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Brendan Twamley is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The core topics in Twamley's work include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, crystallography and molecular interactions, synthesis of β-lactam compounds, molecular sensors and ion detection, and magnetism in coordination complexes.

Twamley has published research in several scientific journals and venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie

The following are representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Twamley:

  • Fast Hydrocarbon Oxidation by a High-Valent Nickel-Fluoride Complex, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • β-Lactams with antiproliferative and antiapoptotic activity in breast and chemoresistant colon cancer cells, 2020, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Identification and Pharmaceutical Characterization of a New Itraconazole Terephthalic Acid Cocrystal, 2020, Pharmaceutics
  • Synthesis, structural characterization, antibiotics sensing and coordination chemistry of a fluorescent 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimide Tröger's base supramolecular scaffold, 2020, Supramolecular chemistry
  • Synthesis and Spectral Properties of gem-Dimethyl Chlorin Photosensitizers, 2020, ChemPhotoChem

Frequent collaborators with Twamley include Mathias O. Senge, Mary J. Meegan, Darren Fayne, Niamh M. O'Boyle, and Daniela M. Zisterer.

Best Publications

  • The nature of halogen...halogen synthons: crystallographic and theoretical studies.

    Firas F. Awwadi;Roger D. Willett;Kirk A. Peterson;Brendan Twamley

  • Synthesis and Characterization of 2,6-Trip2H3C6PbPbC6H3-2,6-Trip2 (Trip = C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3): A Stable Heavier Group 14 Element Analogue of an Alkyne

    Lihung Pu;and Brendan Twamley;Philip P. Power

  • Homologous Series of Heavier Element Dipnictenes 2,6-Ar2H3C6E=EC6H3-2,6-Ar2 (E = P, As, Sb, Bi; Ar = Mes = C6H2-2,4,6-Me3; or Trip = C6H2-2,4,6-iPr3) Stabilized by m-Terphenyl Ligands

    Brendan Twamley;Chadwick D. Sofield;Marilyn M. Olmstead;Philip P. Power

  • New Energetic Salts Based on Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles

    Hong Xue;Ye Gao;Brendan Twamley;Jean'ne M. Shreeve

  • Synthesis of Pentafluorosulfanylpyrazole and Pentafluorosulfanyl-1,2,3-triazole and Their Derivatives as Energetic Materials by Click Chemistry

    Chengfeng Ye;Gary L. Gard;Rolf W. Winter;Robert G. Syvret

  • A highly efficient, recyclable catalyst for C-C coupling reactions in ionic liquids: pyrazolyl-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene complex of palladium(II).

    Ruihu Wang;Brendan Twamley;Jeanne M. Shreeve

  • Energetic Nitrogen-Rich Derivatives of 1,5-Diaminotetrazole†

    Young-Hyuk Joo;Brendan Twamley;Sonali Garg;Jean'ne M. Shreeve

  • An ionic liquid-coordinated palladium complex: a highly efficient and recyclable catalyst for the Heck reaction.

    Ji-Chang Xiao;and Brendan Twamley;Jean'ne M. Shreeve

  • Furazan-functionalized tetrazolate-based salts: a new family of insensitive energetic materials.

    Ruihu Wang;Yong Guo;Zhuo Zeng;Brendan Twamley

  • Energetic Salts of 3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazole-5-one, 5-Nitroaminotetrazole, and Other Nitro-Substituted Azoles†

    Hong Xue;Haixiang Gao;Brendan Twamley;Jeanne M. Shreeve

  • Hydrogen production using cobalt-based molecular catalysts containing a proton relay in the second coordination sphere

    George M. Jacobsen;Jenny Y. Yang;Brendan Twamley;Aaron D. Wilson

  • Preparation of ultrafine chalcopyrite nanoparticles via the photochemical decomposition of molecular single-source precursors.

    Justin J. Nairn;Pamela J. Shapiro;Brendan Twamley;Tyler Pounds

  • Mechanistic Insights into Catalytic H2 Oxidation by Ni Complexes Containing a Diphosphine Ligand with a Positioned Amine Base

    Jenny Y. Yang;R. Morris Bullock;Wendy J. Shaw;Brendan Twamley

  • 2,4,5-Trinitroimidazole-Based Energetic Salts

    Haixiang Gao;Chengfeng Ye;Om D. Gupta;Ji-Chang Xiao

  • Element Derivatives of Sterically Encumbering Terphenyl Ligands

    Brendan Twamley;Scott T. Haubrich;Philip P. Power

  • Energetic azolium azolate salts.

    Hong Xue;Ye Gao;Brendan Twamley;Jeanne M. Shreeve

  • Syntheses of 1-Alkyl-1,2,4-triazoles and the Formation of Quaternary 1-Alkyl-4-polyfluoroalkyl-1,2,4-triazolium Salts Leading to Ionic Liquids

    Yousef R. Mirzaei;Brendan Twamley;Jean'Ne M. Shreeve

  • Triple Bonding to Germanium: Characterization of the Transition Metal Germylynes (η5-C5H5)(CO)2M⋮Ge-C6H3-2,6-Mes2 (M = Mo, W; Mes = −C6H2-2,4,6-Me3) and (η5-C5H5)(CO)2M⋮Ge-C6H3-2,6-Trip2 (M = Cr, Mo, W; Trip = −C6H2-2,4,6-i-Pr3) and the Related Single Bonded Metallogermylenes (η5-C5H5)(CO)3M-G̈e-C6H3-2,6-Trip2 (M = Cr, W)

    Lihung Pu;Brendan Twamley;Scott T. Haubrich;Marilyn M. Olmstead

  • Energetic salts from N-aminoazoles.

    Hong Xue;Sean W Arritt;Brendan Twamley;Jean'ne M Shreeve

  • Hypergolic Ionic Liquids with the 2,2‐Dialkyltriazanium Cation

    Haixiang Gao;Young-Hyuk Joo;Brendan Twamley;Zhiqiang Zhou

  • The first (ferrocenylmethyl)imidazolium and (ferrocenylmethyl)triazolium room temperature ionic liquids.

    Ye Gao;Brendan Twamley;Jean'ne M Shreeve

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Baker
Robert J. Baker Texas Tech University
Mathias O. Senge
Mathias O. Senge Trinity College Dublin
James Alexis Platts
James Alexis Platts Cardiff University
Brett Paull
Brett Paull University of Tasmania
Stephen J. Connon
Stephen J. Connon Trinity College Dublin
Jianzhang Zhao
Jianzhang Zhao Dalian University of Technology
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson
Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson Trinity College Dublin
Michael H. Baumann
Michael H. Baumann National Institute on Drug Abuse
Karuna Kar Nanda
Karuna Kar Nanda Indian Institute of Science
Rosa M. Claramunt
Rosa M. Claramunt National University of Distance Education

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