Publications (2011 - present)
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Independent Research
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19. Angelo Frei, Annick Van Niekerk, Cassiem Joseph, Angela Kavanagh, Hue Dinh, Andrew J Swarts, Selwyn F Mapolie, Johannes Zuegg, Amy K Cain, Alysha G Elliott, Mark AT Blaskovich. The antimicrobial properties of Pd (II)-and Ru (II)-pyta complexes. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-j4fg9
18. Joseph, MC., Kotzé, IA., Nnaji, NJ., Swarts, AJ., Mapolie, SF. Structural Investigation of the Anion Effect in Ruthenium (II) Arene Complexes Bearing Pyridyl-Triazole Ligands: Implications for Transfer Hydrogenation Catalysis (2022), 41, 3546. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00395
17. Joseph, M.C., Swarts, A.J., Mapolie, S.F. Cationic half-sandwich ruthenium (II) complexes ligated by pyridyl-triazole ligands: Transfer hydrogenation and mechanistic studies (2022) 212, art. no. 115579. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.
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16. Marais, L., Vosloo, H.C.M., Swarts, A.J. Homogeneous oxidative transformations mediated by copper catalyst systems (2021) 440, art. no. 213958. DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213958
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15. Vermaak, V., Vosloo, H.C.M., Swarts, A.J. Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation of nitriles to secondary amines with nickel(II) catalysts (2021) 511, art. no. 111738. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111738
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14. Makhado, T., Das, B., Kriek, R.J., Vosloo, H.C.M., Swarts, A.J. Chemical and electrochemical water oxidation mediated by bis(pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)pyridine-ligated Cu(i) complexes (2021) 5 (10), pp. 2771-2780. DOI: 10.1039/d1se00402f
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13. Vermaak, V., Vosloo, H.C.M., Swarts, A.J. Fast and Efficient Nickel(II)-catalysed Transfer Hydrogenation of Quinolines with Ammonia Borane (2020) 362 (24), pp. 5788-5793. DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202001147
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12. Joseph, M.C., Swarts, A.J., Mapolie, S.F. Palladium (II) complexes chelated by 1-substituted-4-pyridyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole ligands as catalyst precursors for selective ethylene dimerization (2020) 34 (5), art. no. e5595. DOI: 10.1002/aoc.5595
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11. Marais, L., Vosloo, H.C.M., Swarts, A.J. The development of a Cu(I)/pyrazolylpyridineamine catalyst system for the hydroxylation of aryl halides (2020) 486, art. no. 110839. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2020.110839
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10. Marais, L., Swarts, A.J. Biomimetic cu/nitroxyl catalyst systems for selective alcohol oxidation (2019) 9 (5), art. no. 5. DOI: 10.3390/catal9050395
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9. Blanckenberg, A., Kotze, G., Swarts, A.J., Malgas-Enus, R. Effect of nanoparticle metal composition: mono- and bimetallic gold/copper dendrimer stabilized nanoparticles as solvent-free styrene oxidation catalysts (2018) 20 (2), art. no. 44. DOI: 10.1007/s11051-018-4144-3
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8. Vermaak, V., Young, D.A., Swarts, A.J. Catalytic oxidation of alcohols with novel non-heme N4-tetradentate manganese(ii) complexes (2018) 47 (46), pp. 16534-16542. DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03808b
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7. Joseph, M.C., Swarts, A.J., Mapolie, S.F. Phenylacetylene polymerisation mediated by cationic cyclometallated palladium(ii) complexes bearing benzylidene 2,6-diisopropylphenylamine and its derivatives as ligands (2018) 47 (35), pp. 12209-12217. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT02728E
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6. Marais, L., Burés, J., Jordaan, J.H.L., Mapolie, S., Swarts, A.J. A bis(pyridyl)-: N -alkylamine/Cu(i) catalyst system for aerobic alcohol oxidation (2017) 15 (33), pp. 6926-6933. DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01383c
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5. Mketo, N., Jordaan, J.H.L., Jordaan, A., Swarts, A.J., Mapolie, S.F. Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Application of Mononuclear and Dendritic Cationic CuIIminopyridine-Ligated Complexes in Aryl Iodide Hydroxylation (2016) 2016 (23), pp. 3781-3790. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600417
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PhD Studies
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4. Swarts, A.J., Mapolie, S.F. The synthesis and application of novel Ni(ii) N-alkyl dipyridylaldiminato complexes as selective ethylene oligomerisation catalysts (2014) 43 (26), pp. 9892-9900. DOI: 10.1039/c4dt00537f
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3. Swarts, A.J., Zheng, F., Smith, V.J., Nordlander, E., Mapolie, S.F. Reactivity of bis(pyridyl)- N -alkylaminato methylpalladium complexes toward ethylene: insights from experiment and theory (2014) 33 (9), pp. 2247-2256. DOI: 10.1021/om5001293
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2. Aliwaini, S., Swarts, A.J., Blanckenberg, A., Mapolie, S., Prince, S. A novel binuclear palladacycle complex inhibits melanoma growth in vitro and in vivo through apoptosis and autophagy (2013) 86 (12), pp. 1650-1663. DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.09.020
1. Mungwe, N., Swarts, A.J., Mapolie, S.F., Westman, G. Cationic palladacycles as catalyst precursors for phenyl acetylene polymerization (2011) 696 (22), pp. 3527-3535. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2011.07.044