Surgenor, Brian A., Taylor, Laurence J., Nordheider, Andreas, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Woollins, J. Derek and Kilian, Petr (2016). An efficient, scalable synthesis of ferrocenylphosphine and dichloroferrocenylphosphine. RSC Advances, 6 (7), 5973-5976. doi: 10.1039/c5ra27594f
Clark, Lucy, Aidoudi, Farida H., Black, Cameron, Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Morris, Russell E. and Lightfoot, Philip (2015). Extending the Family of V4+S=1/2 kagome antiferromagnets. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 54 (51), 15457-15461. doi: 10.1002/anie.201506869
Bidal, Yannick D., Lesieur, Mathieu, Melaimi, Mohand, Nahra, Fady, Cordes, David B., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Bertrand, Guy and Cazin, Catherine S. J. (2015). Copper(I) complexes bearing carbenes beyond classical N-heterocyclic carbenes: synthesis and catalytic activity in "click chemistry". Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, 357 (14-15), 3155-3161. doi: 10.1002/adsc.201500453
Nejman, Phillip S., Morton-Fernandez, Brian, Moulding, David J., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Cordes, David B., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Kilian, Petr and Woollins, J. Derek (2015). Structural diversity of bimetallic rhodium and iridium half sandwich dithiolato complexes. Dalton Transactions, 44 (38), 16758-16766. doi: 10.1039/c5dt02542g
Nordheider, Andreas, Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Woollins, J. Derek and Chivers, Tristram (2015). Sodium and rhodium complexes of a spirocyclic Te5 dianion supported by P2N2 rings. Dalton Transactions, 44 (19), 8781-8783. doi: 10.1039/c4dt03257h
Camacho, Paula Sanz, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Green, Timothy F. G., Yates, Jonathan R., Dawson, Daniel M., Woollins, J. Derek and Ashbrook, Sharon E. (2015). Unusual Intermolecular "Through-Space" J Couplings in P-Se Heterocycles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 (19), 6172-6175. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5b03353
Chalmers, Brian A., Buehl, Michael, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Kilian, Petr (2015). Structural, spectroscopic and computational examination of the dative interaction in constrained phosphine-stibines and phosphine-stiboranes. Chemistry - A European Journal, 21 (20), 7520-7531. doi: 10.1002/chem.201500281
Nordheider, Andreas, Huell, Katharina, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Woollins, J. Derek, Thirumoorthi, Ramalingam and Chivers, Tristram (2015). Spirocyclic, macrocyclic and ladder complexes of coinage metals and mercury with dichalcogeno P2N2-supported anions. Dalton Transactions, 44 (12), 5338-5346. doi: 10.1039/c5dt00159e
Nordheider, Andreas, Huell, Katharina, Prentis, Joanna K. D., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Woollins, J. Derek and Chivers, Tristram (2015). Main Group Tellurium Heterocycles Anchored by a (P2N2)-N-V Scaffold and Their Sulfur/Selenium Analogues. Inorganic Chemistry, 54 (6), 3043-3054. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b00161
Nordheider, Andreas, Hupf, Emanuel, Chalmers, Brian A., Knight, Fergus R., Bühl, Michael, Mebs, Stefan, Chęcińska, Lilianna, Lork, Enno, Camacho, Paula Sanz, Ashbrook, Sharon E., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Cordes, David B., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Beckmann, Jens and Woollins, J. Derek (2015). Peri-substituted phosphorus-tellurium systems-an experimental and theoretical investigation of the P···Te through-space interaction. Inorganic Chemistry, 54 (5), 2435-46. doi: 10.1021/ic503056z
Knight, Fergus R., Diamond, Louise M., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Camacho, Paula Sanz, Randall, Rebecca A. M., Ashbrook, Sharon E., Buehl, Michael, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2015). Conformational dependence of through-space tellurium-tellurium spin-spin coupling in peri-substituted bis(tellurides). Chemistry-A European Journal, 21 (9), 3613-3627. doi: 10.1002/chem.201405599
Hua, Guoxiong, Du, Junyi, Fuller, Amy L., Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Cordes, David B., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2015). Synthesis and selenation of tandem multicomponent condensation adducts. Synlett, 26 (6), 839-845. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1380124
Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Diamond, Louise M., Knight, Fergus R., Lechner, Marie-Luise, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2014). Synthetic, structural, and spectroscopic studies of sterically crowded tin-chalcogen acenaphthenes. Organometallics, 33 (21), 6089-6102. doi: 10.1021/om500755w
Valera, Silvia, Taylor, James E., Daniels, David S. B., Dawson, Daniel M., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Ashbrook, Sharon E., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Bode, Bela E. (2014). A modular approach for the synthesis of nanometer-sized polynitroxide multi-spin systems. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 79 (17), 8313-8323. doi: 10.1021/jo5015678
Ray, Matthew J., Buehl, Michael, Taylor, Laurence J., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Kilian, Petr (2014). Synthetic and Structural Study of the Coordination Chemistry of a peri-Backbone-Supported Phosphino-Phosphonium Salt. Inorganic Chemistry, 53 (16), 8538-8547. doi: 10.1021/ic501142v
Chalmers, Brian A., Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Prentis, Joanna K. D., Knight, Fergus R., Kilian, Petr, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2014). Sterically encumbered tin and phosphorus peri-substituted acenaphthenes. Inorganic Chemistry, 53 (16), 8795-8808. doi: 10.1021/ic5014768
Surgenor, Brian A., Chalmers, Brian A., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Woollins, J. Derek, Buehl, Michael and Kilian, Petr (2014). Reactivity Profile of a Peri-Substitution-Stabilized Phosphanylidene-Phosphorane: Synthetic, Structural, and Computational Studies. Inorganic Chemistry, 53 (13), 6856-6866. doi: 10.1021/ic500697m
Ascherl, Laura, Nordheider, Andreas, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Cordes, David B., Karaghiosoff, Konstantin, Bühl, Michael, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2014). The activation of Woollins' reagent. Isolation of pyridine stabilised PhPSe2. Chemical Communications, 50 (47), 6214-6216. doi: 10.1039/c4cc01073f
Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Camacho, Paula Sanz, Ray, Matthew J., Chalmers, Brian A., Knight, Fergus R., Ashbrook, Sharon E., Buehl, Michael, Kilian, Petr, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2014). Sterically Restricted Tin Phosphines, Stabilized by Weak Intramolecular Donor-Acceptor Interactions. Organometallics, 33 (10), 2424-2433. doi: 10.1021/om500289b
Chalmers, Brian A., Buehl, Michael, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Kilian, Petr (2014). Geometrically Enforced Donor-Facilitated Dehydrocoupling Leading to an Isolable Arsanylidine-Phosphorane. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136 (17), 6247-6250. doi: 10.1021/ja502625z
Diamond, Louise M., Knight, Fergus R., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Randall, Rebecca A. M., Buehl, Michael, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2014). Bridging the gap: attractive 3c-4e interactions in peri-substituted acenaphthylenes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014 (9), 1512-1523. doi: 10.1002/ejic.201301549
Aidoudi, Farida H., Black, Cameron, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Morris, Russell E. and Lightfoot, Philip (2014). Structural diversity in hybrid vanadium(iv) oxyfluorides based on a common building block. Dalton Transactions, 43 (2), 568-575. doi: 10.1039/c3dt52385c
Nordheider, Andreas, Chivers, Tristram, Schön, Oliver, Karaghiosoff, Konstantin, Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2014). Isolatable organophosphorus(III)-tellurium heterocycles. Chemistry - A European Journal, 20 (3), 704-712. doi: 10.1002/chem.201303884
Nordheider, Andreas, Chivers, Tristram, Schön, Oliver, Karaghiosoff, Konstantin, Athukorala Arachchige, Kasun S., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2014). Isolatable organophosphorus(III)-tellurium heterocycles. Chemistry: A European Journal, 20 (3), 616-616. doi: 10.1002/chem.201304786
Stanford, Martin W., Knight, Fergus R., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Camacho, Paula Sanz, Ashbrook, Sharon E., Buehl, Michael, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2014). Probing interactions through space using spin-spin coupling. Dalton Transactions, 43 (17), 6548-6560. doi: 10.1039/c4dt00408f
Meiries, Sebastien, Le Duc, Gaëtan, Chartoire, Anthony, Collado, Alba, Speck, Klaus, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Nolan, Steven P. (2013). Large yet flexible N-heterocyclic carbene ligands for palladium catalysis. Chemistry: A European Journal, 19 (51), 17358-17368. doi: 10.1002/chem.201302471
Hua, Guoxiong, Arachchige, Kasun S. A., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2013). Organophosphorus-selenium heteroatom derivatives from selenation of primary/secondary amines and haloalkanes/dihaloalkanes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2013 (32), 7402-7410. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201300860
Ray, Matthew J., Randall, Rebecca A. M., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Bühl, Michael, Lebl, Tomas and Kilian, Petr (2013). Synthetic, structural, NMR, and computational study of a geminally bis(peri-substituted) tridentate phosphine and its chalcogenides and transition-metal complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (8), 4346-4359. doi: 10.1021/ic3024875
Fleming, Conor G. E., Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Randall, Rebecca, Buehl, Michael and Kilian, Petr (2013). Synthetic and computational study of geminally bis(supermesityl) substituted phosphorus compounds. Dalton Transactions, 42 (5), 1437-1450. doi: 10.1039/c2dt31971c
Nordheider, Andreas, Chivers, Tristram, Thirumoorthi, Ramalingam, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z., Woollins, J. Derek and Vargas-Baca, Ignacio (2013). A planar dianionic ditelluride and a cyclic tritelluride supported by P2N2 rings. Dalton Transactions, 42 (10), 3291-3294. doi: 10.1039/c2dt32716c
Knight, Fergus R., Randall, Rebecca A. M., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Wakefield, Lucy, Griffin, John M., Ashbrook, Sharon E., Buehl, Michael, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2012). Noncovalent Interactions in Peri-Substituted Chalconium Acenaphthene and Naphthalene Salts: A Combined Experimental, Crystallographic, Computational, and Solid-State NMR Study. Inorganic Chemistry, 51 (20), 11087-11097. doi: 10.1021/ic301627y
Lechner, Marie-Luise, Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Randall, Rebecca A. M., Knight, Fergus R., Buehl, Michael, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2012). Sterically Crowded Tin Acenaphthenes. Organometallics, 31 (7), 2922-2930. doi: 10.1021/om201253t
Knight, Fergus R., Arachchige, Kasun S. Athukorala, Randall, Rebecca A. M., Buehl, Michael, Slawin, Alexandra M. Z. and Woollins, J. Derek (2012). Exploring hypervalency and three-centre, four-electron bonding interactions: reactions of acenaphthene chalcogen donors and dihalogen acceptors. Dalton Transactions, 41 (11), 3154-3165. doi: 10.1039/c2dt12031c