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Derek A. Tocher is a researcher affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom, specializing in materials science with a particular focus on materials chemistry. Their work extensively covers crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and crystallography and molecular interactions.

The scientist's research spans several subfields within chemistry, including inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical and theoretical chemistry, and areas related to renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Their investigations also include metal-organic framework synthesis and applications, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, as well as studies related to metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins.

Tocher has contributed significantly to multiple publication venues, with a dominant presence in The Cambridge Structural Database. Other frequent venues include Crystal Growth & Design, Chemistry - A European Journal, Dalton Transactions, and Materials Today Proceedings.

Frequent collaborators of the scientist include:

  • Claire J. Carmalt
  • Faiza Habib
  • Richard D. J. Lunn
  • Philip J. Sidebottom
  • Mark Montgomery

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Derek A. Tocher include:

  • Two new monofunctional platinum(ii) dithiocarbamate complexes: phenanthriplatin-type axial protection, equatorial-axial conformational isomerism, and anticancer and DNA binding studies, 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • Applying the Crystalline Sponge Method to Agrochemicals: Obtaining X-ray Structures of the Fungicide Metalaxyl-M and Herbicide S-Metolachlor, 2021, Crystal Growth & Design
  • Structure determination of terpenes by the crystalline sponge method, 2020, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
  • Encapsulation of Aromatic Compounds and a Non-Aromatic Herbicide into a Gadolinium-Based Metal-Organic Framework via the Crystalline Sponge Method, 2020, Crystal Growth & Design
  • Applications of the crystalline sponge method and developments of alternative crystalline sponges, 2022, Materials Today Proceedings

Best Publications

  • Synthesis, characterisation and spectroscopic properties of ruthenium(II)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine coordination triades X-ray structures of 4'-(N,N-dimethylamino)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine and bis(4'-(N,N-dimethylamino)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine)ruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate acetonitrile solvate

    E. C Constable;A. M. W. C Thompson;D. A Tocher;M. A. M Daniels

  • A highly efficient, preorganized macrobicyclic receptor for halides based on CH... and NH...anion interactions.

    Christos A. Ilioudis;Derek A. Tocher;Jonathan W. Steed

  • A New Polymorph of 5-Fluorouracil Found Following Computational Crystal Structure Predictions

    Ashley T. Hulme;Sarah L. Price;Derek A. Tocher

  • Salt or Cocrystal? A New Series of Crystal Structures Formed from Simple Pyridines and Carboxylic Acids

    Sharmarke Mohamed;Derek A. Tocher;Martin Vickers;Panagiotis G. Karamertzanis

  • Cytotoxicity and antiviral activity of transition-metal salicylato complexes and crystal structure of Bis(diisopropylsalicylato)(1,10-phenanthroline)copper(II)

    John D. Ranford;Peter J. Sadler;Derek A. Tocher

  • Spontaneous assembly of a double-helical binuclear complex of 2,2':6',2'':6'',2''':6''',2'''':6'''',2'''''-sexipyridine

    Edwin C. Constable;Michael D. Ward;Derek A. Tocher

  • Structural and electrochemical characterization of the novel ortho-metalated dirhodium(II) compounds Rh2(O2CCH3)2[(C6H5)2P(C6H4)]2•2L

    Akhil R. Chakravarty;F. Albert. Cotton;Derek A. Tocher;Joanne H. Tocher

  • Cyclometallation reactions of 6-phenyl-2,2′-bipyridine; a potential C,N,N-donor analogue of 2,2′: 6′,2″-terpyridine. Crystal and molecular structure of dichlorobis(6-phenyl-2,2′-bipyridine)ruthenium(II)

    Edwin C. Constable;Roland P. G. Henney;Troy A. Leese;Derek A. Tocher

  • HELICAL AND NONHELICAL PALLADIUM(II) COMPLEXES OF OLIGOPYRIDINE LIGANDS - THE LIGAND-DIRECTED ASSEMBLY OF POLYNUCLEAR COMPLEXES

    Edwin C. Constable;Susan M. Elder;John Healy;Michael D. Ward

  • Complex Polymorphic System of Gallic Acid-Five Monohydrates, Three Anhydrates, and over 20 Solvates.

    Doris E. Braun;Rajni M. Bhardwaj;Alastair J. Florence;Derek A. Tocher

  • Aerosol‐Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of NbS2 and TaS2 Thin Films from Pentakis(dimethylamido)metal Complexes and 2‐Methylpropanethiol

    Emily S. Peters;Claire J. Carmalt;Ivan P. Parkin;Derek A. Tocher

  • Cyclopalladated and cycloplatinated complexes of 6-phenyl-2,2′-bipyridine: platinum-platinum interactions in the solid state

    Edwin C. Constable;Roland P. G. Henney;Troy A. Leese;Derek A. Tocher

  • The polymorphism of progesterone: stabilization of a 'disappearing' polymorph by co-crystallization.

    Robert W. Lancaster;Panagiotis G. Karamertzanis;Ashley T. Hulme;Derek A. Tocher

  • Development of supramolecular structure through alkylation of pendant pyridyl functionality

    Edwin Charles Constable;Catherine E. Housecroft;Markus Neuburger;David E. Phillips

  • Enantiospecific formal total synthesis of the tumor and GSK-3 beta inhibiting alkaloid, (-)-agelastatin A.

    Karl J. Hale;Mathias M. Domostoj;Derek A. Tocher;Ed Irving

  • Syntheses, molecular structures, and properties of two polar diruthenium(II,III) complexes of 2-hydroxypyridine and 2-anilinopyridine

    A. R. Chakravarty;F. A. Cotton;D. A. Tocher

  • An Experimental and Theoretical Search for Polymorphs of Barbituric Acid: The Challenges of Even Limited Conformational Flexibility

    Thomas C. Lewis;Derek A. Tocher;Sarah L. Price

  • Cyclometallation reactions of 2-phenylpyridine; crystal and molecular structure of (2-{2-pyridyl} phenyl)palladium(II) tetramer and (2-{2-pyridyl} phenyl)mercury(II) tetramer

    Edwin C. Constable;Alexander M.W. Cargill Thompson;Troy A. Leese;David G.F. Reese

  • Aerosol assisted chemical vapor deposition of In2O3 films from Me3In and donor functionalized alcohols.

    Siama Basharat;Claire J. Carmalt;Sarah A. Barnett;Derek A. Tocher

  • Enantioselective radical-chain hydrosilylation of alkenes using homochiral thiols as polarity-reversal catalysts

    M. Bodrul Haque;Brian P. Roberts;Derek A. Tocher

  • A convenient preparation of 2,2′:6′,2″:6″,2‴-quaterpyridine; the crystal and molecular structures of 2,2′:6′,2″:6″,2‴-quaterpyridine and bis(acetonitrile)-(2,2′:6′,2″:6″,2‴-quaterpyridine)nickel(II) hexafluorophosphate–acetonitrile(1/1)

    Edwin C. Constable;Susan M. Elder;John Healy;Derek A. Tocher

  • A modular, self-assembled, separated ion pair binding system.

    David R. Turner;Elinor C. Spencer;Judith A. K. Howard;Derek A. Tocher

Frequent Co-Authors

Edwin C. Constable
Edwin C. Constable University of Basel
Jonathan W. Steed
Jonathan W. Steed Durham University
Claire J. Carmalt
Claire J. Carmalt University College London
Sarah L. Price
Sarah L. Price University College London
Akhil R. Chakravarty
Akhil R. Chakravarty Indian Institute of Science
Stephen Caddick
Stephen Caddick University College London
Michael G. B. Drew
Michael G. B. Drew University of Reading
Michael J. Hannon
Michael J. Hannon University of Birmingham
F. Albert Cotton
F. Albert Cotton Texas A&M University
Mark R. J. Elsegood
Mark R. J. Elsegood Loughborough University

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