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Dr Nick Fletcher

Senior Lecturer

  1. 1993
  2. Published

    New classes of anion receptor containing charged and neutral transition metal Lewis acidic recognition sites

    Beer, P. D., Dickson, C. A. P., Fletcher, N., Goulden, A. J., Grieve, A., Hodacova, J. & Wear, T., 1993, In: Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications. 1993, 10, p. 828-830 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 1996
  4. Published

    Spectral and electrochemical halide anion recognition by acyclic ruthenium(II) 5,5′-bisamide substituted bipyridyl receptor molecules

    Beer, P. D., Fletcher, N. C. & Wear, T., 30/04/1996, In: Polyhedron. 15, 8, p. 1339-1347 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    103. The synthesis and characterization of new optically active 'dimeric' 'pineno'-[4,5]-fused 2,2′-bipyridines linked without spacer or by small spacer groups

    Fletcher, N. C., Keene, F. R., Ziegler, M., Stoeckli-Evans, H., Viebrock, H. & Von Zelewsky, A., 26/06/1996, In: Helvetica Chimica Acta. 79, 4, p. 1192-1202 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Anion and cation recognition by new mono- and bis-ruthenium(II) bipyridyl crown ether receptor molecules

    Beer, P. D., Dent, S. W., Fletcher, N. C. & Wear, T. J., 30/06/1996, In: Polyhedron. 15, 18, p. 2983-2996 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Halide anion recognition by new acyclic quaternary polybipyridinium and polypyridinium receptors

    Beer, P. D., Fletcher, N. C., Grieve, A., Wheeler, J. W., Moore, C. P. & Wear, T., 08/1996, In: Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2. 8, p. 1545-1551 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Halide anion recognition by new acyclic ruthenium (II) bipyridyl-polypyridinium receptors

    Beer, P. D., Fletcher, N. C. & Wear, T., 1/10/1996, In: Inorganica Chimica Acta. 251, 1-2 PART II, p. 335-340 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Chloride anion recognition by neutral platinum(II) and palladium(II) 5,5′-bis-amide substituted bipyridyl receptor molecules

    Beer, P. D., Fletcher, N. C., Drew, M. G. B. & Wear, T. J., 4/12/1996, In: Polyhedron. 16, 5, p. 815-823 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 1997
  11. Published

    Crystal structure of 6,8-methanoisoquinoline-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-7,7-dimethyl-3-(2-pyridinyl)-(6R), C17H18N2

    Fletcher, N. C., Viebrock, H., von Zelewsky, A. & Abeln, D., 1997, In: Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures. 212, 4, p. 315-316 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Molecular Architecture of Poly nuclear Ruthenium Bipyridyl Complexes with Controlled Metal Helicity

    Fletcher, N. C., Keene, F. R., Viebrock, H. & Von Zelewsky, A., 1/03/1997, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 36, 6, p. 1113-1121 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Novel Synthesis and Characterization of a Chiral Functionalized Pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazole

    Fletcher, N. C., Abeln, D. & Von Zelewsky, A., 28/11/1997, In: Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62, 24, p. 8577-8578 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 1998
  15. Published

    Chromatographic separation of stereoisomers of ligand-bridged diruthenium polypyridyl species

    Fletcher, N. C., Junk, P. C., Reitsma, D. A. & Keene, F. R., 7/01/1998, In: Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions. 1998, 1, p. 133-138 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    New synthetic route to monocarbonyl polypyridyl complexes of ruthenium: Their stereochemistry and reactivity

    Fletcher, N. C. & Keene, F. R., 21/07/1998, In: Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions. 1998, 14, p. 2293-2301 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 1999
  18. Published

    Anion interactions with (polypyridyl)ruthenium complexes, and their importance in the cation-exchange chromatographic separation of stereoisomers of dinuclear species

    Fletcher, N. C. & Keene, F. R., 7/03/1999, In: Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions. 1999, 5, p. 683-689 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Structural, electrochemical and UV/VIS/NIR spectroelectrochemical properties of diastereomerically pure dinuclear ruthenium complexes based on the bridging ligand phenanthroline-5,6-diimine, and a mononuclear by-product with a peripheral isoimidazole group

    Fletcher, N. C., Robinson, T. C., Behrendt, A., Jeffery, J. C., Reeves, Z. R. & Ward, M. D., 7/09/1999, In: Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions. 1999, 17, p. 2999-3006 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Use of photoinduced energy-transfer to probe solvent-dependent conformational changes in a flexible Ru/Os dinuclear complex

    Fletcher, N. C., Ward, M. D., Encinas, S., Armaroli, N., Flamigni, L. & Barigelletti, F., 21/10/1999, In: Chemical Communications. 1999, 20, p. 2089-2090 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. 2001
  22. Published

    The isolation and purification of tris-2,2′-bipyridine complexes of ruthenium(II) containing unsymmetrical ligands

    Fletcher, N. C., Nieuwenhuyzen, M. & Rainey, S., 24/08/2001, In: Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions. 2001, 18, p. 2641-2648 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 2002
  24. Published

    Self-assembled triple helicates with preferential helicity

    Prabaharan, R., Fletcher, N. C. & Nieuwenhuyzen, M., 28/01/2002, In: Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions. 2002, 4, p. 602-608 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Chiral 2,2′-bipyridines: Ligands for asymmetric induction

    Fletcher, N. C., 2/05/2002, In: Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 1. 2, 16, p. 1831-1842 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    The isolation and secondary functionalisation of fac-tris-2,2’-bipyridine complexes of ruthenium(ii)

    Fletcher, N. C., Nieuwenhuyzen, M., Prabarahan, R. & Wilson, A., 7/05/2002, In: Chemical Communications. 2, 11, p. 1188-1189 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. 2003
  28. Published

    Stereoselective coordination chemistry of the tetradentate chelating ligand (2R,3R )-bis(2,2′-dipyridyl-5-methoxyl)butane

    Prabaharan, R. & Fletcher, N. C., 21/06/2003, In: Dalton Transactions. 2003, 12, p. 2558-2563 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    The stereoselective coordination chemistry of the helicating ligand N,N′-bis(-2,2′-dipyridyl-5-yl)carbonyl-(S/R,S/R)-1, 2-diphenylethylenediamine

    Prabaharan, R. & Fletcher, N. C., 20/11/2003, In: Inorganica Chimica Acta. 355, p. 449-453 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. 2004
  31. Published

    The Unexpected Preference for the fac-Isomer with the Tris(5-ester-substituted-2,2′-bipyridine) Complexes of Ruthenium(II)

    Armstrong, E. A. P., Brown, R. T., Sekwale, M. S., Fletcher, N. C., Gong, X. Q. & Hu, P., 8/03/2004, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 43, 5, p. 1714-1722 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Examination of the conformational restraints to a chiral diimine bridged 2,2′-bipyridine

    Prabaharan, R., Oakes, R. E., Fletcher, N. C. & Nieuwenhuyzen, M., 23/08/2004, In: Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 15, 16, p. 2527-2532 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. 2005
  34. Published

    Noble metals

    Fletcher, N. C., 2005, In: Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry - Section A. 101, p. 253-293 41 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    The isolation and secondary functionalisation of the mer- and fac-isomers of tris(5-hydroxymethyl-2,2′-bipyridine) complexes of ruthenium (II)

    Brown, R. T., Fletcher, N. C., Nieuwenhuyzen, M. & Keyes, T. E., 1/03/2005, In: Inorganica Chimica Acta. 358, 4, p. 1079-1088 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. 2006
  37. Published

    Inert benzothiazole functionalised ruthenium(II) complexes; potential DNA hairpin binding agents

    Spillane, C. B., Morgan, J. L., Fletcher, N. C., Collins, J. G. & Keene, F. R., 27/02/2006, In: Dalton Transactions. 2006, 25, p. 3122-3133 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Noble metals

    Fletcher, N. C., 13/06/2006, In: Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry - Section A. 102, p. 274-307 34 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    New stepwise approach to inert heterometallic triple-stranded helicates

    Fletcher, N. C., Brown, R. T. & Doherty, A. P., 7/08/2006, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 45, 16, p. 6132-6134 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. 2007
  41. Published

    Nickel, palladium and platinum

    Fletcher, N. C., 2007, In: Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry - Section A. 103, p. 207-223 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Design, synthesis and Photodynamic antimicrobial activity of ruthenium trischelate diimine complexes

    Donnelly, R. F., Fletcher, N. C., McCague, P. J., Donnelly, J., McCarron, P. A. & Tunney, M. M., 30/04/2007, In: Letters in Drug Design and Discovery. 4, 3, p. 175-179 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Enantiomeric programming in tripodal transition metal scaffolds

    Fletcher, N. C., Martin, C. & Abraham, H. J., 25/05/2007, In: New Journal of Chemistry. 31, 8, p. 1407-1411 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Anion detection driven by a surprising internal hydrogen-bonding association in a dinuclear rhenium(I) complex

    Pelleteret, D., Fletcher, N. C. & Doherty, A. P., 28/05/2007, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 46, 11, p. 4386-4388 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Benzothiazole bipyridine complexes of ruthenium(II) with cytotoxic activity

    Spillane, C. B., Fletcher, N. C., Rountree, S. M., Van Den Berg, H., Chanduloy, S., Morgan, J. L. & Keene, F. R., 30/08/2007, In: Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 12, 6, p. 797-807 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. 2008
  47. Published

    Nickel, palladium and platinum

    Fletcher, N. C., 2008, In: Annual Reports on the Progress of Chemistry - Section A. 104, p. 214-230 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    The dichotomy in the DNA-binding behaviour of ruthenium(II) complexes bearing benzoxazole and benzothiazole groups

    Spillane, C. B., Dabo, M. N. V., Fletcher, N. C., Morgan, J. L., Keene, F. R., Haq, I. & Buurma, N. J., 04/2008, In: Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 102, 4, p. 673-683 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    A modular approach to luminescent dinuclear ruthenium(II) and rhenium(I) complexes

    Pelleteret, D. & Fletcher, N. C., 08/2008, In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2008, 23, p. 3597-3605 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. 2009
  51. Published

    The comparison of fac and mer ruthenium(II) trischelate complexes in anion binding

    Baker, N. C. A., McGaughey, N., Fletcher, N. C., Chernikov, A. V., Hortonb, P. N. & Hursthouse, M. B., 2009, In: Dalton Transactions. 6, p. 965-972 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. 2010
  53. Published

    Chromo- and fluorogenic organometallic sensors

    Fletcher, N. C. & Lagunas, M. C., 2010, Molecular Organometallic Materials for Optics. Bozec, H. (ed.). p. 143-170 28 p. (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry; vol. 28).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  54. Published

    Substituted dipyridophenazine complexes of Cr(III): synthesis, enantiomeric resolution and binding interactions with calf thymus DNA (vol 39, pg 3990, 2010)

    Vasudevan, S., Smith, J. A., Wojdyla, M., DiTrapani, A., Kruger, P. E., McCabe, T., Fletcher, N. C., Quinn, S. J. & Kelly, J. M., 2010, In: Dalton Transactions. 39, 48, p. 11687-11687 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Substituted dipyridophenazine complexes of Cr(iii): Synthesis, enantiomeric resolution and binding interactions with calf thymus DNA

    Vasudevan, S., Smith, J. A., Wojdyla, M., McCabe, T., Fletcher, N. C., Quinn, S. J. & Kelly, J. M., 28/04/2010, In: Dalton Transactions. 39, 16, p. 3990-3998 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. 2011
  57. Published

    Protein surface recognition using geometrically pure Ru(II) tris(bipyridine) derivatives

    Filby, M. H., Muldoon, J., Dabb, S., Fletcher, N. C., Ashcroft, A. E. & Wilson, A. J., 2011, In: Chemical Communications. 47, 1, p. 559-561 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published

    Examination of the silver colloid binding behavior of disulfide-tethered bipyridine ligands and their fac-tricarbonylrhenium(I) complexes

    Montgomery, H. J., Pelleteret, D., Bell, S. E. J. & Fletcher, N. C., 4/04/2011, In: Inorganic Chemistry. 50, 7, p. 2738-2747 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    Diastereoselective assembly of pentanuclear circular helicates

    Clegg, O. R., Fennessy, R. V., Harding, L. P., Rice, C. R., Riis-Johannessen, T. & Fletcher, N. C., 7/12/2011, In: Dalton Transactions. 40, 45, p. 12381-12387 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. 2012
  61. Published

    Ruthenium cryptates with an unusual selectivity for nitrate

    Baker, N. C. A., Fletcher, N. C., Horton, P. N. & Hursthouse, M. B., 2012, In: Dalton Transactions. 41, 23, p. 7005-7012 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  62. Published

    Raman spectroscopy for forensic examination of beta-ketophenethylamine "legal highs": reference and seized samples of cathinone derivatives

    Stewart, S. P., Bell, S. E. J., Fletcher, N. C., Bouazzaoui, S., Ho, Y. C., Speers, S. J. & Peters, K. L., 20/01/2012, In: Analytica Chimica Acta. 711, p. 1-6 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  63. Published

    The use of electrospray mass spectrometry to determine speciation in a dynamic combinatorial library for anion recognition

    Phillips, H. I. A., Chernikov, A. V., Fletcher, N. C., Ashcroft, A. E., Ault, J. R., Filby, M. H. & Wilson, A. J., 22/10/2012, In: Chemistry - A European Journal. 18, 43, p. 13733-13742 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  64. 2013
  65. Published

    Protein destabilisation by ruthenium(II) tris-bipyridine based protein-surface mimetics

    Wilson, A. J., Ault, J. R., Filby, M. H., Philips, H. I. A., Ashcroft, A. E. & Fletcher, N. C., 7/04/2013, In: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry . 11, 13, p. 2206-2212 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  66. 2014
  67. Published

    New insights into dihydrogenphosphate recognition with dirhenium(I) tricarbonyl complexes bridged by a thiourea moiety

    Blackburn, A. L., Baker, N. C. A. & Fletcher, N. C., 2014, In: RSC Advances. 4, 35, p. 18442-18452 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  68. 2015
  69. Published

    mer and fac isomerism in tris chelate diimine metal complexes

    Dabb, S. & Fletcher, N., 6/01/2015, In: Dalton Transactions. 44, 10, p. 4406–4422 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  70. Published

    Isolation and structural determination of non-racemic tertiary cathinone derivatives

    Zhou, M., Bouazzaoui, S., Jones, L. E., Goodrich, P., Bell, S. J. E., Sheldrake, G. N., Horton, P. N., Coles, S. J. & Fletcher, N., 7/10/2015, In: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry . 13, 37, p. 9629-9636 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  71. 2016
  72. Published

    Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of novel psychoactive substances using polymer-stabilized Ag nanoparticle aggregates

    Lee, W. W. Y., Silverson, V. A. D., Jones, L. E., Ho, Y. C., Fletcher, N. C., McNaul, M., Peters, K. L., Speers, S. J. & Bell, S. E. J., 11/01/2016, In: Chemical Communications. 52, 3, p. 493-496 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  73. Published

    Infrared and Raman screening of seized novel psychoactive substances: a large scale study of >200 samples

    Jones, L. E., Stewart, A., Peters, K. L., McNaul, M., Speers, S. J., Fletcher, N. C. & Bell, S. E. J., 7/02/2016, In: Analyst. 141, 3, p. 902-909 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  74. 2019
  75. Published

    A Tripodal Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complex with pH Controlled Emissive Quenching

    Brown, R. T., Fletcher, N. C., Danos, E. & Halcovitch, N. R., 10/01/2019, In: European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2019, 1, p. 110-117 8 p., EJIC.201800891.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  76. 2024
  77. Published

    SERS Detection of Hg2+ using Rhenium Carbonyl Labelled Nanoparticle Films

    Lea, J., Montgomery, H. J., Xu, Y., Ashton, L., Bell, S. E. J. & Fletcher, N., 8/01/2024, In: Chemistry Methods. 4, 1, e202300032.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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