Research areas
My role is primarily focused toward teaching practical chemistry techniques/skills to undergraduate students of all levels (http://chemistry.st-andrews.ac.uk/teaching/aims/). I am regularly involved in developing new chemistry laboratory courses/experiments.
Selected publications
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Open access
1-(2,3,5,6-Tetramethylphenyl)ethan-1-one
Cordes, D. B., Smellie, I. A. & Chalmers, B. A., 28 Jan 2025, In: Molbank. 2025, 1, M1961.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2′,7′-Dimethyl-3H-spiro[isobenzofuran-1,9′-xanthen]-3-one
Chalmers, B. A., McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Patterson, I. L. J., Vladymyrova, N. & Smellie, I., 14 May 2025, In: Molbank. 2025, 2, 7 p., M2007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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3-(4-Hydroxy-2,3,5-trimethylphenyl)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)isobenzofuran-1(3H)-one
Chalmers, B. A., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A. P., Patterson, I. L. J., Pearson, R. J., Vladymyrova, N. & Smellie, I. A., 1 Oct 2025, In: Molbank. 2025, 4, p. 1-8 8 p., M2067 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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3′H-spiro[dibenzo[c,h]xanthene-7,1′-isobenzofuran]-3′-one
Chalmers, B. A., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A. P., Patterson, I. L. J., Vladymyrova, N. & Smellie, I. A., 1 Sept 2025, In: Molbank. 2025, 3, 7 p., M2033.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A simple [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reaction that proceeds in an NMR tube, illuminated by daylight
Doig, T., Du, Y., Lebl, T., Liu, M., Mealyou, F., Patterson, I. L. J., Rainer, J., Walker, R. & Smellie, I. A., 7 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Chemical Education. ASAP, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Determination of the concentration of a highly reactive intermediate of saccharides utilizing the reaction kinetics of the blue bottle reaction
Smellie, I. A., Tan, C. D., Patterson, I. L. J. & Hähner, G., 23 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis. Online first, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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(E)-3-Mesityl-1-(2,3,5,6-tetramethylphenyl)prop-2-en-1-one
McKay, A. P., Cordes, D. B., Smellie, I. A. & Chalmers, B. A., 17 Jan 2025, In: Molbank. 2025, 1, 7 p., M1952.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Renewable solvents for Diels–Alder/cheletropic reaction sequences: preparation of pentaphenylbenzene and 1,2,4-triphenyltriphenylene
Ahmed, S., Burrows, H., Chalmers, B. A., Cordes, D. B., Davidson, R. M., Emmens, L., Fulton, T. V., Kleinjan, D., Patterson, I. L. J. & Smellie, I. A., 30 Jul 2025, In: Reactions. 6, 3, p. 1-13 13 p., 41.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies of derivatives of phenolphthalein (3,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)isobenzofuran-1(3H)-one)
Chalmers, B. A., Cordes, D. B., McKay, A. P., Patterson, I. L. J., Pearson, R. J., Sequeira-Shuker, J. H., Smellie, I. A. & Vladymyrova, N., 17 Oct 2025, In: Crystals. 15, 10, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An NMR crystallographic characterisation of solid (+)-usnic acid
Dawson, D. M., Smellie, I. & Ashbrook, S. E., 21 May 2024, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 26, 19, p. 14256-14264Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review