Publications
From 2004–2010, I was an Assistant, then Associate, Professor of Chemistry at The University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario. The following is a list of papers I co-authored during that period.
44. Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemistry, and Electrochemiluminescence of Thienyltriazoles
K. N. Swanick, J. T. Price, N. D. Jones and Z. Ding J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 5646-5655.
43. Chemistry of the Heavy Group 15 Elements with the Pyridyl Tethered 1,2-bis(imino)acenapthene ‘Clamshell’ Ligand
A. L. Brazeau, N. D. Jones and P. J. Ragogna Dalton Trans. 2012, 7890-7896.
42. Synthesis, Reactivity, and Computational Analysis of Halophosphines Supported by Dianionic Guanidinate Ligands
A. L. Brazeau, M. H. Hanninen, H. Tuononen, N. D. Jones and P. J. Ragogna J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 5398-5414.
41. An N-Heterocyclic Carbene Containing a Bithiophene Backbone: Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry
J. T. Price, N. D. Jones and P. J. Ragogna Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 6776-6783.
40. Group 15 Pnictenium Cations Supported by a Conjugated Bithiophene Backbone
J. T. Price, M. Lui, N. D. Jones and P. J. Ragogna Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 12810-12817.
39. Electrogenerated Chemiluminescence of Modified Trizolyldeoxycytidine Analogues in N,N-Dimethylformamide
K. N. Swanick, D. W. Dodd, J. T. Price, N. D. Jones, R. H. E. Hudson and Z. Ding Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011,13, 17405-17412.
38. A New Approach to Internal Lewis Pairs Featuring a Phosphenium Acid and a Pyridine Base
A. L. Brazeau, C. A. Caputo, C. D. Martin, N. D. Jones and P. J. Ragogna Dalton Trans. 2010, 11069-11073.
37. Blue fluorescent deoxycytidine analogues: convergent synthesis, solid-state and electronic structure, and solvatochromism
D. W. Dodd, K. N. Swanick, J. T. Price, A. L. Brazeau, M. J. Ferguson, N. D. Jones and R. H. E. Hudson Org. Biomol. Chem. 2010, 663-666.
36. Growth Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline Lead Sulfide by Stopped-Flow Kinetic Analysis
A. L. Brazeau and N. D. Jones J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 20246-20251.
35. Modular Syntheses of Chiral and Achiral C,N-Chelated Pd(II)-Pyridinylidenes
E. T. J. Strong, J. T. Price and N. D. Jones Dalton Trans. 2009, 9123-9125.
34. A Cation-Captured Pd(0) Anion: Synthesis, Structure and Bonding of [PdBr(PPh3)2]- Ligated by an N-Heterocyclic Phosphenium Cation
C. A. Caputo, A. L. Brazeau, Z. Hynes, J. T. Price, H. M. Tuononen and N. D. Jones Organometallics 2009, 28, 5261-5265.
33. Role of Hydrogen Bonding in the pH-Dependent Aggregation of Colloidal Gold Particles Bearing Solution-Facing Carboxylic Acid Groups
T. C. Preston, M. Nuruzzaman, N. D. Jones and S. Mittler J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 14236-14244.
32. Synthesis of N,C Bound Sulfur, Selenium and Tellurium Heterocycles via the Reaction of Chalcogen Halides with -CH3 Substituted Diazabutadiene (DAB) Ligands
J. L. Dutton, C. D. Martin, M. J. Sgro, N. D. Jones and P. J. Ragogna Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 3239-3247.
31. Phospha-Fischer Carbenes: Synthesis, Structure, Bonding and Reactions of Pd(0)- and Pt(0)-Phosphenium Complexes
C. A. Caputo, M. C. Jennings, H. M. Tuononen and N. D. Jones Organometallics 2009, 28, 990-100.
30. Meta-Substituted Thienyl Benzenes: A Comparative Synthetic, Structural and Computational Study
A. L. P. Cornacchio, J. T. Price, M. C. Jennings, R. McDonald, V. N. Staroverov and N. D. Jones J. Org. Chem.2009, 74, 530-544.
29. Synthesis and evaluation of the in vitro DNA binding properties of chiral cis-dichloro(pyridyloxazoline)platinum(II) complexes
D. W. Dodd, H. E. Toews, M. J. Trevail, M. C. Jennings, R. H. E. Hudson and N. D. Jones Can. J. Chem. 2009, 87, 321-327 (Puddephatt special issue).
28. Chiral, Hemilabile Palladium(II) Complexes of Tridentate Oxazolidines, Including C2-Symmetric "Pincers"
E. T. J. Strong, S. A. Cardile, A. L. Brazeau, M. C. Jennings, R. McDonald and N. D. Jones Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 10575-10586.
27. N-Heterocyclic phosphenium cations: Syntheses and cycloaddition reactions
C. A. Caputo, J. T. Price, R. McDonald, M. C. Jennings and N. D. Jones Dalton Trans. 2008 3461-3469 (invited contribution to the theme issue on main group chemistry: from molecules to materials).
26. Pre-catalyst resting states: a kinetic, thermodynamic and quantum mechanical analyses of [PdCl2(2-oxazoline)2] complexes
R. A. Gossage, H. A. Jenkins, N. D. Jones, R. C. Jones and B. F. Yates Dalton Trans. 2008 3115-3122.
25. Chiral Elaboration of Gold Nanoparticle Surfaces by Bis(binaphthyl) Groups
M. Nuruzzaman, T. C. Preston, S. Mittler and N. D. Jones Synlett 2008, 207-212.
24. Developments in Asymmetric Catalysis by Metal Complexes of Chiral Chelating Nitrogen-donor Ligands
C. A. Caputo and N. D. Jones Dalton Trans. 2007, 4627-4640 (featured on the inside front cover).
23. High-throughput Screening of Enantiomeric Excess (ee)
N. D. Jones, S. Mittler, M. Nuruzzaman and T. C. Preston International Patent Application WO 2007/134446. Filed May 23rd, 2007. Published November 29th, 2007.
22. Modular Syntheses of Oxazolinylamine Ligands and Characterization of Group 10 Metal Complexes
C. A. Caputo, F. d. S. Carneiro, M. C. Jennnings and N. D. Jones Can. J. Chem. 2007, 85, 85-95.
21. Simple Liquid-Core Waveguide Polarimetry
T. C. Preston, S. Stille, N. D. Jones and S. Mittler Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 89, 253509.
20. Pyridinyloxazolidines: Versatile Scaffolds for Chiral Catalyst Construction
S. A. Cardile, M. C. Jennings and N. D. Jones Dalton Trans. 2006, 4672-4678.
19. Model Intermolecular Asymmetric Heck Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral Pyridyloxazoline Palladium(II) Complexes
D. W. Dodd, H. E. Toews, F. d. S. Carneiro, M. C. Jennings and N. D. Jones Inorg. Chim. Acta 2006, 359, 2850-2858 (Brian James special issue).
18. Thiolate-Capped PbS Nanocrystals in Water: Sensitivity to O2, pH and Concentration, an Alternate Pathway for Crystal Growth and a Top-Down Synthesis
A. L. P. Cornacchio and N. D. Jones J. Mater. Chem. 2006, 16, 1171-1177.
