By Dr Sara Kyne

Journal articles

Brutto L; Chen AZ; Pullen R; Kyne SH; George-Williams SR, 2025, 'What does empathy look like to you? investigating undergraduate chemistry students' perceptions of empathy in regard to their lived experience at university', CHEMISTRY EDUCATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5rp00284b

Chen AZ; Peeks MD; Kyne SH, 2025, 'Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Authentic Learning Activities to Introduce Chemistry Students to Systems Thinking through Green Chemistry', Journal of Chemical Education, 102, pp. 2283 - 2293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01326

León Rojas AF; Chong YY; Kyne SH; Xia B; Chan PWH, 2024, 'Enantioselective and Regiodivergent Gold and Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Cycloisomerization/Diels-Alder Reaction of 1,10-Dien-4-yn-3-yl Acetates: Synthesis of Norbornene-Embedded Tricarbocycles', Organic Letters, 26, pp. 3037 - 3042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00621

Reyes CT; Thompson CD; Lawrie GA; Kyne SH, 2024, 'Insights into a Community of Inquiry that emerged during academics’ emergency remote university teaching of chemistry in response to concern for students', Research in Science and Technological Education, 42, pp. 1042 - 1068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2023.2202387

Jin J; León Rojas AF; Zhao Y; Helen Kyne S; Xia B; Zhong B; Chan PWH, 2023, 'Gold catalysed regio- and chemoselective azo coupling of 1,2- and 1,4-diazoquinones with 1H-indoles', Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 11, pp. 290 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3qo01676e

Farcaş-Johnson MA; Gasperini D; King AK; Mohan S; Barrett AN; Lau S; Mahon MF; Sarazin Y; Kyne SH; Webster RL, 2023, 'Iron(II)-Catalyzed Activation of Si-N and Si-O Bonds Using Hydroboranes', Organometallics, 42, pp. 3013 - 3024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00339

Li J; Phetcharawetch J; Qi M; Kyne SH; Kuhakarn C; Zhong B; Chan PWH, 2023, 'Organocatalytic alkylation and photoorganocatalyst-free acylation of azomethine imines by Hantzsch esters under blue LED light', New Journal of Chemistry, 47, pp. 19421 - 19427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3nj03780k

Li J; Carli L; Kyne SH; Chan PWH, 2023, 'Organocatalytic α-Aminoalkylation of Azomethine Imines by α-Silylamines under Blue LED Light', Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 365, pp. 2422 - 2427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202300463

León Rojas AF; Kyne SH; Chan PWH, 2023, 'Recent Advances in the Gold-Catalyzed Reactions of Propargyl Esters', Accounts of Chemical Research, 56, pp. 1406 - 1420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00057

Kyne SH; Lee MMH; Reyes CT, 2023, 'Enhancing academic performance and student success through learning analytics-based personalised feedback emails in first-year chemistry', Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 24, pp. 971 - 983, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3rp00032j

Farcaş-Johnson MA; Kyne SH; Webster RL, 2022, 'Dehydrocoupling Polymerization: Poly(silylether) Synthesis by Using an Iron β-Diketiminate Catalyst', Chemistry A European Journal, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201642

Yu L; Li W; Tapdara A; Kyne SH; Harode M; Babaahmadi R; Ariafard A; Chan PWH, 2022, 'Chiral Gold Complex Catalyzed Cycloisomerization/Regio- and Enantioselective Nitroso-Diels-Alder Reaction of 1,6-Diyne Esters with Nitrosobenzenes', ACS Catalysis, 12, pp. 7288 - 7299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01680

Merrett JT; Chen X; Kyne SH; Harode M; Chan PWH, 2022, 'Rhodium(i)-catalysed cycloisomerisation/6π electrocyclisation of 5-(ethynylamino)pent-2-yn-1-yl esters to 2,3-dihydrobenzo[f]indoles', New Journal of Chemistry, 46, pp. 13519 - 13523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nj01992b

Baratay CA; Li W; Mathiew M; Yu L; Kyne SH; Rao W; Chan PWH, 2022, 'Gold- and Brønsted Acid-Catalysed Deacyloxylative Cycloaromatisation of 1,6-Diyne Esters to 11H-Benzo[a]fluorenes and 13H-Indeno[1,2-l]phenanthrenes', Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 364, pp. 1313 - 1318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202200016

Li J; Siang Tan S; Kyne SH; Wai Hong Chan P, 2022, 'Minisci-Type Alkylation of N-Heteroarenes by N-(Acyloxy)phthalimide Esters Mediated by a Hantzsch Ester And Blue LED Light', Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 364, pp. 802 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202101195

Reyes CT; Kyne SH; Lawrie GA; Thompson CD, 2022, 'Implementing Blended First Year Chemistry in a Developing Country Using Online Resources', Online Learning Journal, 26, pp. 174 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.24059/olj.v26i1.2508

Reyes CT; Lawrie GA; Thompson CD; Kyne SH, 2021, '“Every little thing that could possibly be provided helps”: analysis of online first-year chemistry resources using the universal design for learning framework', Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 23, pp. 385 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1rp00171j

Jin J; Zhao Y; Kyne SH; Farshadfar K; Ariafard A; Chan PWH, 2021, 'Copper(I)-catalysed site-selective C(sp 3)–H bond chlorination of ketones, (E)-enones and alkylbenzenes by dichloramine-T', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23988-y

Leong E; Mercer A; Danczak SM; Kyne SH; Thompson CD, 2021, 'The transition to first year chemistry: Student, secondary and tertiary educator's perceptions of student preparedness', Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 22, pp. 923 - 947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1rp00068c

Kyne SH; Lefèvre G; Ollivier C; Petit M; Ramis Cladera VA; Fensterbank L, 2020, 'Iron and cobalt catalysis: New perspectives in synthetic radical chemistry', Chemical Society Reviews, 49, pp. 8501 - 8542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cs00969e

Kyne SH; Thompson CD, 2020, 'The covid cohort: Student transition to university in the face of a global pandemic', Journal of Chemical Education, 97, pp. 3381 - 3385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00769

Perić M; Kyne SH; Gruden M; Rodić M; Jeremić D; Stanković DM; Brčeski I, 2019, 'Synthesis, structural and DFT analysis of a binuclear nickel(II) complex with the 1,4-bis[2-[2-(diphenylphosphino)benzylidene]]phthalazinylhydrazone ligand', Monatshefte Fur Chemie, 150, pp. 1241 - 1248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00706-019-02405-7

Kyne SH; Clémancey M; Blondin G; Derat E; Fensterbank L; Jutand A; Lefèvre G; Ollivier C, 2018, 'Elucidating Dramatic Ligand Effects on SET Processes: Iron Hydride versus Iron Borohydride Catalyzed Reductive Radical Cyclization of Unsaturated Organic Halides', Organometallics, 37, pp. 761 - 771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00603

Kyne SH; Camp JE, 2017, 'Use of Monosaccharides in Metal-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 41 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01914

Hancock AN; Kyne SH; Aitken HM; Schiesser CH, 2016, 'Intramolecular homolytic substitution in selenoxides and selenones', Tetrahedron, 72, pp. 7790 - 7795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2016.08.083

Kyne SH; Lévêque C; Zheng S; Fensterbank L; Jutand A; Ollivier C, 2016, 'Iron(II) catalyzed reductive radical cyclization reactions of bromoacetals in the presence of NaBH4: optimization studies and mechanistic insights', Tetrahedron, 72, pp. 7727 - 7737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2016.08.039

Kyne SH; Schiesser CH, 2014, 'N, S-Dimethyldithiocarbamyl oxalates as precursors for determining kinetic parameters for oxyacyl radicals', Chemical Communications, 50, pp. 12040 - 12042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cc06132b

Macdougall PE; Aitken HM; Scammells PJ; Kavanagh Y; Kyne SH; Schiesser CH, 2012, '7-Selenabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane', Chemical Communications, 48, pp. 9126 - 9128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2cc34984a

Kyne SH; Aitken HM; Horvart SM; Lin CY; Coote ML; Schiesser CH, 2012, 'ChemInform Abstract: Homolytic Substitution Chemistry: From James Franz to Antihypertensives', ChemInform, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201230258

Kyne SH; Miles JAL; Percy JM; Singh K, 2012, 'Executing and rationalizing the synthesis of a difluorinated analogue of a ring-expanded calystegine B 2', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 77, pp. 991 - 998, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo2022845

Neves AC; Aitken HM; Kyne SH; Fensterbank L; Lacôte E; Malacria M; Ollivier C; Schiesser CH, 2012, 'Intramolecular homolytic substitution of seleninates - A computational study', Tetrahedron, 68, pp. 323 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.10.037

Kyne SH; Percy JM; Pullin RDC; Redmond JM; Wilson PG, 2011, 'One-pot near-ambient temperature syntheses of aryl(difluoroenol) derivatives from trifluoroethanol', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, pp. 8328 - 8339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ob06372c

Nelson DJ; Ashworth IW; Hillier IH; Kyne SH; Pandian S; Parkinson JA; Percy JM; Rinaudo G; Vincent MA, 2011, 'Why is RCM favoured over dimerisation? Predicting and estimating thermodynamic effective molarities by solution experiments and electronic structure calculations', Chemistry A European Journal, 17, pp. 13087 - 13094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201101662

Kyne SH; Schiesser CH; Matsubara H, 2011, 'An ab initio and DFT study of radical addition reactions of imidoyl and thioyl radicals to methanimine', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, pp. 3217 - 3224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ob05105a

Kyne SH; Aitken HM; Schiesser CH; Lacôte E; Malacria M; Ollivier C; Fensterbank L, 2011, 'Intramolecular homolytic substitution of sulfinates and sulfinamides - A computational study', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, pp. 3331 - 3337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ob05043e

Kyne SH; Lin CY; Ryu I; Coote ML; Schiesser CH, 2010, 'First determination of the rate constant for ring-closure of an azahexenoyl radical: 6-aza-7-ethyl-5-hexenoyl', Chemical Communications, 46, pp. 6521 - 6523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0cc01262a

Kyne SH; Schiesser CH, 2009, 'Ab initio studies of carbonyl radical additions to hydrazone systems', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 62, pp. 728 - 733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH09165

Kyne SH; Schiesser CH; Matsubara H, 2008, 'Multiorbital interactions during acyl radical addition reactions involving imines and electron-rich olefins', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73, pp. 427 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo701825y

Kyne SH; Schiesser CH; Matsubara H, 2007, 'Multi-component orbital interactions during oxyacyl radical addition reactions involving imines and electron-rich olefins', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 5, pp. 3938 - 3943, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b714324a

Conference Papers

Aubert C; Barbazanges M; Jutand A; Kyne SH; Ollivier C; Fensterbank L, 2014, 'Organometallic catalysis for applications in radical chemistry and asymmetric synthesis', in Pure and Applied Chemistry, pp. 273 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pac-2014-5030

Kyne SH; Aitken HM; Horvat SM; Lin CY; Coote ML; Schiesser CH, 2012, 'Homolytic substitution chemistry: From James Franz to antihypertensives', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, CA, San Diego, presented at 11th International Biorelated Polymer Symposium / 243rd National Spring Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), CA, San Diego, 25 March 2012 - 29 March 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000324475105413&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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