Publications 2016

	Fluorescence detection of pesticides using quantum dot materials – A review S.A. Nsibande, P.B.C Forbes Analytica Chimica Acta 945* (2016) 9 - 22*
	Targeting Alzheimer’s disease by investigating previously unexplored chemical space surrounding the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil Divan G. van Greunen, Werner Cordier, Margo Nell, Chris van der Westhuyzen, Vanessa Steenkamp, Jenny-Lee Panayides, Darren L. Riley European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2016) 1 – 20
	Electrochemical Behaviour of Cr and W Fischer Ethoxy Carbene Complexes: A Comparative Study Roxanne Gostynski, Marilé Landman and Jeanet Conradie Journal of Nano Research 44 (2016) 1 - 9
	Competition reaction-based prediction of polyamines’ stepwise protonation constants: a case study involving 1,4,7,10-tetraazadecane(2,2,2-tet) Adedapo S. Adeyinka, Bryan W. Bulling, Ignacy Cukrowski Theor Chem Acc (2016) 135:139 DOI 10.1007/s00214-016-1898-5
	Measurements and modelling to determine the reduction potential of uncomplexed Bi(III) in nitrate solutions for application in Bi(III)-ligand equilibria studies by voltammetry Caren Billing and Ignacy Cukrowski Journal of Physical Chemistry B. (2016) 120, 4268 – 4278
	Interacting Quantum Fragments-Rooted Preorganised-Interacting Fragments Attributed Relative Molecular Stability of the Be^II Complexex of Nitriliotriacetic Acid and Nitrilotri-3-propionic Acid Ignacy Cukrowski and Paidamwoyo Mangondo Journal of Computational Chemistry (2016) 37,* 1373 – 1387*
	On the Stability of Cis- and Trans-2-Butene Isomers. An Insight Based on the FAMSEC, IQA, and ETS-NOCV Schemes Ignacy Cukrowski, Filip Sagan and Mariusz Pawel Mitoraj Journal of Computational Chemistry (2016) 37,* 2783 – 2798*
	Seeing the Light: The SpecUp Educational Spectophotometer P.B.C. Forbes Optics Education and Outreach IV, edited by G. Groot Gregory, Proc of SPIE Vol. 9946, 99460Z
	A review of monitoring methods for triclosan and its occurrence in aquatic environments Hanieh Montaseri, Patricia B.C. Forbes Trends in Analytical Chemistry 85 (2016) 221 – 231
	Fynbos Products: What’s in the bottle? An investigation of Terpenoid Constituents in Fynbos Products by GCxGC-TOFMS and GC-HT Charles P. Gorst-Allman and Yvette Naude South African Journal of Chemistry (2016) 69
	Status of PAHs in Environmental Compartments of South Africa: A Country Report L. Chimuka, P. Sibiya, R. Amdany, E. Cukrowska and P.B.C. Forbes Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (2016) 36, 376 – 394
	Thermochemical processing of a South African ultrafine coal fly ash using ammonium sulphate as extracting agent for aluminium extraction. Frederic Doucet, Sameera Mohamed, Nicole Neyt, Barbara Castleman, Elizabet van der Merwe Hydrometallurgy 166* (2016)174 - 184*
	Catching metallic nitride endohedral fullerenes in organic and aqueous media V. Strauss, S.G. Radhakrishnan, J. Malig, N. Jux, D.M. Guldi J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines (2016) 20, 1 – 9 DOI: 10.1142/S1088424616500711
	Electrochemical and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic insights into Molybdenum(0)Fischer ethoxycarbene complexes Armand Jansen van Rensburg, Marilé Landman, Elizabeth Erasmus, Deidré van der Westhuizen, Hendrik Ferreira, Marrigje M. Conradie, Jeanet Conradie Electrochimica Acta 219* (2016) 204 – 213*
	Microwave synthesis: Characterisation and electrochemical properties of amorphous activated carbon-MnO₂ nanocomposite electrodes A. Bello, O.O. Fashedemi, F. Barzegar, M.J. Madito, D.Y. Momodu, T.M. Masikhwa, J.K. Dangbegnon, N. Manyala Journal of Alloys and Compounds 681* (2016) 293 – 300*
	Conformational preferences of heteronuclear Fischer carbine complexes of cymantrene and cyclopentadienyl rhenium tricarbonyl Roan Fraser, Petrus H. van Rooyen and Marilé Landman Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2016) 69 (19), 2972 – 2987
	Die sintese, karakterisering, elektrochemiese eienskappe en katalitiese toepassing van nuwe [CpNiBr(NHK)]-komplekse F.P. Malan, E. Singleton, M. Landman, P.H. van Rooyen, J. Conradie Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie (2016) 35(1), a1423 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/satnt.v35i1.1423
	Book chapter in Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry vol. 73: P.B.C. Forbes and R.M. Garland, Outdoor Air Pollution, The Quality of Air, Miguel de la Guardia and Sergio Armenta (Eds), (2016), 73-96, Elsevier, Netherlands, ISBN: 978-0-444-63605-8; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.coac.2016.02.004
	Critical review of the analysis of brominated flame retardants and their environmental levels in Africa Martin Brits, Jayne de Vos, Jana M. Weiss, Egmont R. Rohwer, Jacob de Boer Chemosphere 164* (2016) 174 - 189*
	Graphene oxide-modified nickel (II) tetra-aminophthalocyanine nanocomposites for high-power symmetric pseudocapacitor Katlego Makgopa, Paul M. Ejikeme, Kenneth I. Ozoemena Electrochimica Acta 212* (2016) 876 – 882*
	Design and synthesis of ring C opened analogues of α-santonin as potential anticancer agents Khazir, J.; Mir, B. A.; Pilcher, L. A.; Riley, D. L.; Chasoo, G.; Islam, M.A.; Saxena, A.; Sampath Kumar, H. M. Med. Chem. Res., 25 (2016), 2030-2041. DOI: 10.1007/s00044-016-1633-8
	Synthesis, structure and substitution pattern study of phosphine-substituted dimetallic Fischer carbine complexes of cymantrene Roan Fraser, Petrus H. van Rooyen, Marilé Landman Polyhedron 118* (2016) 133 – 142*
	Structure, substitution and hydrolysis of Bis(trifluorobenzoylacetonato-O,Oʹ)dichloro titanium(IV): An experimental and computational study Annemarie Kuhn, Sonja Tischlik, Kathrin H. Hopmann, Marilé Landman, Petrus H. van Rooyen, Jeanet Conradie Inorganica Chimica Acta 453* (2016) 345 – 356*
	The chlorination behaviour and environmental fate of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine in South African surface water Timothy Paul Wood, Adriaan Erasmus Basson, Cornelia Duvenage, Egmont Richard Rohwer Water Research 104* (2016) 346 – 360*
	Die ontleding van endokrienontwrigtende chemikalieё in water met behulp van sorptiewe ekstraksie, GC x GC-TOFMS en UPLC-MS/MS M. Wooding, N. Aneck_Hahn, R. Bornman, E. Rohwer and Y. Naudé Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie (2016) 35 (1)* a1416*
	Use of the Rasch measurement model to explore the relationship between content knowledge and topic-specific pedagogical content knowledge for organic chemistry Bette Davidowitz and Marietjie Potgieter International Journal of Science Education (2016) dx.doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2016.1196843
	Chapter 2: Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species Oluwasesan Adegoke and Patricia B.C. Forbes Reactive Oxygen Species in Biology and Human Health. Edited by Shamim I. Ahmed, Nottingham Trent University, UK. CRC Press
	Investigating volatile compounds in the vapour phase of (1) a hot water infusion of rhizomes, and of (2) rhizomes of Siphonochilus aethiopicus using head space solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography with time of flight mass spectrometry Y.Naudé, R. Makuwa, V. Maharaj South African Journal of Botany 106* (2016) 144 – 148*
	Pentacyclic triterpenoids from the stem-bark of Albizia Chevalieri hams (Mimosaceae) Mathias S.N., Abubakar M.S., October N. Int. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016) 8 (5), 261 – 265
	In command of non-equilibrium Emil Roduner and Shankara Gayathri Radhakrishnan Chem Soc. Rev. (2016) 45, 2768 – 2784
	Structures and trends of neutral MX_xsolvent_{4 – x} tetrahedra and anionic [MX₄]^2- tetrahalometallates of zinc(II), cadmium(II) and mercury(II) with benzopiridine – and benzopyrazine – type N–donor ligands or cations C. Slabbert and M. Rademeyer Cryst. Eng. Comm (2016) DOI: 10.1039/c6ce00568c
	X-ray and electronic structure of tris(benzoylacetonato- к²O,Oʹ)iron(III) Marrigje M. Conradie, Petrus H. van Rooyen, Jeanet Conradie Journal of Molecular Structure 1123* (2016) 199 – 205*
	Deposition of CdS, CdS/ZnSe and Cd/ZnSe/ZnS shells around CdSeTe alloyed core quantum dots: effects on optical properties Oluwasesan Adegoke, Tebello Nyokong and Patricia B.C. Forbes Luminescence (2016), 31:* 694 – 703*
	Facile Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of activated aryl halides using new CpNiBr(NHC) complexes Frederick P. Malan, Eric Singleton, Petrus H. van Rooyen, Marilé Landman Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 813* (2016) 7 – 14*
	An improved process for the preparation of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Darren L. Riley, David R. Walwyn and Chris E. Edlin Organic Process Research & Development (2016)
	Geometrical isomers of tris(β-diketonato)metal III complexes for M = Cr or Co: Synthesis, X-ray structures and DFT study Renyuan Liu, Petrus H. van Rooyen, Jeanet Conradie Inorganica Chimica Acta 447* (2016) 59 – 65*
	Reactivity of Diatomics and of Ethylene on Zeolite-Supported 13-Atom Platinum Nanoclusters M Keppeler, G Braeuning, SG Radhakrishnan, X Liu, C Jensen, E Roduner Catal. Sci. Tech., 2016, DOI: 10.1039/c6cy00182c
	In vitro inhibition of plasmodium falciparum early and late stage gametocyte viability bt extracts from eight traditionally used South African plant species P. Moyo, M.E. Botha, S. Nondaba, J. Niemand, V.J. Maharaj, J.n. Eloff, A.I. Louw, L. Birkholtz Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 185* (2016) 235 – 242*
	Charge polarisation at Catalytic Metal – Support junctions. Part A: Kelvin probe force microscopy results of noble metals nanoparticles Tobias Kittel and Emil Roduner Journal of Physical Chemistry (2016) 120* 8907 – 8916*
	Jahn-Teller distortion in tris[4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(2-thienyl)-1,3-butanedionato]manganese(III) isomers: An X-ray and computational study Roxanne Gostynski, Petrus H. van Rooyen, Jeanet Conradie Journal of Molecular Structure 1119* (2016) 48 – 53*
	A DFT – Elucidated comparison on the Solution Phase and SAM Electrochemical Properties of Short-Chain Mercaptoalkylferrocenes: Synthetic and Spectroscopic Aspects, and structure of Fc – CH₂CH₂ – S – S – CH₂CH₂ – Fc Jan P. Lewtak, Marilé Landman, Israel Fernández, and Jannie C. Swarts Inorganic Chemistry (2016) 55, 2584 – 2596
	Consequences of Electron Density Manipulations on the X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Properties of Ferrocenyl-β-diketonato Complexes of Manganese (III). Structure of [Mn(FcCOCHCOCH₃)₃] Blenerhassit E. Buitendach, Elizabeth Erasmus, Marilé Landman, J.W. (Hans) Niemantsverdriet, and Jannie C. Swarts Inorganic Chemistry (2016) 55, 1992 – 2000
	Poly (ethylene glycol) enclatherated pectin-mucin submicron matrices for intravaginal anti-HIV-1 drug delivery Felix Mashingaidze, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, Vinesh Maharaj, Eckhart Buchmann, Viness Pillay International Journal of Pharmaceutics (2016) 503, 16 – 28
	Synthesis and structure of dithizonato complexes of copper (II), antimony (III) and tin (IV) Trevor T. Chiweshe, Marilé Landman, Jeanet Conradie and Karel G. von Eshwege Journal of Coordination Chemistry (2016)
	Isotope dependence and Quantum Effects on Atomic Hydrogen Diffusion in Liquid Water J.A. Walker, S.P. Mezyk, Emile Roduner and D.M. Bartels Journal of Physical Chemistry
	Process development for elemental recovery from PGM tailings by thermochemical treatment: Preliminary major element extraction studies using ammonium sulphate as extracting agent Sameera Mohamed, Elizabet M. van der Merwe, Wladyslaw Altermann, Frédéric J. Doucet Waste Management 50 (2016), 334-345
	Synthesis, structure and DFT study of cymantrenyl Fischer carbine complexes of group VI and VII transition metals Roan Fraser, Petrus H. van Rooyen, Marilé Landman Journal of Molecular Structure 1105 (2016) 178 – 185
	Synthesis and structure of novel triphenylarsine-substituted tungsten(0) Fischer carbene complexes Armand Jansen van Rensburg, Marilé Landman, Petrus H. van Rooyen, Marrigje M. Conradie, Jeanet Conradie Journal of Molecular Structure 1105 (2016) 205 – 213
	Stiffening mechanisms in vermiculite–amorphous polyamide bio-nanocomposites Afonso D. Macheca, Walter W. Focke, Herminio F. Muiambo, Mustapha Kaci European Polymer Journal 74 (2016) 51–63
	Metal and metalloid speciation in plants: Overview, instrumentation, approaches and commonly assessed elements E.M. Kroukamp, T.Wondimu, P.B.C. Forbes Trends in Analytical Chemistry 72 (2016) 87 – 99
	L-Cysteine-capped core/shell/shellquantumdot–grapheneoxide nanocomposite fluorescence probe for polycyclicaromatic hydrocarbondetection Oluwasesan Adegoke, Patricia B.C. ForbesTalanta 146 (2016) 780 – 788
	Refinement of iron ore sinter phases: a silico-ferrite of calcium and aluminium (SFCA) and an Al-free SFC, and the effect on phase quantification by X-ray diffraction David C. Liles, Johan P. R. de Villiers & Volker Kahlenberg Mineralogy and Petrology (2016) 110,* 141 – 147*
	A rhodium(I)-oxygen adduct as a selesctive catalyst for one-pot sequential alkyne dimerization-hydrothiolation tandem reactions George Kleinhans, Gregorio Guisado-Barrios, David C. Liles, Guy Bertrand and Daniela I. Bezuidenhout Chem Commun (2016) 00,* 1 – 4*

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