Publications

  1. Smith J.N., Yau Y., Lawson N.R., Goodwin R.J., Preston D.,* “Coordination-driven orthogonal ligand pairings through dual hydrogen-bonding/π-π interaction complementarity,” Chem. –Eur. J., 2025, ahead of print, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202502411
  2. Buchanan J.S., Pollard B.L., Shen P., Preston D.,* Connal L.* “Selective sequestration of palladium(II) cations using a supramolecular polymer approach,” Chem. –Eur. J., 2025, e202500392, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202500392
  3. Gome J.A., Avery Z.T., Lawson N.R, Stansfield O.G., Evans J.D., Gardiner M.G., Connell T.U., Preston D.,* “Low symmetry face-capped Fe(II) tetrahedra through anisotropic ligand extension,” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2025, e202503473, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202503473
  1. Avery Z.T., Gardiner M.G., Preston D.,* “Using a new Pt(II) source to make Pt(II) lantern-shaped Cages, including low-symmetry, heteroleptic, and multicavity examples,” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2024, 64, e202418079, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202418079
  1. Avery Z.T., Algar J.L., Preston D.,* “The cutting edge of lantern-shaped cage methodologies,” Trends Chem., invited review, 2024, 6, 352-364, DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2024.03.002
  2. van Hilst Q.V.C., Pearcy A.C., Preston D., Wright L.J., Hartinger C.G., Brooks H.J.L., Crowley J.D.,* “A dynamic covalent approach to [PtnL2n]2n+ Cages,” Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 4302-4305, DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00323c
  3. Shillito G.E., Preston D., Crowley J.D., Wagner P., Harris S.J., Gordon K.C., Kupfer S., “Controlling excited state localization in bichromophoric photosensitizers via the bridging group,” Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63 4747-4956, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c04110
  4. Preston D.,* Evans J.D., “A lantern-shaped Pd(II) cage constructed from four different low symmetry ligands with positional and orientational control: an ancillary pairings approach,” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202314378, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202314378
  1. Algar J.L., Phillips J.E., Evans J.D., Preston D.,* “Stoichiometric control of guest-recognition of self-assembled palladium(II)-based supramolecular architectures,” Chem. –Asian J., invited article for “Early Career Research Special Edition,” 2023, e202300673, DOI: 10.1002/asia.202300673
  2. Pearcy A.C., Lisboa L.S., Preston D., Wright L.J., Hartinger C.J., Crowley J.D.,* “Exploiting Reduced-Symmetry Ligands with Pyridyl and Imidazole Donors to Construct a Second-Generation Stimuli-Responsive Heterobimetallic [PdPtL4]4+ Cage,” Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 8615-8623, DOI: 10.1039/D3SC01354E
  1. Algar J.L., Preston D.,* “Directing supramolecular structure through complementarity,” Chem. Commun., invited Feature Article for the Special Issue ‘Emerging Investigators 2022’, 2022, 58, 11637-11648, DOI: 10.1039/D2CC04464A.
  2. Algar J.L., Findlay J.A., Preston D.,* “Roles of metal ions in foldamers and other conformationally flexible supramolecular systems,” ACS Org. Inorg. AU., invited review, 2022, 2, 464-476, DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.2c00021
  3. Algar J.L., Findlay J.A., Evans J.D., Preston D.,* “A switchable palladium(II) trefoil entangled tetrahedron with temperature dependence and concentration independence,” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2022, e202210476, DOI: 10.1002/anie.20221047
  1. Buchanan J.S., Preston D.,* “A catalogue of orthogonal complementary ligand pairings for palladium(II) complexes,” Chem. –Asian J., 2022, 17, e202200272, DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200272
  1. Findlay J.A., Patil K.M., Gardiner M.G., MacDermott-Opeskin H.I., O’Mara M.L., Kruger P.E., Preston D.,* “Heteroleptic tripalladium(II) cages,” Chem. –Asian J., 2022, 17, e202200093, DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200093
  1. Lisboa L.S.,* Riisom M., Dunne H.J., Preston D., Jamieson S.M.F., Wright L.J., Hartinger C.J., Crowley J.D.,* “Hydrazone- and imine-containing [PdPtL4]4+ cages: a comparative study of the stability, host-guest chemistry,” invited paper for ‘Spotlight Collection: Metallocycles and Metallocages,’ Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 18438-18445, DOI: 10.1039/D2DT02720H
  2. Thomas C.M., Liang W., Preston D., Doonan C.J., White N.W.,* “Post-synthetic modification of a porous hydrocarbon cage to give a discrete Co24 organometallic complex,” Chem. –Eur. J., 2022, e202200958, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200958
  3. Vasdev R.A.S., Preston D., Casey-Stevens C.A., Martí-Centelles V., Lusby P.J., Garden A.L., Crowley J.D.,* “Exploiting supramolecular interactions to control isomer distributions in reduced-symmetry [Pd2L4]4+ cages,” Inorg. Chem., 2022, 62, 1833-1844, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00937
  4. Lisboa, L.S., Preston D., McAdam C.J., Wright L.J., Hartinger C.G., Crowley J.D.,* “Heterotrimetallic double cavity cages: synthesis and guest binding,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202201700, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202201700Preston D.,*
  5. “Discrete self-assembled metallo-foldamers with heteroleptic sequence specificity,” Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2021, 36, 20027-20035, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108456
  1. Sutton J.J., Preston D., Traber P., Steinmetzer J., Wu X., Kayal S., Sun X.Z., Crowley J.D., George M.W.,* Kupfer S.,* Gordon K.C.,* “Excited state switching in rhenium(I) bipyridyl complexes with donor- donor and donor-acceptor substituents,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2021, 143, 9082–9093, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02755
  2. Preston D., Kruger P.E.,* “Untangling knotty problems,” News and Views article, Nat. Chem., 2021, 13, 114-116; DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-00630-w
  3. Kolien J., Inglis A.R., Vasdev R.A.S., Howard B.I., Kruger P.E.,  Preston D.,* “Exploiting the labile site in dinuclear [Pd2L2]n+ metallo-cycles: multi-step control over binding affinity without alteration of core host structure,” Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 3895-3908, DOI: 10.1039/D0QI00901F
  4. Preston D.,* Patil K.M., O’Neil A.T., Vasdev R.A.S., Kitchen J.A.,* Kruger P.E., “Long-cavity [Pd2L4]4+ cages and designer 1,8-naphthalimide sulfonate guests: rich variation in affinity and differentiated binding stoichiometry,” Inorg. Chem. Front., 2020,  7, 2990-3001, DOI: 10.1039/D0QI00658K
  1. Preston D.,* Kruger P.E.,* “Using complementary ligand denticity to direct metallosupramolecular structure about metal ions with square planar geometry,” ChemPlusChem, invited review for special issue on emerging talents and their mentors in supramolecular chemistry, cover feature, 2020, 85, 454-465, DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000019
  1. McNeill S.M., Giles N.M.,  Preston D., Jones P.P., Crowley J.D., Giles G.I.,* “The quadruply stranded metallo-supramolecular helicate [Pd2(hextrz)4]4+ acts as a molecular mimic of cytolytic peptides,” Chem. Res. Tox., 2020, 59, 10, 6736-6746, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00061
  2. Shillito G.E., Preston D., Traber P., Steinmetzer J., McAdam C.J., Crowley J.D., Wagner P., Kupfer S.,* Gordon K.C.* “Excited state switching frustrates the tuning of properties in TPA donor ligand Re(I) and Pt(II) complexes,” Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 10, 6736-6746, DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03691 
  3. Preston D.,* Inglis A.R., Garden A.L., Kruger P.E., “A symmetry interaction approach to [M2L2]4+ metallo-cycles and their self-catenation,” Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 13271-13274, DOI: 10.1039/C9CC07130J
  1. Preston D.,* Inglis A.R., Crowley J.D., Kruger P.E., ““Self-assembly and cycling of a three-state PdxLy metallosupramolecular system,” Chem. –Asian J., 2019, 14, 3404-3408, DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901238
  1. Preston D.,* Kruger P.E., “Reversible transformation between a [PdL2]2+ “figure-of-eight” complex and a [Pd2L2]4+ dimer: switching on and off self-recognition,” Chem. –Eur. J., 2019, 25, 1781-1786; DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805172
  2. Preston D.,* Findlay J.A., Crowley J.D., “Recognition properties and self-assembly of planar [M(2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole)2]2+ metallo-ligands,” Chem. –Asian J., special issue highlighting chemistry in New Zealand, designated a Very Important Paper, 2019, 14, 1136-1142; DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801132
  3. van Hilst Q.V.C., Vasdev R.A.S, Preston D., Findlay J.A., Scottwell S.Ø., Giles G.I., Brooks H.J.L.,* Crowley J.D.,* “Synthesis, characterisation and antimicrobial studies of some 2,6-bis(1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine ruthenium(II) “click” complexes,” A.J.O.C., 2019, 8, 496-505; DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201900088
  4. Preston D.,* Sutton J.J., Gordon K.C., Crowley J.D., “A nona-nuclear heterometallic Pd3Pt6 “donut” shaped cage: molecular recognition and photocatalysis,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 8659-8663; DOI: 10.1002/anie.201804745
  1. Vasdev R.A.S.,* Gaudin L.F., Preston D., Jogy J.P., Giles G.I., Crowley J.D.,* “Anticancer activity and cisplatin binding ability of bis-quinoline and bis-isoquinoline derived [Pd2L4]4+ metallosupramolecular cages,” Front. Chem., invited paper, 2018, 6, 1-9; DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00563
  2. Kim T.Y., Vasdev R.A.S., Preston D., Crowley J.D.,* “Strategies for reversible guest uptake and release from metallosupramolecular architectures,” Chem. –Eur. J., invited review, 2018, 24, 14878-14890; DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802081
  3. Shillito G., Hall T.B.J., Preston D., Traber P., Wu L., Reynolds K., Horvath R., Sun X.Z., Lucas N.T., Crowley J.D., George M.W., Kupfer S., Gordon K.C.,* “Dramatic alteration of 3ILCT lifetimes using ancillary ligands in [Re(L)(CO)3(phen-TPA)]n+ complexes: an integrated spectroscopic and theoretical study,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 13, 4532-4542; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12868
  4. Findlay J.A., McAdam C.J., Sutton J.J., Preston D., Gordon K.C., and Crowley J.D.,* “Metallosupramolecular architectures formed with ferrocene-linked bis-bidentate ligands: synthesis, structures and electro-chemical studies,” Inorg. Chem., invited frontiers article, 2018, 57,3602-3614; DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02503
  5. van Hilst Q.V.C., Lagesse, N.R., Preston, D., Crowley, J.D.,* “Functional metal complexes from CuAAC “click” bidentate and tridentate pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ligands,” Dalton Trans., invited review, 2018, 47, 997-1002; DOI: 10.1039/c7dt04570k
  6. Ross D.A.W., Preston D.,* Crowley J.D.,* “Self-assembly with 2,6-bis(1-(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)pyridine: silver(I) and iron(II) complexes,” Molecules, invited paper, 2017, 22, 1762-1774; DOI: 10.3390/molecules22101762
  7. Vasdev R.A.S., Preston D., Crowley J.D.,* “Multicavity metallosupramolecular architectures,” Chem. –Asian J., invited focus review, 2017, 12, 2513-2523; DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700948
  8. Vasdev R.A.S., Preston D., Crowley J.D.,* “Functional metallosupramolecular architectures using 1,2,3-triazole ligands: it’s as easy as 1,2,3 “click”,” Dalton Trans., invited review, 2017, 46, 2402-2414; DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04702E
  9. Preston D., Forrest K.F., Lewis J.E.M., Vasdev R.A.S, Abrahams B.F.,* Crowley J.D.,* “Solid state gas sorption studies on palladium(II) [Pd2(L)4]4+ cages,” Chem. –Eur. J., inside cover, designated a Hot Paper, 2017, 23, 10559-10567; DOI: 10.1002/chem.201701477
  10. Preston D., Lewis J.E.M., Crowley J.D.,* “Multicavity [PdnL4]2n+ cages with controlled segregated binding of different guests,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 2379-2386; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b11982
  11. Preston D.,* Tucker R., Garden A.L., Crowley J.D., “Heterometallic [MnPtn(L)2n]x+ macrocycles from dichloromethane-derived bis-2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole ligands,” Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 8928–8934; DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01435

  1. Vasdev R.A.S., Preston D., Scottwell S.Ø., Brooks H.J.L., Crowley J.D.,* Schramm M.P.,* “Oxidatively locked [Co2L3]6+ cylinders derived from bis(bidentate) 2-pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole “click” ligands: synthesis, stability and antimicrobial studies,” Molecules, invited paper, 2016, 1548–1560; DOI: 10.3390/molecules21111548
  2. Pages B.J., Sakoff J., Gilbert J., Zhang Y., Li F., Preston D., Crowley J.D., Aldrich-Wright, J.R.,* “Investigating the cytotoxicity of platinum(II) complexes incorporating bidentate pyridyl-1,2,3-triazole “click” ligands,” J. Inorg. Biochem., 2016, 165, 92–95; DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.06.017
  3. McKay A.P., Lo W.K.C., Preston D., Giles G.I., Crowley J.D., Barnsley J.E., Gordon K.C., McMorran D.A.,* “Palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of ((2-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)benzoic acids: synthesis, solid state characterisation and biological cytotoxicity,” Inorg. Chim. Acta., 2016, 446, 41-53; DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2016.02.038
  4. Preston D., Barnsley J.E., Gordon K.C., Crowley J.D.,* “Controlled formation of heteroleptic [Pd2(La)2(Lb)2]4+ cages,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 10578–10585; DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05629
  5. Preston D., Lewis J.E.M., McNeill S.M., Giles G.I., Crowley J.D.,* “Enhanced kinetic stability of [Pd2L4]4+ cages through ligand substitution,” Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 8050–8060; DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00133E
  6. Preston D., Fox-Charles A., Lo W.K.C., Crowley, J.D.,* “Chloride triggered reversible switching from a metallosupramolecular [Pd2L4]4+ cage to a [Pd2L2Cl4] metallo-macrocycle with release of endo- and exo-hedrally bound guests,” Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 9042–9045; DOI: 10.1039/C5CC02226F
  7. Lo W.K.C., Huff G.S., Preston D., McMorran D.A., Giles G.I., Gordon K.C., Crowley J.D.,* “A dinuclear platinum(II) N4Py complex: an unexpected coordination mode for N4Py,” Inorg. Chem.,2015, 54, 6671−6673; DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01032
  8. McNeill S. M., Preston D., Lewis J.E.M., Robert A., Knerr-Rupp K., Graham D.O., Wright J.R., Giles G.I., Crowley J.D.,* “Biologically active [Pd2L4]4+ quadruply-stranded helicates: stability and cytotoxicity,” Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 11129–11136; DOI: 10.1039/C5DT01259G