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

Scaling up Metal Scavenging Operations for Pharmaceutical Pilot Plant Manufactures
Reginato, G; Sadler, P; Wilkes, R. D. Org. Process. Res. Dev., 2011, 15 (6), 1396-1405

A New Approach to the Synthesis of 4-Hydroxyethylsulfonylstyrene
Grosjean, C.; Henderson, A. P.; Herault, D.; Ilyashenko, G.; Knowles, J. P.; Whiting A.; Wright, A. R. Org. Process. Res. Dev., 2009, 13, 434

Synthesis and Anticonvulsant Activities of (R)-N-(4’-Substituted)benzyl 2-Acetamido-3-methoxypropionamides
Salome, C.; Salome-Grosjean, E.; Park, K. D.; Morieux, P.; Swendiman, R.; DeMarco, E.; Stables, J. P.; Kohn, H. J. Med. Chem., 2010, 53, 1288

Merging the Structural Motifs of Functionalized Amino Acids and a-Aminoamides: Compounds with Significant Anticonvulsant Activities
Salome, C.; Salome-Grosjean, E.; Stables, J. P.; Kohn, H. J. Med. Chem., 2010, 53, 3756


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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Bio Catalysts
A Practical Chemo-enzymatic Synthesis of Homochiral Bicyclo[2.2.2]octane-2,5-dione
Luo, Y.; Carnell, A. J. J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 2057

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