Crystallographic and Structural Studies
CRYSTALS Enhancements: Absolute Structure Determination.
Amber L. Thompson & David J. Watkin, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 44, 1017-1022 (2011).
Chiral Selection in the Formation of Borates from Racemic Binaphthols and Related Diols.
Jevgenij A. Raskatov, John M. Brown & Amber L. Thompson. CrystEngComm, 13(8) 2923-2929 (2011).
Practical applications of averages and differences of Friedel opposites.
Howard D. Flack, Mustapha Sadki, Amber L. Thompson & David J. Watkin. Acta Crystallographica, A67, 21-34 (2011).
CRYSTALS Enhancements: Dealing with Hydrogen Atoms in Refinement.
Richard I. Cooper, Amber L. Thompson & David J. Watkin, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 43, 1100-1107 (2010).
An Unusual Methylene Aziridine Refined in P21/c and the Non-standard Setting P21/n.
George C. Feast, James Haestier, Lee W. Page, Jeremy Robertson, Amber L. Thompson & David J. Watkin, Acta Crystallographica, C65, o635–o638 (2009).
X-ray Crystallography and Chirality: Understanding the Limitations.
Amber L. Thompson and David J. Watkin, Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 20, 712-717 (2009).
Error Estimates on Bond-length and Angle Corrections from TLS Analysis.
James Haestier, Mustapha Sadki, Amber L. Thompson & David J. Watkin, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 41 531-536, (2008).
The Absolute Configuration of 1-Epialexine Hemihydrate.
Amber L. Thompson, David J. Watkin, Zoltan A. Gal, Laurence Jones, Jackie Hollinshead, Sarah F. Jenkinson, George W. J. Fleet & Robert J. Nash, Acta Crystallographica, C64, o649–o651 (2008).
Interesting and Challenging Structures
Belt-Shaped π-Systems: Relating Geometry to Electronic Structure in a Six-Porphyrin Nanoring.
Johannes K. Sprafke, Dmitry V. Kondratuk, Michael Wykes, Amber L. Thompson, Markus Hoffmann, Rokas Drevinskas, Wei-Hsin Chen, Chaw Keong Yong, Joakim Kärnbratt, Joseph E. Bullock, Marc Malfois, Michael R. Wasielewski, Bo Albinsson, Laura M. Herz, Donatas Zigmantas, David Beljonne & Harry L. Anderson, Journal of the American Chemical Association, 133(43), 17262–17273 (2011).
Enhancement of Anion Recognition Exhibited by a Halogen Bonding Rotaxane Host System.
Nathan L. Kilah, Matthew D. Wise, Christopher J. Serpell, Amber L. Thompson, Nicholas White, Kirsten E. Christensen & Paul D. Beer, Journal of the American Chemical Association, 132(34), 11893–11895 (2010).
Bis-Anthracene Fused Porphyrins: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Near-IR Absorption.
Nicola K. S. Davis, Amber L. Thompson & Harry L. Anderson, Organic Letters, 12(19), 2124–2127 (2010).
High-Purity Discrete PEG-Oligomer Crystals Allow Structural Insight.
Alister C. French, Amber L. Thompson & Benjamin G. Davis, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 121, 1274–1278 (2009).