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Research
Latest papers
tert-Butyl nitrite as a mild nitrosylation agent for pyrroles.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry · 2026 · senior author
Reactivity of an aza-dipyrrin and an aza-BODIPY motif bearing two 2-pyridyl units: an emissive NNN binding pocket.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry · 2025 · senior author
Third-order nonlinear optical properties of a series of pyrroles and dipyrroles featuring π-conjugated substituents and linkers.
Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP · 2025
Latest funding
- $150,000
High-resolution mass spectrometer for multi-user multi-institution chemical analysis
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $250,000
Development of biomaterials for nanoplastic detection, identification, and sequestration
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $25,000
Tellurophenes in catalysis
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
57 publications.
tert-Butyl nitrite as a mild nitrosylation agent for pyrroles.
Brown EB, Sullivan EC, Hilborn JW, Campbell JW, Alkaş A, Gapare RL, Collins KR, Robertson KN, Thompson A
Reactivity of an aza-dipyrrin and an aza-BODIPY motif bearing two 2-pyridyl units: an emissive NNN binding pocket.
Gapare RL, Diaz-Rodriguez RM, Williams VA, Atwood M, Cotnam MJ, Hilborn JW, Johnson ER, Robertson KN, Thompson A
Third-order nonlinear optical properties of a series of pyrroles and dipyrroles featuring π-conjugated substituents and linkers.
Bennett E, Alkaş A, Diaz-Rodriguez RM, Campbell JW, Ferguson LA, Cotnam MJ, Cisek R, Thompson A, Tokarz D
Synthesis and properties of tetra-aryl azobispyrroles.
Sequeira SO, Diaz-Rodriguez RM, Atansi M, Hilborn JW, Alkaş A, Gapare RL, Dearden M, Sullivan EC, Brown EB, Robertson KN, Thompson A
Introducing the substituted azobispyrrole framework: synthesis and properties.
Alkaş A, Diaz-Rodriguez RM, Sequeira SO, Hilborn JW, Atansi M, Sullivan EC, Brown EB, Gapare RL, Mutus B, Robertson KN, Thompson A
Synthesis of chiral systems featuring the pyrrole unit: a review.
Campbell JW, Cotnam MJ, Annan FR, Hilborn JW, Thompson A
BODIPYs α-appended with distyryl-linked aryl bisboronic acids: single-step cell staining and turn-on fluorescence binding with D-glucose.
Alkaş A, Kofsky JM, Sullivan EC, Nebel D, Robertson KN, Capicciotti CJ, Jakeman DL, Johnson ER, Thompson A
A mild synthetic route to α-nitroso diaryl pyrroles.
Brown EB, Gapare RL, Campbell JW, Alkaş A, Sequeira S, Hilborn JW, Greening SM, Robertson KN, Thompson A
A series of potent BODIPY photosensitisers featuring tellurophene motifs at boron.
Campbell JW, Tung MT, Taylor BB, Beharry AA, Thompson A
BODIPYs with Chalcogenophenes at Boron: Synthesis and Properties.
Campbell JW, Tung MT, Robertson KN, Beharry AA, Thompson A
High-resolution mass spectrometer for multi-user multi-institution chemical analysis
Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison
Keywords: catalysis development; chemical characterization; heterocycles chemistry; high resolution; mass spectrometry; molecular mass determination; multi-user; service provision to multiple institutions; synthetic chemistry methodology development
Development of biomaterials for nanoplastic detection, identification, and sequestration
Principal investigators: Langelaan, David
Keywords: nanoplastic detection; nanoplastic identification; nanoplastic sequestration; silk-based biomaterials; hydrophobin protein; molecular modelling; fluorophores; nanoplastic bioaccumulation; zebrafish; hybrid biomaterials
Tellurophenes in catalysis
Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison A
Keywords: amide bond formation; catalysis; chemical synthesis; REDOX; tellurophene
Multi-user, High-Throughput Facility for Compositional Analysis of Molecules and Materials
Principal investigators: Chitnis, Saurabh
Pyrroles, (aza)Dipyrrins and their Complexes: Synthesis and Properties
Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison
Pyrrole Chemistry For Chemical Biology And Energy
Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison
Pyrrole Chemistry for Chemical Biology and Energy
Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison
NSERC CREATE Training Program in BioActives
Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison
Urgent upgrade repair to microwave reactor
Principal investigators: Thompson, Alison
Multi-User Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Instrument for High-Throughput Analysis
Principal investigators: Stradiotto, Mark
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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