Publications

Post-Doctoral Publications (Nov. 2002-Sept. 2007).

PhD Publications (Oct. 1999-Sept.2002).

Independent Publications (Sept. 2007-Present)

§“Selective alpha,delta-hydrocarboxylation of conjugated dienes utilizing CO2 and electrosynthesis” Ahmed M. Sheta, Mohammad A. Mashaly, Samy B. Said, Saad S. Elmorsy, Andrei V. Malkov and Benjamin R. Buckley* Chem. Sci. 2020 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC03148H.

§ Highlighted in the 2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection

“Electrolytic cell engineering and device optimization for electrosynthesis of e-biofuels via co-valorisation of bio-feedstocks and captured CO2” Faraz Montazersadgh, Hao Zhang, Anas Alkayal, Benjamin Buckley, Ben W. Kolosz, Bing Xu and Jin Xuan* Front. Chem. Sci. Eng. 2020, DOI:10.1007/s11705-020-1945-6.

§“Time-resolved detection of peroxynitrite using a luminescent lanthanide probe” Colum Breen, Robert Pal, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Felipe Iza, Kristian Wende, Benjamin R. Buckley, and Stephen J. Butler* Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 3164-3170.

§ Highlighted in the 2020 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection

§‡"Harnessing Applied Potential: The anti-Markovnikov Hydrocarboxylation of substituted olefins" Anas Alkayal, Volodymyr Tabas, Stephanie Montanaro, Iain A. Wright, Andrei V. Malkov* and Benjamin R. Buckley* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 1780-1785.

§Read an invited Synform Interview on this work here

‡Read a Viewpoint article in ChemSusChem by Arjan Kleij on this work here

“Simultaneous Clicknetic Resolution: Coetaneous catalytic kinetic resolution of alkynes and azides through asymmetric triazole formation” William D. G. Brittain, Andrew G. Dalling, Zhenquan Sun, Cécile S. Le Duff, Louise Male, Benjamin R. Buckley* and John S. Fossey* Scientific Rep. 2019, 9, 15086.

“Balancing Bulkiness in Gold(I) Phosphino-triazole Catalysis” Yiming Zhao, Matthew G. Wakeling, Fernanda Meloni, Tze Jing Sum, Huy van Nguyen, Benjamin R. Buckley, Paul W. Davies, and John S. Fossey* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 5540-5548.

“Phosphino-Triazole Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling” Yiming Zhao, Huy van Nguyen, Louise Male, Philip Craven, Benjamin R. Buckley and John S. Fossey* Organometallics 2018, 37, 4224-4241.

“Quantification of the Ozone Dose Delivered into a Liquid by Indirect Plasma Treatments: Method and Calibration of the Pittsburgh Green Fluorescence Probe” Alec Wright, James Fuster, Alex Shaw, Hemaka Bandulasena, Benjamin R. Buckley* and Felipe Iza* Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing 2018, 6, 1169-1179.

“The fate of plasma-generated oxygen atoms in aqueous solutions: non-equilibrium atmospheric plasmas as an efficient source of atomic oxygen”Mohamed Mokhtar Hefny, Alex Shaw, Sina Schäkerman, Benjamin R. Buckley, Julia Elisabeth Bandow, Felipe Iza and Jan Benedikt* PCCP 2018, 20, 12037-12042.

**“The Bull-James Assembly as a Chiral Auxiliary and Shift Reagent in Kinetic Resolution of Alkyne Amines by the CuAAC Reaction” William D. G. Brittain, Brette M. Chapin, Wenlei Zhai, Vincent M. Lynch, Benjamin R. Buckley, Eric V. Anslyn* and John S. Fossey* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 10778-10782.

**Highly rated article by the reviewers and editors: selected as a cover article

"Controlling the assembly of C2-symmetric molecular tectons based on a carbocyclic cleft molecule analogous to Tröger’s base" Natasha Slater, Benjamin R. Buckley, Mark R. J. Elsegood, Simon Teat, and Marc Kimber Cryst. Growth & Design 2016, 16, 3846-3852.

“Asymmetric Copper Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloadditions” William D. G. Brittain, Benjamin R. Buckley and John S. Fossey ACS Catalysis 2016, 6,3629-3636.

** “Chemoselective Oxidation of Sulfides to Sulfoxides with Urea-Hydrogen Peroxide Complex Catalysed by Diphenyl Diselenide” Philip C. Bulman Page,* Benjamin R. Buckley,* Claire Elliott, Yohan Chan, Nicolas Dreyfus, and Frank Marken Synlett 2016, 80-82.

**Invited special edition in honour of Professor Steven V. Ley on the occasion of his 70th Birthday

**"A New Simplified Protocol for Copper(I) Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition Reactions Using Low Sub-Stoichiometric Amounts of Copper(II) Pre-Catalysts in Methanol" Benjamin R. Buckley, Maria M. P. Figueres, Amna N. Khan, and Harry Heaney* Synlett 2016, 51-56.

**Invited special edition in honour of Professor Steven V. Ley on the occasion of his 70th Birthday

**“Kinetic Resolution of Alkyne-Substituted Quaternary Oxindoles via Copper Catalysed Azide-Alkyne Cycloadditions” William D. G. Brittain, Benjamin R. Buckley* and John S. Fossey* Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 17217-17220.

**Highly rated article by the reviewers and editors: selected as a cover article

**“Relative reactivity of alkenyl alcohols in the Palladium-catalyzed redox-relay Heck reaction” Margaret J. Hilton, Bin Cheng, Benjamin R. Buckley, Liping Xu, Olaf Wiest and Matthew S. Sigman* Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 6513-6518.

**Invited special addition, Symposia-in-Print as a special issue for Prof. Tsuji’s Tetrahedron Prize

““Copper-in-Charcoal” Revisited: Delineating the Nature of the Copper Species and its Role in Catalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Rachel Butterworth, Sandra E. Dann, Harry Heaney and Emma C. Stubbs ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 793–796.

**“Virtues and limitations of Pittsburgh green for ozone detection” Carlos Castelló Beltrán, Elliott A. Palmer, Benjamin R. Buckley* and Felipe Iza* Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 1579-1582.

**Highly rated article by the reviewers and editors: selected as a cover article

“Selective Formation of Trimethylene Carbonate (TMC): Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Dioxide Utilization” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Anish P. Patel and K. G. Upul Wijayantha* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 474–478.

“‘Ring-Expansion Addition’ of Epoxides Using Applied Potential: An Investigation of Catalysts for Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Dioxide Utilization” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Anish P. Patel and K. G. Upul Wijayantha* RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 58581-58590.

**“A New Entry to Sonochemical/Efficient Agitation Switching: Alkene Formation Through Epoxide Deoxygenation” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Anish P. Patel and K. G. Upul Wijayantha* Synlett 2014, 197-200.

**Highlighted by Douglas F. Taber, Organic Chemistry Portal, Reduction of Organic Functional Groups, http://www.organic-chemistry.org/Highlights/2015/23March.shtm

“Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide by Diphenyl Diselenide for Highly Enantioselective Oxaziridinium Salt-Mediated Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation”Benjamin R. Buckley*, Claire E. Elliott, Yohan Chan, Nicholas Dreyfus, and Philip C. Bulman Page* Synlett 2013 2266-2270.

"A catalytic, mild and efficient protocol for the C-3 aerial hydroxylation of oxindoles” Benjamin R. Buckley* and Beatriz Fernández D.-R. Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 843-846.

“Observations on the modified Wenker synthesis of aziridines: development of a biphasic system” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Anish P. Patel and K. G. Upul Wijayantha* J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 1289-1292.

“Harnessing Applied Potential to Oxidation in Water” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Yohan Chan, Nicolas Dreyfus, Claire Elliott, Frank Marken and Philip C. Bulman Page* Green Chem. 2012, 14, 2221-2225.

“Mannich Reactions of Alkynes: Mechanistic Insights and the Role of Alkynylcopper(I) Compounds in the Catalytic Cycle” Benjamin R. Buckley, Amna N. Khan and Harry Heaney* Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 3855-3858.

“Electrosynthesis of Cyclic Carbonates from Epoxides and Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Dioxide” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Anish P. Patel and K. G. Upul Wijayantha*, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 11888-11890.

“A Rapid and Highly Diastereoselective Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure (4R,5R)- and (4S,5S)- isocytoxazone” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Philip C. Bulman Page and Vikkie McKee Synlett, 2011, 1399-1402.

“Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions “On Water” Using Stable Polymeric Alkynylcopper(I) Pre-Catalysts: Alkyne-Azide Cycloaddition” Reactions. Benjamin R. Buckley*, Sandra E. Dann, Harry Heaney and Emma C. Stubbs Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 770-776.

“Thiadiazolidine 1-oxide Systems For Phosphine-Free Palladium-Mediated Catalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley* and Stephen P. Neary Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 7988-7994.

“The First Enantiomerically Pure Thiadiazol-3-one 1-oxide and Thiatriaza-indene 3-Oxide Systems Chiral at the Sulfur atom” Benjamin R. Buckley*, Stephen P. Neary and Mark R. J. Elsegood Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2010, 21, 1959-1962.

“Experimental Evidence for the Involvement of Dinuclear Alkynylcopper(I) Complexes in Alkyne-Azide Click Chemistry” Benjamin R. Buckley, Sandra E. Dann, and Harry Heaney*, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 6278-6284.

“Alkynylcopper(I) polymers and their use in a mechanistic study of alkyne–azide click reactions” Benjamin R. Buckley, Sandra E. Dann, Daniel P. Harris, Harry Heaney* and Emma C. Stubbs Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 2274-2276.

“The First Thiadiazolidine-1-oxide System For Phosphine-Free Palladium Mediated Catalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley* and Stephen P. Neary Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 351, 71-77.

Research Lectures

2021

44. Invited Lecture “Selective Anti-Markovnikov Hydrocarboxylation of Olefins: Formation of all-carbon quaternary centres“ The 2nd Carbon Dioxide Conversion Catalysis Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2021.

2020

43. “Harnessing Applied Potential for Carbon Dioxide Utilization” The 5th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference, Dresden, Germany, 10th-13th May 2020. Postponed to November 2020.

42. Invited Expert Lecture “Carbon Dioxide Reduction” EPSRC CO2Chem Winter Workshop, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, 20th-23rd January 2020.

2019

41. Invited Lecture “Electrosynthetic Activation of Carbon Dioxide for Value Added Compound Synthesis” 2019 International Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference” Beijing, China, 16-19 October 2019. Invited by the Chinese Chemical Society and Elsevier.

40. Keynote Lecture “Selective Anti-Markovnikov Hydrocarboxylation of Olefins: Formation of all-carbon quaternary centres“ 4th EuCheMS Congress on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (EuGSC), ICIQ, Tarragona, Spain, 22-25th September 2019.

39. “Selective Anti-Markovnikov Hydrocarboxylation of Olefins: Formation of all-carbon quaternary centres“ 17th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Aachen, Germany 23rd-27th June 2019.

38. Invited Lecture "Copper(I) Ladderane Complexes: Synthesis and Applications" HSCIS 2019, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China 17th-19th April 2019.

37. Invited Lecture “Selective Hydrocarboxylation” Catalysis and Sensing for our Environment Symposium 2019 (CASE 2019) Northwest A&F University, China, April 14th–16th 2019.

2018

36. Invited Lecture “Selective Hydrocarboxylation” Professor Philip C. Bulman Page Retirement Symposium, University of East Anglia, UK, 16th October 2018.

35. Invited Expert Lecture “The Application of Heterogenous Catalysis for Carbon Dioxide Utilisation” EPSRC CO2Chem Summer Workshop, University of Sheffield, 9th-13th July 2018.

34. Invited Lecture “Exploiting Electrosynthesis to Enable Selective Hydrocarboxylation” ICIQ Tarragona, Spain, 23rd March

2017

33. Invited Lecture “Exploiting Electrosynthesis to Enable Selective Hydrocarboxylation” Nankai University, Tianjing, China. 6th November 2017.

32. Invited Lecture “Exploiting Applied Potential For Carbon Dioxide Utilisation” Joint NSFC-RSC Symposium on Sustainable Chemistry and Processes, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China 4 – 5th November, 2017.

31. Invited Lecture “Chemical probes for plasma diagnostics” 15th UK Technological Plasma Workshop, Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK 11-12th October 2017.

30. Keynote Speaker “Exploiting Electrosynthesis to Enable Selective Hydrocarboxylation” 3rd EuCheMS Congress on Green and Sustainable Chemistry (EuGSC), York University, UK 3rd – 6th September 2017.

29. “Exploiting Electrosynthesis to Enable Selective Hydrocarboxylation” 15th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences (SARI-CAS) and ShanghaiTech University (ShanghaiTech), China 17th – 21st July 2017.

28. Invited Lecture “Exploiting Electrosynthesis to Enable Selective Hydrocarboxylation” CO2Chem Status Conference, University of York Centre for Green Chemistry, 7th June 2017.

27. Invited Lecture “Chemical probes for plasma diagnostics” INP Greifswald, Germany, 7 – 9th May 2017.

2016

26. “Exploiting Electrosynthesis to Enable Selective Hydrocarboxylation” 14th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization University of Sheffield, UK 11th -15th September 2016

2015

25. Invited Lecture "Harnessing Applied Potential for Synthesis: Applications in CO2 Utilization" Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 27th May 2015.

24. Invited International Expert Lecture "The electrochemistry of Carbon Dioxide" , Sustainability of Carbon Dioxide Workshop, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Química, March 29-April 4th 2015.

23. "Copper(I) Ladderane Complexes and Their Use in Organic Synthesis" 249th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver Colorado, USA, March 22-26, 2015.

22. Invited Lecture “Virtues and limitations of chemical probes for plasma diagnostics” 2nd Annual meeting of the European COST Action TD1208 congress, Barcelona, Spain, February 22nd-26th 2015.

2014

21. Invited Lecture “Chemical probes for plasma diagnostics” Electrical discharges with liquids for future applications

European COST Action TD1208 Training School: Chemistry initiated by electrical discharges with liquids, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 2nd-6th 2014.

2013

20. Invited Lecture “Copper catalysed processes for Click & CDU applications” Department of Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 4th December 2013.

19. “Harnessing Applied Potential for Sunlight Driven CO2 Utilization” Energy Expo, Loughborough University,

14th February 2013.

18. Invited Guest Lecture “Atmospheric Pressure Carbon Dioxide Utilization Under Electrosynthetic Conditions”

Guest Lecture at the 1st EPSRC CO2Chem Solvents and Synthons Grand Challenge Network Meeting, Leeds University, 23rd January 2013.

2012

17. “Harnessing Applied Potential for Sunlight Driven CO2 Utilization” The 2012 AiChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, USA, 30th Oct. 2012.

16. “Atmospheric pressure carbon dioxide utilization under electrosynthetic conditions”

The 244th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, 19th Aug. 2012.

15. Invited Guest Lecture “Electrosynthesis: Applications Towards Carbon Dioxide Utilization” Guest Lecture at The Great Western CO2 Meeting, University of Bath, 25th June 2012.

2011

14. “Applications of Electrosynthesis Towards The Sustainable Use of Carbon Dioxide”

MEC Meeting, University of Nottingham, 1st Nov. 2011.

13. "Copper(I) Ladderane Complexes and Their Use in Organic Synthesis "

The 17th European Symposium on Organic Chemistry (ESOC 2011) Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, from the 10th to 15th July, 2011.

12. “Applications of Electrosynthesis Towards The Sustainable Use of Carbon Dioxide as a C1 Building Block in Organic Synthesis” The 32nd Royal Society of Chemistry Organic Division Midlands Regional Meeting, Loughborough University, 20th April 2011.

11. Invited Lecture "Copper(I) Ladderane Complexes and Their Use in Organic Synthesis "

School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University, 18th February 2011.

2010

10. Invited Lecture "Copper(I) ladder complexes and their use in organic synthesis"

Young Chemists Meeting, GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK, 21st-22nd October 2010.

9. Invited Lecture "Copper(I) ladder complexes and their use in organic synthesis"

Department of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, 2nd March 2010.

2009

8. Invited Lecture "Thiadiazolidine 1-Oxide Systems for Phosphine-Free Palladium-Mediated Catalysis"

Department of Chemistry, University College London, 18th Nov. 2009.

7.Invited Lecture "The First Thiadiazolidine 1-Oxide System for Phosphine-Free Palladium-Mediated Catalysis"

Young Chemists 2009, Imperial College, London, 3rd April 2009.

2002-2007

6. “New Easily Accessible Organocatalysts For Asymmetric Synthesis”

Departmental Chemistry Seminar, Loughborough University, 27th April 2007.

5. “Highly Enantioselective Systems for Organic Synthesis”

Organic Chemistry Seminar, Loughborough University, 20th April 2007.

4. “The First High Enantioselectivities in the Epoxidation of Unfunctionalized Alkenes Mediated by Iminium Salts”

The 26th Royal Society of Chemistry Organic Division East Midlands Regional Meeting, Loughborough University, 7th April 2005.

3. “New Systems for Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation”

The 17th Royal Society of Chemistry Heterocyclic Group Postgraduate Meeting, Nottingham University, 2nd July 2002.

2. “New Systems for Catalytic Asymmetric Oxygen Transfer”

Loughborough University Final Year Postgraduate Symposium, June 2002.

1. “New Systems for Catalytic Asymmetric Oxygen Transfer”

The 2nd Avecia CASE Award Symposium, Grasmere, 2nd-3rd May 2002.

Contributions to compiled volumes

21. Benjamin R. Buckley in Boron: Sensing, Synthesis and Supramolecular Self-Assembly, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge; Tony D. James, John S. Fossey and Meng Li Eds., Chapter on “The Suzuki Reaction: Recent Advances/Contributions” 2015.

20. “Organocatalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley, Annual Reports Section B: Organic Chemistry 2013, 109, in press.

19. “Mechanistic Investigations of Copper(I)-Catalysed Alkyne–Azide Cycloaddition Reactions” Benjamin R. Buckley and Harry Heaney, Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2012, 28 1-30.

18. Benjamin R. Buckley in Encyclopedia of Reagents For Organic Synthesis, Leo A. Paquette, Ed; Wiley 2012, “Potassium Monoperoxysulfate” DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rp246.pub3.

17. “Organocatalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley, Marc C. Kimber and Natasha H. Slater Annual Reports Section B: Organic Chemistry 2012, 108, 98-109.

16. Benjamin R. Buckley and Stephen P. Neary in Enantioselective Organocatalyzed Reactions I, R. Mahrwald Ed; Springer, 2011, Chapter 1, Organocatalysed Asymmetric Oxidation Reactions, pp 1-41.

15. “Organocatalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley and Mohamed M. Farah Annual Reports Section B: Organic Chemistry 2011, 107, 102-117.

14. “Organocatalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley and Stephen P. Neary Annual Reports Section B: Organic Chemistry 2010, 106, 120-135.

13. “Organocatalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley Annual Reports Section B: Organic Chemistry 2009, 105, 113-128.

12. Philip C. Bulman Page and Benjamin R. Buckley, in Organosulfur Chemistry in Asymmetric Synthesis, T. Toru and C. Bolm, Eds; WILEY-VCH, 2008, Chapter 4, Synthesis and Applications of Chiral Dithioacetal Derivatives, pp 161-177.

11. “Organocatalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley. Annual Reports Section B: Organic Chemistry 2008, 104, 88-105.

10. Philip C. Bulman Page and Benjamin R. Buckley, in Mechanism in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Epoxidation Catalysis, S. Ted Oyama, Ed; Elsevier, 2008, Chapter 5, Oxaziridinium Salt-mediated Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation, pp 177-216.

9. Benjamin R. Buckley, in Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III, Alan R. Katritzky, Ed; Elsevier, Raymond C. F. Jones, Vol. Ed; 2008, Volume 10, Chapter 10.23, Tricyclic Systems: Central Carbocyclic Ring with Fused 6 Rings, pp 1229-1268.

8. Benjamin R. Buckley and Stephen Neary, in Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III, Alan R. Katritzky, Ed; Elsevier, Raymond C. F. Jones, Vol. Ed; 2008, Volume 10, Chapter 10.10, Bicyclic 5-6 Systems: Four Heteroatoms 3:1, pp 511-523.

7. Benjamin R. Buckley, in Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III, Alan R. Katritzky, Ed; Elsevier, Raymond C. F. Jones, Vol. Ed; 2008, Volume 10, Chapter 10.08, Bicyclic 5-6 Systems: Three Heteroatoms 2:1, pp 431-491.

6. Philip C. Bulman Page and Benjamin R. Buckley in Encyclopedia of Reagents For Organic Synthesis, Leo A. Paquette, Ed; Wiley 2008, 5-Butylthio-3H-1,2-dithiole-3-thone, DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn00865.

5. “Organocatalysis” Benjamin R. Buckley. Annual Reports Section B: Organic Chemistry 2007, 103, 90-107.

4. Philip C. Bulman Page and Benjamin R. Buckley in Encyclopedia of Reagents For Organic Synthesis, Leo A. Paquette, Ed; Wiley 2005, 2-Lithio-1,3-dithiane, DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rl020.

3. Philip C. Bulman Page and Benjamin R. Buckley in Encyclopedia of Reagents For Organic Synthesis, Leo A. Paquette, Ed; Wiley 2005, N-tert-butoxycarbonyl(4-cyanophenyl)oxaziridine, DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn00551.

2. Benjamin R. Buckley, in Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations II, Alan R. Katritzky and Richard J. K. Taylor, Ed; Elsevier, Raymond C. F. Jones, Vol. Ed; 2005, Volume 5, Chapter 5.03, Carboxylic Esters and Lactones, pp 127-174.

1. Philip C. Bulman Page and Benjamin R. Buckley in Encyclopedia of Reagents For Organic Synthesis, Leo A. Paquette, Ed; Wiley 2004, Tri-n-Butylstannane, DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rt181.