James William Comerford

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• 2021

  Enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of malonate polyesters and their use as metal chelating materials

  Byrne, F., Assemat, J., Stanford, A., Farmer, T. J., Comerford, J. W. & Pellis, A., 29 Jun 2021, In: Green Chemistry. 14, 6 p.

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• Zeolite-mediated production of cyclic organic carbonates: Reaction of CO₂with styrene oxide on zeolite y impregnated with metal halides

  Ozorio, L. P., Henrique, F. J. S., Comerford, J. W., North, M. & Mota, C. J. A., 2 Mar 2021, In: Reaction Chemistry and Engineering. 6, 4, p. 672-678 7 p.

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• 2020

  Effects of Methyl Branching on the Properties and Performance of Furandioate-Adipate Copolyesters of Bio-Based Secondary Diols

  Little, A., Pellis, A., Comerford, J. W., Naranjo-Valles, E., Hafezi, N., Mascal, M. & Farmer, T. J., 28 Sept 2020, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8, 38, p. 14471–14483 13 p.

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• Thermal Upgrade of Enzymatically Synthesized Aliphatic and Aromatic Oligoesters

  Comerford, J. W., Byrne, F., Weinberger, S., Farmer, T. J., Guebitz, G. M., Gardossi, L. & Pellis, A., 13 Jan 2020, In: Materials. 13, 2, p. 1-9 9 p., 368.

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• 2019

  Enzymatic synthesis of lignin derivable pyridine based polyesters for the substitution of petroleum derived plastics

  Pellis, A., Comerford, J. W., Weinberger, S., Guebitz, G. M., Clark, J. H. & Farmer, T. J., 16 Apr 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, 1762.

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• Enzymatic synthesis of unsaturated polyesters: functionalization and reversibility of the aza-Michael addition of pendants

  Pellis, A., Hanson, P. A., Comerford, J. W., Clark, J. H. & Farmer, T. J., 21 Feb 2019, In: Polymer Chemistry. 10, 7, p. 843-851 9 p.

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• Improving the Post-polymerization Modification of Bio-Based Itaconate Unsaturated Polyesters: Catalyzing Aza-Michael Additions With Reusable Iodine on Acidic Alumina

  Moore, O., Hanson, P. A., Comerford, J. W., Pellis, A. & Farmer, T. J., 15 Jul 2019, In: Frontiers in Chemistry. 7, 14 p., 501.

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• Laminaria digitata and palmaria palmata seaweeds as natural source of catalysts for the cycloaddition of CO₂ to Epoxides

  Comerford, J. W., Gray, T., Lie, Y., MacQuarrie, D. J., North, M. & Pellis, A., 12 Jan 2019, In: MOLECULES. 24, 2, p. 1-14 14 p., 269.

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• Safer bio-based solvents to replace toluene and tetrahydrofuran for the biocatalyzed synthesis of polyesters

  Pellis, A., Byrne, F. P., Sherwood, J. R., Vastano, M., Comerford, J. W. & Farmer, T. J., 7 Mar 2019, In: Green Chemistry. 21, p. 1686-1694 9 p.

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• 2018

  Efficient Physisorption of Candida Antarctica Lipase B on Polypropylene Beads and Application for Polyester Synthesis

  Weinberger, S., Pellis, A., Comerford, J. W., Farmer, T. J. & Guebitz, G., 31 Aug 2018, In: Catalysts. 8, 9, 12 p., 369.

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• Elucidating enzymatic polymerisations: Chain-length selectivity of Candida antarctica lipase B towards various aliphatic diols and dicarboxylic acid diesters

  Pellis, A., Comerford, J. W., Maneffa, A. J., Sipponen, M. H., Clark, J. H. & Farmer, T. J., 1 Sept 2018, In: European Polymer Journal. 106, p. 79-84 6 p.

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• Influence of Mesoporous Silica Properties on Cyclic Carbonate Synthesis Catalysed by Supported Aluminium(Salen) Complexes

  Carvalho, P. A., Comerford, J. W., Lamb, K. J., North, M. & Reiss, P. S., 1 Nov 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis. p. 1-11 11 p.

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• Insights into post-polymerisation modification of bio-based unsaturated itaconate and fumarate polyesters via aza-michael addition: Understanding the effects of CC isomerisation

  Farmer, T. J., Macquarrie, D. J., Comerford, J. W., Pellis, A. & Clark, J. H., 25 Sept 2018, In: JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 56, 17, p. 1935-1945 11 p.

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• Optimization of Amidation Reactions Using Predictive Tools for the Replacement of Regulated Solvents with Safer Biobased Alternatives

  Petchey, T. H. M., Comerford, J. W., Farmer, T. J., MacQuarrie, D. J., Sherwood, J. R. & Clark, J. H., Feb 2018, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 6, 2, p. 1550-1554 5 p.

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• 2017

  New bio-based monomers: Tuneable polyester properties using branched diols from biomass

  Farmer, T. J., Comerford, J. W., Mascal, M., Schmid, M., Perocheau Arnaud, S., Wu, L., Wong Chang, M-A., Chang, F. & Li, Z., Sept 2017, In: FARADAY DISCUSSIONS. 202, p. 61-77 17 p., FD-ART-02-2017-000057.R1.

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• 2016

  Homogeneous and silica-supported zinc complexes for the synthesis of propylene carbonate from propane-1,2-diol and carbon dioxide

  Comerford, J. W., Hart, S. J., North, M. & Whitwood, A. C., 23 Feb 2016, In: Catalysis Science and Technology. 6, 13, p. 4824-4831 8 p.

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• 2015

  New catalysts for carboxylation of propylene glycol to propylene carbonate via high-throughput screening

  Castro-Osma, J. A., Comerford, J. W., Heyn, R. H., North, M. & Tangstad, E., 23 Sept 2015, In: FARADAY DISCUSSIONS. 183, p. 19-30 12 p.

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• 2014

  Deposition of palladium nanoparticles in SBA-15 templated silica using supercritical carbon dioxide

  Hunt, A. J., Budarin, V. L., Comerford, J. W., Parker, H. L., Lazarov, V. K., Breeden, S. W., Macquarrie, D. J. & Clark, J. H., 1 Feb 2014, In: Materials letters. 116, p. 408-411

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• Quinine catalysed asymmetric Michael additions in a sustainable solvent

  Castro-Osma, J. A., Comerford, J. W., Heath, S., Jones, O., Morcillo, M. & North, M., 4 Dec 2014, In: RSC Advances. 2015, 5, p. 3678-3685 8 p.

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• 2012

  Mesoporous Structured Silica – An improved catalyst for direct amide synthesis and its application to continuous flow processing

  Farmer, T. J., MacQuarrie, D. J., Clark, J. H., Breeden, S. W. & Comerford, J. W., 5 Oct 2012, In: ARKIVOC. 2012, vii, p. 282-293 12 p.

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• 2009

  Clean, reusable and low cost heterogeneous catalyst for amide synthesis

  Comerford, J. W., Clark, J. H., Macquarrie, D. J. & Breeden, S. W., 2009, In: Chemical Communications. 45, 18, p. 2562-2564 3 p.

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