The University of Western Australia
Dr Brian Skelton
Research Officer (Crystallography)
Contact details
| Address | Chemistry The University of Western Australia (M313) 35 Stirling Highway CRAWLEY WA 6009 Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | 6488 7107 |
| brian.skelton@uwa.edu.au |
Location
Room 452, Molecular and Chemical Sciences Building, Crawley campus
Biography
Dr Brian Skelton completed his Bachelor of Science and PhD at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. From 1974 until 1977 he held a postdoctoral position at UWA, followed by another postdoctoral position in 1981 at Sussex University in Brighton, England. In 1984, Dr Skelton returned to UWA as a researcher. During his career Dr Skelton has published more than 1200 scientific papers.
Key research
- Small molecule crystallography
Major research interests
- X-ray diffraction
Publications
Five Most Recent Publications
Bruce, M.I., Gaudio, M., Melino, G., Zaitseva, N.N., Nicholson, B.K. Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Preparation and structures of several complexes containing carbon-rich ligands attached to poly-nuclear metal carbonyls Journal of Cluster Science, 19: 147-170 (2008).
Keller, P.A., Yepuri, N.R. Kelso, M.J., Mariani, M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Oxidative coupling of indoles using thallium(III) trifluoroacetate Tetrahedron, 64: 7787-7795 (2008).
Morgan,I.R., Yazici, A., Pyne, S.G., Skelton, B.W. Diastereoselective Ritter reactions of chiral cyclic N-acyliminium ions: synthesis of pyrido- and pyrrolo[2,3-d]oxazoles and 4-Hydroxy-5-N-acylaminopyrrolidines and 5- hydroxy-6-N-acylaminopiperidines. The Journal of organic chemistry, 73: 2943-2946 (2008).
Munshi, P., Skelton, B.W., McKinnon, J.J., and Spackman, M.A. Polymorphism in 3-methyl-4-methoxy-49-nitrostilbene (MMONS), a highly active NLO material CrystEngComm, 10: 197–206 (2008)
Bremner, J.B., Sengpracha, W., and Skelton, B.W. A Compact Approach to an Isomeric Iheyamine A System and X-ray Crystal Structure of 5-Methyl-5H-azepino[2,3-b:4,5-b']diindole Synthetic Communications ,38: 1931–1939 (2008).
Bruce, M.I., Gaudio, M., Melino, G., Zaitseva, N.N., Nicholson, B.K. Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Preparation and structures of several complexes containing carbon-rich ligands attached to poly-nuclear metal carbonyls Journal of Cluster Science, 19: 147-170 (2008).
Keller, P.A., Yepuri, N.R. Kelso, M.J., Mariani, M., Skelton, B.W. and White, A.H. Oxidative coupling of indoles using thallium(III) trifluoroacetate Tetrahedron, 64: 7787-7795 (2008).
Morgan,I.R., Yazici, A., Pyne, S.G., Skelton, B.W. Diastereoselective Ritter reactions of chiral cyclic N-acyliminium ions: synthesis of pyrido- and pyrrolo[2,3-d]oxazoles and 4-Hydroxy-5-N-acylaminopyrrolidines and 5- hydroxy-6-N-acylaminopiperidines. The Journal of organic chemistry, 73: 2943-2946 (2008).
Munshi, P., Skelton, B.W., McKinnon, J.J., and Spackman, M.A. Polymorphism in 3-methyl-4-methoxy-49-nitrostilbene (MMONS), a highly active NLO material CrystEngComm, 10: 197–206 (2008)
Bremner, J.B., Sengpracha, W., and Skelton, B.W. A Compact Approach to an Isomeric Iheyamine A System and X-ray Crystal Structure of 5-Methyl-5H-azepino[2,3-b:4,5-b']diindole Synthetic Communications ,38: 1931–1939 (2008).
Memberships
Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand (SCANZ)
Current projects
Collaborators
Professor Michael Bruce, University of Adelaide
Professor Voladymyr Kokozoy, National Taras Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine
Professor Simon Gibbons, London School of Pharmacy.
Assoc Prof Mark Ogden, Curtin University.
Dr David Brown, Curtin University.
Professor Michael Bruce, University of Adelaide
Professor Voladymyr Kokozoy, National Taras Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine
Professor Simon Gibbons, London School of Pharmacy.
Assoc Prof Mark Ogden, Curtin University.
Dr David Brown, Curtin University.
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