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Richard A. J. O'Hair

Richard A. J. O'Hair

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Chemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
13858
World Ranking
9208
National Ranking
218

Overview

Richard A. J. O'Hair is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research spans a range of topics within chemistry and materials science, with a significant focus on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, spectroscopy, inorganic chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, subfields of study where O'Hair has contributed notably are:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Their research topics cover diverse areas, emphasizing mass spectrometry techniques and applications, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, advanced chemical physics studies, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, and carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Recent publications provide insight into the scope and diversity of O'Hair's work. Selected papers include:

  • ORGANOMETALLIC GAS-PHASE ION CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS: INSIGHTS INTO THE USE OF METAL CATALYSTS TO PROMOTE SELECTIVITY IN THE REACTIONS OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES, 2020, Mass Spectrometry Reviews
  • Type IX Secretion System Cargo Proteins Are Glycosylated at the C Terminus with a Novel Linking Sugar of the Wbp/Vim Pathway, 2020, mBio
  • Photoexcited Pd(ii) auxiliaries enable light-induced control in C(sp3)-H bond functionalisation, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Palladium-Mediated CO2 Extrusion Followed by Insertion of Isocyanates for the Synthesis of Benzamides: Translating Fundamental Mechanistic Studies To Develop a Catalytic Protocol, 2020, Organometallics
  • Tetraorganylargentate(III) Complexes: Key Intermediates in Silver-Mediated Cross-Coupling Reactions, 2021, Organometallics

O'Hair frequently publishes in several scientific venues. The most common venues of their publications include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Dalton Transactions

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including Allan J. Canty, Weam A. O. Altalhi, Paul S. Donnelly, Alasdair I. McKay, and Z. Howard.

Best Publications

  • MR1 presents microbial vitamin B metabolites to MAIT cells

    Lars Kjer-Nielsen;Onisha G Patel;Alexandra J Corbett;Jerome Le Nours;Jerome Le Nours

  • The 3D quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer as a complete chemical laboratory for fundamental gas-phase studies of metal mediated chemistry

    Richard A. J. O'Hair

  • Mining a tandem mass spectrometry database to determine the trends and global factors influencing peptide fragmentation.

    Eugene A. Kapp;Frédéric Schütz;Gavin E. Reid;James S. Eddes

  • Catalytic Gas Phase Oxidation of Methanol to Formaldehyde

    Tom Waters;Richard A J O'Hair;Anthony G Wedd

  • Ab Initio Studies of Amino Acid Conformations. 1. The Conformers of Alanine, Serine, and Cysteine

    Scott Gronert;Richard A. J. O'Hair

  • Gas Phase Ion Chemistry of Transition Metal Clusters: Production, Reactivity, and Catalysis

    Richard A. J. O'Hair;George N. Khairallah

  • Gas phase acidities of the α amino acids

    Richard A.J. O'Hair;John H. Bowie;Scott Gronert

  • Gas-phase reactions of protonated tryptophan.

    Hadi Lioe;Richard A. J. O’Hair;Gavin E. Reid

  • Characterization of an antagonist interleukin-6 dimer by stable isotope labeling, cross-linking, and mass spectrometry.

    Thomas Taverner;Nathan E. Hall;Richard A.J. O'Hair;Richard J. Simpson

  • Comparison of collision-induced dissociation and electron-induced dissociation of singly protonated aromatic amino acids, cystine and related simple peptides using a hybrid linear ion trap–FT-ICR mass spectrometer

    Hadi Lioe;Richard A. J. O’Hair

  • A mass spectrometric and ab initio study of the pathways for dehydration of simple glycine and cysteine-containing peptide [M+H]+ ions

    Gavin E. Reid;Richard J. Simpson;Richard A. J. O’Hair

  • Measurements of Solvent and Secondary Kinetic Isotope Effects for the Gas-Phase SN2 Reactions of Fluoride with Methyl Halides

    Richard A. J. O'Hair;Gustavo E. Davico;Jale Hacaloglu;Thuy Thanh Dang

  • Comparing the gas-phase fragmentation reactions of protonated and radical cations of the tripeptides GXR

    Sheena Wee;Richard A.J. O’Hair;W.David McFadyen

  • Do all b2 ions have oxazolone structures? Multistage mass spectrometry and ab initio studies on protonated N-acyl amino acid methyl ester model systems

    Jason M Farrugia;Richard A.J O’Hair;Gavin E Reid

  • Formation of Cationic Peptide Radicals by Gas-Phase Redox Reactions with Trivalent Chromium, Manganese, Iron, and Cobalt Complexes†

    Christopher K. Barlow;D. W.David McFadyen;Richard A.J. O'Hair

  • Gas phase studies of the Pesci decarboxylation reaction: synthesis, structure, and unimolecular and bimolecular reactivity of organometallic ions.

    Richard A J O'Hair;Nicole J Rijs

  • Leaving group and gas phase neighboring group effects in the side chain losses from protonated serine and its derivatives.

    Gavin E. Reid;Gavin E. Reid;Richard J. Simpson;Richard A. J. O’Hair

  • The role of nucleophile–electrophile interactions in the unimolecular and bimolecular gas‐phase ion chemistry of peptides and related systems†

    Richard A. J. O'Hair

  • CH Bond Activation of Methanol and Ethanol by a High‐Spin FeIVO Biomimetic Complex

    William A Donald;Christine Joy McKenzie;Richard A. J. O'Hair

  • Electron capture dissociation and infrared multiphoton dissociation of oligodeoxynucleotide dications

    Kristina Håkansson;Robert R. Hudgins;Alan G. Marshall;Richard A. J. O’Hair

  • Gas-phase synthesis of [Ag4H]+ and its mediation of the C--C coupling of allyl bromide.

    George N. Khairallah;Richard A. J. O'Hair

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin E. Reid
Gavin E. Reid University of Melbourne
Jonathan M. White
Jonathan M. White University of Melbourne
Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký
Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký University of Split
Allan J. Canty
Allan J. Canty University of Tasmania
John H. Bowie
John H. Bowie University of Adelaide
Paul S. Donnelly
Paul S. Donnelly University of Melbourne
Anthony G. Wedd
Anthony G. Wedd University of Melbourne
Gabriel da Silva
Gabriel da Silva University of Melbourne
Philippe Dugourd
Philippe Dugourd Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Richard J. Simpson
Richard J. Simpson La Trobe University

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