E. Stephen Davies

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Biography

Dr Stephen Davies received his B.Sc. (Chemistry) and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, studying, for the latter, the organometallic chemistry of bimetallic cycloheptatriene/cycloheptatrienyl systems. He was a post-doctoral research associate, at Manchester, involved in the synthesis and spectroscopic characterisation of chemical analogues relevant to the active site in the family of enzymes containing the molybdopterin, specifically, those responsible for the reduction of dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO reductases). He joined the Chemistry Department in 1999 as a Research Officer in the Bioinorganic Group.

Research Summary

Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies of inorganic, organic and bio-inspired molecules.

Recent Publications

• CAO, Q, CREELY, CM, DAVIES, ES, DYER, J, EASUN, TL, GRILLS, DC, MCGOVERN, DA, MCMASTER, J, PITCHFORD, J, SMITH, JA, SUN, XZ, KELLY, JM and GEORGE, MW, 2011. Excited State Dependent Electron Transfer Of A Rhenium-Dipyridophenazine Complex Intercalated Between The Base Pairs Of Dna: A Time-Resolved Uv-Visible And Ir Absorption Investigation Into The Photophysics Of Fac-[Re(Co)(3)(F(2)Dppz)(Py)](+) Bound To Either [Poly(Da-Dt)](2) Or [Poly(Dg-Dc)](2) Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 10(8), 1355-1364
• WHALLEY, AL, BLAKE, AJ, COLLISON, D, DAVIES, ES, DISLEY, HJ, HELLIWELL, M, MABBS, FE, MCMASTER, J, WILSON, C and GARNER, CD, 2011. Synthesis, Structure And Redox Properties Of Bis(Cyclopentadienyl)Dithiolene Complexes Of Molybdenum And Tungsten Dalton Transactions. 40(40), 10457-10472
• STEPHEN, E, HUANG, DG, SHAW, JL, BLAKE, AJ, COLLISON, D, DAVIES, ES, EDGE, R, HOWARD, JAK, MCINNES, EJL, WILSON, C, WOLOWSKA, J, MCMASTER, J and SCHRODER, M, 2011. Redox Non-Innocence Of Thioether Crowns: Spectroelectrochemistry And Electronic Structure Of Formal Nickel(Iii) Complexes Of Aza-Thioether Macrocycles Chemistry-A European Journal. 17(37), 10246-10258
• CHAMBERLAIN, TW, DAVIES, ES, KHLOBYSTOV, AN and CHAMPNESS, NR, 2011. Multi-Electron-Acceptor Dyad And Triad Systems Based On Perylene Bisimides And Fullerenes Chemistry-A European Journal. 17(13), 3759-3767

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• CAO, Q, CREELY, CM, DAVIES, ES, DYER, J, EASUN, TL, GRILLS, DC, MCGOVERN, DA, MCMASTER, J, PITCHFORD, J, SMITH, JA, SUN, XZ, KELLY, JM and GEORGE, MW, 2011. Excited State Dependent Electron Transfer Of A Rhenium-Dipyridophenazine Complex Intercalated Between The Base Pairs Of Dna: A Time-Resolved Uv-Visible And Ir Absorption Investigation Into The Photophysics Of Fac-[Re(Co)(3)(F(2)Dppz)(Py)](+) Bound To Either [Poly(Da-Dt)](2) Or [Poly(Dg-Dc)](2) Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 10(8), 1355-1364
• WHALLEY, AL, BLAKE, AJ, COLLISON, D, DAVIES, ES, DISLEY, HJ, HELLIWELL, M, MABBS, FE, MCMASTER, J, WILSON, C and GARNER, CD, 2011. Synthesis, Structure And Redox Properties Of Bis(Cyclopentadienyl)Dithiolene Complexes Of Molybdenum And Tungsten Dalton Transactions. 40(40), 10457-10472
• STEPHEN, E, HUANG, DG, SHAW, JL, BLAKE, AJ, COLLISON, D, DAVIES, ES, EDGE, R, HOWARD, JAK, MCINNES, EJL, WILSON, C, WOLOWSKA, J, MCMASTER, J and SCHRODER, M, 2011. Redox Non-Innocence Of Thioether Crowns: Spectroelectrochemistry And Electronic Structure Of Formal Nickel(Iii) Complexes Of Aza-Thioether Macrocycles Chemistry-A European Journal. 17(37), 10246-10258
• CHAMBERLAIN, TW, DAVIES, ES, KHLOBYSTOV, AN and CHAMPNESS, NR, 2011. Multi-Electron-Acceptor Dyad And Triad Systems Based On Perylene Bisimides And Fullerenes Chemistry-A European Journal. 17(13), 3759-3767
• COOPER, OJ, MILLS, DP, MCMASTER, J, MORO, F, DAVIES, ES, LEWIS, W, BLAKE, AJ and LIDDLE, ST, 2011. Uranium-Carbon Multiple Bonding: Facile Access To The Pentavalent Uranium Carbene [U{C(Pph2nsime3)(2)}(Cl)(2)(I)] And Comparison Of U-V=C And U-Iv=C Bonds Angewandte Chemie-International Edition. 50(10), 2383-2386
• TAN, AL, BLAKE, AJ, DAVIES, ES, WILSON, C and GARNER, CD, 2011. A Radical Pathway To Synthesise Mo And W Dithiolene Complexes Chemical Communications. 47(3), 953-954
• BEST, J, SAZANOVICH, IV, ADAMS, H, BENNETT, RD, DAVIES, ES, MEIJER, AJHM, TOWRIE, M, TIKHOMIROV, SA, BOUGANOV, OV, WARD, MD and WEINSTEIN, JA, 2010. Structure And Ultrafast Dynamics Of The Charge-Transfer Excited State And Redox Activity Of The Ground State Of Mono- And Binuclear Platinum(Ii) Diimine Catecholate And Bis-Catecholate Complexes: A Transient Absorption, Trir, Dft, And Electrochemical Study Inorganic Chemistry. 49(21), 10041-10056
• GONIDEC, M, DAVIES, ES, MCMASTER, J, AMABILINO, DB and VECIANA, J, 2010. Probing The Magnetic Properties Of Three Interconvertible Redox States Of A Single-Molecule Magnet With Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 132(6), 1756-+
• GORETZKI, G, DAVIES, ES, ARGENT, SP, WARREN, JE, BLAKE, AJ and CHAMPNESS, NR, 2009. Building Multistate Redox-Active Architectures Using Metal-Complex Functionalized Perylene Bis-Imides Inorganic Chemistry. 48(21), 10264-10274
• PERRA, A, WANG, Q, BLAKE, AJ, DAVIES, ES, MCMASTER, J, WILSON, C and SCHRODER, M, 2009. Unusual Formation Of A [Nisfe2(Co)(6)] Cluster: A Structural Model For The Inactive Form Of [Nife] Hydrogenase Dalton Transactions. 925-931
• SHAVALEEV, N.M., DAVIES, E.S., ADAMS, H., BEST, J. and WEINSTEIN J.A., 2008. Platinum(II) diimine complexes with catecholate ligands bearing imide electron-acceptor groups: Synthesis, crystal structures, (spectro)electrochemical and EPR studies, and electronic structure Inorganic Chemistry. 47, 1532-1547
• HUANG, D., BLAKE, A. J., MCINNES, E. J. L., MCMASTER, J., DAVIES, E. S., WILSON, C., WOLOWSKA, J. and SCHRÖDER, M., 2008. Electronic Structure of the Mononuclear Ag(II) Complex [Ag([18]aneS4O2)]2+ ([18]aneS4O2 = 1,10-dioxa-4,7,13,16-tetrathiacyclooctadecane) Chemical Communications. 1305-1307
• SAZANOVICH, IV, ALAMIRY, MAH, BEST, J, BENNETT, RD, BOUGANOV, OV, DAVIES, ES, GRIVIN, VP, MEIJER, AJHM, PLYUSNIN, VF, RONAYNE, KL, SHELTON, AH, TIKHOMIROV, SA, TOWRIE, M and WEINSTEIN, JA, 2008. Excited State Dynamics Of A Pt-Ii Diimine Complex Bearing A Naphthalene-Diimide Electron Acceptor Inorganic Chemistry. 47(22), 10432-10445
• GORETZKI, G, DAVIES, ES, ARGENT, SP, ALSINDI, WZ, BLAKE, AJ, WARREN, JE, MCMASTER, J and CHAMPNESS, NR, 2008. Bis-Morpholine-Substituted Perylene Bisimides: Impact Of Isomeric Arrangement On Electrochemical And Spectroelectrochemical Properties Journal Of Organic Chemistry. 73(22), 8808-8814
• KUIMOVA, MK, ALSINDI, WZ, BLAKE, AJ, DAVIES, ES, LAMPUS, DJ, MATOUSEK, P, MCMASTER, J, PARKER, AW, TOWRIE, M, SUN, XZ, WILSON, C and GEORGE, MW, 2008. Probing The Solvent Dependent Photophysics Of Fac-[Re(Co)(3)(Dppz-X-2)Cl] (Dppz-X-2=11,12-X-2-Dipyrido[3,2-A: 2 ',3 '-C]Phenazine); X = Ch3, H, F, Cl, Cf3) Inorganic Chemistry. 47(21), 9857-9869
• HUANG, DG, ZHANG, XF, MCINNES, EJL, MCMASTER, J, BLAKE, AJ, DAVIES, ES, WOLOWSKA, J, WILSON, C and SCHRODER, M, 2008. Crystallographic, Electrochemical, And Electronic Structure Studies Of The Mononuclear Complexes Of Au(I)/(Ii)/(Iii) With [9]Anes(2)O ([9]Anes(2)O=1-Oxa-4,7-Dithiacyclononane) Inorganic Chemistry. 47(21), 9919-9929
• STEPHEN, E, BLAKE, AJ, DAVIES, ES, MCMASTER, J and SCHRODER, M, 2008. The Structural Characterisation And Elucidation Of The Electronic Structure Of The Mononuclear Pt(Iii) Complex [Pt([9]Anes(3))(2)](3+) ([9] Anes(3)=1,4,7-Trithiacyclononane) Chemical Communications. 5707-5709
• STENSON, PA, BOARD, A, MARIN-BECERRA, A, BLAKE, AJ, DAVIES, ES, WILSON, C, MCMASTER, J and SCHRODER, M, 2008. Molecular And Electronic Structures Of One-Electron Oxidized Ni-Ii-(Dithiosalicylidenediamine) Complexes: Ni-Iii-Thiolate Versus Ni-Ii-Thiyl Radical States Chemistry-A European Journal. 14(8), 2564-2576
• FAN, J., WANG, Y., BLAKE, A.J., WILSON, C., DAVIES, E.S., KHLOBYSTOV, A.N. and M. SCHRÖDER, M, 2007. Controlled assembly of silver(I)-pyridylfullerene networks Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46, 8013-8016
• BENISVY, L., HAMMOND, D., PARKER, D.J., DAVIES, E.S., GARNER, C.D., MCMASTER, J., WILSON, C., NEESE, F., BOTHE, E., BITTL, R. and TEUTLOFF, C., 2007. Insights into the nature of the hydrogen bonding of (.)Tyr(272) in apo-galactose oxidase Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 1859-1864
• PARKER, D., DAVIES, E.S., WILSON, C. and MCMASTER, J., 2007. The synthesis and characterisation of phenolate complexes of Cu(II) and Ni(II) that are capable of supporting a phenoxyl radical ligand Inorganica Chimica Acta. 360, 203-211
• PERRA, A., DAVIES, E.S., HYDE, J.R., WANG, Q., MCMASTER, J. and SCHRÖDER, M., 2006. Electrocatalytic production of hydrogen by a synthetic model of [NiFe] hydrogenases Chemical Communications. 10, 1103-1005
• TUNNEY, J. M., BLAKE, A. J., DAVIES, E. S., MCMASTER, J., WILSON, C. and GARNER, C. D., 2006. Synthesis and structure of gold(III) complexes of asymmetric dithiolene ligands Polyhedron. VOL 25(NUMBER 2), 591-598
• BENISVY, L., BILL, E., BLAKE, A.J, COLLISON, D., DAVIES, E.S., GARNER, C. D., MCARDLE, G., MCINNES, E.J.L., MCMASTER, J., ROSS, S.H.K and WILSON, C., 2006. Phenoxyl radicals: H-bonded and coordinated to Cu(II) and Zn(II). Dalton Transactions. 258-67
• WEINSTEIN, J. A., TIERNEY, M. T., DAVIES, E. S., BASE, K, ROBEIRO, A. A. and GRINSTAFF, M. W., 2006. Probing the Electronic Structure of Platinum(II) Chromophores: Crystal Structures, NMR Structures, and Photophysical Properties of Six New Bis- and Di- Phenolate/Thiolate Pt(II)Diimine Chromophores Inorganic Chemistry. 45, 4544-4555
• WANG, Q., BARCLAY, J.E., BLAKE, A.J., DAVIES, E.S., EVANS, D.J., MARR, A.C., MCINNES, E.J.L., MCMASTER, J., WILSON, C. and SCHRÖDER, M., 2004. The synthesis and electronic structure of a novel [NiS₄Fe₂(CO)₆] radical cluster: Implications for the active site of the [NiFe] hydrogenases Chemistry - A European Journal. 10(14), 3384-3396
• BENISVY, L., BILL, E., BLAKE, A. J., COLLISON, D., DAVIES, E. S., GARNER, C. D., GUINDY, C. I., MCINNES, E. J. L., MCARDLE, G. and MCMASTER, J., 2004. Phenolate and phenoxyl radical complexes of Co(II) and Co(III) DALTON TRANSACTIONS. NUMB 21, 3647-3653
• WEINSTEIN, J. A., BLAKE, A. J., DAVIES, E. S., DAVIS, A. L., GEORGE, M. W., GRILLS, D. C., LILEEV, I. V., MAKSIMOV, A. M., MATOUSEK, P. and MEL NIKOV, M. Y., 2003. PtII Diimine Chromophores with Perfluorinated Thiolate Ligands: Nature and Dynamics of the Charge-Transfer-to-Diimine Lowest Excited State Inorganic Chemistry. VOL 42(PART 22), 7077-7085
• SCHRODER, M., QUIANG, W., MARR, A. C., MCMASTER, J., BLAKE, A. J., WILSON, C., DAVIES, S. and MCINNES, E. J., 2003. Modelling the active site of [NiFe] hydrogenase: The electronic structure of a charge-delocalised radical Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. VOL 96(NUMBER 1), 48
• WANG, Q., BLAKE, A. J., DAVIES, E. S., MCINNES, E. J. L., WILSON, C. and SCHRODER, M., 2003. Structure and electronic properties of an asymmetric thiolate-bridged binuclear complex: a model for the active site of acetyl CoA synthase Chemical Communications. 3012-3013
• BENISVY, L., BLAKE, A.J., COLLISON, D., DAVIES, E.S., GARNER, C.D., MCINNES, E.J.L., MCMASTER, J., WHITTAKER, G. and WILSON, C., 2003. A phenol-imidazole pro-ligand that can exist as a phenoxyl radical, alone and when complexed to copper(II) and zinc(II) Dalton Transactions. 10, 1975-1985
• LOVE, J. B., SALYER, P. A., BAILEY, A. S., WILSON, C., BLAKE, A. J., DAVIES, E. S. and EVANS, D. J., 2003. The dipyrrolide ligand as a template for the spontaneous formation of a tetranuclear iron(II) complex Chemical Communications. PART 12, 1390-1391
• BENISVY, L., DAVIES, S. E., GARNER, D. C., MCMASTER, J., WILSON, C., WHITTAKER, G., COLLISON, D. and MCINNES, E. J., 2003. New N,O-bidentate pro-ligands capable of stabilising a phenoxyl radical state as free and when bound to Cu(II) or Zn(II) Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. VOL 96(NUMBER 1), 101
• GARNER, C. D., BHACHU, T. N., DAVIES, S. E., LOWE, C. J., MCMASTER, J., TUNNEY, J. M., DICKS, J. P., BRADSHAW, B., COLLISON, D. and JOULE, J. A., 2003. `Molybdopterin' complexes Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. VOL 96(NUMBER 1), 60
• WILLIAMS, J. A. G., BEEBY, A., DAVIES, E. S., WEINSTEIN, J. A. and WILSON, C., 2003. An Alternative Route to Highly Luminescent Platinum(II) Complexes: Cyclometalation with N^C^N-Coordinating Dipyridyl-benzene Ligands Inorganic Chemistry. VOL 42(PART 26), 8609-8611
• BENISVY, L., BLAKE, A.J., COLLISON, D., DAVIES, E.S., GARNER, C.D., MCINNES, E.J.L., MCMASTER, J., WHITTAKER, G. and WILSON, C., 2001. A phenoxyl radical complex of copper(II) Chemical Communications. 18, 1824-1825
• TUNNEY,J.M., BLAKE,A.J., DAVIES,E.S., GARNER,C.D., MCMASTER,J. and WILSON,C., 2001. Ni(III) dithiolene complexes - comparisons with Ni centres in enzymes Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 86(1), 463
• HELTON, M E, GEBHART, N L, DAVIES, E S, MCMASTER, J, GARNER, C D and KIRK, M L, 2001. Thermally driven intramolecular charge transfer in an oxo-molybdenum dithiolate complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(42), 10389-90
• BENISVY,L., DAVIES,E.S., GARNER,C.D., MCMASTER,J. and WILSON,C., 2001. A phenoxy radical of copper(II): a chemical analogue of the active form of galactose oxidase Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 86(1), 144
• GARNER, C.D., BANHAM, R., COOPER, S.J., DAVIES, E.S. and STEWART, L.J., 2001. Enzymes and Proteins Containing Molybdenum or Tungsten. In: Handbook of Metalloproteins 1023-1090
• DOCRAT,A., ASTON,G.M., DAVIES,E.S., COLLISON,D., HELLIWELL,M.M., MABBS,F.E. and GARNER,C.D., 1999. Nickel complexes of asymmetric dithiolenes Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 74(1-4), 117
• BENTON,P.M.C., DAVIES,E.S. and GARNER,C.D., 1999. Synthesis and characterisation of oxobis(dithiolato)rhenium(V) complexes Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 74(1-4), 77
• DAVIES, E. S., ASTON, G. M., BEDDOES, R. L., COLLISON, D., DINSMORE, A., DOCRAT, A., JOULE, J. A., WILSON, C. R. and GARNER, C. D., 1998. Oxo-tungsten bis-dithiolene complexes relevant to tungsten centres in enzymes Dalton Transactions. NUMBER 21, 3647-3656
• DAVIES, E. S., BEDDOES, R. L., COLLISON, D., DINSMORE, A., DOCRAT, A., JOULE, J. A., WILSON, C. R. and GARNER, C. D., 1997. Synthesis of oxomolybdenum bis(dithiolene) complexes related to the cofactor of the oxomolybdoenzymes Dalton Transactions. NUMBER 21, 3985-3996
• GARNER, C. D., BAUGH, P., COLLISON, D., DAVIES, E. S., DINSMORE, A., JOULE, J. A., PIDCOCK, E. and WILSON, C., 1997. X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies of metal centres in biology and developments of relevant synthetic analogues Pure and Applied Chemistry. VOL 69(NUMBER 10), 2205-2212
• BAUGH, P. E., GARNER, C. D., CHARNOCK, J. M., COLLISON, D., DAVIES, E. S., MCALPINE, A. S., BAILEY, S., LANE, I., HANSON, G. R. and MCEWAN, A. G., 1997. X-ray absorption spectroscopy of dimethylsulfoxide reductase from Rhodobacter capsulatus Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. VOL 2(NUMBER 5), 634-643
• DAVIES, E. S. and WHITELEY, M. W., 1996. Synthesis and reactivity of the cycloheptatrienyl-bridged bimetallic complexes [M(CO)~3(æ-eta^6:eta^1-C~7H~7)M'(CO)~2(eta-C~5R~5)] (M = Cr, Mo or W; M'= Fe or Ru; R = H or Me) Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. VOL 519(NUMBER 1/2), 261-267
• BEDDOES, R. L., DAVIES, E. S. and WHITELEY, M. W., 1995. Synthesis, structure and reactivity of bicycloheptatrienyl-bridged dimolybdenum complexes: crystal structure of [Mo~2(CO)~4(æ-I)(æ-eta^7:eta^7-C~1~4H~1~2)][PF~6] Dalton Transactions. NUMBER 19, 3231