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Dr Michael Plater

Dr Michael Plater
Dr Michael Plater
Dr Michael Plater

BSc(Lough), PhD(Lond) DSc(Aberdeen) FRSC CChem

Senior Lecturer

About
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

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

 
  Crystal structure of a stable free radical

stable oxoverdazyl free radical: structural and magnetic characterization. M. J. Plater, S. Kemp, E. Coronado, C. J. Gómez-García, R. W. Harrington and W. Clegg, Polyhedron, 2006, 25, 2433-2438

 

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

 

 

 

 

  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

 

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.

 

Microporous Network [Co3(TPO)2(BIPY)2(H2O)6] xH2O 

Overlay of bipyridyl rings in[Co(SDA)(BIPY)(H2O)]  SDA = cis-stilbenedicarboxylic acid.  

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

  

Cooperative Assembly of a Double-Stranded Hydrogen Bonded Porphyrin Zip

M. J. Plater, S. Aiken and G. Bourhill, Tetrahedron Lett., 2001, 42, 2225-2229  

  

Aza analogues of Koelsch's free radical and an improved procedure for the ring contraction of 1,10-phenanthroline into 4,5-diazafluorenone.  

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

 

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

 

C30H12

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

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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  • Three crucial scientific observations from mistaken hypotheses

    Plater, M. J.
    Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 40-45
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characterisation of 3,7-dibromophenothiazin-5-ium perbromide and its use for enhancing latent fingerprints

    Plater, J. M., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 2009, no. 6, pp. 384-387
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hidden signatures: new reagents for developing latent fingerprints

    Plater, M. J., Barnes, P., McDonald, L. K., Wallace, S., Archer, N., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B.
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 1633-1641
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An Unexpected Dimerisation in Ambient Daylight

    Plater, M. J., Momeni, M., Harrison, W. T. A.
    Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 11, pp. 644-646
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mimicking biological systems through modular control of solvation: a synthetic receptor that binds in both water or chloroform

    Plater, M. J., De Silva, B. M., Sinclair, J. P.
    Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 2008, no. 9, pp. 512-515
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Interpenetrating three-dimensional coordination networks with a rare 4-connected (6(5).8) topology and unusual geometrical features

    Plater, M. J., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B., De Silva, B. M.
    CrystEngComm, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 125-130
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Crucial Early Contributions of F. R. Japp to a General Synthesis of Imidazole Derivatives

    Plater, M. J.
    Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 76-81
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Co-operative stabilisation of a 15-component nanostructure

    Plater, M. J., Sinclair, J. P., Aiken, S.
    Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 2007, no. 5, pp. 287-290
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis of co-ordination networks selecting from either (R, R), (S, S) and (R, S)-1,4- or -1,3-bis[2-(4-pyridyl)-2-methylethyl] benzene and a discrete complex from 1,4-bis[2-(3-pyridyl)-2-methyl-cis-ethenyl)]benzene

    Plater, M. J., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B., De Silva, B. M.
    CrystEngComm, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 895-903
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • New tetrahydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazinan-3-ones and oxoverdazyl free radicals

    Plater, M., Sinclair, J., Kemp, S., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M., Gómez-García, C.
    Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 515-520
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A stable oxoverdazyl free radical: Structural and magnetic characterization

    Plater, M. J., Kemp, S., Coronado, E., Gomez-Garcia, C. J., Harrington, R. W., Clegg, W.
    Polyhedron, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 2433-2438
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The first double helical coordination network with shared copper atoms

    Plater, M. J., De Silva, B., Sinclair, J. P., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B.
    Journal of Molecular Structure, vol. 784, no. 1-3, pp. 269-271
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The CA.M lattice revisited. Gel formation from a linear bis-isocyanuric acid and 2-amino-4,6-bis-(4-tert-butylphenylamino)-1,3,5-triazine

    Plater, M., Sinclair, J., Aiken, S., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M.
    Tetrahedron, vol. 60, no. 30, pp. 6385-6394
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 9-Pentafluorophenylmenthylene-9H-fluorene

    Howie, R. A., Plater, M. J., Schmidt, D. M.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E59, pp. o89-o91
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 9-Pentafluorophenylmethylene-9H-fluorene

    Plater, M. J., Howie, R. A., Schmidt, D. M.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 59
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A degradation product of methylene blue

    Plater, M. J.
    Archives of organic chemistry, pp. 37-42
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Polyaromatic amines. Part 3: Synthesis of poly(diarylamino)styrenes and related compounds

    Plater, M. J., Jackson, T.
    Tetrahedron, vol. 59, no. 59, pp. 4673-4685
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Polyaromatic amines. Part 4: Synthesis of poly(ethynyl) linked aromatic amines.

    Plater, M. J., Jackson, T.
    Tetrahedron, vol. 59, no. 59, pp. 4687-4692
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The characterisation of lead fatty acid soaps in 'protrusions' in aged traditional oil paint.

    Plater, M. J., de Silva, B. M., Glebrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B., Higgitt, C. L., Saunders, D. R.
    Polyhedron, vol. 22, no. 22, pp. 3171-3179
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Metallated porphyrins containing lead (II), copper (II) or zinc (II)

    Plater, M. J., Aiken, S., Bourhill, G.
    Tetrahedron, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 2415-2422
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A new synthetic route to donor -acceptor Porphyrins

    Plater, M. J., Aiken, S., Bourhill, G.
    Tetrahedron, vol. 58, pp. 2405-2413
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hydrothermal crystallisation of metal (II) orotates (M = nickel, cobalt, manganese or zinc). Effect of 2,2-bipyridyl, 2,2-dipyridyl amine, 1-methyl-3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole, phenanthroline and 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline upon structure

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Skakle, J. M. S., Howie, R. A.
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 332, pp. 135-145
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Polymeric diaqua(µ2-2,2'-bipyrimidinyl-k4N1,N1':N3,N3')-di-µ3-hydroxy-bis(5-benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylato-k5O1:O2:O3:O3:O5)tetracobalt(II) dihydrate

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S., Howie, R. A.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. C58, pp. m487-m489
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis and crystal structure of [Cu2(NO3)4L2(BIPY)2(H2O)3].H2O (L = N,N'-bis(4-pyridylmethyl)

    Buchan, S., Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S. J., de Silva, B. M., Skakle, J. M. S., Slawin, A. M. Z.
    Journal of Chemical Crystallography, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 5-10
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis of soluble halogenated aryloxy substituted indium phthalocyanines

    Plater, M. J., Jeremiah, A., Bourhill, G.
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, pp. 91-96
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Polyaromatic amines: Part 2. Synthesis of 4,4 ',4 ''-tris(N-aryl-N-phenylamino)triphenylamine, N,N-bis[4-(N-aryl-N phenylamino)phenyl]tolylamine and N,N,N ',N '-tetraaryl-o-phenylenediamine derivatives

    Plater, M. J., Jackson, T.
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, vol. 20, pp. 2548-2552
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • catena-Poly[[2,2'-bipyridine-N,N')cobalt(II)]-µ-4,4'-oxydibenzoato-O,O':O''O''']

    Skakle, J. M. S., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Plater, M. J.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E57, pp. m169-m171
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • catena-Poly[[[(1,10-[henanthroline)manganese(II)]-µ-(1-hydroxybenzene-3,5-dicarboxylato)]hydrate]

    Skakle, J. M. S., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Plater, M. J.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E57, pp. m373-m375
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A new polymorph, form C, of [1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]-dichloronickel(II)

    Davison, J. C., Foreman, M. R. S., Howie, R. A., Plater, M. J., Skakle, J. M. S.
    Acta Crystallographica Section C, Crystal Structure Communications, vol. 57, pp. 690-693
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cooperative assembly of a double-stranded hydrogen-bonded porphyrin zip

    Plater, M. J., Aiken, S., Bourhill, G.
    Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 42, pp. 2225-2229
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Coordination networks from N,N'-bis(3- or 4-pyridylmethyl)urea and Cu(II) or Cd(II) nitrate

    Plater, M. J., de Silva, B. M., Skakle, J. M. S., Howie, R. A., Riffat, A., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B.
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 325, pp. 141-150
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hydrothermal synthesis of polymeric metal carboxylates from benzene-1,2,4,5-tetracarboxylic acid and benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Howie, R. A., Skakle, J. M. S., Slawin, A. M. Z.
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 315, pp. 126-132
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • One-dimensional structures of nickel(II) and cobalt(II) coordination complexes {[ML2(H2O)(2)]I center dot L center dot H2O (ClO4)(2)} (M = Co or Ni; L=1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane)

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B.
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 318, pp. 171-174
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • One-dimensional structures of nickel(II) and cobalt(II) coordination complexes {[ML2(H2O)2]·L.H2O·(ClO4)2} (M = Co or Ni; L = 1,3-bis(4-pyridyl)propane)

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B.
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 318, pp. 171-174
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Poly[[diaquacadmium(II)]-mu(3)-(1-carboxybenzene-3,5dicarboxylato)]

    Skakle, J. M. S., Foreman, M. R. S., Plater, M. J., Griffin, C.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Poly[[diaquacadmium(II)]-µ3-(1-carboxybenzene-3,5-dicarboxylato)]

    Skakle, J. M. S., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Plater, M. J., Griffin, C.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. E57, pp. m85-m87
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Structures of Mn(II) thiocyanate co-ordination polymers from flexible bipyridyl ligands

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S., Howie, R. A., Skakle, J. M. S.
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 318, pp. 175-180
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Structures of Pb(II) porphyrins:[5,10,15,20-tetrakis-triisopropysilylethynylporphinato]lead(II) and [5,15-bis-(3,5-bis-tert-butylphenyl)-10,20-bis-triisopropylsilyl-ethynylporphinato]lead(II)

    Plater, M. J., Aiken, S., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B., Bourhill, G.
    Polyhedron, vol. 20, pp. 3219-3224
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis and characterisation of infinite coordination networks with 1,6-bis(4-pyridyl)hexane and copper nitrate

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B.
    Crystal Engineering, vol. 4, pp. 319-328
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis and characterisation of polymeric and oligomeric lead(II) carboxylates

    Foreman, M. R. S., Plater, M. J., Skakle, J.
    Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, vol. 12, pp. 1897-1903
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis and characterisation of polymeric manganese and zinc 5-hydroxyisophthalates

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Howie, R. A., Skakle, J. M. S., McWilliam, S. A., Coronado, E., Gomez-Garcia, C. J.
    Polyhedron, vol. 20, pp. 2293-2303
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis and characterisation of polymeric metal-ion carboxylates from benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylic acid with Mn(II), Co(II) or Zn(II) and 2,2-bipyridyl, phenanthroline or a pyridyl-2-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl) derivative

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Howie, R. A., Skakle, J. M. S., Coronado, E., Gomez-Garcia, C. J., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B.
    Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol. 319, pp. 159-175
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis of MXOY and related rings

    Foreman, M. R. S. J., Howie, R. A., Plater, M. J., Skakle, J. M. S.
    Phosphorus, Sulfur and SIlicon and the Related Elements, vol. 168, pp. 621-624
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis of co-ordination networks from flexible bis-(4-pyridyl) ligands and cadmium salts

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Skakle, J. M. S.
    Crystal Engineering, vol. 4, pp. 293-308
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • catena-Poly[[[(1,10-phenanthroline)manganese(II)]-mu-(1-hydroxybenzene-3,5-dicarboxylato)] hydrate]

    Skakle, J. M. S., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Plater, M. J.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • catena-poly[[(2,2 '-bipyridine-N,N ')cobalt(II)]-mu-4,4 '-oxydibenzoato-O,O ': O '',O ''']

    Skakle, J. M. S., Foreman, M. R. S., Plater, M. J.
    Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, vol. 57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Aromatic chemistry (2000)

    Plater, M. J.
    Annual Reports Section "B" (Organic Chemistry), vol. 2000, no. 96, pp. 131-155
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hydrothemal synthesis and characterisation of lead (II) benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate [Pb3BTC2]·H2O: A lead (II) carboxylate polymer

    Foreman, M. R. J., Gelbrich, T., Hursthouse, M. B., Plater, M. J.
    Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 234-238
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis and crystal structure of [Mn(NCS)2L2] (L = 3,6-bis-(2-methylpyridyl)-1,2-pyridazine)

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. J., Skakle, J. M.
    Journal of Chemical Crystallography, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 535-537
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synthesis of [Mn(O2CCH2CH2CO2)(2,2′-bipyrid yl) (H2O)2]n·H2O

    Plater, M. J., Foreman, M. R. J., Howie, R. A.
    Journal of Chemical Crystallography, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 445-447
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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