Dr Michael Plater

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Email Addressm.j.plater@abdn.ac.ukTelephone Number+44 (0)1224 272927Office AddressDr John Plater Department of Chemistry University of Aberdeen Meston Walk Aberdeen AB24 3UE Meston Room G103 m.j.plater@abdn.ac.ukSchool/DepartmentSchool 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 activitie

Selected publications

• In search of open-framework channels: reactions of amines with 4,5-difluoro-1,2-dinitrobenzene and 1,3-difluoro-4,6-dinitrobenzene 2025 - PublishedPlater, M. J., Harrison, W. T. A. Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 49, no. 3Contributions to Journals: Articles[ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17475198251346820[OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/319a073b-6135-4cba-afa7-f9257f475673/download
• [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17475198251346820
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• Failed mauveine syntheses and the mechanistic insight they provide into the role of linear trimers in mauveine synthesis 2025 - PublishedPlater, M. J., Harrison, W. T. Journal of Chemical Research, vol. 49, no. 3Contributions to Journals: Articles[ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17475198251347334[OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/151626bb-2f4a-49ee-b85b-7cc42b0745ec/download
• [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/17475198251347334
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• Syntheses and Crystal Structures of Two Metal–Organic Frameworks Formed from Cd2+ Ions Bridged by Long, Flexible 1,7-bis(4-Pyridyl)heptane Ligands with Different Counter-Ions 2024 - PublishedPlater, M. J., De Silva, B. M., Foreman, M. R. S. J., Harrison, W. Crystals, vol. 14, no. 12, 1105Contributions to Journals: Articles[ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14121105[OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/ae62077b-4473-48ba-a2f9-61e2ec420da9/download
• [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14121105
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• Stereoview Images of Hydrogen-Bonded Quinoxalines with a Helical Axis; Pyrimidines and a Pyridazine That Form Extended Tapes 2024 - PublishedPlater, M. J., Harrison, W. T. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 25, no. 22, 12329Contributions to Journals: Articles[ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252212329[OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/9523a4c5-f2c2-4687-8ba6-f8a9fd22d225/download[ONLINE] View publication in Scopus