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Stereoselectivity and conformational control in the synthesis of ajmaline and epi-ajmaline alkaloids (2013)
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Bailey, P. D., Beard, M. A., Cresswell, M., Dang, H. P., Pathak, R. B., Phillips, T. R., & Price, R. A. (2013). Stereoselectivity and conformational control in the synthesis of ajmaline and epi-ajmaline alkaloids. Tetrahedron Letters, 54(13), 1726-1729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.01.074

Careful choice of the N-protecting group provides crucial conformational control, allowing ring-closure to the indole 3-position in the late stages of the synthesis of ajmaline alkaloids; the choice of protecting group and reducing agent can also pro... Read More about Stereoselectivity and conformational control in the synthesis of ajmaline and epi-ajmaline alkaloids.

MOA-2010-BLG-523: “FAILED PLANET” = RS CVn STAR (2013)
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Gould, A., Yee, J. C., Bond, I. A., Udalski, A., Han, C., Jørgensen, U. G., …The PLANET Collaboration. (in press). MOA-2010-BLG-523: “FAILED PLANET” = RS CVn STAR. Astrophysical Journal, 763(2), Article 141. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/763/2/141

The Galactic bulge source MOA-2010-BLG-523S exhibited short-term deviations from a standard microlensing light curve near the peak of an Amax ∼ 265 high-magnification microlensing event. The deviations originally seemed consistent with expectations f... Read More about MOA-2010-BLG-523: “FAILED PLANET” = RS CVn STAR.

WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets (2013)
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Hébrard, G., Collier Cameron, A., Brown, D. J. A., Díaz, R. F., Faedi, F., Smalley, B., …Wheatley, P. J. (2013). WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Article A134. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220363

We present the discovery of four new transiting hot Jupiters, detected mainly from SuperWASP-North and SOPHIE observations. These new planets, WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b, have orbital periods ranging from 1.7 to 7.9 days, masses betwe... Read More about WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets.

Initial rate kinetic studies show an unexpected influence of para-substituents on the catalytic behaviour of manganese complexes of TMTACN in the epoxidation of styrenes with H2O2 (2013)
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Ilyashenko, G., De Faveri, G., Masoudi, S., Al-Safadi, R., & Watkinson, M. (2013). Initial rate kinetic studies show an unexpected influence of para-substituents on the catalytic behaviour of manganese complexes of TMTACN in the epoxidation of styrenes with H2O2. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 11(12), 1942. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ob27217f

Investigations into the efficacy of a range of enantiomerically pure BINOL additives in the epoxidation of styrene substrates with a number of manganese catalysts prepared from the ligand 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, TMTACN, using hydroge... Read More about Initial rate kinetic studies show an unexpected influence of para-substituents on the catalytic behaviour of manganese complexes of TMTACN in the epoxidation of styrenes with H2O2.

Community knowledge networks: An action-orientated approach to energy research (2013)
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Robinson, Z., Ross, S., Catney, P., Dobson, A., Hall, S., Hards, S., …Ormerod, M. (2013). Community knowledge networks: An action-orientated approach to energy research. Local Environment, https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2012.748729

The Climate Change Act 2008 commits the UK to reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent of 1990 levels by 2050. With household emissions constituting more than a quarter of current total energy use in the UK, energy practices in the home have taken on... Read More about Community knowledge networks: An action-orientated approach to energy research.

MOA-2010-BLG-073L: AN M-DWARF WITH A SUBSTELLAR COMPANION AT THE PLANET/BROWN DWARF BOUNDARY (2013)
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Street, R. A., Choi, J., Tsapras, Y., Han, C., Furusawa, K., Hundertmark, M., …MiNDSTEp. (2013). MOA-2010-BLG-073L: AN M-DWARF WITH A SUBSTELLAR COMPANION AT THE PLANET/BROWN DWARF BOUNDARY. Astrophysical Journal, 763(1), Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/763/1/67

We present an analysis of the anomalous microlensing event, MOA-2010-BLG-073, announced by the Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics survey on 2010 March 18. This event was remarkable because the source was previously known to be photometrically... Read More about MOA-2010-BLG-073L: AN M-DWARF WITH A SUBSTELLAR COMPANION AT THE PLANET/BROWN DWARF BOUNDARY.

Modelling rare‐earth doped BaMgF 4 : a potential laser material (2013)
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Littleford, T. E., Jackson, R. A., & Read, M. S. D. (2013). Modelling rare‐earth doped BaMgF 4 : a potential laser material. physica status solidi (c), 10(2), 153-155. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201200455

Solid-state optical materials are a continuing field of study that has many important applications including lasers. BaMgF4 is one material has been studied in detail however, no studies into the surface properties or crystal morphology have been car... Read More about Modelling rare‐earth doped BaMgF 4 : a potential laser material.

An atomistic simulation study of the effect of dopants on the morphology of YLiF 4 (2013)
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Littleford, T. E., Jackson, R. A., & Read, M. S. D. (2013). An atomistic simulation study of the effect of dopants on the morphology of YLiF 4. physica status solidi (c), 10(2), 156-159. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201200456

Solid-state optical materials are a continuing field of study that has many important applications including lasers. YLiF4 is one material has been studied in detail however, no studies into the surface properties or crystal morphology have been carr... Read More about An atomistic simulation study of the effect of dopants on the morphology of YLiF 4.

Period and period change measurements for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit and discovery of a doubly eclipsing quadruple system (2013)
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Lohr, M. E., Norton, A. J., Kolb, U. C., Maxted, P. F. L., Todd, I., & West, R. G. (2013). Period and period change measurements for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit and discovery of a doubly eclipsing quadruple system. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, A86. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220562

Building on previous work, a new search of the SuperWASP archive was carried out to identify eclipsing binary systems near the short-period limit. 143 candidate objects were detected with orbital periods between 16 000 and 20 000 s, of which 97 are n... Read More about Period and period change measurements for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit and discovery of a doubly eclipsing quadruple system.