Journal Publications

 Metal Scavenging

• Highly functionalised sulfur-based silica scavengers for the efficient removal of palladium species from active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)
  Galaffu, N.; Man, S.; Wilkes, R. D.; Wilson, J. R. H. Org. Process Res. Dev., 2007, 11, 406

• Functionalised Silicas: Addressing the Industrial and Environmental Challenges of API Synthesis
  Wilson, J.; Wilkes, R. Innovations in Pharmaceutical Technology, 2007, Spring edition, 86

Organic Scavenging and Solid Phase Extraction

• New Functionalised Silicas for Highly Selective Cation Exchange Purification in Medicinal Chemistry
  Brown, J.; Chighine, A.; Colucci, M. A.; Galaffu, N.; Hirst, S. C.; Seymour, H. M.; Shiers, J. J.; Wilkes, R. D.; Williams, J. G.; Wilson, J. Tetrahedron Lett., 2008, 49, 4968

Heterogeneous Catalysts

Palladium Catalysts

• Palladium ethylthioglycolate modified silica – a new heterogeneous catalyst for Suzuki and Heck cross-coupling reactions
  Al-Hashimi, M.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2007, 273, 298

• Dithio palladium modified silicas - New heterogeneous catalysts for Suzuki cross-coupling reactions
  Al-Hashimi, M.; Qazi, A.; Sullivan, A. C. Wilson, J. R. H. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2007, 278, 160

• Silicaethylphosphatrioxaadamantane – a new support for palladium catalysts and evaluation in Suzuki coupling reactions’ Guino, M.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2008, 293, 25

Oxidation Catalysts

• Oxidation of alcohols using cerium (IV) alkyl phosphonate modified silica
  Al-Haq, N.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. Tetrahedron Lett., 2003, 44, 769

• Allylic and benzylic oxidation using cobalt (II) alkyl phosphonate modified silica Jurado-Gonzalez, M.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. Tetrahedron Lett., 2003, 44, 4283

• Selective oxidations of allylic alcohols using vanadyl and cobalt (II) alkyl phosphonate modified silicas
  Jurado-Gonzalez, M.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. Tetrahedron Lett., 2004, 45, 4465

• Selective oxidations of sulfides to sulfoxides using immobilised cerium alkyl phosphonate
  Al-Hashimi, M.; Roy, G.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. Tetrahedron Lett., 2005, 46, 4365

• Selective oxidations of sulfides to sulfoxides using a silica immobilised vanadyl alkyl phosphonate catalyst
  Al-Hashimi, M.; Fisset, E.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 47, 8017

Acid Catalysts

• A new solid acid catalyst : the first phosphonate and phosphonic acid functionalised microporous polysilsesquioxanes
  Jurado-Gonzalez, M.; Ou, D. L.; Ormsby, B.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. Chem. Commun., 2001, 67

• Covalently linked ethylmercaptophenyl sulfonic acid and ethylmercaptobenzyl sulfonic acid silica materials – Synthesis and catalytic activity
  Bugrayev, A.; Al-Haq, N.; Okopie, R. A.; Qazi, A.; Suggate, M.; Sullivan, A. C.; Wilson, J. R. H. J. Mol. Catal. A: Chem., 2008, 280, 96

Flow Chemistry

• Suzuki Couplings with a Heterogeneous Palladium Catalyst
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Review Articles

• Solid phase catalysts : Novel functionalised silicas offering new synthetic methods
  Wilson, J.; Sullivan, A. Speciality Chemicals Magazine, 2006, June edition, 28

• Functionalised Silicas: Addressing the Industrial and Environmental Challenges of API Synthesis
  Wilson, J.; Wilkes, R. Innovations in Pharmaceutical Technology, 2007, Spring edition, 86

• Novel Heterogeneous Metal Oxidation Catalysts. Environmentally Friendly Catalysts for Laboratory to Process Scale Applications
  Wilkes, R. D.; Wilson, J. R. H. Chemistry Today, 2007, 25 (4), 22

• Heterogeneous Catalysis Gets Greener
  Wilkes, R.; Wilson, J.. Manufacturing Chemist, 2007, July/August edition, 29

• Immobilisation Technology for Green Chemistry Applications
  Colman, R. Speciality Chemicals Magazine, 2007, July/August edition, 38