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, C 2 isomers of C 84 F 40 and C 84 F 44 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: C 58 F 17 CF 3 and C 58 F 18 , Science 2005 , 309 , 278-281.
J. M. Street, T. Drewello, Y. Vasil'ev, O. V. Boltalina, R. Taylor, C 60 F 16 O: 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 C 60 F 38 . Loss of aromaticity on F 2 addition to C 60 F 36 , 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, C 60 F 14 OFPh 3 , a fluoroxy derivative of C 60 F 15 Ph 3 ; 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 C 60 F 16 cycloadducts between tetrathiafulvalene and C 60 F 18 ; A unique six-electron cycloaddition of a fullerene involving F 2 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 C 60 F 17 OF and oxahomofluorofullerenol C 60 F 17 O.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 C 60 F 18 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 C 60 F 36 hydrolyse to C-1 isomers of C 60 F 35 OH that eliminate HF to give epoxides C 60 F 34 O; C 60 F 36 O oxides are shown to be ethers, and a fourth isomer of C 60 F 36 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 C 60 F 18 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 C 60 F 18 with 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 C 60 F 18 O isomers and CHBr(CO 2 Et) 2 and between C 60 F 18 and CHX(CO 2 R) 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 C 60 F 4 , C 60 F 6 , C 60 F 8 , C 60 F 7 CF 3 and C 60 F 2O , 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 C 60 F 20 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 C 60 F 15 CBr(CO 2 Et) 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, C 60 F 20 : "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 C 60 F 18 , 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 C 60 F 18 ; 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 C 60 F 8 O, C 60 F 6 O and C 60 F 4 O; 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, C 60 F 2 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 C 60 F 18 , 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 C 60 F 17 CF 2 CF 3 and isomers of C 60 F 17 CF 3 ; insertion of: CF 2 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 C 60 F 18 CF 2 , 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 C 60 F 16 ; 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 C 60 F 18 and C 60 F 36 ; 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, C 60 F 36 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, C 60 F 15 Ph 3 : 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, C 60 F 18 O: 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 C 60 F 36 and C 70 F 36 / 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 C 60 F 48 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.