Publications & Presentations

PUBLICATIONS:

“Synthesis of 4-(2-fluorophenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin: experimental and computational evidence for intramolecular and intermolecular C–F···H–C bonds”, Vuyisa Mzozoyana*, Craig Grimmer, Fanie R. van Heerden, Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2020, 16, 190-199.  DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.16.22

“Synthesis, Characterization, and Crystal Structure of (2E)-3-(4-Fluorophenyl)-1-(2-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one”, Cathryn A. Slabber, Craig D. Grimmer, Orde Q. Munro, Ross S. Robinson*, Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2018, 48, (4), 213-219.  DOI: 10.1007/s10870-018-0732-4

“Crystal Structure of Phenyl-(2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-perimidin-2-yl)-methanone”, Craig D. Grimmer, Z. Kristallogr. NCS, 2017, 232, 289-290.  DOI: 10.1515/ncrs-2016-0242

“Rhenium(I) complexes with Bidentate Carbohydrazide Schiff bases: Synthesis, Characterization, Computational and DNA Interaction studies”, Muhammed Bilaal Ismail, Irvin Noel Booysen*, Matthew Piers Akerman and Craig Grimmer, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2017, 833, 18-27.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.01.031

“Solution Conformations of Curcumin in DMSO”, Cathryn A. Slabber, Craig D. Grimmer, Ross S. Robinson*, Journal of Natural Products, 2016, 79, (10), 2726-2730.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00726

“Conformational analysis: 3JHCOC and 3JHCCC Karplus relationships for methylene 1H nuclei”, Craig D. Grimmer*, Cathryn A. Slabber, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 2015, 53, (8), 590-595.  DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4264

“Peculiar Sequence of the Thermodynamic Protonation Parameters for Bis-Chelate Ligands with Methylhydroxyiminoethanamide Moieties”, Igor Vasyl Nikolayenko*, Jonathan Raymond Barry, Ashwin Manival, Thomas-John Theron, Craig Grimmer, Current Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 5, (2), 83-97.  DOI: 10.2174/1877944105666150417231938

“Crystal structure of 1-[2-(benzyloxy)phenyl]ethanone, C15H14O2“, Cathryn A. Slabber, Craig D. Grimmer, Ross S. Robinson*, Varvara I. Nikolayenko, Z. Kristallogr. NCS, 2015, 230, 121-122.  DOI: 10.1515/ncrs-2014-9099

“Antiviral Atropisomers: Conformational Energy Surfaces by NMR for Host-Directed Myxovirus Blockers”, Craig Grimmer, Terry W. Moore, Aaron Padwa, Andrew Prussia, Gordon Wells, Shaoxiong Wu, Aiming Sun, James P. Snyder*, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2014, 54, (8), 2214-2223.  DOI: 10.1021/ci500204j

“Solution-state 15N NMR and solid-state single-crystal XRD study of heterosubstituted diazaboroles and borinines prepared via an effective and simple microwave-assisted solvent-free synthesis”, Cathryn A. Slabber, Craig D. Grimmer, Ross S. Robinson*, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2013, 723, 122-128.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.09.018

“1,2-Bis[(2,2′:6′,2”-terpyridin-4′-yl)oxy]-ethane”, Varvara I. Nikolayenko*, Matthew P. Akerman, Craig D. Grimmer, Desigan Reddy, Acta Cryst. E, 2012, E68, o2384 – o2385.  DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812030292

“1,6-Bis[(2,2′:6′,2”-terpyridin-4′-yl)oxy]-hexane”, Varvara I. Nikolayenko*, Matthew P. Akerman, Craig D. Grimmer, Desigan Reddy, Acta Cryst. E, 2012, E68, o2272 – o2273.  DOI: 10.1107/S1600536812029017

“1,4-Bis[(2,2′:6′,2”-terpyridin-4′-yl)oxy]-butane”, Matthew P. Akerman*, Craig D. Grimmer, Varvara I. Nikolayenko, Desigan Reddy, Acta Cryst. E, 2011, E67, o3478 – o3479.  DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811050343

“Probing the Nature of the Co(III) Ion in Corrins: The Structural and Electronic Properties of Dicyano- and Aquacyanocobester and a Dicyano- and Aquacyano-Stable Yellow Cobester”, Susan M. Chemaly*, Kenneth L. Brown, Manuel A. Fernandes, Orde Q. Munro, Craig D. Grimmer, Helder M. Marques*, Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50, (18), 8700-8718.  DOI: 10.1021/ic200285k

“2-Phenylnaphtho[1,8-de][1,3,2]diazaborinane”, Cathryn A. Slabber, Craig D. Grimmer, Matthew P. Akerman, Ross S. Robinson*, Acta Cryst. E, 2011, E67, o1995.  DOI: 10.1107/S1600536811026985

“Ethyl-(2E)-2-(hydroxyimino)propanoate”, Igor Vasyl Nikolayenko*, Carla Bazzicalupi, Gayle Pamela Thubron, Craig Grimmer, Acta Cryst. E, 2010, E66, o887 – o888.  DOI: 10.1107/S1600536810009438

“Speciation in solution, solid state spectroscopy and vapochromism of [Pt(trpy)(NCS)]SbF6 where trpy = 2,2:6,2-terpyridine”, John S. Field*, Craig D. Grimmer, Orde Q. Munro, Bradley P. Waldron, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 1558-1567.  DOI: 10.1039/B916897B

“2,5-Dihydroxy-2,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,4-dione”, Igor V. Nikolayenko*, Carla Bazzicalupi, Craig Grimmer, Ashen Bhagwandin, Acta Cryst. E, 2007, E63, o4703-o4703.  DOI: 10.1107/S1600536807047708

“Kinetics and Mechanism of Hydroboration Reactions of HBBr2.SMe2 and HBCl2.SMe2 – Application of 11B NMR Spectroscopy”, D. Jaganyi*, N. Xaba, A. Mzinyati, C. Grimmer, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 2007, 692, 1150-1155.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2006.11.021

“Molecular Recognition: Preorganization of a Bis(pyrrole) Schiff Base Derivative for Tight Dimerization by Hydrogen Bonding”, Orde Q. Munro*, Sandra D. Joubert, Craig D. Grimmer, Chemistry – A European Journal, 2006, 12, 7987 – 7999.  DOI: 10.1002/chem.200690098

“Complimentary hydrogen bonding in a new tridentate Schiff base ligand: X-ray, DFT and solution NMR studies”, Orde Q. Munro*, Sandra D. Strydom, Craig D. Grimmer, New. J. Chem., 2004, 28, 34 – 42.  DOI: 10.1039/B305946D

PRESENTATIONS:

“Conformational Analysis by NMR Spectroscopy”, Craig Grimmer, Bruker NMR User Meeting, Cape Town Lodge Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa, January 2016.

“NMR: Highlights and Updates”, Craig Grimmer, UKZN Inorganic Group-Mintek Research Meeting, Redlands Hotel, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, December 2009.