Energy, in any form, plays the most important role in the modern world. We have been dependent on conventional energy sources such as coal and petroleum product for quite a long time. Therefore, there is an alarming need ...

Carbon-carbon bond formation is a key step in synthetic organic chemistry and there are many methods available for carrying it out, a number of which involve the use of carbon radicals. Many methods however involve the use ...

We report the synthesis, structural and magnetic characterisation of a family of planar, pseudo metallocalix[6]arene disc-like complexes (1-10 and 14-21) of general formula [M7(OH)6(Lx)6](NO3)2 {M = Ni(II), Zn(II), Co(II/III)} ...

The development of synthetic methods which can convert inedible waste biomass into liquid transportation fuels is an exciting breakthrough which may reduce our dependence on fossil fuels for energy production, and contribute ...

This thesis reports the exploration of various synthetic strategies towards the synthesis of novel magnetic materials, which were studied both structurally and spectroscopically. An outline of results chapters is given ...

A detailed chemical kinetic mechanism has been developed to describe the oxidation of small hydrocarbon and oxygenated hydrocarbon species. In order to understand the oxidation of large hydrocarbon and oxygenated hydrocarbon ...

Iminosugars are naturally occurring polyhydroxylated alkaloids. These natural mimics of carbohydrates have found clinical use with their biological activity mainly attributed to their inhibition of glycoprocessing enzymes. ...

This thesis comprises two main projects which are about the cysteine chemistry involved in protein functionalization and copperbinding. Plastocyanin functionalization via cysteine has been used to produce a conjugate ...

Characterisation of crude oil properties in real-time by spectroscopic methods has been a major challenge to the oil industry. While current methods can show the presence of oil, a quantitative determination of oil ...

This thesis covers many areas within the field of molecular magnetism. With the exception of chapter 6, all novel complexes in this thesis have been synthesized using the bidentate ligand 2,2'-biphenol (LH2), usually in ...