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)

This list was generated on Tue Nov 18 21:00:12 2025 GMT.
Jump to: Articles
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)

This list was generated on Tue Nov 18 21:00:12 2025 GMT.

Research datasets

Jump to: 2025 | 2023
Number of items: 2.

2025

Harkiss, A. H., Warrington, S., Caldwell, S. T. and Hartley, R. C. (2025) Simultaneous and sensitive quantification of protein and low molecular weight persulfides, polysulfides and H2S in biological samples. [Data Collection]

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]

This list was generated on Tue Nov 18 02:45:37 2025 GMT.

Research Associate - Cooke Group