Publications: P Christopher Jones

Xu Y, Li Q, Zhang M, Titirici M-M, Jones CR ( 2025 ) . A review on the arylation of carbon nanomaterials: fabrication, characterization, and applications in energy storage and conversion devices . Carbon vol. 243 , Article 120602 , 120602 - 120602 .

Friedrich H, Siddiq K, Arafah N, Kulanda R, Aguilar-Sanchez LG, Jones CR ( 2025 ) . Arynes in green solvent: employing <i>o</i>-silylaryl triflates with propylene carbonate . Organic &amp; Biomolecular Chemistry vol. 23 , ( 19 ) 4648 - 4653 .

Siddiq K, Jones CR ( 2024 ) . Alkynes fuel free carbene formation . Nature Chemistry vol. 16 , ( 7 ) 1047 - 1048 .

Ur Rehman Shah H, Li Q, Jones CR ( 2024 ) . <i>syn</i>-1,2-Diaminobenzocyclobutenes from [2+2] cycloaddition of 2-imidazolones with arynes . Chemical Communications vol. 60 , ( 83 ) 11928 - 11931 .

Li Q, Zhao Q, Pedersen A, Zhang M, Lin Z, Xu Y, Cullen PL, Sapelkin A et al. ( 2024 ) . Investigating the effect of Fe–N₅ configuration in the oxygen reduction reaction using N-heterocycle functionalized carbon nanotubes . Journal of Materials Chemistry A vol. 12 , ( 41 ) 28074 - 28084 .

Li Q, Xu Y, Pedersen A, Wang M, Zhang M, Feng J, Luo H, Titirici M et al. ( 2023 ) . Investigating the Role of Fe‐Pyrrolic N4 Configuration in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction via Covalently Bound Porphyrin Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes . Advanced Functional Materials vol. 34 , ( 16 ) Article 2311086 ,

Xu Y, Xie R, Li Q, Feng J, Luo H, Ye Q, Guo Z, Cao Y et al. ( 2023 ) . Pyridine Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Unveiling the Role of External Pyridinic Nitrogen Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction . Small vol. 19 , ( 45 ) Article 2302795 ,

Idiris FIM, Jones CR ( 2023 ) . Rarely used strained molecules step up for organic synthesis . Nature vol. 618 , ( 7966 ) 683 - 685 .

Sun W, Uttendorfer M, Idiris FIM, Werling AYR, Siddiq K, Jones CR ( 2023 ) . Selective access to dihydrophenanthridines and phenanthridinones <i>via</i> cyclisation of aryl amines onto <i>N</i>-tethered arynes . Chemical Communications vol. 59 , ( 79 ) 11823 - 11826 .

Jones CR, Yang Y ( 2022 ) . The Aryne Ene Reaction . Synthesis vol. 54 , ( 22 ) 5042 - 5054 .

Cao Y, Xu Y, Li Q, Rose R-S, Abrahams I, Jones CR, Sheriff TS ( 2022 ) . Corrosion inhibition and disinfection of central heating and cooling water systems using <i>in situ</i> generated hydrogen peroxide . New Journal of Chemistry vol. 46 , ( 37 ) 17880 - 17888 .

Fang L, Crespo-Otero R, Jones CR, Watkinson M ( 2021 ) . Protect to detect: A Golgi apparatus targeted probe to image mobile zinc through the use of a lipophilic cell-labile protecting group strategy . Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical vol. 338 , Article 129850 , 129850 - 129850 .

Neal EA, Werling AYR, Jones CR ( 2021 ) . A simple Hückel model-driven strategy to overcome electronic barriers to retro-Brook silylation relevant to aryne and bisaryne precursor synthesis . Chemical Communications vol. 57 , ( 13 ) 1663 - 1666 .

Fang L, Crespo Otero R, Jones C, Watkinson M ( 2020 ) . Protect to Detect: A Golgi Apparatus Targeted Probe to Image Mobile Zinc Through the Use of a Lipophilic Cell-Labile Protecting Group Strategy .

Yang Y, Xu Y, Jones CR ( 2019 ) . A Ring Expansion Route to Benzofused N‐Heterocycles Through Aryne Insertion into 1,3‐Diaza‐heterocycles . European Journal of Organic Chemistry vol. 2019 , ( 31-32 ) 5196 - 5200 .

Clément P, Trinchera P, Cervantes‐Salguero K, Ye Q, Jones CR, Palma M ( 2019 ) . A One‐Step Chemical Strategy for the Formation of Carbon Nanotube Junctions in Aqueous Solution: Reaction of DNA‐Wrapped Carbon Nanotubes with Diazonium Salts . ChemPlusChem vol. 84 , ( 9 ) 1235 - 1238 .

Fang L, Trigiante G, Crespo-Otero R, Philpott MP, Jones CR, Watkinson M ( 2019 ) . An alternative modular ‘click-S_NAr-click’ approach to develop subcellular localised fluorescent probes to image mobile Zn²⁺ . Organic &amp; Biomolecular Chemistry vol. 17 , ( 47 ) 10013 - 10019 .

Fang L, Trigiante G, Crespo-Otero R, Hawes CS, Philpott MP, Jones CR, Watkinson M ( 2019 ) . Endoplasmic reticulum targeting fluorescent probes to image mobile Zn²⁺ . Chemical Science vol. 10 , ( 47 ) 10881 - 10887 .

Jones C, Sun W, Trinchera P, Kurdi N, Palomas D, Crespo-Otero R, Afshinjavid S, Javid F ( 2018 ) . Aryne-Mediated Arylation of Hantzsch Esters: Access to Highly Substituted Aryl-dihydropyridines, Aryl-tetrahydropyridines and Spiro[benzocyclobutene-1,1′-(3′,4′-dihydropyridines)] . Synthesis vol. 50 , ( 23 ) 4591 - 4605 .

Idiris FIM, Majesté CE, Craven GB, Jones CR ( 2018 ) . Intramolecular hydride transfer onto arynes: redox-neutral and transition metal-free C(sp³)–H functionalization of amines . Chemical Science vol. 9 , ( 11 ) 2873 - 2878 .

Trinchera P, Sun W, Smith JE, Palomas D, Crespo-Otero R, Jones CR ( 2017 ) . Intermolecular Aryne Ene Reaction of Hantzsch Esters: Stable Covalent Ene Adducts from a 1,4-Dihydropyridine Reaction . Organic Letters vol. 19 , ( 17 ) 4644 - 4647 .

Idiris FIM, Jones CR ( 2017 ) . Recent advances in fluoride-free aryne generation from arene precursors . Organic &amp; Biomolecular Chemistry vol. 15 , ( 43 ) 9044 - 9056 .

Ferguson MD, Donohoe TJ, Jones CR ( 2014 ) . Lithium 4,4′-Di-<i>tert</i>-butylbiphenylide . John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Donohoe TJ, Jones CR, Kornahrens AF, Barbosa LCA, Walport LJ, Tatton MR, O'Hagan M, Rathi AH et al. ( 2014 ) . ChemInform Abstract: Total Synthesis of the Antitumor Antibiotic (.+‐.)‐Streptonigrin: First‐ and Second‐Generation Routes for de Novo Pyridine Formation Using Ring‐Closing Metathesis . ChemInform vol. 45 , ( 21 ) Article chin.201421241 ,

Donohoe TJ, Jones CR, Winter C ( 2014 ) . 8.22 Partial and Complete Reduction of Pyrroles, Furans, Thiophenes, and their Benzo Analogs, Heterocycles Containing More Than One Heteroatom . Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II , Elsevier

Donohoe TJ, Jones CR, Kornahrens AF, Barbosa LCA, Walport LJ, Tatton MR, O’Hagan M, Rathi AH et al. ( 2013 ) . Total Synthesis of the Antitumor Antibiotic (±)-Streptonigrin: First- and Second-Generation Routes for de Novo Pyridine Formation Using Ring-Closing Metathesis . The Journal of Organic Chemistry vol. 78 , ( 24 ) 12338 - 12350 .

Donohoe TJ, O’Riordan TJC, Peifer M, Jones CR, Miles TJ ( 2012 ) . Asymmetric Synthesis of the Fully Elaborated Pyrrolidinone Core of Oxazolomycin A . Organic Letters vol. 14 , ( 21 ) 5460 - 5463 .

Jones CR, Baruah PK, Thompson AL, Scheiner S, Smith MD ( 2012 ) . Can a C–H···O Interaction Be a Determinant of Conformation? . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 134 , ( 29 ) 12064 - 12071 .

Neier R, Journot G, R. Jones C, Blangy V ( 2012 ) . The Hydrogenation of Heterocyclic Calix[4]arenes, a Transformation Leading to Novel Macrocyclic Ligands . HETEROCYCLES vol. 85 , ( 4 ) 749 - 749 .

Donohoe TJ, Jones CR, Barbosa LCA ( 2011 ) . Total Synthesis of (±)-Streptonigrin: De Novo Construction of a Pentasubstituted Pyridine using Ring-Closing Metathesis . Journal of the American Chemical Society vol. 133 , ( 41 ) 16418 - 16421 .

Jones CR, Dan Pantoş G, Morrison AJ, Smith MD ( 2009 ) . Plagiarizing Proteins: Enhancing Efficiency in Asymmetric Hydrogen‐Bonding Catalysis through Positive Cooperativity . Angewandte Chemie International Edition vol. 48 , ( 40 ) 7391 - 7394 .

Jones CR, Qureshi MKN, Truscott FR, Hsu SD, Morrison AJ, Smith MD ( 2008 ) . A Nonpeptidic Reverse Turn that Promotes Parallel Sheet Structure Stabilized by CH⋅⋅⋅O Hydrogen Bonds in a Cyclopropane γ‐Peptide . Angewandte Chemie International Edition vol. 47 , ( 37 ) 7099 - 7102 .