Rice, Craig - Huddersfield University - Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

个人简介

I specialise in metallo-supramolecular chemistry, in particular the synthesis of functional complexes. This work has been recognised through invited lectures, highly cited papers and recently (2007) a cover illustration for Dalton Transactions and has resulted in 54 publications in this and other areas. I have developed the first molecular "reprogrammable" system for potential use in sensors and as metal-specific ligands, and demonstrating metal-metal communication. I received an "internationally leading" rating on my EPSRC First Grant. I collaborate with Prof. D.R. Brown (UoH), Dr A.P. Laws (UoH) and the University School of Health (lithium sensors). I work with the Universities of Bristol (Dr J.C. Jeffery) and Geneva (Dr T. Riis-Johannessen) for structural studies, and Cardiff (Dr S.J.A Pope) on luminescent supramolecular sensors. In light of this success the Department has recently procured as Bruker Apex Duo single-crystal X-ray Diffractometer. I recently co-organised the RSC Dalton Regional conference for Inorganic Chemistry (with Dr L.J. Gillie) hosted at the University of Huddersfield.

研究领域

My main research expertise is in the synthesis of poly-dentate aromatic ligands and their application for assembly of functional supramolecular complexes. A total of 43 papers has been published in this and related areas of chemistry. My current research projects include: Re-Programmable Molecular Systems The aim of this research is to control the assembly of supramolecular species via allosteric interactions. For example, a system has been designed and synthesized whose coordination mode changes in the presence of Ba2+. Thus a dinuclear double helicate complex is formed with Hg(II) (i.e. [Hg2(L)2]4+) but in the presence of Ba2+ a mononuclear complex is formed (i.e. [Hg(L)Ba]4+). This is a very significant advance in the area of supramolecular chemistry, with implications in many areas, from increasing the fundamental understanding of biological processes to materials chemistry. Preliminary communications on this work have been published (see Angew. Chem. 2004; Chem. Commun. 2005). This novel area of reprogrammable systems and use in areas such as optical sensors, metal specific ligands and controlling metal-metal communication are showing great promise (see Angew. Chem. 2005). Ditopic Cryptate-Containing Sensors A series of cryptates, containing N- and O- donor exo-binding binding domains, has been synthesized to produce sensors capable of sensing s- and d-block metal ions. For example, a europium cryptate derivative has been prepared which contains an exo-crown ether unit. It is hoped that upon coordination of s-block metal ions to the crown ether will significantly modulate the emission properties of the f-block metal ion (in collaboration with Dr S. Faulkner, Univ. Manchester). Furthermore, progress has been made in the preparation of a similar system which contains a [Ru(bipy)2]2+ fragment bound to a cryptate; such a system will allow detection and measurement of Na+ ions in aqueous media. The stability of these systems makes them attractive for in vitro measurement of biologically important metal ions.

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Scattergood, P., Ross, D., Rice, C. and Elliott, P. (2016) ‘Labilizing the Photoinert: Extraordinarily Facile Photochemical Ligand Ejection in an [Os(N^N)3]2+Complex’ Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 55 (36), pp. 10697-10701. ISSN 1433-7851 Scattergood, P., Khushnood, U., Tariq, A., Cooke, D., Rice, C. and Elliott, P. (2016) ‘Photochemistry of [Ru(pytz)(btz)2]2+and Characterization of a ?1-btz Ligand-Loss Intermediate’ Inorganic Chemistry , 55 (15), pp. 7787-7796. ISSN 0020-1669 Hemming, K., Blackburn, J., Molyneux, G., Pitard, A., Rice, C., Page, M., Afshinjavid, S., Javid, F., Coles, S. and Horton, P. (2016) ‘Synthesis, Conformation and Antiproliferative Activity of Isothiazoloisoxazole 1,1-dioxides’ Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry , 14, pp. 2134-2144. ISSN 1477-0539 Faulkner, R., Harding, L., Higginson, J., Rice, C. and Slater, C. (2014) ‘Formation of a Dimer of Trinuclear Helicates which Encapsulates an Array of Six Hydrogen-Bonded Anions’ Angewandte Chemie International Edition . ISSN 14337851 Aiken, S., Booth, K., Gabbutt, C., Heron, B., Rice, C., Charaf-Eddin, A. and Jacquemin, D. (2014) ‘The first structural and spectroscopic characterisation of a ring-opened form of a 2H-naphtho[1,2-b]pyran: a novel photomerocyanine’ Chemical Communications , 50 (58), pp. 7900-7903. ISSN 1359-7345 Welby, C., Armitage, G., Bartley, H., Wilkinson, A., Sinopoli, A., Uppal, B., Rice, C. and Elliott, P. (2014) ‘Photochemistry of RuII4,4?-Bi-1,2,3-triazolyl (btz) Complexes: Crystallographic Characterization of the Photoreactive Ligand-Loss Intermediatetrans-[Ru(bpy)(?2-btz)(?1-btz)(NCMe)]2+’ Chemistry - A European Journal . ISSN 0947-6539 Aiken, S., Gabbutt, C., Gillie, L., Heywood, J., Jacquemin, D., Rice, C. and Heron, B. (2013) ‘The Remarkable Hyperchromicity of Ketohydrazone Dyes and Pigment Lakes Derived from 4-Morpholino-2-naphthol’ European Journal of Organic Chemistry , 2013 (36), pp. 8097-8107. ISSN 1434-193X Welby, C., Rice, C. and Elliott, P. (2013) ‘Unambiguous Characterization of a Photoreactive Ligand-Loss Intermediate’ Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 52 (41), pp. 10826-10829. ISSN 1433-7851 Clegg, O., Harding, L., Miller, J. and Rice, C. (2013) ‘Tricarbonylchlorido(6'7'-dihydro-5’H-spiro[cyclopentane-1,6'-dipyrido-[3,2-d:2',3'-f][1,3]diazepine]-?2N1,N11)-rhenium(I)’ Acta Crystallographica Section E , 69 (10), p. m526. ISSN 1600-5368 Clegg, O., Harding, L., Miller, J. and Rice, C. (2013) ‘Tricarbonylchlorido(6’,7’-dihydro-5’H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,6’-dipyrido[3,2-d :2’,3’-f][1,3]diazepine]-?2N1,N11)rhenium(I)’ Acta Crystallographica Section E , 69, p. m527. ISSN 1600-5368 Cooke, D., Cross, J., Fennessy, R., Harding, L., Rice, C. and Slater, C. (2013) ‘Steric control of the formation of dinuclear double helicate and dinuclear meso-helicate assemblies’ Chemical Communications , 49 (71), pp. 7785-7787. ISSN 1359-7345 Elliott, P., Welby, C., Rice, C., Gibson, E., Gilmartin, L., Marriott, R. and Zahid, A. (2013) ‘Luminescent biscyclometalated arylpyridine iridium(III) complexes with 4,4’-bi-1,2,3-triazolyl ancillary ligands’ Dalton Transactions , 42 (37), pp. 13527-13536. ISSN 14779226 Bullock, S., Harding, L., Moore, M., Mills, A., Piela, S., Rice, C., Towns-Andrews, E. and Whitehead, M. (2013) ‘Synthesis of Ligands Containing N-oxide Donor Atoms and Their Assembly into Metallosupramolecular Structures.’ Dalton Transactions . ISSN 1477-9226 Welby, C., Grkinic, S., Zahid, A., Uppal, B., Gibson, E., Rice, C. and Elliott, P. (2012) ‘Synthesis, characterisation and theoretical study of ruthenium 4,4?-bi-1,2,3-triazolyl complexes: fundamental switching of the nature of S1 and T1 states from MLCT to MC’ Dalton Transactions , 41 (25), pp. 7637-7646. ISSN 1477-9226 Cox, N., Harding, L., Jones, J., Pope, S., Rice, C. and Adams, H. (2012) ‘Probing solution behaviour of metallosupramolecular complexes using pyrene fluorescence’ Dalton Transactions , 41 (5), pp. 1568-1573. ISSN 14779226 Sutton, C., Harding, L., Hardie, M., Riis-Johannessen, T. and Rice, C. (2012) ‘Allosteric Effects in a Ditopic Ligand Containing Bipyridine and Tetra-aza-crown Donor Units’ Chemistry - A European Journal , 18 (12), pp. 3464-3467. ISSN 0947-6539 Hemming, K., Khan, M., Kondakal, V., Rice, C., Pitard, A. and Qamar, M. (2012) ‘Pyridines from azabicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-4-ones through a proposed azacyclopentadienone’ Organic Letters , 14 (1), pp. 126-129. ISSN 15237060 Clegg, O., Fennessy, R., Harding, L., Rice, C., Riis-Johannessen, T. and Fletcher, N. (2011) ‘Diastereoselective assembly of pentanuclear circular helicates’ Dalton Transactions , 40 (45), pp. 12381-12387. ISSN 1477-9226 Uppal, B., Booth, R., Ali, N., Lockwood, C., Rice, C. and Elliott, P. (2011) ‘Synthesis and characterisation of luminescent rhenium tricarbonyl complexes with axially coordinated 1,2,3-triazole ligands’ Dalton Transactions , 40 (29), pp. 7610-7616. ISSN 1477-9226 Allen, K., Faulkner, R., Harding, L., Rice, C., Riis-Johannessen, T., Voss, M. and Whitehead, M. (2010) ‘Head-To-Tail and Heteroleptic Pentanuclear Circular Helicates’ Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 49 (37), pp. 6655-6658. ISSN 1433-7851