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Thaore, Vaishali B., Armstrong, Robert D., Hutchings, Graham J., Knight, David W., Chadwick, David and Shah, Nilay 2020. Sustainable production of glucaric acid from corn stover via glucose oxidation: an assessment of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic oxidation production routes. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 153 , pp. 337-349. 10.1016/j.cherd.2019.10.042 Item availability restricted.

Smith, Paul J., Smith, Louise, Dummer, Nicholas F., Douthwaite, Mark, Willock, David J., Howard, Mark, Knight, David W., Taylor, Stuart H. and Hutchings, Graham J. 2019. Investigating the Influence of Reaction Conditions and the Properties of Ceria for the Valorisation of Glycerol. Energies 12 (7) , 1359. 10.3390/en12071359

Wirth, Thomas and Knight, David 2019. Morpholin-2-one derivatives via intramolecular acid-catalyzed hydroamination. SYNTHESIS 51 (07) , pp. 1643-1648. 10.1055/s-0037-1610674

Smith, Louise R., Smith, Paul J., Mugford, Karl S., Douthwaite, Mark, Dummer, Nicholas F., Willock, David J., Howard, Mark, Knight, David W., Taylor, Stuart H. and Hutchings, Graham J. 2019. New insights for the valorisation of glycerol over MgO catalysts in the gas-phase. Catalysis Science and Technology 9 , pp. 1464-1475. 10.1039/C8CY02214C

Knight, David W. 2019. Ring formation by 5-endo-dig Cyclization. Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, Vol. 127. Academic Press, pp. 1-100. (10.1016/bs.aihch.2018.09.004)

Armstrong, Robert David, Hirayama, Jun, Knight, David W and Hutchings, Graham J. 2019. Quantitative determination of Pt- catalyzed D-glucose oxidation products using 2D NMR. ACS Catalysis 9 (1) , pp. 325-335. 10.1021/acscatal.8b03838

Nowicka, Ewa, Hickey, Niamh W., Sankar, Meenakshisundaram, Jenkins, Robert L., Knight, David W., Willock, David J., Hutchings, Graham J., Francisco, Manuel and Taylor, Stuart H. 2018. Mechanistic insights into selective oxidation of polyaromatic compounds using RICO chemistry. Chemistry - A European Journal 24 (47) , pp. 12359-12369. 10.1002/chem.201800423

Dürüst, Yasar, Karakus, Hamza, Kariuki, Benson M. and Knight, David W. 2018. Some reactions of 2-(4-substitutedphenyl)-2-(N-methyl-N-4-substitutedbenzamido) acetic acids. Synthetic Communications 48 (17) , pp. 2206-2220. 10.1080/00397911.2018.1489966

Miedziak, Peter, Edwards, Jennifer, Taylor, Stuart, Knight, David, Tarbit, Brian and Hutchings, Graham 2018. Gold as a catalyst for the ring opening of 2,5-Dimethylfuran. Catalysis Letters 148 (7) , pp. 2109-2116. 10.1007/s10562-018-2415-3

Armstrong, Robert, Kariuki, Benson, Knight, David and Hutchings, Graham John 2017. How to synthesise high purity, crystalline D-glucaric acid selectively. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2017 (45) , pp. 6811-6814. 10.1002/ejoc.201701343

Douthwaite, Mark, Huang, Xiaoyang, Iqbal, Sarwat, Miedziak, Peter, Brett, Gemma, Kondrat, Simon, Edwards, Jennifer, Meenkshisundaram, Sankar, Knight, David, Bethell, Donald and Hutchings, Graham 2017. The controlled catalytic oxidation of furfural to furoic acid using AuPd/Mg(OH)2. Catalysis Science & Technology 7 (22) , pp. 5284-5293. 10.1039/C7CY01025G

Taylor, Stuart H., Nowicka, Ewa, Clarke, Tomos, Sankar, Meenakshisundaram, Jenkins, Robert, Knight, David, Golunski, Stanislaw, Hutchings, Graham John, Willock, David and Francisco, Manuel 2017. Oxidation of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons using ruthenium ion catalyzed oxidation: The role of aromatic ring number in reaction kinetics and product distribution. Chemistry - a European Journal 10.1002/chem.201704133

Aldmairi, Abdul Hadi, Knight, David and Wirth, Thomas 2017. Acid-catalyzed tandem process for the one-pot synthesis of oxazolidines. Synlett 28 (20) , pp. 2976-2978. 10.1055/s-0036-1591513

Aldmairi, Abdu H., Griffiths-Jones, Charlotte, Dupauw, Alexis, Henderson, Laura and Knight, David 2017. Piperidines from acid-catalysed cyclisations: Pitfalls, solutions and a new ring contraction to pyrrolidines. Tetrahedron Letters 58 (38) , pp. 3690-3694. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.07.058

Liu, Xi, Conte, Marco, He, Qian, Knight, David W., Murphy, Damien M., Taylor, Stuart H., Whiston, Keith, Kiely, Christopher J. and Hutchings, Graham J. 2017. Catalytic partial oxidation of cyclohexane by bimetallic Ag/Pd nanoparticles on magnesium oxide. Chemistry - A European Journal 23 (49) , pp. 11834-11842. 10.1002/chem.201605941

Morad, Moataz, Nowicka, Ewa, Douthwaite, John, Iqbal, Sarwat, Miedziak, Peter, Edwards, Jennifer, Brett, Gemma, He, Qian, Knight, David, Morgan, David, Alshammari, Hammed, Bethell, Donald, Sankar, Meenakshisundaram and Hutchings, Graham 2017. Multifunctional supported bimetallic catalysts for a cascade reaction with hydrogen auto transfer: synthesis of 4-phenylbutan-2-ones from 4-methoxybenzyl alcohols. Catalysis Science & Technology 7 (9) , pp. 1928-1936. 10.1039/C7CY00184C

Ghanim, Amany, Knight, David William, Rutkowski, Piotr, Osman, Nermine A., Abdel-Fattah, Hanan A. and Kadry, Azza M. 2017. A novel method for the synthesis of 1-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines. Tetrahedron Letters 58 (4) , pp. 294-297. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.11.115

Onoabedje, Efeturi A., Okoro, Uchechukwu C. and Knight, David William 2017. Rapid access to new angular phenothiazine and henoxazine dyes. Journal of Heterocyclic chemistry 54 (1) , pp. 206-214. 10.1002/jhet.2569

Pattisson, Samuel, Nowicka, Ewa, Gupta, Upendra N., Shaw, Greg, Jenkins, Robert L., Morgan, David J., Knight, David W. and Hutchings, Graham J. 2016. Tuning graphitic oxide for initiator- and metal-free aerobic epoxidation of linear alkenes. Nature Communications 7 , 12855. 10.1038/ncomms12855

Liu, Xi, Fabos, Victoria, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Knight, David William, Whiston, Keith and Hutchings, Graham John 2016. One-step production of 1,3-butadiene from 2,3-butanediol dehydration. Chemistry - a European Journal 22 (35) , pp. 12290-12294. 10.1002/chem.201602390

Chaudhry, Faryal, Kariuki, Benson and Knight, David William 2016. A new method for the synthesis of pyrazolidines. Tetrahedron Letters 57 (26) , pp. 2833-2837. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.05.011

Aldosari, Dr Obaid, Iqbal, Sarwat, Miedziak, Peter John, Brett, Gemma Louise, Jones, Daniel R., Liu, Xi, Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Morgan, David John, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham 2016. Pd-Ru/TiO2 catalyst - an active and selective catalyst for furfural hydrogenation. Catalysis Science & Technology 6 , pp. 234-242. 10.1039/C5CY01650A

Haider, Muhammad H., Dummer, Nicholas F., Knight, David W., Jenkins, Robert L., Howard, Mark, Moulijn, Jacob, Taylor, Stuart H. and Hutchings, Graham J. 2015. Efficient green methanol synthesis from glycerol. Nature Chemistry 7 (12) , pp. 1028-1032. 10.1038/nchem.2345

Liu, Xi, Conte, Marco, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, He, Qian, Murphy, Damien Martin, Morgan, David John, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Knight, David William, Whiston, Keith, Kiely, Christopher and Hutchings, Graham John 2015. Liquid phase oxidation of cyclohexane using bimetallic Au–Pd/MgO catalysts. Applied Catalysis A: General 504 , pp. 373-380. 10.1016/j.apcata.2015.02.034

Nowicka, Ewa, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Jenkins, Robert L., Knight, David W., Willock, David J., Hutchings, Graham J., Francisco, Manuel and Taylor, Stuart H. 2015. Selective oxidation of alkyl-substituted polyaromatics using ruthenium-ion-catalyzed oxidation. Chemistry - A European Journal 21 (11) , pp. 4285-4293. 10.1002/chem.201405831

Nowicka, Ewa, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Knight, David William, Willock, David James, Hutchings, Graham John, Francisco, Manuel and Taylor, Stuart Hamilton 2015. Selective oxidation of alkyl-substituted polyaromatics using ruthenium-ion-catalyzed oxidation. Chemistry - A European Journal 21 (11) , p. 4169. 10.1002/chem.201406658

Gupta, Upendra Nath, Dummer, Nicholas Frank, Pattisson, Samuel, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Knight, David William, Bethell, Donald and Hutchings, Graham John 2015. Solvent-free aerobic epoxidation of Dec-1-ene using gold/graphite as a catalyst. Catalysis Letters 145 (2) , pp. 689-696. 10.1007/s10562-014-1425-z

Beghidja, Noureddine, Benayache, Samir, Benayache, Fadila, Knight, David William and Kariuki, Benson 2015. Crystal structure of 7,7-dimethyl-6-methylidenetricyclo[6.2.1.01,5]undecane-2-carboxylic acid. Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications 71 (2) , o94. 10.1107/S2056989014028254

Beghidja, Noureddine, Benayache, Samir, Benayache, Fadila, Knight, David William and Kariuki, Benson 2015. Crystal structure of pseudoguainolide. Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications 71 (3) , o162. 10.1107/S2056989015002510

Liu, Xi, Conte, Marco, Weng, Weihao, He, Qian, Jenkins, Robert, Watanabe, Masashi, Morgan, David John, Knight, David William, Murphy, Damien Martin, Whiston, Keith, Kiely, Christopher and Hutchings, Graham John 2014. Molybdenum blue nano-rings: an effective catalyst for the partial oxidation of cyclohexane. Catalysis Science & Technology 5 , pp. 217-227. 10.1039/C4CY01213E

Ryabenkova, Yulia, Miedziak, Peter John, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton and Hutchings, Graham John 2014. Heterogeneously catalyzed oxidation of butanediols in base free aqueous media. Tetrahedron 70 (36) , pp. 6055-6058. 10.1016/j.tet.2014.02.043

Yıldırım, Muhammet, Çelikel, Derya, Evis, Naciye, Knight, David William and Kariuki, Benson 2014. Base-promoted new C--C bond formation: an expedient route for the preparation of thiazolo- and imidazolo-pyridinones via Michael addition. Tetrahedron 70 (35) , pp. 5674-5681. 10.1016/j.tet.2014.06.070

Morad, Moataz, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Cao, Enhong, Nowicka, Ewa, Davies, Thomas E., Miedziak, Peter J., Morgan, David J., Knight, David W., Bethell, Donald, Gavriilidis, Asterios and Hutchings, Graham J. 2014. Solvent-free aerobic oxidation of alcohols using supported gold palladium nanoalloys prepared by a modified impregnation method. Catalysis Science and Technology 4 (9) , pp. 3120-3128. 10.1039/c4cy00387j

Dürüst, Yaşar, Sağırlı, Akın, Kariuki, Benson and Knight, David William 2014. [1,3]-Dipolar cycloaddition of N-aryl sydnones to benzothiophene 1,1-dioxide, 1-cyclopropylprop-2-yn-1-ol and 1-(prop-2-ynyl)-1H-indole. Tetrahedron 70 (35) , pp. 6012-6019. 10.1016/j.tet.2014.04.083

Kondrat, Simon A., Miedziak, Peter John, Douthwaite, Mark, Brett, Gemma Louise, Davies, Thomas, Morgan, David John, Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Knight, David William, Kiely, Christopher John, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton and Hutchings, Graham John 2014. Base-free oxidation of glycerol using titania-supported trimetallic Au-Pd-Pt nanoparticles. Chemsuschem 7 (5) , pp. 1326-1334. 10.1002/cssc.201300834

Iqbal, Sarwat, Liu, Xi, Aldosari, Obaid F., Miedziak, Peter John, Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Brett, Gemma Louise, Akram, Adeeba, King, Gavin Morgan, Davies, Thomas E., Morgan, David John, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2014. Conversion of furfuryl alcohol into 2-methylfuran at room temperature using Pd/TiO2 catalyst. Catalysis Science & Technology 4 (8) , pp. 2280-2286. 10.1039/c4cy00184b

Miedziak, Peter John, Alshammari, Hamed, Kondrat, Simon A., Clarke, Tomos J., Davies, Thomas, Morad, Moataz, Morgan, David John, Willock, David James, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton and Hutchings, Graham John 2014. Base-free glucose oxidation using air with supported gold catalysts. Green Chemistry 16 (6) , pp. 3132-3141. 10.1039/c4gc00087k

Brett, Gemma Louise, Miedziak, Peter John, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton and Hutchings, Graham John 2014. Gold-based nanoparticulate catalysts for the oxidative esterification of 1,4-butanediol to dimethyl succinate. Topics in Catalysis 57 (6-9) , pp. 723-729. 10.1007/s11244-013-0229-5

Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Nowicka, Ewa, Carter, Emma, Murphy, Damien M., Knight, David W., Bethell, Donald and Hutchings, Graham J. 2014. The benzaldehyde oxidation paradox explained by the interception of peroxy radical by benzyl alcohol. Nature Communications 5 , 3332. 10.1038/ncomms4332

Yıldırım, Muhammet, Çelikel, Derya, Dürüst, Yaşar, Knight, David William and Kariuki, Benson 2014. A rapid and efficient protocol for the synthesis of novel nitrothiazolo[3,2-c]pyrimidines via microwave-mediated Mannich cyclisation. Tetrahedron 70 (12) , pp. 2122-2128. 10.1016/j.tet.2014.02.003

Haider, Muhammad, D'Agostino, Carmine, Dummer, Nicholas Frank, Mantle, Mick D., Knight, David, Willock, David, Morgan, David, Taylor, Stuart and Hutchings, Graham 2014. The effect of grafting zirconia and ceria onto alumina as a support for silicotungstic acid for the catalytic dehydration of glycerol to acrolein. Chemistry - a European Journal 20 (6) , pp. 1743-1752. 10.1002/chem.201302348

Alshammari, H., Miedziak, Peter John, Davies, T.E., Willock, David James, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2014. Initiator-free hydrocarbon oxidation using supported gold nanoparticlec. Catalysis Science and Technology -Cambridge- 4 (4) , pp. 908-911. 10.1039/c4cy00088a

Brett, Gemma Louise, Miedziak, Peter John, He, Qian, Knight, David William, Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Kiely, Christopher J. and Hutchings, Graham John 2013. Gold-nanoparticle-based catalysts for the oxidative esterification of 1,4-butanediol into dimethyl succinate. Chemsuschem 6 (10) , pp. 1952-1958. 10.1002/cssc.201300420

Nowicka, Ewa, Hofmann, Jan P., Parker, Stewart F., Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Lari, Giacomo M., Kondrat, Simon A., Knight, David William, Bethell, Donald, Weckhuysen, Bert M. and Hutchings, Graham John 2013. In situ spectroscopic investigation of oxidative dehydrogenation and disproportionation of benzyl alcohol. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15 (29) , pp. 12147-12155. 10.1039/c3cp50710f

He, Qian, Miedziak, Peter John, Kesavan, Lokesh, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Forde, Michael M., Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2013. Switching-off toluene formation in the solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using supported trimetallic Au-Pd-Pt nanoparticles. Faraday Discussions 162 , pp. 365-378. 10.1039/c2fd20153d

Alshammari, Hamed, Miedziak, Peter, Morgan, David John, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2013. Control of the selectivity in multi-functional group molecules using supported gold–palladium nanoparticles. Green Chemistry 15 (5) , pp. 1244-1254. 10.1039/c3gc36828a

Ryabenkova, Yulia, He, Qian, Miedziak, Peter John, Dummer, Nicholas, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Carley, Albert Frederick, Morgan, David John, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Willock, David James, Bethell, Donald, Knight, David William, Chadwick, David, Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2013. The selective oxidation of 1,2-propanediol to lactic acid using mild conditions and gold-based nanoparticulate catalysts. Catalysis Today 203 , pp. 139-145. 10.1016/j.cattod.2012.05.037

Sagirli, Akin, Dürüst, Yasar, Kariuki, Benson and Knight, David William 2013. A practical isocyanide-based multicomponent synthesis of polysubstituted cyclopentenes. Tetrahedron 69 (1) , pp. 69-72. 10.1016/j.tet.2012.10.065

Cao, Enhong, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Nowicka, Ewa, He, Qian, Morad, Moataz, Miedziak, Peter John, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Knight, David William, Bethell, Donald, Kiely, Christopher John, Gavriilidis, Asterios and Hutchings, Graham John 2013. Selective suppression of disproportionation reaction in solvent-less benzyl alcohol oxidation catalysed by supported Au-Pd nanoparticles. Catalysis Today 203 , pp. 146-152. 10.1016/j.cattod.2012.05.023

D'Agostino, Carmine, Kotionova, Tatyana, Mitchell, Jonathan, Miedziak, Peter John, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Hutchings, Graham John, Gladden, Lynn F. and Mantle, Mick D. 2013. Solvent effect and reactivity trend in the aerobic oxidation of 1,3-Propanediols over gold supported on Titania: NMR diffusion and relaxation studies. Chemistry - A European Journal 19 (35) , pp. 11725-11732. 10.1002/chem.201300502

Alshammari, Hamed M., Miedziak, Peter John, Knight, David William, Willock, David James and Hutchings, Graham John 2013. The effect of ring size on the selective oxidation of cycloalkenes using supported metal catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 3 (6) , pp. 1531-1539. 10.1039/c3cy20864h

Dunford, Damian G., Chaudhry, Faryal, Kariuki, Benson, Knight, David William and Wheeler, Robert C. 2012. On the regiochemistry of Mitsunobu alkylations of hydrazine derivatives. Tetrahedron Letters 53 (51) , pp. 7006-7009. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.10.084

Ryabenkova, Yulia, Miedziak, Peter John, Dummer, Nicholas, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Willock, David James, Bethell, Donald, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. The Selective Oxidation of 1,2-Propanediol by Supported Gold-Based Nanoparticulate Catalysts. Topics in Catalysis 55 (19-20) , pp. 1283-1288. 10.1007/s11244-012-9909-9

Bartley, Jonathan Keith, Xu, Chunli, Lloyd, Rhys, Enache, Dan I., Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. Simple method to synthesize high surface area magnesium oxide and its use as a heterogeneous base catalyst. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 128 , pp. 31-38. 10.1016/j.apcatb.2012.03.036

Henderson, Laura, Knight, David William and Williams, Andrew C. 2012. An alternative strategy to the Pictet-Spengler method for tetrahydroisoquinoline synthesis: a feasibility study. Tetrahedron Letters 53 (35) , pp. 4657-4660. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2012.06.091

Ab Rahim, Mohd Hasbi, He, Qian, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Hammond, Ceri, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Carley, Albert Frederick, Kiely, Christopher John, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. Gold, palladium and gold-palladium supported nanoparticles for the synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea. Catalysis Science & Technology 2 (9) , pp. 1914-1924. 10.1039/C2CY20288C

Haider, Muhammad, Dummer, Nicholas, Zhang, Dazhi, Miedziak, Peter John, Davies, Thomas Edward, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Willock, David James, Knight, David William, Chadwick, David and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. Rubidium- and caesium-doped silicotungstic acid catalysts supported on alumina for the catalytic dehydration of glycerol to acrolein. Journal of Catalysis 286 , pp. 206-213. 10.1016/j.jcat.2011.11.004

Brett, Gemma Louise, Miedziak, Peter John, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Dummer, Nicholas, Tiruvalam, Ramchandra, Kiely, Christopher John, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Morgan, David John, Carley, Albert Frederick and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. Oxidative esterification of 1,2-propanediol using gold and gold-palladium supported nanoparticles. Catalysis Science & Technology 2 (1) , pp. 97-104. 10.1039/c1cy00254f

Hall, Simon R., Collins, Andrew M., Wood, Natalie J., Ogasawara, Wataru, Morad, Moataz, Miedziak, Peter John, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. Biotemplated synthesis of catalytic Au-Pd nanoparticles. RSC Advances 2 (6) , pp. 2217-2220. 10.1039/c2ra01336c

Saiman, Mohd Izham, Brett, Gemma Louise, Tiruvalam, Ramchandra, Forde, Michael M., Sharples, Katherine Mary, Thetford, Adam, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Murphy, Damien Martin, Bethell, Donald, Willock, David James, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Knight, David Wiliam, Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. Involvement of surface-bound radicals in the oxidation of toluene using supported Au-Pd nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie. International Edition 51 (24) , pp. 5981-5985. 10.1002/anie.201201059

Knight, David William and Smith, Andrew William T. 2012. Optimized syntheses of the furan fatty acids F5 and F6 featuring convertion of a β-iodofuran into a β-methylfuran in a single operation. Heterocycles 84 (1) , pp. 361-369. 10.3987/COM-11-S(P)63

Kotionova, Tatyana, Lee, Christopher, Miedziak, Peter John, Dummer, Nicholas, Willock, David James, Carley, Albert Frederick, Morgan, David John, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. Oxidative Esterification of Homologous 1,3-Propanediols. Catalysis Letters 142 (9) , pp. 1114-1120. 10.1007/s10562-012-0872-7

Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, He, Qian, Morad, Moataz, Pritchard, James Charles, Freakley, Simon J., Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Morgan, David John, Carley, Albert Frederick, Knight, David William, Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2012. Synthesis of stable ligand-free gold-palladium nanoparticles using a simple excess anion method. ACS Nano 6 (8) , pp. 6600-6613. 10.1021/nn302299e

Brett, Gemma Louise, He, Qian, Hammond, Ceri, Miedziak, Peter John, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Herzing, Andrew A., Conte, Marco, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Kiely, Christopher John, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Selective oxidation of glycerol by highly active bimetallic catalysts at ambient temperature under base-free conditions. Angewandte Chemie. International Edition 50 (43) , pp. 10136-10139. 10.1002/anie.201101772

Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Hammond, Ceri, Brett, Gemma Louise, Kesavan, Lokesh, White, Saul, Miedziak, Peter John, Tiruvalam, Ramchandra, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Carley, Albert Frederick, Knight, David William, Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Facile removal of stabilizer-ligands from supported gold nanoparticles. Nature Chemistry 3 (7) , pp. 551-556. 10.1038/nchem.1066

Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Nowicka, Ewa, Tiruvalam, R., He, Qian, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Kiely, Christopher John, Bethel, D., Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Controlling the duality of the mechanism in liquid-phase oxidation of benzyl alcohol catalysed by supported Au-Pd nanoparticles. Chemistry - A European Journal 17 (23) , pp. 6524-6532. 10.1002/chem.201003484

Mahenthiralingam, Eshwar, Song, Lijiang, Sass, Andrea, White, Judith, Wilmot, Ceri, Marchbank, Angela Maureen, Boaisha, Othman, Paine, James S., Knight, David William and Challis, Gregory L. 2011. Enacyloxins are products of an unusual hybrid modular polyketide synthase encoded by a cryptic burkholderia ambifaria genomic island. Chemistry & Biology 18 (5) , pp. 665-677. 10.1016/j.chembiol.2011.01.020

Hammond, Ceri, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Ab Rahim, Mohd Hasbi, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Carley, Albert Frederick, He, Qian, Kiely, Christopher John, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol and urea with gold-based catalysts. Dalton Transactions 40 (15) , pp. 3927-3937. 10.1039/c0dt01389g

Miedziak, Peter John, He, Qian, Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Knight, David William, Tarbit, B., Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Oxidation of benzyl alcohol using supported gold-palladium nanoparticles. Catalysis Today 163 (1) , pp. 47-54. 10.1016/j.cattod.2010.02.051

Mantle, M. D., Enache, Dan Ion, Nowicka, Ewa, Davies, Scott, Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Dagostino, C., Mascarenhas, D. P., Durham, L., Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Knight, David William, Gladden, L. F., Taylor, Stuart Hamilton and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Pulsed-field gradient NMR spectroscopic studies of alcohols in supported gold catalysts. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 (4) , pp. 1073-1079. 10.1021/jp105946q

Sharland, Christopher Mark, Singkhonrat, Jirada, Najeebullah, Muhammad, Hayes, Simon, Knight, David William and Dunford, Damian Gordon 2011. An efficient and general synthesis of pyrroles. Tetrahedron Letters 52 (18) , pp. 2320-2323. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.02.085

Miedziak, Peter John, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Carley, Albert Frederick, Knight, David William, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Oxidation of benzyl alcohol using supported gold-palladium nanoparticles. Catalysis Today 164 (1) , pp. 315-319. 10.1016/j.cattod.2010.10.028

Bawaked, Salem Mohammed, He, Qian, Dummer, Nicholas, Carley, Albert Frederick, Knight, David William, Bethell, Donald, Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Selective oxidation of alkenes using graphite-supported gold-palladium catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology 1 (5) , pp. 747-759. 10.1039/c1cy00122a

Bawaked, Salem Mohammed, Dummer, Nicholas, Bethell, Donald, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Solvent-free selective epoxidation of cyclooctene using supported gold catalysts: an investigation of catalyst re-use. Green Chemistry 13 (1) , pp. 127-134. 10.1039/c0gc00550a

Kesavan, Lokesh, Tiruvalam, Ramchandra, Ab Rahim, Mohd Hasbi, Saiman, Mohd Izham, Enache, Dan Ion, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Knight, David William, Kiely, Christopher John and Hutchings, Graham John 2011. Solvent-free oxidation of primary carbon-hydrogen bonds in toluene using Au-Pd alloy nanoparticles. Science 331 (6014) , pp. 195-199. 10.1126/science.1198458

Cao, Enhong, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Firth, Steve, Lam, Koon Fung, Bethell, Donald, Knight, David William, Hutchings, Graham John, McMillan, Paul F. and Gavriilidis, Asterios 2011. Reaction and Raman spectroscopic studies of alcohol oxidation on gold-palladium catalysts in microstructured reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal 167 (2-3) , pp. 734-743. 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.082

Rees, Neil Vaughan, Taylor, Robert J., Jiang, Yu-Xiong, Morgan, Ian Rhys, Knight, David William and Attard, Gary Anthony 2011. In situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic studies and electrochemical reduction of α-ketoesters and self condensation products at platinum surfaces. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 (4) , pp. 1163-1170. 10.1021/jp106495b

Griffiths-Jones, Charlotte M. and Knight, David William 2011. A total synthesis of (±)-α-cyclopiazonic acid using a cationic cascade as a key step. Tetrahedron 67 (44) , pp. 8515-8528. 10.1016/j.tet.2011.08.094

Knight, David William 2011. Oxazole and its derivatives. In: Majumdar, Krishna C. and Chattopadhyay, Shital K. eds. Heterocycles in Natural Product Synthesis, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH, pp. 403-458. (10.1002/9783527634880.ch12)

Hutchings, Graham John, Bawaked, Salem Mohammed, Dummer, Nicholas, Knight, David William, Bethell, Donald, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Carley, Albert Frederick, Kiely, Christopher John and He, Quian 2011. Selective epoxidation of cyclooctene using graphite-supported gold and gold palladium catalysts. Presented at: 241st ACS National Meeting and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, 27-31 March 2011.

Xu, Chunli, Enache, Dan, Lloyd, Rhys, Knight, David William, Bartley, Jonathan Keith and Hutchings, Graham John 2010. Mgo Catalysed Triglyceride Transesterification for Biodiesel Synthesis. Catalysis Letters 138 (1-2) , pp. 1-7. 10.1007/s10562-010-0365-5

Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Hammond, Ceri, Ab Rahim, Mohd Hasbi, Manjaly Anthonykutty, Jinto, Carley, Albert Frederick, Tiruvalam, Ram C., Kiely, Christopher John, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2010. Using gold catalysts for upgrading glycerol from biodiesel production: Selective oxidation and synthesis of glycerol carbonate [Abstract]. Presented at: 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, USA, 22-26 August 2010.

Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Nowicka, Ewa, Miedziak, Peter John, Brett, Gemma Louise, Jenkins, Robert Leyshon, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Knight, David William, Bethell, Donald and Hutchings, Graham John 2010. Oxidation of alcohols using supported gold and gold-palladium nanoparticles. Faraday Discussions 145 , pp. 341-356. 10.1039/b908172k

Griffiths, Peter Charles, Knight, David William, Morgan, Ian Rhys, Ford, Amy, Brown, James, Davies, Ben, Heenan, Richard K, King, Stephen M, Dalgliesh, Robert M, Tomkinson, John, Prescott, Stuart, Schweins, Ralf and Paul, Alison 2010. Gelation or molecular recognition; is the bis-(α,β-dihydroxy ester)s motif an omnigelator? Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 6 , pp. 1079-1088. 10.3762/bjoc.6.123

Hayes, Simon, Knight, David Wiliiam, Smith, Andrew W.T. and OHalloran, Mark J. 2010. A general route to 5-substituted-2-furylacetic acids: a brief synthesis of plakorsin B. Tetrahedron Letters 51 (4) , pp. 717-719. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.11.120

Knight, David William, Morgan, Ian Rhys and Proctor, Anthony James 2010. A simple oxidative procedure for the removal of ruthenium residues from metathesis reaction products. Tetrahedron Letters 51 (4) , pp. 638-640. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.11.092

Griffiths-Jones, Charlotte M. and Knight, David William 2010. Carbenium ion trapping using sulfonamides: an acid-catalysed synthesis of pyrrolidines by intramolecular hydroamination. Tetrahedron 66 (23) , pp. 4150-4166. 10.1016/j.tet.2010.03.107

Knight, David William, Proctor, Anthony James and Clough, John M. 2010. New regiospecific catalytic approaches to 4,5-dihydroisoxazoles and 2,5-dihydroisoxazoles from O-propargylic hydroxylamines. Synlett 2010 (04) , pp. 628-632. 10.1055/s-0029-1219365

Hayes, Simon, Knight, David William, Smith, Andrew W.T. and O'Halloran, Mark J. 2010. On the curious oxidations of 2-furylethanols. Tetrahedron Letters 51 (4) , pp. 720-723. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.11.119

Hayes, Simon, Knight, David William, Smith, Andrew W.T. and O'Halloran, Mark J. 2010. Erratum to "On the curious oxidations of 2-furylethanols" [Tetrahedron Lett. 51 (2010) 720-723]. Tetrahedron Letters 51 (16) , p. 2198. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.02.086

NajeebUllah, Muhammad, Knight, David William, Munawar, Munawar Ali, Yaseenx, Muhamad and Vincenzo, Fusillo 2010. A microwave-assisted synthesis of triphenodioxazines [TPDOs]. Tetrahedron 66 (34) , pp. 6761-6764. 10.1016/j.tet.2010.06.085

NajeebUllah, Muhammad, Knight, David William, Munawar, Munawar Ali, Yaseen, Muhammad and Vincenzo, Fusillo 2010. Corrigendum to "A microwave-assisted synthesis of triphenodioxazines [TPDOs]" [Tetrahedron 66(2010) 6761-6764]. Tetrahedron 66 (44) , p. 8569. 10.1016/j.tet.2010.09.017

Hayes, Simon, Knight, David William, Smith, Andrew William T. and O'Halloran, Mark J. 2010. Erratum to "A general route to 5-substituted-2-furylacetic acids: a brief synthesis of plakorsin B" [Tetrahedron Lett. 51 (2010) 717-719]. Tetrahedron Letters 51 (16) , p. 2199. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.02.085

Knight, David William and Morgan, Ian Rhys 2009. A new organogelator effective at both extremes of solvent polarity. Tetrahedron Letters 50 (47) , pp. 6610-6612. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.09.070

Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Knight, David William, Carley, Albert Frederick, Tiruvalam, Ramchandra, Kiely, Christopher John, Thomas, Damian and Hutchings, Graham John 2009. Oxidation of Glycerol to Glycolate by using Supported Gold and Palladium Nanoparticles. Chemsuschem 2 (12) , pp. 1145-1151. 10.1002/cssc.200900133

Knight, David W. and Morgan, Ian R. 2009. An optimised and recoverable tartrate surrogate for sharpless asymmetric epoxidations. Tetrahedron Letters 50 (1) , pp. 35-38. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.10.069

Badry, M. G. A., Kariuki, Benson, Knight, David William and Mohammed, F. K. 2009. 6-exo versus 7-endo iodolactonizations of 2-(alkynyl)phenylacetic acids. Tetrahedron Letters 50 (13) , pp. 1385-1388. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.12.097

Cote, M., Nicholls, T., Knight, David William, Morgan, Ian Rhys, Rogueda, P. G. A., King, S. M., Heenan, R. K. and Griffiths, Peter Charles. 2009. Self-Assembling Chiral Gelators for Fluorinated Media. Langmuir 25 (15) , pp. 8678-8684. 10.1021/la804277z

Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Anthonykutty, Jinto Manjaly, Brett, Gemma Louise, Carley, Albert Frederick, Tiruvalam, R. C., Herzing, A. A., Kiely, Christopher John, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2009. Oxidation of glycerol using gold-palladium alloy-supported nanocrystals. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11 (25) , pp. 4952-4961. 10.1039/b904317a

Dimitratos, Nikolaos, Lopez-Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Meenakshisundaram, Sankar, Anthonykutty, Jinto Manjaly, Brett, Gemma Louise, Carley, Albert Frederick, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2009. Selective formation of lactate by oxidation of 1,2-propanediol using gold palladium alloy supported nanocrystals. Green Chemistry 11 (8) , pp. 1209-1216. 10.1039/b823285g

Knight, David William and Qing, X. 2009. A synthesis of alpha-tocopherol featuring benzyne trapping by an alcohol. Tetrahedron Letters 50 (26) , pp. 3534-3537. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.03.022

Miller, David James, Yu, Fanglei, Knight, David William and Allemann, Rudolf Konrad 2009. 6- and 14-Fluoro farnesyl diphosphate: mechanistic probes for the reaction catalysed by aristolochene synthase. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 7 (5) , pp. 962-975. 10.1039/b817194g

Dunford, D., Guyader, M., Jones, S., Knight, David William, Hursthouse, M. B. and Coles, S. J. 2008. On the highly stereoselective addition of lithio-acetylides to alpha-hydroxy-ketones. Tetrahedron Letters 49 (14) , pp. 2240-2242. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.02.032

Evans, A. B., Flugge, S., Jones, S., Knight, David William and Tan, W. F. 2008. A new synthesis of the F-5 furan fatty acid and a first synthesis of the F-6 furan fatty acid. Arkivoc 2008 (10) , pp. 95-102. 10.3998/ark.5550190.0009.a08

Hayes, S. J., Knight, David William, O'Halloran, M. and Pickering, S. R. 2008. A regiospecific approach to N-alkylpyrazoles and the derived N-oxides using 5-endo-dig cyclisations of alkynyl nitrosamines. Synlett (14) , pp. 2188-2190. 10.1055/s-2008-1078029

Xu, C., Bartley, Jonathan Keith, Enache, D. I., Knight, David William, Lunn, M., Lok, M. and Hutchings, Graham John 2008. On the synthesis of b-keto-1,3-dithianes from conjugated ynones catalyzed by magnesium oxide. Tetrahedron Letters 49 (15) , pp. 2454-2456. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2008.02.030

Hayes, Simon J., Knight, David William, Menzies, Melanie D., O'Halloran, Mark and Tan, Wen Fei 2007. An efficient furan synthesis using heterogeneous catalysis. Tetrahedron Letters 48 (43) , pp. 7709-7712. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.08.102

Enache, Dan Ion, Barker, D., Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Taylor, Stuart Hamilton, Knight, David William, Carley, Albert Frederick and Hutchings, Graham John 2007. Solvent-free oxidation of benzyl alcohol using titania-supported gold-palladium catalysts: Effect of Au-Pd ratio on catalytic performance. Catalysis Today 122 (3-4) , pp. 407-411. 10.1016/j.cattod.2007.01.003

Bew, S. P., El-Taeb, G. M. M., Jones, S., Knight, David William and Tan, W. F. 2007. Expedient syntheses of beta-iodofurans by 5-endo-dig cyclisations. European Journal of Organic Chemistry (34) , pp. 5759-5770. 10.1002/ejoc.200700681

Jones, Andrew D., Redfern, Adele L., Knight, David William, Morgan, Ian Rhys and Williams, Andrew C. 2006. Selenocyclisations of homoallylic sulfonamides: stereoselective methods for the elaboration of substituted pyrrolidines, pyrrolines and derivatives. Tetrahedron 62 (39) , pp. 9247-9257. 10.1016/j.tet.2006.07.018

Enache, Dan Ion, Edwards, Jennifer Kelly, Landon, Philip, Solsona, Benjamin Espriu, Carley, Albert Frederick, Herzing, Andrew A., Watanabe, Masashi, Kiely, Christopher John, Knight, David William and Hutchings, Graham John 2006. Solvent-Free Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Aldehydes Using Au-Pd/TiO2 Catalysts. Science 311 (5759) , pp. 362-365. 10.1126/science.1120560

Song, Chuanjun, Knight, David William and Whatton, Maria A. 2005. The First Examples of Nazarov Cyclizations Leading to Annulated Pyrroles. Organic Letters 8 (1) , pp. 163-166. 10.1021/ol052683z

Griffiths, Peter Charles, Cote, M., James, R., Rogueda, Philippe G., Morgan, Ian Rhys and Knight, David William 2005. Gelation of fluorinated liquids by non-fluorinated low-molecular-mass molecules. Chemical Communications (31) , pp. 3998-4000. 10.1039/b505938k

Haskins, Charlotte M. and Knight, David William 2005. A total synthesis of (±)-α-cyclopiazonic acid using a cationic cascade. Chemical Communications (25) , pp. 3162-3164. 10.1039/b417625c

Amjad, Muhammad and Knight, David William 2003. A simple, two-step synthesis of 3-iodoindoles. Tetrahedron Letters 45 (3) , pp. 539-541. 10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.10.207