Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
First ever observation of the intermediate of phosphonium salt and ylide hydrolysis: P-hydroxytetraorganophosphorane
Peter A. Byrne, Yannick Ortin, Declan G. Gilheany (2015) Chemical Communications, 51 (6), 1147-1150
Turning Regioselectivity into Stereoselectivity: Efficient Dual Resolution of P-Stereogenic Phosphine Oxides via Bifurcation in the Reactivity of a Common Intermediate
Kirill Nikitin, Kamalraj V. Rajendran, Helge Müller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2014) Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 53, 1906-1909
Degenerate Nucleophilic Substitution in Phosphonium Salts
Elizabeth V. Jennings, Kirill Nikitin, Yannick Ortin, Declan G. Gilheany (2014) Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136, 16217–16226
Investigations on the Operation of Stereochemical Drift in the Wittig Reaction by NMR & VTNMR Spectroscopy of Oxaphosphetane Intermediates & their Quench Products
Peter A. Byrne, Jimmy Muldoon, Yannick Ortin, Helge Müller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2014) European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 86-98
Systematic survey of positive chlorine sources in the asymmetric Appel reaction: oxalyl chloride as a new phosphine activator
Kamalraj V. Rajendran, Lorna Kennedy, Cormac T. O' Connor, Enda Bergin, Declan G. Gilheany (2013) Tetrahedron Letters, 54, 7009-7012
Cleavage of P=O in the Presence of P-N: Aminophosphine Oxide Reduction with In Situ Boronation of the P(III) Product
Niall P. Kenny, Kamalraj V. Rajendran, Elizabeth V. Jennings, Declan G. Gilheany (2013) Chemistry: A European Journal, 19 (42), 14210-14214.
Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydro-1-phenylbenzo[b]phosphole (1-Phenylphosphindane) and Its Use as a Mechanistic Test in the Asymmetric Appel Reaction: Decisive Evidence against Involvement of Pseudorotation in the Stereoselecting Step
Damien J. Carr, Jaya S. Kudavalli, Katherine S. Dunne, Helge Müller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2013) Journal of Organic Chemistry, 78 (20), 10500-10505.
The modern interpretation of the Wittig reaction mechanism
Peter A. Byrne, Declan G. Gilheany (2013) Chemical Society Reviews, 42
Direct evidence of a multicentre halogen bond: unexpected contraction of the P-XXX-P fragment in triphenylphosphine dihalides
Kirill Nikitin, Helge Mueller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2012) Chemical Communications, 49 (14), 1434-1436
Anomalous Z-isomer content in Wittig reaction products from keto-stabilised ylides with ortho-heteroatom substituted benzaldehydes
Peter A. Byrne, Lee J. Higham, Padraig McGovern, Declan G. Gilheany (2012) Tetrahedron Letters, 53 (49), 6701-6704
MOP-phosphonites: A novel ligand class for asymmetric catalysis
Arne Ficks, Rachel M. Hiney, Ross W. Harrington, Declan G. Gilheany, Lee J. Higham, (2012) Dalton Transactions, 41
Identification of a key intermediate in the asymmetric Appel process: one pot stereoselective synthesis of P-stereogenic phosphines and phosphine boranes from racemic phosphine oxides
Kamalraj V. Rajendran, Declan G. Gilheany (2012) Chemical Communications, 48, 10040-10042
Simple unprecedented conversion of phosphine oxides and sulfides to phosphine boranes using sodium borohydride
Kamalraj V. Rajendran, Declan G. Gilheany (2012) Chemical Communications, 48, 817-819
Unequivocal Experimental Evidence for a Unified Lithium Salt-Free Wittig Reaction Mechanism for All Phosphonium Ylide Types: Reactions with β-Heteroatom-Substituted Aldehydes Are Consistently Selective for cis-Oxaphosphetane-Derived Products
Peter A. Byrne, Declan G. Gilheany (2012) Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134 (22), 9225-9239
A U-Turn in the Asymmetric Appel Reaction: Stereospecific Reduction of Diastereomerically Enriched Alkoxyphosphonium Salts Allows the Asymmetric Synthesis of P-Stereogenic Phosphanes and Phosphane Boranes
Kamalraj V. Rajendran, Jaya S. Kudavalli, Katherine S. Dunne, Declan G. Gilheany (2012) European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2012 (14), 2720-2723
A convenient and mild chromatography-free method for the purification of the products of Wittig and Appel reactions
Peter A. Byrne , Kamalraj V. Rajendran , Jimmy Muldoon, Declan G. Gilheany (2012) Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 10 (17), 3531-3537
An easy and short preparation of pentachloroacetone by selective dechlorination of hexachloroacetone under Appel conditions
Kamalraj V. Rajendran, Damien J. Carr, Declan G. Gilheany (2011) Tetrahedron Letters, 52 (52), 7113-7115
The synthesis of P-stereogenic MOP analogues and their use in rhodium catalysed asymmetric addition
Eoin F. Clarke, Eoin Rafter, Helge Müller-Bunz, Lee J. Higham, Declan G. Gilheany (2011) Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 696 (23), 3608-3615
κ1- and κ2-Complexes of Fluorenylidene-Allenyl Phosphines and Phosphine Oxides with Palladium Chloride and Iron Carbonyl: Displacement of Trimethylsilyl by Diphenylphosphino via a Stabilized Carbanion
Sandra Milosevic, Emilie V. Banide, Helge Muller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany, Michael J. McGlinchey (2011) Organometallics, 30 (14), 3804-3817.
P-Stereogenic Phosphorus Compounds: Effect of Aryl Substituents on the Oxidation of Arylmethylphenylphosphanes under Asymmetric Appel Conditions
Kamalraj V. Rajendran, Lorna Kennedy, Declan G. Gilheany (2010) European Journal of Organic Chemistry, (29), 5642-5649
Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation Using Hindered Phosphine Ligands: An In Situ Study
Eoin Rafter, Declan G. Gilheany, J. N. H. Reek, P. W. N. M. van Leeuwen (2010) Chemcatchem, 2 (4), 387-391
(R,R)-Ethylenebis[(2-methylphenyl)-phenylphosphine oxide] ('o-Tolyl DiPAMPO')
Gary King, Enda Bergin, Helge Muller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2007) Acta Crystallogr E, 63, 3278-4097
A Re-Evaluation of the Electrophilic Substitution Reactions of the Ramirez Ylide
Lee J. Higham, Jimmy Muldoon, P. Gabriel Kelly, David M. Corr, Helge Mueller-Bunz and Declan G. Gilheany (2007) Journal of Organic Chemistry, 72 (23), 8780-8785.
Synthesis of P-stereogenic phosphorus compounds. Asymmetric oxidation of phosphines under Appel conditions
Enda Bergin, Cormac T. O'Connor, Shane B. Robinson, Eoghan M. Mc Garrigle, Colm P. O'Mahony, Declan G. Gilheany (2007) Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129 (31), 9566-9567
Taming a functional group: Creating air-stable, chiral primary phosphanes
Rachel M. Hiney, Lee J. Higham, Helge Muller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2006) Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 45 (43), 7248-7251
Chromium- and manganese-salen promoted epoxidation of alkenes
Eoghan M. McGarrigle, Declan G. Gilheany (2005) Chemical Reviews, 105 (5), 1563-1602
Cr-Salen mediated asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes: rational complex design and substrate scope of catalyst
Eoin F. Clarke, Eoghan M. Mc Garrigle, Declan G. Gilheany (2005) Arkivoc, 1, 30-38
P-Chirogenic Anisylphenyl MOP Phosphines. The Crystal Structures of the oxides, reduction studies and alternate synthesis
Lee J. Higham, Eoin F. Clarke, Helge Muller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2005) Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 690 (1), 211-219
Salen ligands derived from trans-1,2-dimethyl-1,2-cyclohexanediamine: preparation and application in oxo-chromium salen mediated asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes
Nessan J. Kerrigan, Helge Muller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2005) Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, 227 (1-2), 163-172
Unsymmetrical chiral salen Schiff base ligands - Synthesis and use in metal-based asymmetric epoxidation reactions
Marie F. Renehan, H. J. Schanz, Eoghan M. McGarrigle, Cormac T. Dalton, Adrian M. Daly, Declan G. Gilheany (2005) Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, 231 (1-2). 205-220
A novel azulene synthesis from the Ramirez ylide involving two different modes of its reaction with activated alkynes
Lee J. Higham, P. Gabriel Kelly, David M. Corr, Helge Muller-Bunz, Brian J. Walker, Declan G. Gilheany (2004) Chemical Communications, 1 (6), 684-685
Easy access to medium rings by entropy/strain reduction. Part 5. A simple and mild route to cyclohepta-1,3-dienes
Louise A. Byrne, Patrick J. Furlong, Declan G. Gilheany (2004) Synthetic Communications, 34 (9), 1631-1643
Ligand tuning in the chromium-salen-mediated asymmetric epoxidation of alkenes
Eoghan M. McGarrigle, D. M. Murphy, Declan G. Gilheany (2004) Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 15 (8), 1343-1354
Simple syntheses of seven-membered rings via an entropy/strain reduction strategy
Louise A. Byrne, Declan G. Gilheany (2004) Synlett, 1 (6), 933-943
{(E)- and (Z)-2-[alpha,beta-bis(methoxycarbonyl)vinyl]cyclopentadien-1-ylidene}triphenylphosphorane
Lee J. Higham, Patrick G. Kelly, Helge Muller-Bunz, Declan G. Gilheany (2004) Acta Crystallographica Section C-Crystal Structure, 60, 308-311
Improved resolution methods for (R,R)- and (S,S)-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine and (R)- and (S)-BINOL
Hans-Jorg Schanz, Michael A. Linseis, Declan G. Gilheany (2003) Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 14 (18), 2763-2769
Studies in the preparation of novel P-chirogenic binaphthyl monophosphanes (MOPs)
Nessan J. Kerrigan, Eoin C. Dunne, Desmond Cunningham, Patrick McArdle, Karen Gilligan, Declan G. Gilheany (2003) Tetrahedron Letters, 44 (46), 8461-8465
The synthesis and use in asymmetric epoxidation of metal salen complexes derived from enantiopure trans-cyclopentane- and cyclobutane-1,2-diamine
Adrian M. Daly, Declan G. Gilheany (2003) Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 14 (1), 127-137
Asymmetric alkene epoxidation with chromium oxo salen complexes - Effect of pi-rich and other types of additives
Cormac T. Dalton, Kenneth M. Ryan, Ivan J. Langan, Eamonn J. Coyne, Declan G. Gilheany, (2002) Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-Chemical, 187, 179-187
Asymmetric alkene epoxidation with chromium oxo salen complexes. Effect of added phosphoryl ligands
Nessan J. Kerrigan, Ivan J. Langan, Cormac T. Dalton, Adrian M. Daly, Claudine Bousquet, Declan G. Gilheany (2002) Tetrahedron Letters, 43 (11), 2107-2110
Chromium - Salen-mediated alkene epoxidation: A theoretical and experimental study indicates the importance of spin-surface crossing and the presence of a discrete intermediate
Peter Brandt, Per-Ola Norrby, Adrian M, Daly, Declan G. Gilheany, (2002) Chemistry - A European Journal, 8, 4299-4307
Co-operative ortho-effects on the Wittig reaction. Interpretation of stereoselectivity in the reaction of ortho-halo-substituted benzaldehydes and benzylidenetriphenylphosphoranes
Eoin C. Dunne, Eamonn J. Coyne, Peter B. Crowley, Declan G. Gilheany, (2002) Tetrahedron Letters, 43 (13), 2449-2453
Easy access to medium rings by entropy/strain reduction. Part 3. Competition between dihydroazepine and enamine formation in reaction of tetrahalosubstituted dibromides with primary amines
James G. Walsh, Declan G. Gilheany (2002) Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 39, 1273-1278
Effect of InCl3 on the addition of Grignard reagents to alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds
Brian G. Kelly, Declan G. Gilheany (2002) Tetrahedron Letters, 43 (5), 887-890
Asymmetric alkene epoxidation with chromium oxo salen complexes. A systematic study of salen ligand substituents
Colm P. O'Mahony, Eoghan M. McGarrigle, Marie F. Renehan, Kenneth M. Ryan, Nessan J. Kerrigan, Claudine Bousquet, Declan G. Gilheany (2001) Organic Letters, 3 (22), 3435-3438
High enantioselectivities in an (E)-alkene epoxidation by catalytically active chromium salen complexes. Insight into the catalytic cycle
Adrian M. Daly, Marie F. Renehan, Declan G. Gilheany (2001) Organic Letters, 3, 663-666
Easy access to medium rings by entropy/strain reduction, Part 4. A Simple and Mild Route to Some Substituted 2,7-Dihydro-1H-Oxepins, Thiepins and a Phosphepin
James G. Walsh, Declan G. Gilheany (2000) Heterocycles, 53, 897-904
Chromium salen catalysed asymmetric alkene epoxidation. Influence of substituents at the 3,3 '-positions on the salen rings
Kenneth M. Ryan, Claudine Bousquet, Declan G. Gilheany (1999) Tetrahedron Letters, 40 (18), 3613-3616
Easy access to medium rings by entropy/strain reduction. Part 2. The ready availability of cis,cis-2,4-diene-1,6-diols and derived dibromides allows a simple and mild route to substituted 2,7-dihydro-1H-azepines
James G. Walsh, Patrick J. Furlong, Declan G. Gilheany (1999) Journal of the Chemical Society-Perkin Transactions 1, 1 (24), 3657-3665
Studies in the oxidative ring-opening of catechols and o-benzoquinones. Lead tetraacetate versus the copper(I) chloride/pyridine/methanol system
James G. Walsh, Patrick J. Furlong, Louise A. Byrne, Declan G. Gilheany (1999) Tetrahedron, 55 (38), 11519-11536
Unsymmetrical salen ligands: Synthesis and use in chromium mediated asymmetric epoxidation
Adrian M. Daly, Cormac T. Dalton, Marie F. Renehan, Declan G. Gilheany (1999) Tetrahedron Letters, 40 (18), 3617-3620
Recent progress towards the understanding of metal-salen catalysed asymmetric alkene epoxidation
Cormac T. Dalton, Kenneth M. Ryan, Valerie M. Wall, C. Bousquet, Declan G. Gilheany (1998) Topics in Catalysis, 5 (1-4), 75-91
Chromium Catalysed Asymmetric Alkene Epoxidation. Greater Selectivity for an E-alkene versus its Z-isomer
Claudine Bousquet, Declan G. Gilheany (1995) Tetrahedron Letters, 36 (42), 7739-7742
Efficient Synthesis of Unsaturated Seven-Membered Rings by an Entropy/Strain Reduction Strategy: 2,7-Dihydro-1H-azepines, -oxepins, -thiepins, -1H-phosphepin and 1,3-Cycloheptadienes
James G. Walsh, Patrick J. Furlong, Declan G. Gilheany (1994) Chemical Communications, (67)
No d-orbitals but Walsh diagrams and maybe Banana Bonds: Chemical Bonding in Phosphines, Phosphine Oxides and Phosphonium Ylides
Declan G. Gilheany (1994) Chemical Reviews, 94, 1339-1374
The Rich Chemistry of Fulvalene Ylides. A Dichotomy in Phosphonium Salt/Ylide Hydrolysis and the Development of a New Synthesis of Azulenes
Declan G. Gilheany, Patrick G. Kelly, Catherine A. Mitchell, Brian J. Walker, John F. Malone, Joanne Blaney, Raymond Wilson (1993) Phosphorus, Sulphur and Silicon, 75, 11-14
R,R-1,2-Diphenyl-1,2-ethanediol (Stilbene Diol)
Blaine H. McKee, Declan G. Gilheany, K. Barry Sharpless; (1991) Organic Synthesis, 70
Ligand Based Improvement of Enantioselectivity in the Catalytic Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Dialkyl Substituted Olefins
Tomoyuki Shibata, Declan G. Gilheany, Brent K. Blackburn and K. Barry Sharpless; (1990) Tetrahedron Letters, 27
Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerisation of Norbornene by OsO4: Evidence for Transient Oxametallacyclobutane
James G. Hamiltion, O. Nicola D. Mackey, John J. Rooney, Declan G. Gilheany; (1990) Chemical Communications, 11
Cycloheptatrienyl-Phosphorus Derivatives. An Unusual Phosphonium Salt Hydrolysis
Declan G Gilheany, N. T. Thompson, Brian J. Walker (1987) Tetrahedron Letters, 30
An Unusual Ketone Promoted Hydration Reaction in the Conversion of a Phosphole to a 2-Phospholene Oxide
Declan G. Gilheany, Catherine M. Mitchell, Rachel E. Monahan, Brian J. Walker (1987) Phosphorus and Sulphur, 30
A Novel Bicyclic Phosphonium Ylide from the Reaction of a 1,2 -Dihydrophosphorin with Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate
Declan G. Gilheany, Deirdre A. Kennedy, John F. Malone, Brian J. Walker (1985) Tetrahedron Letters, 26
Fulvalene Ylides. A Stevens Rearrangement of 1-Fluoren- 9-ylidene-1,2,5-triphenyl-5-phosphole
Declan G. Gilheany, Deirdre A. Kennedy, John F. Malone, Brian J. Walker (1984) Chemical Communications
Ylide Analogues of Fulvalenes
Declan G. Gilheany, Brian J. Walker (1983) Phosphorus and Sulphur, 18