2020

Publications, D. A. Wann, 2020

• Volatile and thermally stable polymeric tin trifluoroacetates.
  G. Bačić, C. D. Rankine, J. D. Masuda, D. A. Wann and S. T. Barry.
  Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 996-1005.
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• Utilizing the combined power of theory and experiment to understand molecular structure – solid-state and gas-phase investigation of morpholine borane.
  A. M. Ja’o, D. A. Wann, C. D. Rankine, M. I. J. Polson and S. L. Masters.
  Aust. J. Chem., 2020, 73, 794-802.
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2019

Publications, D. A. Wann, 2019

• Direct experimental observation of in situ dehydrogenation of an amine-borane system using gas electron diffraction.
  A. M. Ja’o, S. L. Masters, D. A. Wann, C. D. Rankine, J. P. F. Nunes and J.-C. Guillemin.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2019, 123, 7104–7112.
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• Icosahedral carbaboranes with peripheral hydrogen-chalcogenide groups: structures from gas electron diffraction and chemical shielding in solution.
  T. Baše, J. Holub, J. Fanfrlík, D. Hnyk, P. D. Lane, D. A. Wann, Y. V. Vishnevskiy, D. Tikhonov, C. G. Reuter and N. W. Mitzel.
  Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 2313–2321.
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2018

Publications, D. A. Wann, 2018

• The structure of tris(chloromethyl)amine in the gas phase using quantum chemical calculations and gas electron diffraction and as a solid and melt using Raman spectroscopy.
  C. D. Rankine, S. J. Atkinson, M. R. Waterland, S. L. Masters and D. A. Wann.
  Struct. Chem., 2018, 29, 803-813.
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• The structure of 4-(dimethylamino)benzonitrile using gas electron diffraction: a new lease of life for the only gas electron diffractometer in the UK.
  C. D. Rankine, J. P. F. Nunes, T. W. B. Lock Feixas, S. Young and D. A. Wann.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b03613.
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2017

Publications, D. A. Wann, 2017

• Unusual cage rearrangements in 10-vertex nido-5,6-dicarbaborane derivatives: an interplay between theory and experiment.
  B. Štíbr, J. Holub, M. Bakardjiev, P. D. Lane, M. L. McKee, D. A. Wann and D. Hnyk.
  Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 852-860.
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• A novel stibacarbaborane cluster with adjacent antimony atoms exhibiting unique pnictogen bond formation that dominates its crystal packing.
  J. Holub, P. Melichar, Z. Růžičková, J. Vrána, D. A. Wann, J. Fanfrlík, D. Hnyk and A. Růžička.
  Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 13714-13719.
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2016

Publications, D. A. Wann, 2016

• Simulations of the temporal and spatial resolution for a compact time-resolved electron diffractometer.
  M. S. Robinson, P. D. Lane and D. A. Wann.
  J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 2016, 49, 034003.
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• Molecular structures of free boron clusters.
  D. Hnyk and D. A. Wann.
  In Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 20: Boron – The Fifth Element, D. Hnyk and M. McKee (eds), Springer, 2016.
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• The π complex of the hydronium ion frozen on the pathway of electrophilic aromatic substitution.
  D. Hnyk, Z. Riková, J. Holub, P. Melichar, J. Moncol, D. A. Wann, J. Fanfrlík and A. Rzika.
  Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 4473-4475.
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• A theoretical investigation of non-ergodicity of internal conversion in 1,2-dithiane using non-adiabatic multiconfigurational molecular dynamics.
  C. D. Rankine, J. P. F. Nunes, M. S. Robinson, P. D. Lane and D. A. Wann.
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 27170-27174.
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• Competition between halogen, hydrogen and dihydrogen bonding in brominated carboranes.
  J. Fanfrlík, J. Holub, Z. Růžičková, J. Řezáč, P. D. Lane, D. A. Wann, D. Hnyk, A. Růžička and P. Hobza.
  Chem. Phys. Chem., 2016, 17, 3373-3376.
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2005 - 2015

Publications, D. A. Wann, 2005 - 2015

• Structures of tetrasilylmethane derivatives (XMe₂Si)₂C(SiMe₃)₂ (X = H, Cl, Br) in the gas phase, and their dynamic structures in solution.
  D. A. Wann, M. S. Robinson, K. Bätz, S. L. Masters, A. G. Avent and P. D. Lickiss.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2015, 119, 786-795.
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• A compact electron gun for time-resolved electron diffraction.
  M. S. Robinson, P. D. Lane and D. A. Wann.
  Rev. Sci. Instrum., 2015, 86, 013109.
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• Molecular structure of 1,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,1,2,2-tetramethyldisilane in the gas, liquid and solid phases – unusual conformational changes between phases.
  S. L. Masters, H. E. Robertson, D. A. Wann, M. Hölbling, K. Hassler, R. Bjornsson, S. Ó. Wallevik and I. Arnason.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2015, 119, 1600–1608.
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• A computational analysis of the apparent nido vs. hypho conflict: are we dealing with six- or eight-vertex open-face diheteroboranes?
  J. P. F. Nunes, J. Holub, D. W. H. Rankin, D. A. Wann and D. Hnyk.
  Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 11819–11826.
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• Influence of antipodally coupled iodine and carbon atoms on the cage structure of 9,12-I₂-closo-1,2-C₂B₁₀H₁₀: an electron diffraction and computational study.
  Yu. V. Vishnevskiy, D. S. Tikhonov, C. G. Reuter, N. W. Mitzel, D. Hnyk, J. Holub, D. A. Wann, P. D. Lane, R. J. F. Berger and S. A. Hayes.
  Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 11868–11874.
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• Equilibrium gas-phase structures of sodium fluoride, bromide and iodide monomers and dimers.
  D. A. Wann, D. W. H. Rankin, P. D. McCaffrey, J. M. L. Martin and R. J. Mawhorter.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2014, 118, 1927-1935.
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• Cold ablation driven by localized forces in alkali halides.
  M. Hada, D. Zhang, K. Pichugin, J. Hirscht, M. A. Kochman, S. A. Hayes, S. Manz, R. Y. N Gengler, D. A. Wann, T. Seki, G. Moriena, C. A. Morrison, J. Matsuo, G. Sciaini and R. J. D. Miller.
  Nature Commun., 2014, 5, 3863.
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• Gas-phase structures of sterically crowded disilanes studied by electron diffraction and quantum chemical methods:1,1,2,2-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)disilane and 1,1,2,2-tetrakis(trimethylsilyl)dimethyldisilane.
  J. Schwabedissen, P. D. Lane, S. L. Masters, K. Hassler and D. A. Wann.
  Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 10175-10182.
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• Structures of tetrasilylmethane derivatives C(SiXMe₂)₄ (X = H, F, Cl, Br) in the gas phase and their dynamic structures in solution.
  D. A. Wann, S. Young, K. Bätz, S. L. Masters, A. G. Avent, D. W. H. Rankin and P. D. Lickiss.
  Z. Naturforsch. B, 2014, 69, 1321-1332.

• The gaseous structure of closo-9,12-(SH)₂-1,2-C₂B₁₀H₁₀, a modifier of gold surfaces, as determined using electron diffraction and computational methods.
  D. A. Wann, P. D. Lane, H. E. Robertson, T. Baše and D. Hnyk.
  Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 12015-12019.
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• Structures of, and related consequences of deprotonation on, two C_s-symmetric arachno nine-vertex heteroboranes, 4,6-X₂B₇H₉ (X = CH₂; S) studied by gas electron diffraction/quantum chemical calculations and GIAO/NMR.
  D. A. Wann, P. D. Lane, H. E. Robertson, J. Holub and D. Hnyk.
  Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 4502-4508.
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• Predicting anisotropic displacement parameters using molecular dynamics: density functional theory plus dispersion modelling of thermal motion in benzophenone.
  A. M. Reilly, D. A. Wann, M. J. Gutmann, M. Jura, C. A. Morrison and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Appl. Cryst., 2013, 46, 656-662.
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• Gas-phase structures of dithietane derivatives, including an electron diffraction study of 1,3-dithietane 1,1,3,3-tetraoxide.
  D. A. Wann, A. Bil, P. D. Lane, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and E. Block.
  Struct. Chem., 2013, 24, 827-835.
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• Dimethylalkoxygallanes: monomeric versus dimeric gas-phase structures.
  C. E. Knapp, D. A. Wann, A. Bil, J. T. Schirlin, H. E. Robertson, P. F. McMillan, D. W. H. Rankin and C. J. Carmalt.
  Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51, 3324-3331.
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• Gas-phase structures of 1-adamantylphosphines, PH_n(1-Ad)_3-n (n = 1-3).
  D. A. Wann, A. R. Turner, J. R. Goerlich, L. J. Kettle, R. Schmutzler and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Struct. Chem., 2011, 22, 263-267.
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• Unusual asymmetry in halobenzenes, a solid-state, gas-phase and theoretical investigation.
  S. L. Masters, I. D. Mackie, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and S. Parsons.
  Struct. Chem., 2011, 22, 279-285.
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• The gas-phase equilibrium structures of Si₈O₁₂(OSiMe₃)₈ and Si₈O₁₂(CHCH₂)₈.
  D. A. Wann, C. N. Dickson, P. D. Lickiss, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 2988-2994.
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• Multiple bonding versus cage formation in organophosphorus compounds: the gas-phase structures of tricyclo-P₃(CBu^t)₂Cl and P≡C-Bu^t determined by electron diffraction and computational methods.
  D. A. Wann, S. L. Masters, H. E. Robertson, M. Green, R. J. Kilby, C. A. Russell, C. Jones and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 5611-5616.
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• Why is the antipodal effect in closo-1-SB₉H₉ so large? A possible explanation based on the geometry from the concerted use of gas electron diffraction and computational methods.
  D. Hnyk, D. A. Wann, J. Holub, S. Samdal and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 5734-5737.
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• Gas-phase structure, rotational barrier and vibrational properties of trimethylsilyl trifluoroacetate CF₃C(O)OSi(CH₃)₃: an experimental and computational study.
  M. E. Defonsi Lestard, M. E. Tuttolomondo, E. L. Varetti, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Mol. Struct., 2010, 978, 114-123.
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• The digallane molecule, Ga₂H₆: experimental update giving an improved structure and estimate of the enthalpy change for the reaction Ga₂H₆(g) → 2GaH₃(g).
  A. J. Downs, T. M. Greene, E. Johnsen, C. R. Pulham, H. E. Robertson and D. A. Wann.
  Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 5637-5642.
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• Does 2-methylacetophenone comply with steric inhibition of resonance? A direct experimental proof of its nonplanar conformation from a joint ab initio/electron diffraction analysis.
  D. Hnyk, S. Samdal, O. Exner, D. A. Wann and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 4939-4943.
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• The gas-phase structure of octaphenyloctasilsesquioxane Si₈O₁₂Ph₈ and the crystal structures of Si₈O₁₂(p-tolyl)₈ and Si₈O₁₂(p-ClCH₂C₆H₄)₈.
  A. V. Zakharov, S. L. Masters, D. A. Wann, S. A. Shlykov, G. V. Girichev, S. Arrowsmith, D. B. Cordes, P. D. Lickiss and A. J. P. White.
  Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 6960-6966.
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• Anisotropy of indirect couplings and accurate molecular structures of 1,2- and 1,3-difluorobenzenes by combined analysis of gas electron diffraction, rotational spectroscopy and liquid crystal NMR data.
  E. M. Brown, D. A. Wann and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Mol. Struct., 2010, 984, 102-110.
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• Low symmetry in molecules with heavy peripheral atoms. The gas-phase structure of perfluoro(methylcyclohexane), C₆F₁₁CF₃.
  G. R. Kafka, S. L. Masters, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114, 11022-11026.
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• Conformational landscape of small organosilicon compounds from the combined use of gas electron diffraction, IR and Raman spectroscopies and quantum chemical calculations: diethyldichlorosilane.
  M. Montejo, D. A. Wann, P. G. Rodríguez Ortega, H. E. Robertson, F. Márquez, D. W. H. Rankin and J. J. López González.
  J. Raman. Spectrosc., 2010, 41, 1323-1330.
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• Experimental and theoretical structure and vibrational analysis of ethyl trifluoroacetate, CF₃CO₂CH₂CH₃.
  M. E. Defonsi Lestard, M. E. Tuttolomondo, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Raman. Spectrosc., 2010, 41, 1357-1368.
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• Investigation of the gas-phase structure and rotational barrier of trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate and comparison with covalent sulfonates.
  M. E. Defonsi Lestard, M. E. Tuttolomondo, E. L. Varetti, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Mol. Struct., 2010, 984, 376-382.
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• Experimental and theoretical studies of the vibrations and structure of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl trifluoroacetate, CF₃CO₂CH₂CF₃.
  M. E. Defonsi Lestard, M. E. Tuttolomondo, E. L. Varetti, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Mol. Struct., 2009, 917, 183-192.
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• What makes the huge ³¹P-³¹P coupling constants in S(PF₂)₂ and Se(PF₂)₂ vary so much with temperature?
  A. M. Reilly, D. A. Wann and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2009, 113, 938-942.
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• Unusual chalcogen-boron ring compounds: the gas-phase structures of 1,4-B₄S₂(NMe₂)₄ and related molecules.
  D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, G. Bramham, A. E. A. Bull, N. C. Norman, C. A. Russell and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2009, 1446-1449.
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• Structural tungsten-imido chemistry: the gas-phase structure of W(NBu^t)₂(NHBu^t)₂ and the solid-state structures of novel heterobimetallic W/N/M (M = Rh, Pd, Zn) species.
  H. Choujaa, S. D. Cosham, A. L. Johnson, G. R. Kafka, M. F. Mahon, S. L. Masters, K. C. Molloy, D. W. H. Rankin, H. E. Robertson and D. A. Wann.
  Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 2289-2299.
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• Structures and aggregation of the methylamine-borane molecules, Me_nH_3-nN·BH₃ (n = 1-3), studied by X-ray diffraction, gas-phase electron diffraction, and quantum chemical calculations.
  S. Aldridge, A. J. Downs, C. Y. Tang, S. Parsons, M. C. Clarke, R. D. L. Johnstone, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and D. A. Wann.
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131, 2231-2243.
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• Additivity of ring geometry distortion effects in unsaturated five-membered heterocyclic rings.
  J. T. Schirlin, D. A. Wann, S. F. Bone, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Mol. Struct., 2009, 922, 103-108.
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• Why are trimethylsilyl groups asymmetrically coordinated? Gas-phase molecular structures of 1-trimethylsilyl-1,2,3-benzotriazole and 2-trimethylsilyl-1,3-thiazole.
  T. Foerster, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2009, 3026-3033.
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• The gas-phase structure of the decasilsesquioxane Si₁₀O₁₅H₁₀.
  D. A. Wann, F. Rataboul, A. M. Reilly, H. E. Robertson, P. D. Lickiss and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2009, 6843-6848.
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• Experimental equilibrium structures: application of molecular dynamics simulations to vibrational corrections for gas electron diffraction.
  D. A. Wann, A. V. Zakharov, A. M. Reilly, P. D. McCaffrey and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2009, 113, 9511-9520.
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• Gas-phase structure and new vibrational study of methyl trifluoroacetate (CF₃C(O)OCH₃).
  M. E. Defonsi Lestard, M. E. Tuttolomondo, E. L. Varetti, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Raman. Spectrosc., 2009, 40, 2053-2062.
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• Combined experimental studies and theoretical calculations to yield the complete molecular structure and vibrational spectra of (CH₃)₃GeH.
  M. L. Roldán, S. A. Brandán, S. L. Masters (née Hinchley), D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2009, 113, 5195-5204.
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• Primary phosphines studied by gas-phase electron diffraction and quantum chemical calculations. Are they different from amines?
  R. Noble-Eddy, S. L. Masters (née Hinchley), D. W. H. Rankin, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, B. Khater and J.-C. Guillemin.
  Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48, 8603-8612.
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• A conformational and vibrational study of CF₃COSCH₂CH₃.
  M. E. Defonsi Lestard, M. E. Tuttolomondo, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Chem. Phys., 2009, 131, 214303.
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• The gas-phase structure of the hexasilsesquioxane Si₆O₉(OSiMe₃)₆.
  D. A. Wann, A. M. Reilly, F. Rataboul, P. D. Lickiss and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Z. Naturforsch. B, 2009, 64, 1269-1275.
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• The gas-phase structure of 1-selena-closo-dodecaborane(11), 1-SeB₁₁H₁₁, determined by the concerted use of electron diffraction and computational methods.
  D. Hnyk, D. A. Wann, J. Holub, M. Bühl, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2008, 96-100.
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• Molecular structures of M(Bu^t)₃ (M = Al, Ga, In) using gas-phase electron diffraction and ab initio calculations: experimental and computational evidence for charge-transfer processes leading to photodissociation.
  A. Keys, P. T. Brain, C. A. Morrison, R. L. Callender, B. A. Smart, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. R. Barron.
  Dalton Trans., 2008, 404-410.
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• Accurate structures from combined gas electron diffraction and liquid crystal NMR data; the importance of anisotropy of indirect couplings for 1,4-difluorobenzene.
  E. M. Brown, P. D. McCaffrey, D. A. Wann and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2008, 10, 738-742.
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• The phonon spectrum of phase-I ammonia: reassignment of lattice mode symmetries from combined molecular and lattice dynamics calculations.
  A. M. Reilly, D. S. Middlemiss, M. M. Siddick, D. A. Wann, G. J. Ackland, C. C. Wilson, D. W. H. Rankin and C. A Morrison.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2008, 112, 1322-1329.
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• Highly asymmetric coordination of trimethylsilyl groups to tetrazole and triazole rings: an experimental and computational study in gaseous and crystalline phases.
  D. A. Wann, I. Gronde, T. Foerster, S. A. Hayes, S. L. Masters, H. E. Robertson, N. W. Mitzel and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2008, 3817-3823.
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• More user-friendly phosphines? Molecular structure of methylphosphine and its adduct with borane, studied by gas-phase electron diffraction and quantum chemical calculations.
  R. Noble-Eddy, S. L. Masters (née Hinchley), D. W. H. Rankin, D. A. Wann, B. Khater and J.-C. Guillemin.
  Dalton Trans., 2008, 5041-5047.
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• Accurate gas-phase experimental structures of octasilsesquioxanes (Si₈O₁₂X₈; X = H, Me).
  D. A. Wann, R. J. Less, F. Rataboul, P. D. McCaffrey, A. M. Reilly, H. E. Robertson, P. D. Lickiss, and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Organometallics, 2008, 27, 4183-4187.
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• Extremely narrow SiON angles in siloxy-substituted nitrogen-containing rings: a computational investigation.
  T. Foerster, D. A. Wann and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2008, 5999-6004.
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• Dimethylalkoxygallane incorporating a donor-functionalised alkoxide: the monomeric gas-phase structure.
  C. E. Knapp, C. J. Carmalt, P. F. McMillan, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2008, 6880-6882.
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• The molecular structure of [In(P₃C₂Bu^t₂)] using gas-phase electron diffraction and ab initio and DFT calculations.
  D. A. Wann, S. L. Hinchley, H. E. Robertson, M. D. Francis, J. F. Nixon and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Organomet. Chem., 2007, 692, 1161-1167.
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• Gas-phase structure and vibrational properties of trifluoromethyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, CF₃SO₂CF₃.
  M. E. Tuttolomondo, P. E. Argañaraz, E. L. Varetti, S. A. Hayes, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2007, 1381-1389.
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• Molecular structures of free quinuclidine and its adducts with metal trihydrides, MH₃ (M = B, Al or Ga), studied by gas-phase electron diffraction, X-ray diffraction and quantum chemical calculations.
  D. A. Wann, F. Blockhuys, C. Van Alsenoy, H. E. Robertson, H.-J. Himmel, C. Y. Tang, A. R. Cowley, A. J. Downs and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2007, 1687-1696.
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• Conformations, structures, and vibrational spectra of triethylchloro- and triethylbromosilane using theoretical methods, gas phase electron diffraction, and IR and Raman spectroscopy.
  M. Montejo, D. A. Wann, F. P. Ureña, F. Márquez, D. W. H. Rankin and J. J. López González.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 2870-2878.
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• Molecular structure and vibrational spectra of iodotrimethylgermane (GeIMe₃) by theory and experiment.
  M. L. Roldán, S. A. Brandán, S. L. Masters, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 7200-7210.
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• Additivity of ring distortions in halogen-substituted aromatics: a gas-phase electron diffraction and computational study.
  D. A. Wann, S. L. Masters, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 7882-7887.
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• Gas-phase structure, rotational barrier, and vibrational properties of methyl methanethiosulfonate, CH₃SO₂SCH₃: an experimental and computational study.
  M. E. Tuttolomondo, A. Navarro, T. Peña Ruiz, E. L. Varetti, S. A. Hayes, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson, D. W. H. Rankin and A. Ben Altabef.
  J. Phys. Chem. A, 2007, 111, 9952-9960.
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• Experimental equilibrium crystal structures: molecular dynamics as a probe for atomic probability density functions.
  A. M. Reilly, D. A. Wann, C. A. Morrison and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Chem. Phys. Lett., 2007, 448, 61-64.
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• Molecular structures of the 1,6-disubstituted triptycenes Sb₂(C₆F₄)₃ and Bi₂(C₆F₄)₃ using gas-phase electron diffraction and ab initio and DFT calculations.
  D. A. Wann, S. L. Hinchley, H. E. Robertson, N. A. A. Al-Jabar, A. G. Massey and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2006, 1654-1659.
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• Molecular structures of arachno-decaborane derivatives 6,9-X₂B₈H₁₀ (X = CH₂, NH, Se) including a gas-phase electron-diffraction study of 6,9-C₂B₈H₁₄.
  D. Hnyk, M. Bühl, J. Holub, S. A. Hayes, D. A. Wann, I. D. Mackie, K. B. Borisenko, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 6014-6019.
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• Molecular structures of arachno-heteroboranes with decaborane frameworks: two C_s-symmetrical azacarba- and carbathiaboranes.
  D. Hnyk, J. Holub, S. A. Hayes, M. F. Robinson, D. A. Wann, H. E. Robertson and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Inorg. Chem., 2006, 45, 8442-8446.
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• Structure by theory and experiment: one nationality, two languages.
  S. L. Hinchley, D. A. Wann and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Int. J. Quantum Chem., 2005, 101, 878-884.
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• The molecular structure of [Sn(P₂C₂Bu^t₂)] using gas-phase electron diffraction and DFT calculations.
  D. A. Wann, S. L. Hinchley, K. B. Borisenko, H. E. Robertson, M. D. Francis, J. F. Nixon and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2005, 1972-1978.
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• Gas-phase structures of aminodifluorophosphines determined using electron diffraction data and computational techniques.
  D. A. Wann, S. L. Hinchley and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2005, 2572-2578.
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• Molecular structures of Se(SCH₃)₂ and Te(SCH₃)₂ using gas-phase electron diffraction and ab initio and DFT geometry optimisations.
  H. Fleischer, D. A. Wann, S. L. Hinchley, K. B. Borisenko, J. R. Lewis, R. J. Mawhorter and D. W. H. Rankin.
  Dalton Trans., 2005, 3221-3228.
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