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BSc(Lough), PhD(Lond) DSc(Aberdeen) FRSC CChem
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- m.j.plater@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272927
- Office Address
- Dr John Plater Department of Chemistry University of Aberdeen Meston Walk Aberdeen AB24 3UE Meston Room G103 m.j.plater@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Natural and Computing Sciences
Biography
John Plater has degrees from three universities: BSc in chemistry First Class (Loughborough 1986), PhD in heterocyclic synthesis (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 1989) and DSc (Aberdeen 2009)
He graduated with a Doctor of Science on 7th July 2009. This was awarded by the University of Aberdeen after the approval from three external referees of a bound thesis of all published work with a short synopsis in the period 1990-2002. It vindicates the high standard of the applicant's research activities.
DSc thesis title: Innovation in Organic Chemistry
PhD thesis title: Trithiadiazapyne (3 sulphurs, 2 nitrogens, 1 cyclic alkyne)
External Memberships
I was admitted to the Royal Society of Chemistry as a student member on 11th July, 1986, President R.O.C. Norman; as a member on 29th April 1994, President C.W. Rees; as a fellow on 13th July 2001, President S.V. Ley
- Secretary of the Local Section Royal Society of Chemistry March 1998-March 2003
- Vice-chairman of the Local Section Royal Society of Chemistry March 2003-2005
- Level 3 course coordinator for 3 years as senior lecturer
- Level 2 course coordinator Oct. 2007-present
Prizes and Awards
Edmund White Award for best PhD thesis 1989; British Fulbright Scholarship 1989; Realising our Potential Award (ROPA) 1999; 15th Lakeland Heterocyclic Meeting 2001. Poster Competition, Novel Applications of Conjugated Porphyrins; Think Crime Award 2006. Developing Fingerprints: Finding a Hidden Signature.
- Research
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Research Overview
Research mentors
- Research Fellow supervisor: Clark Still (New York)
- PhD supervisor: Charles Rees (London)
- BSc project supervisor: Harry Heaney (Loughborough)
Research mentor projects
- WC Still, Conformationally restricted polyethers
- CW Rees, Rings with an unusually high proportion of heteroatoms(S-N) on the border of organic and inorganic chemistry
- H Heaney, N-Alkylnitrilium salts to make acylated pyrroles and indoles.
Current Research
Organic Chemistry - Research Highlights
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 Crystal structure of a stable free radicalstable oxoverdazyl free radical: structural and magnetic characterization. M. J. Plater, S. Kemp, E. Coronado, C. J. Gómez-GarcÃa, R. W. Harrington and W. Clegg, Polyhedron, 2006, 25, 2433-2438
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The first double helical coordination network with shared copper atoms. M. J. Plater, B. de Silva, J. P. Sinclair, T. Gelbrich and M. B. Hursthouse, J. Mol. Struct, 2006, 784, 269-271
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 Structures of Pb(II) Porphyrins: [5,10,15,20‑Tetrakis‑triisopropylsilylethynylporphinato]lead(II) and [5,15‑Bis‑(3,5‑bis‑tert‑butylphenyl)‑10,20‑bis‑triisopropylsilylethynylporphinato]lead(II), M. J. Plater, S. Aiken, T. Gelbrich, M. B. Hursthouse and G. Bourhill, Polyhedron, 2001, 20, 3219-3224
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Squares formulated as [M(HBTC)(BIPY)(H2O)] with M = Mn. Co forms similar chains. For M = Mn the ground state is ferromagnetic with S = 5 (10 unpaired electrons). The M-O-M angles close to 90 o  favour ferromagnetic exchange for both Mn and Co.
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Microporous Network [Co3(TPO)2(BIPY)2(H2O)6] xH2OÂ
Overlay of bipyridyl rings in[Co(SDA)(BIPY)(H2O)]Â SDA = cis-stilbenedicarboxylic acid. Â
Multicomponent Solid State Assembly from H3BTC and H3TPO with M(II) (M = Co, Mn or Zn) and 2,2-Bipyridyl:Design and Control of Co-ordination Architecture. (H3BTC = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid, H3TPO = tris-(4-carboxylphenyl)phosphine oxide, M. J. Plater, M. R. St. J. Foreman, E. Coronado, C. J. Gomez-Garcia and A. M. Z. Slawin,, J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1999, 23, 4209-4216
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ÂCooperative Assembly of a Double-Stranded Hydrogen Bonded Porphyrin Zip
M. J. Plater, S. Aiken and G. Bourhill, Tetrahedron Lett., 2001, 42, 2225-2229Â Â
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ÂAza analogues of Koelsch's free radical and an improved procedure for the ring contraction of 1,10-phenanthroline into 4,5-diazafluorenone. Â
Heterocyclic Free Radicals: Part 1. 4,5-Diazafluorene Derivatives of Koelsch's Free Radical: An ESR and Metal-Ion Complexation Study, M. J. Plater, E. Lattmann and S. Kemp, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I, 2000, 971-979
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The Synthesis and Evaluation of o-Phenylenediamine Derivatives as Probes for Nitric Oxide Detection, M. J. Plater, I. Greig, M. Helfrich and S. Ralston, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I, 2001, 20, 2553-2559
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Fullerene Tectonics Part 1. A Programmed Precursor to C60, M. J. Plater, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I, 1997, 2897-2901
Fullerene Tectonics Part 2. Synthesis and Pyrolysis of Halogenated Benzo[c]phenanthrenes, M. J. Plater, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I, 1997, 2903-2909
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Dr Plater teaches in the following courses:
- CM2510 Biological and Organic Chemistry
- CM3019 Organic and Biological Chemistry
- CM4017/CM4024 Honours/Advanced Chemistry
- Publications
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Studies on a modern method of preparing authentic mauveine
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 180-183Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3184/174751915X14253099516627
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4516/1/1_JCR_Studies_on_a_modern_preparation_of_authentic_mauveine_Full_Paper.docx
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4516/3/2._JCR_Studies_on_a_modern_method_of_preparing_authentic_mauveine._Supplementary_material.docx
A paddle-wheel motif versus an extended network: two crystalline forms of 2,4-bis(phenylamino)nitrobenzene
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 98-104Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOne-dimensional and two-dimensional coordination polymers constructed from Cd2+ ions and flexible bipyridyl bridging ligands
Journal of Coordination Chemistry, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 1719-1732Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00958972.2015.1028381
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5674/1/Cd_poly_revised.docx
The isolation of N-tert-butyl-p-toluidine hydrochloride and the synthesis of mauveine
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 651-654Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCrystal structure of a layered coordination polymer based on a 4(4) net containing Cd(2+) ions and 1,5-bis-(pyridin-4-yl)pentane linkers
Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 70, no. 8, pp. 80-83Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536814014779
1-(Phenylamino)pseudo-mauveine: a new water soluble phenazine dye
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 437-442Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBarsilowsky's base and Perkin's base: two products from the oxidation of p-toluidine
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 38, no. 6, pp. 351-355Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe synthesis of mauveine A and mauveine B from N-tert-butyl-p-toluidine
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 163-168Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3184/174751914X13912601347455
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4521/1/JCR_Mauveine_3.docx
Synthetic derivatives of mauveine
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 427-434Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA synthesis of pseudo-mauveine and a homologue
Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 304-309Contributions to Journals: Articles