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Research Interests
The McGonigal Group develops functional organic materials by exploiting our expertise in stabilized, highly substituted aromatic carbocations. Students in the group are exposed to a wide range of techniques in organic synthesis, advanced spectroscopy, organometallics, electrochemistry, and DFT modeling.
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Research interests
- Organic Chemistry
- Supramolecular Chemistry
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Publications
Journal Article
- Correlated shapeshifting and configurational isomerization †
Maturi, W., Hussein, B. A., Rylands, M. K., Bismillah, A. N., Wen, Y., Aguilar, J. A., Ayub, R., Rankine, C. D., & McGonigal, P. R. (2024). Correlated shapeshifting and configurational isomerization †. Chemical Science, 15(36), 14618-14624. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc03699a - A guide to bullvalene stereodynamics †
Ives, R. A., Maturi, W., Gill, M. T., Rankine, C., & McGonigal, P. R. (2024). A guide to bullvalene stereodynamics †. Chemical Science, 15(36), 14608-14617. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sc03700f - Control of Dynamic sp3-C Stereochemistry
Bismillah, A., Johnson, T., Hussein, B., Turley, A., Saha, P., Wong, H., Aguilar, J., Yufit, D., & McGonigal, P. (2023). Control of Dynamic sp3-C Stereochemistry. Nature Chemistry, 15(5), 615-624. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01156-7 - Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding
Saha, P. K., Mallick, A., Turley, A. T., Bismillah, A. N., Danos, A., Monkman, A. P., Avestro, A.-J., Yufit, D. S., & McGonigal, P. R. (2023). Rupturing aromaticity by periphery overcrowding. Nature Chemistry, 15(4), 516-525. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01149-6 - From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom
Klimash, A., Prlj, A., Yufit, D., Mallick, A., Curchod, B., McGonigal, P., Skabara, P., & Etherington, M. (2022). From Phosphorescence to Delayed Fluorescence in One Step: Tuning Photophysical Properties by Quaternisation of an sp2-Hybridised Nitrogen Atom. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 10(25), 9484-9491. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc01737g - Extended Conjugation Attenuates the Quenching of Aggregation-Induced Emitters by Photocyclization Pathways
Turley, A., Saha, P., Danos, A., Bismillah, A., Monkman, A., Yufit, D., Curchod, B., Etherington., M., & McGonigal, P. (2022). Extended Conjugation Attenuates the Quenching of Aggregation-Induced Emitters by Photocyclization Pathways. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61(24), Article e202202193. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202202193 - Supramolecular Repair of Hydration Lubrication Surfaces
Wang, Y., Sun, Y., Avestro, A.-J., McGonigal, P., & Zhang, H. (2022). Supramolecular Repair of Hydration Lubrication Surfaces. Chem, 8(2), 480-493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2021.11.001 - Suppressing Dimer Formation by Increasing Conformational Freedom in Multi-Carbazole Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters
Salah, L., Etherington, M., Shuaib, A., Danos, A., Nazeer, A., Ghazal, B., Prlj, A., Turley, A., Mallick, A., McGonigal, P., Curchod, B., Monkman, A., & Makhseed, S. (2021). Suppressing Dimer Formation by Increasing Conformational Freedom in Multi-Carbazole Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 9(1), 189-198. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc04222f - Aggregate Science: From Structures to Properties
Zhang, H., Zhao, Z., Turley, A. T., Wang, L., McGonigal, P. R., Tu, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Z., Kwok, R. T., Lam, J. W., & Tang, B. Z. (2020). Aggregate Science: From Structures to Properties. Advanced Materials, 32(36), Article 2001457. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202001457 - Modulation of Charge Transfer by N-Alkylation to Control Photoluminescence Energy and Quantum Yield
Turley, A., Danos, A., Prlj, A., Monkman, A., Curchod, B., McGonigal, P., & Etherington, M. (2020). Modulation of Charge Transfer by N-Alkylation to Control Photoluminescence Energy and Quantum Yield. Chemical Science, 11(27), 6990-6995. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc02460k - Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and kinetics of synthetic molecular pumps
Astumian, R., Pezzato, C., Feng, Y., Qiu, Y., McGonigal, P., Cheng, C., & Stoddart, J. (2020). Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and kinetics of synthetic molecular pumps. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 4(5), 1304-1314. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0qm00022a - Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials
Zhang, H., Zhao, Z., McGonigal, P. R., Ye, R., Liu, S., Lam, J. W., Kwok, R. T., Yuan, W. Z., Xie, J., Rogach, A. L., & Tang, B. Z. (2020). Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials. Materials Today, 32, 275-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2019.08.010 - Shapeshifting molecules: The story so far and the shape of things to come
Bismillah, A., Chapin, B., Hussein, B., & McGonigal, P. (2020). Shapeshifting molecules: The story so far and the shape of things to come. Chemical Science, 11(2), 324-332. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc05482k - Control of Porphyrin Planarity and Aggregation by Covalent Capping: Bissilyloxy Porphyrin Silanes
Hussein, B., Shakeel, Z., Turley, A., Bismillah, A., Wolfstadt, K., Pia, J., Pilkington, M., McGonigal, P., & Adler, M. (2020). Control of Porphyrin Planarity and Aggregation by Covalent Capping: Bissilyloxy Porphyrin Silanes. Inorganic Chemistry, 59(18), 13533-13541. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01891 - Revealing Resonance Effects and Intramolecular Dipole Interactions in the Positional Isomers of Benzonitrile-Core Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials
Kukhta, N., Higginbotham, H., Matulaitis, T., Danos, A., Bismillah, A., Haase, N., Etherington, M., Yufit, D., McGonigal, P., Gražulevičius, J., & Monkman, A. (2019). Revealing Resonance Effects and Intramolecular Dipole Interactions in the Positional Isomers of Benzonitrile-Core Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 7(30), 9184-9194. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc02742d - Persistent Dimer Emission in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials
Etherington, M. K., Kukhta, N. A., Higginbotham, H. F., Danos, A., Bismillah, A. N., Graves, D. R., McGonigal, P. R., Haase, N., Morherr, A., Batsanov, A. S., Pflumm, C., Bhalla, V., Bryce, M. R., & Monkman, A. P. (2019). Persistent Dimer Emission in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123(17), 11109-11117. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b01458 - Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages
Bismillah, A., Sturala, J., Chapin, B., Yufit, D., Hodgkinson, P., & McGonigal, P. (2018). Shape-Selective Crystallisation of Fluxional Carbon Cages. Chemical Science, 9(46), 8631-8636. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sc04303e - Long Starphene Single Molecule NOR Boolean Logic Gate
Soe, W., Manzano, C., de Mendoza, P., McGonigal, P., Echavarren, A., & Joachim, C. (2018). Long Starphene Single Molecule NOR Boolean Logic Gate. Surface Science, 678, 163-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2018.04.020 - Multiply Threaded Rotaxanes
McGonigal, P. (2018). Multiply Threaded Rotaxanes. Supramolecular Chemistry, 30(9), 782-794. https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2018.1433832 - Excited-State Aromatic Interactions in the Aggregation-Induced Emission of Molecular Rotors
Sturala, J., Etherington, M. K., Bismillah, A. N., Higginbotham, H. F., Trewby, W. J., Aguilar, J. A., Bromley, E. H., Avestro, A.-J., Monkman, A. P., & McGonigal, P. R. (2017). Excited-State Aromatic Interactions in the Aggregation-Induced Emission of Molecular Rotors. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(49), 17882-17889. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b08570 - Triply Threaded [4]Rotaxanes
Danon, J., Leigh, D., McGonigal, P., Ward, J., & Wu, J. (2016). Triply Threaded [4]Rotaxanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(38), 12643-12647. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b07733 - Hydroacenes made easy by gold(I) catalysis
Dorel, R., McGonigal, P., & Echavarren, A. (2016). Hydroacenes made easy by gold(I) catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 55(37), 11120-11123. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604952 - Influence of constitution and charge on radical pairing interactions in tris-radical tricationic complexes
Cheng, C., Cheng, T., Xiao, H., Krzyaniak, M., Wang, Y., McGonigal, P., Frasconi, M., Barnes, J., Fahrenbach, A., Wasielewski, M., Goddard, W., & Stoddart, J. (2016). Influence of constitution and charge on radical pairing interactions in tris-radical tricationic complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138(26), 8288-8300. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b04343 - Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems
Cheng, C., McGonigal, P., Stoddart, J., & Astumian, R. (2015). Design and Synthesis of Nonequilibrium Systems. ACS Nano, 9(9), 8672-8688. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b03809 - Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework
McGonigal, P., Deria, P., Hod, I., Moghadam, P., Avestro, A.-J., Horwitz, N., Gibbs-Hall, I., Blackburn, A., Chen, D., Botros, Y., Wasielewski, M., Snurr, R., Hupp, J., Farha, O., & Stoddart, J. (2015). Electrochemically addressable trisradical rotaxanes organized within a metal–organic framework. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(36), 11161-11168. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514485112 - Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials for supramolecular encryption
Hou, X., Ke, C., Bruns, C. J., McGonigal, P. R., Pettman, R. B., & Stoddart, J. F. (2015). Tunable solid-state fluorescent materials for supramolecular encryption. Nature Communications, 6, Article 6884. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7884 - Controlling association kinetics in the formation of donor-acceptor pseudorotaxanes
McGonigal, P. R., Li, H., Cheng, C., Schneebeli, S. T., Frasconi, M., Witus, L. S., & Stoddart, J. F. (2015). Controlling association kinetics in the formation of donor-acceptor pseudorotaxanes. Tetrahedron Letters, 56(23), 3591-3594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.01.169 - Oxime Ligation on the Surface of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles
Ferris, D. P., McGonigal, P. R., Witus, L. S., Kawaji, T., Algaradah, M. M., Alnajadah, A. R., Nassar, M. S., & Stoddart, J. F. (2015). Oxime Ligation on the Surface of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles. Organic Letters, 17(9), 2146-2149. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00740 - An artificial molecular pump
Cheng, C., McGonigal, P. R., Schneebeli, S. T., Li, H., Vermeulen, N. A., Ke, C., & Stoddart, J. F. (2015). An artificial molecular pump. Nature Nanotechnology, 10(6), 547-553. https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.96 - Formation of a hetero[3]rotaxane by a dynamic component-swapping strategy
Wilson, E. A., Vermeulen, N. A., McGonigal, P. R., Avestro, A.-J., Sarjeant, A. A., Stern, C. L., & Stoddart, J. F. (2014). Formation of a hetero[3]rotaxane by a dynamic component-swapping strategy. Chemical Communications, 50(68), 9665-9668. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cc03612c - Gold(I) as an Artificial Cyclase: Short Stereodivergent Syntheses of (−)-Epiglobulol and (−)-4β,7α- and (−)-4α,7α-Aromadendranediols
Carreras, J., Livendahl, M., McGonigal, P. R., & Echavarren, A. M. (2014). Gold(I) as an Artificial Cyclase: Short Stereodivergent Syntheses of (−)-Epiglobulol and (−)-4β,7α- and (−)-4α,7α-Aromadendranediols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(19), 4896-4899. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201402044 - Electron Delocalization in a Rigid Cofacial Naphthalene-1,8:4,5-bis(dicarboximide) Dimer
Wu, Y., Frasconi, M., Gardner, D. M., McGonigal, P. R., Schneebeli, S. T., Wasielewski, M. R., & Stoddart, J. F. (2014). Electron Delocalization in a Rigid Cofacial Naphthalene-1,8:4,5-bis(dicarboximide) Dimer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53(36), 9476-9481. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201403816 - Gold(I) Carbenes by Retro-Buchner Reaction: Generation and Fate
Wang, Y., McGonigal, P. R., Herle, B., Besora, M., & Echavarren, A. M. (2014). Gold(I) Carbenes by Retro-Buchner Reaction: Generation and Fate. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(2), 801-809. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja411626v - Solid-State Characterization and Photoinduced Intramolecular Electron Transfer in a Nanoconfined Octacationic Homo[2]Catenane
Barnes, J. C., Frasconi, M., Young, R. M., Khdary, N. H., Liu, W.-G., Dyar, S. M., McGonigal, P. R., Gibbs-Hall, I. C., Diercks, C. S., Sarjeant, A. A., Stern, C. L., Goddard, W. A., Wasielewski, M. R., & Stoddart, J. F. (2014). Solid-State Characterization and Photoinduced Intramolecular Electron Transfer in a Nanoconfined Octacationic Homo[2]Catenane. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(30), 10569-10572. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja505093d - Energetically Demanding transport in a Supramolecular Assembly
Cheng, C., McGonigal, P. R., Liu, W.-G., Li, H., Vermeulen, N. A., Ke, C., Frasconi, M., Stern, C. L., Goddard, W. A., & Stoddart, J. F. (2014). Energetically Demanding transport in a Supramolecular Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(42), 14702-14705. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja508615f - An ExBox [2] catenane
Juricek, M., Barnes, J. C., Strutt, N. L., Vermeulen, N. A., Ghooray, K. C., Dale, E. J., McGonigal, P. R., Blackburn, A. K., Avestro, A.-J., & Stoddart, J. F. (2014). An ExBox [2] catenane. Chemical Science, 5(7), 2724-2731. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sc00488d - INTERLOCKED MOLECULES A molecular production line
McGonigal, P. R., & Stoddart, J. F. (2013). INTERLOCKED MOLECULES A molecular production line. Nature Chemistry, 5(4), 260-262. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1599 - Relative Unidirectional Translation in an Artificial Molecular Assembly Fueled by Light
Li, H., Cheng, C., McGonigal, P. R., Fahrenbach, A. C., Frasconi, M., Liu, W.-G., Zhu, Z., Zhao, Y., Ke, C., Lei, J., Young, R. M., Dyar, S. M., Co, D. T., Yang, Y.-W., Botros, Y. Y., Goddard, W. A., Wasielewski, M. R., Astumian, R. D., & Stoddart, J. F. (2013). Relative Unidirectional Translation in an Artificial Molecular Assembly Fueled by Light. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(49), 18609-18620. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja4094204 - Pillar[5]arene as a Co-Factor in Templating Rotaxane Formation
Ke, C., Strutt, N. L., Li, H., Hou, X., Hartlieb, K. J., McGonigal, P. R., Ma, Z., Iehl, J., Stern, C. L., Cheng, C., Zhu, Z., Vermeulen, N. A., Meade, T. J., Botros, Y. Y., & Stoddart, J. F. (2013). Pillar[5]arene as a Co-Factor in Templating Rotaxane Formation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 135(45), 17019-17030. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja407229h - Gold for the Generation and Control of Fluxional Barbaralyl Cations
McGonigal, P. R., de Leon, C., Wang, Y., Homs, A., Solorio-Alvarado, C. R., & Echavarren, A. M. (2012). Gold for the Generation and Control of Fluxional Barbaralyl Cations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51(52), 13093-13096. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201207682 - En Route to a Molecular Sheaf: Active Metal Template Synthesis of a [3]Rotaxane with Two Axles Threaded through One Ring
Cheng, H. M., Leigh, D. A., Maffei, F., McGonigal, P. R., Slawin, A. M., & Wu, J. (2011). En Route to a Molecular Sheaf: Active Metal Template Synthesis of a [3]Rotaxane with Two Axles Threaded through One Ring. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(31), 12298-12303. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja205167e - Active-Metal Template Synthesis of a Molecular Trefoil Knot
Barran, P. E., Cole, H. L., Goldup, S. M., Leigh, D. A., McGonigal, P. R., Symes, M. D., Wu, J., & Zengerle, M. (2011). Active-Metal Template Synthesis of a Molecular Trefoil Knot. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50(51), 12280-12284. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201105012 - Ligand-assisted nickel-catalysed sp(3)-sp(3) homocoupling of unactivated alkyl bromides and its application to the active template synthesis of rotaxanes
Goldup, S. M., Leigh, D. A., McBurney, R. T., McGonigal, P. R., & Plant, A. (2010). Ligand-assisted nickel-catalysed sp(3)-sp(3) homocoupling of unactivated alkyl bromides and its application to the active template synthesis of rotaxanes. Chemical Science, 1(3), 383-386. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sc00279h - Two Axles Threaded Using a Single Template Site: Active Metal Template Macrobicyclic [3]Rotaxanes
Goldup, S. M., Leigh, D. A., McGonigal, P. R., Ronaldson, V. E., & Slawin, A. M. (2010). Two Axles Threaded Using a Single Template Site: Active Metal Template Macrobicyclic [3]Rotaxanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(1), 315-320. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9080716 - Active Metal Template Synthesis of [2]Catenanes
Goldup, S. M., Leigh, D. A., Long, T., McGonigal, P. R., Symes, M. D., & Wu, J. (2009). Active Metal Template Synthesis of [2]Catenanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 131(43), 15924-15929. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9070317
Supervision students
Anda Tapu
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