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Lawrence R. Gahan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia, specializing in chemistry with a focus on organic and inorganic subfields as well as materials chemistry. Their work extends into related areas such as oncology and molecular biology.

Their research primarily addresses topics including metal complexes synthesis and properties, radioactive element chemistry and processing, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, crystallography and molecular interactions, and chemical synthesis and characterization.

Lawrence R. Gahan has contributed to multiple scholarly articles published in various scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Five-coordinate transition metal complexes and the value of τ5: observations and caveats, 2020, Dalton Transactions
  • Pesticide degradation by immobilised metalloenzymes provides an attractive avenue for bioremediation, 2021, EFB Bioeconomy Journal
  • Biomimetics for purple acid phosphatases: A historical perspective, 2022, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Recent Advances in Heterogeneous Catalytic Systems Containing Metal Ions for Phosphate Ester Hydrolysis, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Examining the Role of Aryldiazonium Salts in Surface Electroinitiated Polymerization, 2022, Langmuir

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lawrence R. Gahan include Elizabeth H. Krenske, Allan G. Blackman, Gerhard Schenk, Cassandra L. Fleming, and Tilo Söhnel. Their collaborations have resulted in multiple publications spanning a range of chemistry disciplines.

Lawrence R. Gahan's research outputs have appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • Australian Journal of Chemistry

Best Publications

  • The catalytic mechanisms of binuclear metallohydrolases.

    Natasa Mitic;Sarah J. Smith;Ademir Neves;Luke W. Guddat

  • Phosphate forms an unusual tripodal complex with the Fe–Mn center of sweet potato purple acid phosphatase

    Gerhard Schenk;Lawrence R. Gahan;Lyle E. Carrington;Natas ÿa Mitic

  • crystal Structure and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, and Magnetic Susceptibility Study of [Cu2(ascidH2)(1,2-.mu.-CO3)(H2O)2].cntdot.2H2O, the Bis(copper(II)) Complex of Ascidiacyclamide (ascidH4), a Cyclic Peptide Isolated from the Ascidian Lissoclinum patella

    Anna L. van den Brenk;Karl A. Byriel;David P. Fairlie;Lawrence R. Gahan

  • Binuclear metallohydrolases: Complex mechanistic strategies for a simple chemical reaction

    Gerhard Schenk;Gerhard Schenk;Nataša Mitić;Lawrence R. Gahan;David L. Ollis

  • Copper(II) complexes of the fluoroquinolone antimicrobial ciprofloxacin. Synthesis, X-ray structural characterization, and potentiometric study

    Steven C. Wallis;Lawrence R. Gahan;Bruce G. Charles;Trevor W. Hambley

  • Five-coordinate transition metal complexes and the value of τ5: observations and caveats

    Allan G. Blackman;Elaine B. Schenk;Rebecca E. Jelley;Elizabeth H. Krenske

  • Dinuclear Zinc(II) Complexes with Hydrogen Bond Donors as Structural and Functional Phosphatase Models

    Simone Bosch;Simone Bosch;Peter Comba;Lawrence R. Gahan;Gerhard Schenk

  • Reactions of cisplatin hydrolytes with methionine, cysteine, and plasma ultrafiltrate studied by a combination of HPLC and NMR techniques

    Mahmoud El-Khateeb;Trevor G. Appleton;Lawrence R. Gahan;Bruce G. Charles

  • Crystal structures of a purple acid phosphatase, representing different steps of this enzyme's catalytic cycle.

    Gerhard Schenk;Tristan W Elliott;Eleanor Leung;Lyle E Carrington

  • Phosphate Ester Hydrolysis: Metal Complexes As Purple Acid Phosphatase and Phosphotriesterase Analogues

    Lawrence R. Gahan;Sarah J. Smith;Ademir Neves;Gerhard Schenk

  • The organophosphate-degrading enzyme from Agrobacterium radiobacter displays mechanistic flexibility for catalysis.

    Fernanda Ely;Kieran S. Hadler;Lawrence R. Gahan;Luke W. Guddat

  • Synthetic, EPR spectroscopic, magnetic and x-ray crystallographic structural studies on copper(II) complexes of the tridentate N2S donor ligand formed from 6-methyl-2-formylpyridine and S-methyldithiocarbazate (Hmpsme)

    Mohammad Akbar Ali;Aminul Huq Mirza;R J Fereday;Raymond J Butcher

  • Organophosphate-degrading metallohydrolases: structure and function of potent catalysts for applications in bioremediation

    Gerhard Schenk;Irsa Mateen;Tee-Kheang Ng;Marcelo M. Pedroso

  • A new heterobinuclear FeIIICuII complex with a single terminal FeIII–O(phenolate) bond. Relevance to purple acid phosphatases and nucleases

    Mauricio Lanznaster;Ademir Neves;Adailton J. Bortoluzzi;Veronika V. E. Aires

  • Spectroscopic and Mechanistic Studies of Dinuclear Metallohydrolases and Their Biomimetic Complexes

    Lena J. Daumann;Gerhard Schenk;David L. Ollis;Lawrence R. Gahan

  • Metal-Ion Mutagenesis: Conversion of a Purple Acid Phosphatase from Sweet Potato to a Neutral Phosphatase with the Formation of an Unprecedented Catalytically Competent MnIIMnII Active Site

    Natasa Mitić;Christopher J Noble;Lawrence R Gahan;Graeme R Hanson

  • Encapsulated metal ions: synthesis, structure, and spectra of nitrogen-sulfur ligand atom cages containing cobalt(III) and cobalt(II)

    Lawrence R. Gahan;Trevor W. Hambley;Alan M. Sargeson;Michael R. Snow

  • Electronic Structure and Spectro-Structural Correlations of FeIIIZnII Biomimetics for Purple Acid Phosphatases: Relevance to DNA Cleavage and Cytotoxic Activity

    Rosely A. Peralta;Adailton J. Bortoluzzi;Bernardo de Souza;Rafael Jovito

  • Conformational Control by Thiazole and Oxazoline Rings in Cyclic Octapeptides of Marine Origin. Novel Macrocyclic Chair and Boat Conformations

    G. Abbenante;D. P. Fairlie;L. R. Gahan;G. R. Hanson

  • Rhodium catalyzed template-assisted distal para-C–H olefination

    Uttam Dutta;Uttam Dutta;Uttam Dutta;Sudip Maiti;Sandeep Pimparkar;Sandeep Pimparkar;Sandeep Pimparkar;Siddhartha Maiti

  • Development of hplc conditions for valid determination of hydrolysis products of cisplatin

    Mahmoud El-khateeb;Trevor G. Appleton;Bruce G. Charles;Lawrence R. Gahan

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Schenk
Gerhard Schenk University of Queensland
Graeme R. Hanson
Graeme R. Hanson University of Queensland
Trevor W. Hambley
Trevor W. Hambley University of Sydney
Peter Comba
Peter Comba Heidelberg University
David L. Ollis
David L. Ollis Australian National University
David P. Fairlie
David P. Fairlie University of Queensland
Paul V. Bernhardt
Paul V. Bernhardt University of Queensland
Ademir Neves
Ademir Neves Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Luke W. Guddat
Luke W. Guddat University of Queensland
Keith S. Murray
Keith S. Murray Monash University

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