Mrs Joan Street ran the NMR Spectroscopy facility until her retirement in September 2009. During her career her research was largely based in the field of fluorine NMR spectroscopy on fluorinated buckminsterfullerines.
A. D. Darwish, N. Martsinovich, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, C2 isomers of C84F40 and C84F44 are cuboid and contain benzenoid and naphthalenoid aromatic patches, Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 5377-5380.
P. A. Troshin, A. G. Avent, A. D. Darwish, N. Martsinovich, A. K. Abdul-Sada, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation of two seven-membered ring C-58 fullerene derivatives: C58F17CF3 and C58F18, Science 2005, 309, 278-281.
J. M. Street, T. Drewello, Y. Vasil'ev, O. V. Boltalina, R. Taylor, C60F16O: A fluorofullerene ether having exceptionally long chromatographic retention, Fullerenes Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures 2004, 12, 753-764.
J. M. Street, B. W. Clare, D. L. Kepert, R. Taylor, Isolation and characterization of C60F38. Loss of aromaticity on F2 addition to C60F36, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2004, 108, 19228-19232.
A. D. Darwish, A. K. Abdul-Sada, A. G. Avent, N. Martsinovich, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Novel addition in trifluoromethylation of 70 fullerene, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2004, 125, 1383-1391.
A. D. Darwish, A. G. Avent, I. Gol'dt, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, C60F14OFPh3, a fluoroxy derivative of C60F15Ph3; evidence for the presence of "missing" fluorine through restricted rotation of a phenyl group, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2004, 125, 1131-1136.
G. A. Burley, A. D. Darwish, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Novel formation of a fluorinated aziridino[60]fullerene, Tetrahedron Letters 2004, 45, 3617-3619.
G. A. Burley, A. G. Avent, I. Gol'dt, P. B. Hitchcock, H. Al-Matar, D. Paolucci, F. Paolucci, P. W. Fowler, A. Soncini, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Design and synthesis of multi-component 18 p annulenic fluorofullerene ensembles suitable for donor-acceptor applications, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2004, 2, 319-329.
A. D. Darwish, A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, I. Gol'dt, I. Kuvytchko, T. Da Ros, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Formation of novel sulfur-containing C60F16 cycloadducts between tetrathiafulvalene and C60F18; A unique six-electron cycloaddition of a fullerene involving F2 loss, Chemistry-a European Journal 2003, 9, 2008-2012.
A. D. Darwish, A. K. Abdul-Sada, A. G. Avent, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation and characterisation of both the first fluoroxyfluorofullerene C60F17OF and oxahomofluorofullerenol C60F17O.OH, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2003, 121, 185-192.
G. A. Burley, A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, T. Drewello, I. V. Goldt, M. Marcaccio, F. Paulucci, D. Paulucci, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Synthesis of 18 p annulenic flourofullerenes from tertiary carbanions: size matters! Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 1, 2015-2023
A. D. Darwish, A. G. Avent, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Electrophilic substitution of C60F18 into phenols: HF elimination between OH and a 1,3-shifted fluorine giving benzofurano[2',3':10,26]hexadecafluoro[60]fullerene and derivatives, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 1, 1764-1768.
A. G. Avent, A. K. Abdul-Sada, B. W. Clare, D. L. Kepert, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, In the first proven S(N)2' fullerene reaction, both C-3 and C1 C60F36 hydrolyse to C-1 isomers of C60F35OH that eliminate HF to give epoxides C60F34O; C60F36O oxides are shown to be ethers, and a fourth isomer of C60F36 exists, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 1, 1026-1033.
X. W. Wei, A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Products from the reaction of C60F18 with sarcosine and aldehydes: the Prato reaction, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2002, 47-52.
X. W. Wei, A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, A. D. Darwish, P. W. Fowler, J. P. B. Sandall, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Reaction of C60F18with diethyl bromomalonate: diversion of the Bingel reaction and formation of the first 18 pi annulenic fullerene, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2002, 41-46.
A. D. Darwish, I. V. Kuvytchko, X. W. Wei, O. V. Boltalina, I. V. Gol'dt, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Formation of 18 trannulenes derived via Bingel reactions between C60F18O isomers and CHBr(CO2Et)2 and between C60F18 and CHX(CO2R)2 (X = Br, Cl; R = Me, Et), J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2002, 1118-1121.
F. Castiglione, J. W. Emsley, M. Hird, J. M. Street, The determination of the conformation of the aromatic rings in a lateral fluoro-substituted liquid crystal by C-13 NMR spectroscopy, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2002, 4, 4921-4930.
O. V. Boltalina, A. D. Darwish, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, X. W. Wei, Isolation and characterisation of C60F4, C60F6, C60F8, C60F7CF3and C60F2O, the smallest oxahomofullerene; the mechanism of fluorine addition to fullerenes, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2002, 251-256.
A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, P. A. Troshin, X. W. Wei, The reaction of C60F20 with anthracene: Formation of an oxidised-anthracene 1:1 complex, Fuller. Nanotub. Carbon Nanostruct. 2002, 10, 227-233.
X. W. Wei, A. D. Darwish, O. V. Boltalina, P. B. Hitchcock, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, The remarkable stable emerald green C60F15CBr(CO2Et)2(3): The first 60 fullerene that is also the first 18 trannulene, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2001, 40, 2989-2992.
O. V. Boltalina, V. Y. Markov, P. A. Troshin, A. D. Darwish, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, C60F20: "Saturnene", an extraordinary squashed fullerene, Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2001, 40, 787-789.
O. V. Boltalina, B. De La Vaissiere, A. Y. Lukonin, P. W. Fowler, A. K. Abdul-Sada, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation and characterisation of bis(oxahomo)fullerene derivatives of C60F18, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2001, 550-556.
A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, X. W. Wei, The 4+2 cycloaddition of anthracene with C60F18; anthracene goes ring walking, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2001, 994-997.
R. Taylor, A. K. Abdul-Sada, O. V. Boltalina, J. M. Street, Isolation and characterisation of forty-nine fluorinated derivatives of 70 fullerene, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 5, 1013-1021.
W. Levason, S. D. Orchard, G. Reid, J. M. Street, Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural studies on rhodium-(I) and -(III) and iridium-(I) and -(III) selenoether and telluroether complexes involving organometallic co-ligands, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 2000, 2537-2543.
O. V. Boltalina, A. Y. Lukonin, A. G. Avent, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Formation and characterisation of C60F8O, C60F6O and C60F4O; the sequential pathway for addition to fullerenes, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 4, 683-686.
O. V. Boltalina, A. Y. Lukonin, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, C60F2 exists!, Chem. Commun. 2000, 1601-1602.
O. V. Boltalina, B. De La Vaissiere, P. W. Fowler, A. Y. Lukonin, A. K. Abdul-Sada, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation and characterisation of two oxahomofullerene derivatives of C60F18, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 2212-2216.
O. V. Boltalina, P. B. Hitchcock, P. A. Troshin, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation and spectroscopic characterisation of C60F17CF2CF3 and isomers of C60F17CF3; insertion of: CF2 into fluorofullerene C-F bonds, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 2410-2414.
A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, A. Y. Lukonin, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation and spectroscopic characterisation of C60F18CF2, the first difluoromethano 60 fullerene, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 1-3.
A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, A. Y. Lukonin, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation and characterisation of C60F16; a key to understanding fullerene addition patterns, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 1359-1361.
O. V. Boltalina, M. Buhl, A. Khong, M. Saunders, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, The He-3 NMR spectra of C60F18 and C60F36; the parallel between hydrogenation and fluorination, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 1999, 1475-1479.
A. K. Abdul-Sada, T. V. Avakyan, O. V. Boltalina, V. Y. Markov, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation and characterisation of fluorinated derivatives of 76 - and 78 fullerenes, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 1999, 2659-2666.
O. V. Boltalina, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, C60F36 consists of two isomers having T and C-3 symmetry, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 1998, 649-653.
O. V. Boltalina, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Formation of triumphene, C60F15Ph3: first member of a new trefoil-shaped class of phenylated 60 fullerenes, Chem. Commun. 1998, 1827-1828.
O. Boltalina, J. H. Holloway, E. G. Hope, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Isolation of oxides and hydroxides derived from fluoro 60 fullerenes, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 1998, 1845-1850.
A. G. Avent, O. V. Boltalina, P. W. Fowler, A. Y. Lukonin, V. K. Pavlovich, J. P. B. Sandall, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, C60F18O: Isolation, spectroscopic characterisation and structural calculations, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 1998, 1319-1322.
O. V. Boltalina, A. Y. Borschevskii, L. N. Sidorov, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Preparation of C60F36 and C70F36/38/40, Chem. Commun. 1996, 529-530.
O. V. Boltalina, L. N. Sidorov, V. F. Bagryantsev, V. A. Seredenko, A. S. Zapolskii, J. M. Street, R. Taylor, Formation of C60F48 and fluorides of higher fullerenes, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2 1996, 2275-2278.
S. Casson, P. Kocienski, G. Reid, N. Smith, J. M. Street, M. Webster, Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Stannylstannylation and Silylstannylation of 1-Alkoxy-1-Alkynes and 1-Phenylthio-1- Alkynes, Synthesis 1994, 1301-1309.