Dr Alexander Harkiss

  • Honorary Research Associate (School of Chemistry)

email: Alexander.Harkiss@glasgow.ac.uk

School of Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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Research Associate in the Cooke Research Group

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Number of items: 13.

2024

Riley, Leanne M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-9752, Marshall, Olivia, Harkiss, Alexander H., Senn, Hans M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8232-5957 and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2024) Synthesis of β-pyridyl α-amino acids: conformationally sensitive charge transfer-based fluorophores. Organic Letters, 26(25), pp. 5391-5395. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01951) (PMID:38865167) (PMCID:PMC11217948)

2023

Songsri, Sineenard, Harkiss, Alexander H. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2023) Synthesis and photophysical properties of charge-transfer based pyrimidine-derived ∝-amino acids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 88(18), pp. 13214-13224. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01437) (PMID:37621156) (PMCID:PMC10507667)

Uno, Shinpei, Harkiss, Alexander H., Chowdhury, Roy, Caldwell, Stuart T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1604-3462, Prime, Tracy A., James, Andrew M., Gallagher, Brendan, Prudent, Julien, Hartley, Richard C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1033-5405 and Murphy, Michael P. (2023) Incorporating a polyethyleneglycol linker to enhance the hydrophilicity of mitochondria‐targeted triphenylphosphonium constructs. ChemBioChem, 24(11), e202200774. (doi: 10.1002/cbic.202200774) (PMID:36917207) (PMCID:PMC10946768)

2022

Cariello, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9699-3710, Pant, Namrata, Harkiss, Alexander H., Tracey, Frances M., Cameron, Joseph ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-8353, Skabara, Peter J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-0464, Holliman, Peter J., Docampo, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6164-4748 and Cooke, Graeme ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0890-5720 (2022) Synthesis of SOT-OH and its application as a building block for the synthesis of new dimeric and trimeric Spiro-OMeTAD materials. Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, 7(8), pp. 899-905. (doi: 10.1039/D2ME00038E)

2020

Bell, Jonathan D., Harkiss, Alexander H., Nobis, David, Malcolm, Eilidh, Knuhtsen, Astrid, Wellaway, Christopher R., Jamieson, Andrew G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-7353, Magennis, Steven W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4327-8366 and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2020) Conformationally rigid pyrazoloquinazoline α-amino acids: one- and two-photon induced fluorescence. Chemical Communications, 56(12), pp. 1887-1890. (doi: 10.1039/C9CC09064A) (PMID:31956866)

2019

Bell, Jonathan D., Morgan, Timaeus E.F., Buijs, Ned, Harkiss, Alexander H., Wellaway, Christopher R. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2019) Synthesis and photophysical properties of benzotriazole-derived unnatural α -amino acids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84(16), pp. 10436-10448. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01685) (PMID:31340638)

Harkiss, Alexander H., Bell, Jonathan D., Knuhtsen, Astrid, Jamieson, Andrew G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-7353 and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2019) Synthesis and fluorescent properties of β-pyridyl α-amino acids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84(5), pp. 2879-2890. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b00036) (PMID:30726078)

2018

Bell, Jonathan D., Harkiss, Alexander H., Wellaway, Christopher R. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2018) Stereoselective synthesis of 2,6-trans-4-oxopiperidines using an acid-mediated 6-endo-trig cyclisation. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 16(35), pp. 6410-6422. (doi: 10.1039/C8OB01363B) (PMID:30011344)

Harkiss, Alexander H. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2018) Access to 2,6-disubstituted 4-oxopiperidines using a 6-endo-trig cyclization: stereoselective synthesis of spruce alkaloid and (+)-241D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 83(1), pp. 535-542. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02799) (PMID:29218988)

2016

Sharif, Salaheddin A.I., Calder, Ewen D.D., Harkiss, Alexander, Maduro, Marie and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2016) Synthesis of allylic amide functionalized 2H-chromenes and coumarins using a one-pot overman rearrangement and gold(I)-catalyzed hydroarylation. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81(20), pp. 9810-9819. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b01881) (PMID:27680202)

Harkiss, Alexander and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2016) Recent advances in the synthesis and application of fluorescent α-amino acids. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14(38), pp. 8911-8921. (doi: 10.1039/C6OB01715K) (PMID:27714204)

2015

Gilfillan, Lynne, Artschwager, Raik, Harkiss, Alexander H., Liskamp, Rob M.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-8975 and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2015) Synthesis of pyrazole containing α-amino acids via a highly regioselective condensation/aza-Michael reaction of β-aryl α,β-unsaturated ketones. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13(15), pp. 4514-4523. (doi: 10.1039/C5OB00364D) (PMID:25774874)

2014

Calder, Ewen D.D., McGonagle, Fiona I., Harkiss, Alexander H., McGonagle, Grant A. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2014) Preparation of amino-substituted indenes and 1,4-dihydronaphthalenes using a one-pot multireaction approach: total synthesis of oxybenzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 79(16), pp. 7633-7648. (doi: 10.1021/jo5014492) (PMID:25060853)

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Number of items: 13.

Articles

Riley, Leanne M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-9752, Marshall, Olivia, Harkiss, Alexander H., Senn, Hans M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8232-5957 and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2024) Synthesis of β-pyridyl α-amino acids: conformationally sensitive charge transfer-based fluorophores. Organic Letters, 26(25), pp. 5391-5395. (doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01951) (PMID:38865167) (PMCID:PMC11217948)

Songsri, Sineenard, Harkiss, Alexander H. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2023) Synthesis and photophysical properties of charge-transfer based pyrimidine-derived ∝-amino acids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 88(18), pp. 13214-13224. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01437) (PMID:37621156) (PMCID:PMC10507667)

Uno, Shinpei, Harkiss, Alexander H., Chowdhury, Roy, Caldwell, Stuart T. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1604-3462, Prime, Tracy A., James, Andrew M., Gallagher, Brendan, Prudent, Julien, Hartley, Richard C. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1033-5405 and Murphy, Michael P. (2023) Incorporating a polyethyleneglycol linker to enhance the hydrophilicity of mitochondria‐targeted triphenylphosphonium constructs. ChemBioChem, 24(11), e202200774. (doi: 10.1002/cbic.202200774) (PMID:36917207) (PMCID:PMC10946768)

Cariello, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9699-3710, Pant, Namrata, Harkiss, Alexander H., Tracey, Frances M., Cameron, Joseph ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-8353, Skabara, Peter J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-0464, Holliman, Peter J., Docampo, Pablo ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6164-4748 and Cooke, Graeme ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0890-5720 (2022) Synthesis of SOT-OH and its application as a building block for the synthesis of new dimeric and trimeric Spiro-OMeTAD materials. Molecular Systems Design and Engineering, 7(8), pp. 899-905. (doi: 10.1039/D2ME00038E)

Bell, Jonathan D., Harkiss, Alexander H., Nobis, David, Malcolm, Eilidh, Knuhtsen, Astrid, Wellaway, Christopher R., Jamieson, Andrew G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-7353, Magennis, Steven W. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4327-8366 and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2020) Conformationally rigid pyrazoloquinazoline α-amino acids: one- and two-photon induced fluorescence. Chemical Communications, 56(12), pp. 1887-1890. (doi: 10.1039/C9CC09064A) (PMID:31956866)

Bell, Jonathan D., Morgan, Timaeus E.F., Buijs, Ned, Harkiss, Alexander H., Wellaway, Christopher R. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2019) Synthesis and photophysical properties of benzotriazole-derived unnatural α -amino acids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84(16), pp. 10436-10448. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01685) (PMID:31340638)

Harkiss, Alexander H., Bell, Jonathan D., Knuhtsen, Astrid, Jamieson, Andrew G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1726-7353 and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2019) Synthesis and fluorescent properties of β-pyridyl α-amino acids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 84(5), pp. 2879-2890. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b00036) (PMID:30726078)

Bell, Jonathan D., Harkiss, Alexander H., Wellaway, Christopher R. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2018) Stereoselective synthesis of 2,6-trans-4-oxopiperidines using an acid-mediated 6-endo-trig cyclisation. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 16(35), pp. 6410-6422. (doi: 10.1039/C8OB01363B) (PMID:30011344)

Harkiss, Alexander H. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2018) Access to 2,6-disubstituted 4-oxopiperidines using a 6-endo-trig cyclization: stereoselective synthesis of spruce alkaloid and (+)-241D. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 83(1), pp. 535-542. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02799) (PMID:29218988)

Sharif, Salaheddin A.I., Calder, Ewen D.D., Harkiss, Alexander, Maduro, Marie and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2016) Synthesis of allylic amide functionalized 2H-chromenes and coumarins using a one-pot overman rearrangement and gold(I)-catalyzed hydroarylation. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 81(20), pp. 9810-9819. (doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b01881) (PMID:27680202)

Harkiss, Alexander and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2016) Recent advances in the synthesis and application of fluorescent α-amino acids. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 14(38), pp. 8911-8921. (doi: 10.1039/C6OB01715K) (PMID:27714204)

Gilfillan, Lynne, Artschwager, Raik, Harkiss, Alexander H., Liskamp, Rob M.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8897-8975 and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2015) Synthesis of pyrazole containing α-amino acids via a highly regioselective condensation/aza-Michael reaction of β-aryl α,β-unsaturated ketones. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 13(15), pp. 4514-4523. (doi: 10.1039/C5OB00364D) (PMID:25774874)

Calder, Ewen D.D., McGonagle, Fiona I., Harkiss, Alexander H., McGonagle, Grant A. and Sutherland, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-5766 (2014) Preparation of amino-substituted indenes and 1,4-dihydronaphthalenes using a one-pot multireaction approach: total synthesis of oxybenzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 79(16), pp. 7633-7648. (doi: 10.1021/jo5014492) (PMID:25060853)

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2023

Uno, S., Harkiss, A., Chowdhury, R., Caldwell, S. , Prime, T. A., James, A. M., Gallagher, B., Prudent, J., Hartley, R. and Murphy, M. (2023) Incorporating a Polyethyleneglycol Linker to Enhance the Hydrophilicity of Mitochondria-Targeted Triphenylphosphonium Constructs. [Data Collection]

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Research Associate - Cooke Group