Messerle Group, School of Chemistry, UNSW

The Messerle Research Group

Scientific Publications

1. Serin L. Dabb, Barbara A. Messerle,* Matthew K. Smith, and Anthony C. Willis "Ru and Os Complexes containing a heterotopic P-N Ligand: The Effect of Solvent on Stereochemistry", Inorganic Chemistry, accepted, ic-2007-019044, 2008.

2. Michael C Breadmore, Richard Hodgson, Danielle F Kennedy, and Barbara A Messerle "Fast capillary electrophoresis for combinatorial catalysis", Electrophoresis, in press, 2007

3. Suzanne Burling; Leslie D Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Sarah L. Rumble, "Late Transition Metal Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroamination – The effect of Ligand and Substrate Structure", Organometallics, 26, 4335-4343, 2007

4. Barbara A. Messerle,* Khuong Q. Vuong, Rhodium and Iridium Catalysed Double Hydroalkoxylation of Alkynes, an Efficient Method for the Synthesis of O,O-acetals: Catalytic and Mechanistic Studies, Organometallics, 26, 3031-3040, 2007

5. Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle,* Khuong Q. Vuong,Peter Turner and Tim Failes, "Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Complexes with Bidentate Phosphine-Pyrazolyl Ligands: Highly Efficient Catalysts for the Hydroamination Reaction, Organometallics, 26,2058-2069, 2007

6. Danielle F. Kennedy, Barbara A. Messerle,* Matthew K. Smith, "Synthesis of Cp* Iridium and Rhodium complexes Containing Bidentate sp²-N-Donor Ligands and the Counter-anions [Cp*MCl₃]^-"_,Eur J Inorg Chem, 80-89, 2007

7. Joanne Hui Hui Ho, David St Claire Black, Barbara A. Messerle,* Jack Clegg and Peter Turner "Reactive Indolyl Complexes of Group 9 Metals", Organometallics,24, 5800-5810, 2006

8. David A. Morrison, Johan P. A. Heuts, Thomas P. Davis,*Barbara Messerle,* Alexei A.. Gridnev, "Probing the Strength of CobaltCarbon Bonding in Catalytic Chain Transfer Reactions" Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 44, 6171-6189, 2006

9. Barbara A. Messerle, Michael J. Page, and Peter Turner, "Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Complexes of Pyrazolyl-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands", Dalton Trans,3927-3933, 2006

10. Barbara A. Messerle* and Khuong Q. Vuong, "Synthesis of spiroketals by iridium-catalyzed double hydroalkoxylation", Pure Appl. Chem., 78, 197-523, 2006

11. Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle,* Khuong Q. Vuong, and Peter Turner, "Intramolecular Hydroamination with Rhodium(I), Iridium(I) Complexes containing a Phosphine, N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands", Organometallics, 24, 4241-4250, 2005

12. Daniel A. Di Giusto, Wjatschesslaw A. Wlassoff, J. Justin Gooding, Barbara A. Messerle and Garry C. King, "Proximity extension of circular DNA aptamers for real-time protein detection", Nucleic Acids Research, 33, Art. No. e64 2005.

13. L. D. Field, B. A. Messerle,* and S. L. Wren "Hydrosilation of Imines Catalyzed by a Cationic Iridium(I) Complexes", Eur J Organic Chem, 2881, 2005

14. L.D. Field,* H.L. Li, B.A Messerle, R.J. Smernik, and P. Turner, "An Iron(II) Dihydrogen Hydrido Complex Containing the Tripodal Tetraphosphine Ligand P(CH2CH2PMe2)3, Dalton Trans., 1418-1423, 2004.

15. S. Burling, L. D. Field,* H. L. Li, B. A. Messerle,* and A. Shasha "Cyclisation of Acetylenic Amides Using a Cationic Rhodium(I) Complex", Aust. J. Chem., 57, 677-680, special edition in honour of Professor Lew Mander, 2004.

16. S. Burling, L. D. Field, B. A. Messerle, and P. Turner "Intramolecular Hydroamination Catalysed by Cationic Rhodium and Iridium Complexes with Bidentate Nitrogen-donor Ligands", Organometallics, 23, 1714-1721, 2004

17. L. D. Field, B. A. Messerle,* and S. L. Wren "One-Pot Tandem Hydroamination/Hydrosilation Catalyzed by Cationic Iridium(I) Complexes", Organometallics, 22,4393 – 4395, 2003

18. S. Burling, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle,* K.Q. Vuong, and P. Turner, "Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Complexes with Bidentate N,N and P,N Ligands as Catalysts for the Hydrothiolation of Alkynes", J. Chem Soc., Dalton Trans., 21, 4181-4191, 2003

19. S. Burling, L.D. Field, H.L. Li, B.A. Messerle and P.Turner, " Mononuclear Rhodium(I) Complexes with Chelating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands – Catalytic Activity for Intramolecular Hydroamination", Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 3179-3184, 2003.

20. Vivienne P. Munk, Connie I. Diakos, Leanne T. Ellis, Ronald R. Fenton, Barbara A. Messerle and Trevor W. Hambley, "Investigations into the interactions between DNA and conformationally constrained pyridylamineplatinum(II) analogues of AMD473,"Inorg. Chem., 42, 3582-3590, 2003

21. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, L.P. Soler, M. Rehr, and T.W. Hambley, "Cationic Ir(I) Complexes as Catalysts in the Alcoholysis of Silanes", Organometallics, 22, 2387-2395, 2003.

22. Barbara A. Messerle, Vicki-Anne Tolhurst and Peter Turner Synthesis, "Structure and Reactivity of Ruthenium(II) Carbonyl Complexes Containing Bispyrazol-1-ylmethane and Bis(N-methylimidazol-2-yl)methane",Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 298-300, 2003

23. Vivienne P. Munk, Barbara A. Messerle, Ronald R. Fenton and Trevor W. Hambley, Stereospecificity and Enantioselectivity in the Binding of the Platinum(II) Complex [PtCl₂(tmdz)] (tmdz = 5,5,7-trimethyl-1,4-diazacycloheptane) to Dinucleotides and Oligonucleotides, Chem. Eur. J., 8, 5486-5493, 2002.

24. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, L.P. Soler, I. Buys, and T.W. Hambley,"Iron (II) Complexes containing Poly(1-pyrazolyl)methane Ligands", J. Organomet. Chem., 655, 146-157, 2002

25. Tsuey Cham, Connie I. Diakos, Leanne T. Ellis, Ronald R. Fenton, Vivienne P. Munk, Barbara A. Messerle^† and Trevor W. Hambley^{*, "}Isomer formation in the binding of [PtCl₂(cis-cyclohexane-1,3-diamine)] to oligonucleotides and the X-ray crystal structure of [PtCl₂(cis-cyclohexane-1,3-diamine)].dimethylformamide," J. Chem Soc., Dalton Trans., 2769-2774, 2001.

26. G. Otting, B.A. Messerle, and L.P. Soler, "¹H Detected ¹⁵N and ¹³C NMR Experiments for the Measurement of Small Heteronuclear Coupling Constants and Isotopic Shifts" J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 5096-5021.

27. M. Davies, C. Diakos, B.A. Messerle and T.W. Hambley, "Structure, Stability and Interconversion Barriers of the Rotamers of cis-[PtIICl₂(quinoline)₂] and cis-[PtIICl₂(3-bromoquinoline)(quinoline)] from X-ray Crystallography, NMR spectroscopy and Molecular Mechanics Evidence", Inorg. Chem., 2001, 40, 3048-3054.

28. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, and L.P. Soler, "Polypyrazolyl Complexes of Ruthenium", J. Chem Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 1959-1965.

29. S.B. Duckett, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, W.J. Shaw and L.P. Soler, "Addition of H₂ to a Cationic Iridium(I) Complex: a Series of Reaction Products", J. Chem Soc., Dalton Trans., 2000, 14, 2251-2253

30. Sarah Elgafi, Leslie D. Field and Barbara A. Messerle "Cyclisation of Acetylenic Carboxylic Acids and Acetylenic Alcohols to Oxygen-containing Heterocycles using Cationic Rhodium(I) Complexes", J. Organomet. Chem., 2000, 607, 97-104.

31. Suzanne Burling, Leslie D. Field and Barbara A. Messerle "Hydroamination of alkynes catalysed by a cationic rhodium complex", Organometallics, 2000, 19, 87-90.

32. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, R. Smernik, T.W. Hambley and P. Turner, "Butenynyl Complexes of Iron(II) Containing the Tripodal Tetraphosphine Ligand P(CH₂CH₂PMe₂)₃", J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1999, 2557-2562.

33. S. Elgafi, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, T.W. Hambley and P. Turner "Rhodium Complexes Containing Bidentate Imidazole-Based Ligands", J. Organomet. Chem., 1999, 588, 69-77.

34. B.A. Messerle, C.J. Sleigh, M.G. Partridge and S.B. Duckett "Structure and Dynamics in Metal Phosphine Complexes using Advanced NMR Studies with Parahydrogen Induced Polarisation", J. Chem Soc., Dalton Trans., 1999, 1429-1435.

35. G. Otting, L.P. Soler and B.A. Messerle "Measurement of Magnitude and Sign of Heteronuclear Coupling Constants in Transition Metal Complexes", J. Magn. Reson., 1999, 137, 413-429 (Correction/Addition 139, 186, 1999).

36. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle and R. Smernik, " Synthesis and Properties of Iron(II) Hydride Complexes Containing the Tripodal Tetraphosphine Ligand P(CH₂CH₂PMe₂)₃", Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 5984-90.

37. G. Otting, B.A. Messerle and L.P. Soler, "¹H detected multinuclear NMR Experiments for the Measurement of Small Heteronuclear Coupling Constants in Organometallic Complexes", J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1997, 119, 5425-5434.

38. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, R. Smernik, T.W. Hambley and P. Turner, " Iron Complexes Containing the Tripodal Tetraphosphine Ligand P(CH₂CH₂PMe₂)₃", Inorg. Chem., 1997, 36, 2884-92.

39. S. Elgafi, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, T.W. Hambley and P. Turner "The Synthesis of Novel Ruthenium Complexes Containing Bidentate Imidazole-Based Ligands", J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1997, 2341-2345.

40. S. Elgafi, B.A. Messerle, L.D. Field, I. Buys, and T.V. Hambley, "Trisimidazole Complexes of Ruthenium and Osmium" J. Organomet. Chem., 1997, 538, 119-128.

41. C.J. Sleigh, S.B. Duckett and B.A. Messerle, "NMR Studies on Ligand Exchange at IrH2Cl(CO)(PPh3)2 and IrH2Cl(PPh3)3 by Parahydrogen Induced Polarisation", J.C.S. Chem. Commun., 1996, 2395.

42. M.G. Partridge, L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle "Activation of C-H bonds in Thiophenes by Rh(PMe₃)₂(CO)Cl: A Low Temperature NMR Study." Organometallics, 1996, 15, 872-7.

43. T.W. Hambley, E.C. Ling and B.A. Messerle, "A Combined NMR and Molecular Mechanics Study of the Binding of Dichloro(1,4-diazacycloheptane)platinum(II) to the Dinucleotide, d(GpG)" Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 4663-4668.

44. S.B. Duckett, G.K. Barlow, M.G. Partridge, and B.A. Messerle, "Rapid Characterization of Rhodium Dihydrides by NMR Spectroscopy Using Inverse 2-Dimensional Methods and Parahydrogen", J.C.S. Dalton Trans., 3427-3429, 1995.

45. M.G. Partridge, B.A. Messerle and L.D. Field, "The Signs of Heteronuclear Coupling Constants in Octahedral Rhodium Complexes Determined using High Resolution 2D NMR." Organometallics, 1995, 14, 3527-3530.

46. I. Buys, S. Elgafi, L.D. Field, T.V. Hambley, and B.A. Messerle, "Formation of a Novel Dipyrrolopyrrole Mediated by Diazabutadiene Complexes of Iron." Inorg. Chem., 1994, 33, 1539-42.

47. N. Bampos, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, and R.J. Smernik, "The.Synthesis of New Tetradentate Oligophosphine Ligands", Inorg. Chem., 1993, 32, 4084-8.

48. N. Bampos, L.D.Field, and B.A.Messerle, "Measurement of Heteronuclear Coupling Constants in Organometallic Complexes using High-resolution 2D NMR", Organometallics, 1993, 12, 2529-35.

49. L.D. Field, M.G. Gardiner, B.A. Messerle and C.L. Raston, "The Structure of Dilithiated (E)-1,4-bis(trimethylsilyl)but-2-ene by X-ray crystallography and ⁷Li HOESY." Organometallics, 1992, 11, 3566-3570.

50. B.A. Messerle, A. Schäffer, M. Vasák, J.H.R. Kägi and K. Wüthrich, "Comparison of the Solution Structure Conformations of Human[Zn₇]-Metallothiein-2 and [Cd₇]-Metallothionein-2 Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy." J. Mol. Biol., 1992, 225, 433-443.

51. L.D. Field, A.V. George and B.A. Messerle, "Methane Activation by Fe(DMPE)₂H₂ in Liquid Xenon Solution." J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1991, 1339-41 Reviewed by R.L.Burwell Jr. in CHEMTRACTS, 1991, 3, 352-5.

52. B.A. Messerle, A. Schäffer, M. Vasák, J.H.R. Kägi and K. Wüthrich, "Metallothionein-2[¹¹³Cd₇] (Human)" in "Macromolecular Structures 1990", eds. W. Hendrickson and K. Wüthrich, Current Biology Ltd, 1991.

53. L.D. Field, A.V. George and B.A. Messerle, "Methane Activation by Fe(DMPE)₂H₂ in Liquid Xenon Solution." J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1991, 1339-41.

54. L.D. Field, M.G. Gardiner, C.H.L. Kennard, B.A. Messerle and C.L. Raston, "Synthesis, Reactivity and NMR Studies of Dilithiated (E)1,4bis(trimethylsilyl)but2ene and (E)1,4bis(trimethylsilyl)2,3dimethylbut2ene." Organometallics, 1991, 10, 3167-72.

55. L.D. Field, A.V. George, B.A. Messerle and H. Ionn, "A Sample Tube for Medium Pressure NMR Spectroscopy NMR Spectroscopy in Liquid Xenon Solution." Anal. Chem., 1991, 63, 1846.

56. L.D. Field, N. Bampos and B.A. Messerle, "Kinetics of Rearrangement of H₂FeP(CH₂CH₂CH₂P(CH₃)₂)₃ by inversiontransferrecovery NMR." Magn. Reson. Chem., 1991, 29, 369.

57. B.A. Messerle, M. Bos, A. Schäffer, M. Vasák, J.H.R. Kägi and K. Wüthrich, "Amide Proton Exchange in Human Metallothionein-2 measured by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy." J. Mol. Biol., 1990, 214, 781-786.

58. B.A. Messerle, A. Schäffer, M. Vasák, J.H.R. Kägi and K. Wüthrich, "The three-dimensional Structure of Human [Cd₇]-Metallothionein-2 in Solution determined by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy." J. Mol. Biol., 1990, 214, 765-779.

59. B.A. Messerle, G. Wider, G. Otting, C. Weber and K. Wüthrich, "Solvent Suppression using a Spin Lock in 2D and 3D NMR Spectroscopy with H₂O Solutions." J. Magn. Reson., 1989, 85, 608-613.

This paper was selected as paper 33 in "NMR In Structural Biology, A collection of papers by K. Wüthrich", World Scientific, 1995.

60. H. Senn, B. Werner, B.A. Messerle, C. Weber, R. Traber and K Wüthrich, "Stereospecific Assignment of the Methyl ¹H NMR Lines of Valine and Leucine in Polypeptides by Non-random 13C Labelling." FEBS Lett., 1989, 249, 113-118.

61. M. Rance, P.E. Wright, B.A. Messerle, and L.D. Field, "Site Selective Observation of Nuclear Overhauser Effects in Proteins via Isotopic labelling." J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 1591-1593.

62. M.J. Crossley, L.D. Field, J.G. Gosper, and B.A. Messerle, "The Correlation of ¹H and ¹³C NMR Spectra by selective Inverse INEPT. Assignment of the proton and carbon spectra of Methyl (5R*,6S*,8Z,11Z,14Z)-5,6-epoxyeicosa-8,11,14-trienoate." Magn. Reson. Chem., 1987, 25, 297.

63. L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, "Relayed Coherence Transfer from a Heteronuclear through an Extended Proton Spin System." J. Magn. Reson., 1986, 66, 483-490.

64. L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, "X H H Heteronuclear Relayed Coherence Transfer. The Selective Observation of Protons in Spin Systems containing Heteronuclei". J. Magn. Reson., 1985, 62, 453-460.

65. P.E. Wright, K.J. Cross, B.C. Mabbutt, B.A. Messerle, and J.E. Wellington, "NMR Studies of the Structure and Dynamics of Monomeric Hemoglobins and Myoglobins." in: Magnetic Resonance in Biology and Medicine, editors G. Govil, C.L. Khetrapal, and A. Saran, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1985, pp131-151.

Published Conference Proceedings

1. S.B. Duckett, G.K. Barlow, M.G. Partridge and B.A. Messerle, "Parahydrogen- The Means to the Unseen; NMR Studies of Metal Complexes with Parahydrogen", Bull. Magn. Reson., 1996, 18, 114. Proceedings of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance XIIth Meeting, (Sydney, Australia) July 1995.

2. I Diakos, H M Er, RR Fenton, T W Hambley, B A Messerle, "Stereoselective and enantioselective interactions between chiral platinum complexes and DNA", J. Inorg. Biochem., 74: (1-4) 112-112 Apr, 30, Proceedings, ICBIC International Conference of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Minneapolis, US July, 1999.

3. E M Rezler, R R Fenton, B A Messerle, T W Hambley, "The synthesis, characterisation and biological testing of chiral platinum(II) complexes", J. Inorg Biochem, 74: (1-4) 276-276 Apr 30 Proceedings, ICBIC International Conference of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Minneapolis, US July, 1999.

Papers Presented at Scientific Conferences:

1. Bradley Man, Barbara Messerle, Gottfried Otting, Shane Simonsen, Xun-Cheng Su, Paramagnetic Complexes for Protein Structure Determination, IC07 – Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division – Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Hobart Tasmania 4-8 February 2007, 108.

2. Michael J. Page, Barbara A. Messerle, Leslie D. Field, Ruthenium Complexes of Pincer and Tripodal Tridentate Ligands and their Reactions with Ag(I), IC07 – Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division – Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Hobart Tasmania 4-8 February 2007, 172.

3. Serin L. Dabb, Barbara A. Messerle, Leslie D. Field, Matt K. Smith, Tony Willis, Novel Hydrazine Chemistry of the Group 8 and 9 Metals, IC07 – Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division – Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Hobart Tasmania 4-8 February 2007, 174.

4. Richard Hodgson, Barbara A. Messerle, Sarah L. Rumble, One-Pot Tandem Hydroamination/Hydrosilylation, Catalyzed by Multiple Catalysty, IC07 – Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division – Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Hobart Tasmania 4-8 February 2007, 196.

5. Joanne H. H. Ho, Richard Hodgson, Khuong Q. Vuong, Barbara A. Messerle, Multimetal Catalysed Hydroalkoxylation: A Highly Efficient Approach for the Synthesis of Spiroketals, 21^st International Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry, UNSW 15-20 July 2007, 232.

6. Bradley Man, Barbara A. Messerle, Gottfried Otting, Shane Simonsen, Xun-Cheng Su, Paramagnetic Complexes for Protein Structure Determination, 21^st International Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry, UNSW 15-20 July 2007, 254.

7. Katherine Sage, Barbara A. Messerle, The Synthesis of Amines and Imines Using Novel Organometallic Catalysts, Reactive Organometallics Symposium, University of New South Wales, 24 July 2007, iv.

8. Thi Oanh Nguyen, Richard Hodgson, Barbara A. Messerle, Catalytic Hydroamination using Rhodium and Iridium Complexes, Reactive Organometallics Symposium, University of New South Wales, 24 July 2007, viii.

9. Michael Page, Barbara A. Messerle, Leslie D. Field, Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation with Rhodium(I) and Ruthenium (II) Complexes, Reactive Organometallics Symposium, University of New South Wales, 24 July 2007, x.

10. Serin L. Dabb, Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Matt Smith, Tony Willis, Catalysed Formation of N-C Bonds from Hydrazine, Reactive Organometallics Symposium, University of New South Wales, 24 July 2007, xi.

11. Joanne H. H. Ho, Barbara A. Messerle, Bimetallic Complexes for Improved Dihydroalkoxylation Reactions, Reactive Organometallics Symposium, Australian National University, 27 November 2007, 7.

12. Bradley Man, Barbara Messerle, Gottfried Otting, Shane Simonsen, Xun-Cheng Su, Paramagnetic Complexes for Protein Structure Determination, Reactive Organometallics Symposium, Australian National University, 27 November 2007, 9.

13. Joanne H. H. Ho, Richard Hodgson, David St. C. Black, Barbara A. Messerle, Multimetallic Catalysed Intramolecular Dihydroalkoxylation of Alkynes, International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals 2007: C&FC, 16-21 December 2007, A138.

14. Joanne Ho Hui Hui, Barbara Ann Messerle, Bimetallic Catalysis, 11^th Reactive Organometallic Symposium: ROMS11, University of New South Wales, November 24, 2006, Page 8.

15. Bradley Mann, Barbara Messerle, Paramagnetic Complexes for Protein Structure Determination, 11^th Reactive Organometallic Symposium: ROMS11, University of New South Wales, November 24, 2006, Page 5.

16. Richard Hodgson, Barbara Messerle, Sarah Rumble, Tandem Catalysis, 11^th Reactive Organometallic Symposium: ROMS11, University of New South Wales, November 24, 2006, Page 2.

17. D. Kennedy*, B. Messerle, M. Smith, Cp* Iridium And Rhodium Complexes Containing Bidentate Sp²-N-Donor Ligands: Novel Structures And Catalysis, XXIInd International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Zaragoza, Spain, 23^rd-28^th July, 2006, P477, Page 665.

18. S. Dabb*, L. Field, B. Messerle, M. Smith, T. Willis, Novel Hydrazine Complexes Of The Group 8 And 9 Metals: A Possible Route To Dinitrogen Functionalization, XXII International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Zaragoza, Spain, 23^rd-28^th July, 2006, P403, Page 591.

19. Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle,* and Sarah L. Rumble, Efficient Catalysts For The Catalysed Reduction Of Imines, XXII International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Zaragoza, Spain, 23^rd-28^th July, 2006, O100, Page 160.

20. Michael Page, Barbara Messerle, and Les Field, Ruthenium Complexes of Pincer and Tripodal Terdentate Ligands and their Reactions with Ag⁺, 10^th Reactive Organometallic Symposium: ROMS10, University of New South Wales, June 30, 2006, Page 8.

21. S. Dabb, L. Field, B. Messerle, M. Smith and T. Willis, Novel Hydrazine Complexes: A Route to N-C Bond Formation, 10^th Reactive Organometallic Symposium: ROMS10, University of New South Wales, June 30, 2006, Page 6.

22. Danielle F. Kennedy, Barbara A. Messerle, Tony Willis, Towards Multimetal Tandem Catalysis, 10^th Reactive Organometallic Symposium: ROMS10, University of New South Wales, June 30, 2006, Page 3.

23. Serin L. Dabb, Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle and Mathew Smith,Novel Triflate and Hydrazine Chemistry of Group 8 and 9 Metal Complexes, IIIrd Australian and New Zealand Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry: OZOM3, Monash University, Gippsland Australia, Jan. 8-11, 2006, PM5, Page 58.

24. *Danielle F. Kennedy, Barbara A. Messerle, Matt, A. Smith Application of combinatorial techniques to the identification of novel homogeneous organometallic catalysts, OZOM3, Australia and New Zealand Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, An Organometallic Discussion,Monash University, Gippsland Campus, Australia, January 8-11 2006, O16, Page 34. Awarded best Oral Presentation for OZOM3.

25. Les Field, Barbara Messerle, and Michael Page, Investigation of Ru Complexes towards Dinitrogen Activation, IIIrd Australian and New Zealand Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry: OZOM3, Monash University, Gippsland Australia, Jan. 8-11 2006, PT4, Page 74.

26. Suzanne Burling, Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Sarah Rumble and Khuong Vuong, Rh(I) and Ir(I) Catalysts for the Synthesis of Heterocycles from Alkynes: Structure and Mechanism, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, 15^th - 20^th December 2005, Program Number: 0273.

27. Les Field, R Guest, H Li, Barbara Messerle, Investigation of a Dinitrogen Bridged Homobimetallic Complex, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, Hawaii, 15^th - 20^th December 2005, Progam Number: 244.

28. Barbara A. Messerle, Khuong Q. Vuong, Rhodium and Iridium Catalysed Hydroalkoxylation for the Efficient Synthesis of Spiroketals.The Southern Highland Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry, Moss Vale, New South Wales, September 04-06, 2005. Invited lecture (postgraduate student award).

29. *B.A. Messerle and Khuong Vuong, Rhodium and Iridium Catalysed Hydroalkoxylation for the Efficient Synthesis of Spiroketals, OMCOS 2005 International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry for Organic Synthesis, Geneva, July 2005

30. Serin L. Dabb, Leslie D. Field, and Barbara A. Messerle, Catalysed formation of N-C, Bonds: A Route to Dinitrogen Activation, XIIth RACI Convention: Connect 2005, Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Australia, July 3-7 2005, T136.

31. Les Field, Barbara Messerle, and Michael Page, Manipulations of Ru: towards coordination and activation of N2, XIIth RACI Convention: Connect 2005, Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Australia, July 3-7 2005, M085.

32. Danielle F. Kennedy, Barbara A. Messerle Identification of Novel Organometallic Catalysts Through Targeted High Throughput Screening, 12th Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) Convention, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Australia, July 3-7 2005, T149.

33. R.M. Whan, Barbara A. Messerle, A. Adams, T.W. Hambley, New Methods for Analysing the Guest Exchange Properties of Coordination Polymers, The 12^th Royal Australian Chemical Institute(RACI) Convention (Connect 2005), Sydney Australia, July 3-7, 2005. Oral presentation, O136.

34. Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Adele Shasha, Exploring New Metal Catalysts for Hydroamination, The 12^th Royal Australian Chemical Institute(RACI) Convention (Connect 2005), Sydney Australia, July 3-7, 2005. Oral presentation, O125.

35. *Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Michael Page, Sarah Rumble and Khuong Vuong, Transition Metal Catalysts for the Efficient Synthesis of Heterocycles from Alkynes, The 12^th Royal Australian Chemical Institute(RACI) Convention (Connect 2005), Sydney Australia, July 3-7, 2005. Oral presentation, O101.

36. B.A. Messerle, Transition Metal Catalysts for Organic Synthesis, UNSW-Singapore Research Workshop, Singapore, Abstract A27, February, 2005.

37. *Leslie D. Field, Nilay Hazari, Hsiu L. Li and Barbara A. Messerle, Reactions of Dinitrogen Coordinated at an Iron Centre, XXXVIth International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Merida, Mexico, July 2004, SL7

38. Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Michael J. Page, Sarah L. Rumble, and Khuong Q. Vuong, Catalysed C-X Bond Formation using Group 9 Complexes, XXIst International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 25-30 2004, O126

39. Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, and Sarah L. Rumble, One-Pot Tandem Hydroamination/Hydrosilation Catalyzed by Cationic Iridium(I) Complexes, XXIst International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada, July 25-30 2004, O125

40. Barbara Messerle, Khuong Vuongand Peter Turner, Novel Iridium, Rhodium Complexes with Hybrid Ligands as Catalysts for C-S Bond Formation, XXIst International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada, July 25-30 2004, O48

41. Suzanne Burling, Leslie D. Field, Hsiu Lin Li, Barbara A. Messerle, Sarah Rumble, Adelle Shasha, and Hendrik van Heyden Catalysts For The Synthesis Of Heterocycles, XXIst International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada, July 25-30 2004, Poster 155

42. Barbara A. Messerle, and Sarah L. Rumble Approaches to the Catalysed Reduction of Imines, ROMS-6, Reactive Organometallics Symposium-6, University of Sydney, NSW, May 28 2004.

43. Barbara Messerle, Michael Page, Khuong Vuong, and Sarah Wren, Hydrogenation Chemistry: New Catalysts and Parahydrogen, ANZMAG-2004, Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance, Barossa Valley, South Australia, February 15-19 2004, L7

44. Barbara A. Messerle, Michael Page, Khuong Vuong, and Sarah Wren, Catalysed Hydrogenation Chemistry: New Catalysts and Parahydrogen, OZOM2, Second Australia and New Zealand Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Adelaide, January 11-14, Poster T4

45. Danielle Kennedy and Barbara Messerle, Catalyzed Hydration Chemistry, OZOM2, Second Australia and New Zealand Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Adelaide, January 11-14 2004, Poster M10

46. *Barbara A. Messerle, Khuong Q. Vuong^aand Peter Turner New Iridium, Rhodium (I) Complexes with Hybrid Ligands as Catalysts for C-X (X = S, O, N) Bond Formation, OZOM2, Second Australia and New Zealand Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Adelaide, January 11-14 2004, O21

47. Connie Diakos, Ron R. Fenton, Barbara A. Messerle and Trevor W. Hambley "Structural alteration and stereoisomer identification of a stereoselectively, asymmetrically platinated A.T-rich 14-mer duplex" 9th International Symposium on Platinum Coordination Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy, New York, USA, October 2003, Poster Abstract 17

48. Genevieve H. Bulluss, Mark P. Waller, Barbara A. Messerle and Trevor W. Hambley "Investigation of Rotamers About the Pt-N7 Bonds in Bulky [Pt(d(GpG))(diamine)] Complexes" 9th International Symposium on Platinum Coordination Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy, New York, USA, October 2003, Poster Abstract 19

49. Burling, L. D. Field, B. A. Messerle, Kuong Vuong, and S. Wren, "Catalysing the Formation of C-X bonds: Mechanisms and Development", Dalton Discussion 6: Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, York, UK, September 2003

50. Burling, S., Field, L.D., Messerle, B.A., and Vuong, K., "Metal Complex Catalysed C-S Bond Formation", ICO3, RACI Inorganic Division Conference, Melbourne, *S. Victoria, February, 2003, Conference abstracts p189

51. Burling, S., Field, L.D., Messerle, B.A., and Wren, S., "Cationic Iridium and Rhodium Catalysts for the Synthesis of N-Heterocycles" ICO3, RACI Inorganic Division Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, February, 2003, Conference abstracts p213

52. Burling, S., Field, L.D., Messerle, B.A., Wren, S., and K. Vuong, "New Catalysts and Tandem Reactions: Synthesising Products with C-X bonds", ICO3, RACI Inorganic Division Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, February, 2003, Conference abstracts p120

53. S. Burling,^b L. D. Field,^b B. A. Messerle,^a A. Shasha,^a S. Wren^a"Synthesis of N-Heterocycles Using Cationic Metal Catalysts",Cornforth Symposium, University of Sydney (Sydney, NSW) October 2002

54. B.A. Messerle, P. Turner, K. Vuong "Rhodium, Iridium Complex Catalysed Addition of Thiophenol to Alkynes" Cornforth Symposium, University of Sydney (Sydney, NSW) October 2002

55. S. Burling, L. D. Field, B. A. Messerle, A. Shasha, S. Wren "Catalysed Synthesis of Pyrrolines, Pyrrolidines and Indoles", Southern Highlands Conference on Heterocyclic Chemistry 13, (Moss Vale, NSW, Australia) September 2002

56. S. Burling, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, and K. Vuong, "Cationic Metal Catalysts in the Formation of C-X Bonds", The 20th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (XX ICOMC) (Corfu, Greece) P244, July, 2002.

57. *Davies, M.S., Diakos, C,Munk, V.P., Hambley, T.W., and Messerle, B.A,"The Stereoselective Interaction between Cisplatin Drugs and DNA: An NMR Study" Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance Conference 2002, ANZMAG2002 (Taupo, New Zealand) February 2002.

58. *Burling, S. Field, L.D., Messerle, B.A. ,Rehr, M.,^b Soler, L.P.,^a and Wren, S., "Cationic Metal Complexes for the Formation of C-X Bonds" Singapore International Chemistry Conference (SICC-2) "Frontiers in Chemical Design and Synthesis", p135, December, 2001.

59. B.A. Messerle, T. Tan, V.-A. Tolhurst, and M.A. Young, "Catalytic C-O bond formation Using Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Catalysts containing N-Donor Ligands", PG69,World Chemical Congress, IUPAC, (Brisbane, Australia) July 2001

60. S. Burling, L.D. Field, and B.A. Messerle, Rhodium and Iridium(I) Complexes as Catalysts for Hydroamination, OP, The 19th IUPAC International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (XIX ICOMC) (Shanghai, China) July, 2000.

61. B.A. Messerle and V.-A. Tolhurst, Ring Closure Catalysis by Iridium Complexes containing N-Donor Ligands, OP1157ICCC, 34^th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (Edinburgh, Scotland) July, 2000.

62. V.P. Munk, R.R. Fenton, T.W. Hambley, E.C.H. Ling, B.A. Messerle, Steric Effects Can Induce Stereospecific Pt/DNA Binding, OP18, 11RACIC, Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Convention (Canberra, ACT) February 2000.

63. B.A. Messerle and V.-A. Tolhurst, Ruthenium(II) Complexes Containing Bisimidazolyl and Bispyrazolyl Ligands: Possible Hydrogenation Catalyst Candidates, PT53, 11RACIC, Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Convention (Canberra, ACT) February 2000.

64. CI Diakos, HM Er, RR Fenton, TW Hambley, Messerle BA, P. del S Murdoch, J.A. Parkinson, E.M. Rezler and P.J. Sadler Stereoselective and enantioselective interactions between chiral platinum complexes and DNA, PT25, 11RACIC, Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Convention (Canberra, ACT) February 2000.

65. S. Burling, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle and L.P. Soler, Cationic Metal Catalysts with N-donor Ligands, OP11, 11RACIC, Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Convention (Canberra, ACT) February 2000.

66. Barbara Messerle, Simon B Duckett, Les Field, Warren Shaw, and Vicki A. Tolhurst, para-Hydrogen NMR in Organometallic Reaction Intermediates, ANZMAG-2000, Australian and New Zealand Society of Magnetic Resonance (Mt Buller, Victoria) February, 2000, P28.

67. S. Burling, L.D. Field, and B.A. Messerle, Hydroamination Catalyzed by Rhodium(I) Complexes, PT41, 11RACIC, Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Convention (Canberra, ACT) February 2000.

68. Burling, S, Field, LD, and Messerle, BA, Hydroamination Catalyzed by Rhodium(I) Complexes, Gordon Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, Long Island, US, July, 1999.

69. Rezler EM, Fenton RR, Messerle BA, Hambley TW, The synthesis, characterisation and biological testing of chiral platinum(II) complexes, J Inorg Biochem, 74: (1-4) 276-276 Apr 30 Proceedings, ICBIC International Conference of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Minneapolis, US July, 1999.

70. Diakos CI, Er HM, Fenton RR, Hambley TW, Messerle BA, Stereoselective and enantioselective interactions between chiral platinum complexes and DNA, J. Inorg. Biochem.,, 74: (1-4) 112-112 Apr, 30, Proceedings, ICBIC International Conference of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Minneapolis, US July, 1999.

71. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle and W.J. Shaw, Observation of Short-Lived Species in situ using paraHydrogen labelled Iridium Complexes, Organometallic Chemistry in the South Pacific (Auckland, New Zealand) January, 1999.

72. S. Burling, S. Elgafi, B.A. Messerle, L.D. Field, Reactive Rhodium Complexes with Nitrogen Donor Ligands, 33^rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, ICCC, 450A (Florence, Italy) September 1998.

73. S. Burling, S. Elgafi, B.A. Messerle, L.D. Field, Hydroamination Reactions Catalysed by Rhodium(I) Complexes with Nitrogen Donor Ligands, 18^th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, 18^th ICOMC, B183 (Munich Germany) August 1998.

74. S. Burling, B.A. Messerle, L.D. Field, Organic Syntheses using Reactive Metal Complexes with N-donor Ligands, 16^th National Organic Conference, 16NOC, P29 (Leura, Australia), July 1998.

75. M.S. Davies, B.A. Messerle, and T.W. Hambley, Molecular Conformation of cis-[Pt(Quinoline)₂Cl₂] from X-ray Crystallographic, NMR Spectroscopic and Molecular Mechanics Evidence: Relevance to Cis-Platin-DNA Interactions, RACI Inorganic Division Conference, IC’98 (Wollongong, Australia) February, 1998

76. C.I. Diakos, H.M. Er, R.R. Fenton, T.W. Hambley, B.A. Messerle, M. McKeage, W.J. Esdale, P.J. Russell, Stereoselective and Enantioselective Interactions between Chiral Platinum Complexes and DNA, RACI Inorganic Division Conference, IC’98 (Wollongong, Australia) February, 1998

77. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, W.Shaw, L.P. Soler, Ir Catalysts with N-Donor Ligands: Reactivity and Structure, RACI Inorganic Division Conference, IC’98 (Wollongong, Australia) February, 1998

78. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, W.Shaw, L.P. Soler, Characterisation of Ir Catalysts in Solution, Australian New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance, ANZMAG’97 L13 (Fraser Island, Australia) December, 1997

79. L.P. Soler, B.A. Messerle, L.D. Field, Bis(1-pyrazolyl)methane Iridium complexes and chiral derivative: Synthesis, Characterisation and Catalytic Use in the Hydrosilation of Alcohols, CS0109, Chimia, 36^th IUPAC Congress, (Geneva, Switzerland) August 1997.

80. L.P. Soler, B.A. Messerle, L.D. Field, Bis(1-pyrazolyl)methane Iridium complexes and chiral derivative: Synthesis, Characterisation and Catalytic Activity in the Transformation of Organic Compounds, PA13, XIIth Fechem Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (Prague, Czech Republic) September 1997.

81. T.W. Hambley, R.R. Fenton, H.M. Er, E.M. Rezler, B.A. Messerle, M. McKeage, W.J. Easdale, and P.J. Russell, Stereoselective and Enantioselective Interactions between Chiral Pt Complexes and DNA, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 1997, 67, p162, Abstracts from the 8^th International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, July 1997.

82. L.D. Field, M.G. Gardiner, B.A. Messerle and C.L. Raston, Group 1,2 and 13 Metal Butadiene Complexes: Synthesis and Reactivity 1,4-Dilithio-but-2-ene Complexes, XVIIth International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (Brisbane, Australia) July 1996.

83. B.A. Messerle, S.H. Elgafi, L.P. Soler and L.D. Field, Reactive Metal complexes with N-Donor Ligands for Organic Synthesis, XVIIth International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (Brisbane, Australia) July 1996.

84. B.A. Messerle, S.H. Elgafi, and L.D. Field, Organic Synthesis Using Reactive Metal complexes with N-Donor Ligands, RACI 15th National Organic Division Conference, (Yeppoon, Australia) July 1996.

85. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, S.H. Elgafi and M.G. Partridge, Hydrocarbon Activation and Functionalisation using 4-coordinate Rhodium and Iridium complexes, 1995 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA), December, 1995

86. L.P. Soler, B.A. Messerle, L.D. Field, and G. Otting, Metal Complexes of Polypyrazolyl Methane Ligands: NMR and Chemistry, XI FECHEM Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (Parma, Italy), September, 1995

87. G. Otting, A. Hämmarström, J. Weigelt, L.P. Soler, and B.A. Messerle, Improved Resolution and Sensitivity in High Resolution NMR Experiments, ISMAR-95- The International Society of Magnetic Resonance, (Sydney, Australia) July 1995.

88. S.B. Duckett, G.K. Barlow, M.G. Partridge and B.A. Messerle, Parahydrogen- The Means to the Unseen; NMR Studies of Metal Complexes with Parahydrogen, ISMAR-95- The International Society of Magnetic Resonance, (Sydney, Australia) July 1995

89. Linnea P. Soler,Barbara A. Messerle, Leslie D. Field,Irmi E. Buys and Trevor W. Hambley, Polypyrazolylalkane Complexes of Ruthenium, IC-94, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference, Perth, Australia, July 1994.

90. Sarah Elgafi,Barbara A. Messerle, Leslie D. Field,Irmi E. Buys and Trevor W. Hambley, Polyimidazole Complexes of Ruthenium and Osmium, IC-94, Royal Australian Chemical Institute Inorganic Division Conference, Perth, Australia, July 1994.

91. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle and R.J. Smernik, Activation of Hydrocarbons using Iron Complexes of a New Tripodal Ligand, OZOM (Armidale, NSW, Australia), Dec. 1993.

92. L.D. Field, N. Bampos and B.A. Messerle, Measurement of Heteronuclear Coupling Constants in Organometallic Complexes using High Resolution 2D NMR Spectroscopy, The Eleventh National Conference of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) [November, 1992] Conf. Abstr. WO43, p86.

93. L.D. Field, N. Bampos, I.J. Luck, B.A. Messerle and R.J. Smernik, Design and Synthesis and Tripodal Ligands for C-H Activation using Organometallic Complexes, The Eleventh National Conference of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) [November, 1992] Conf. Abstr. WO61, p95.

94. N. Bampos, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, A.V. George, B.C. Yau and R.J. Smernik, C-H Bond Activation with phosphine complexes of iron and ruthenium, 29th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry; ICCC-92; (Lausanne, Switzerland), [July, 1992].

95. N. Bampos, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, Structural Properties of Iron phosphine complexes using NMR Spectroscopy, 29th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry; ICCC-92; (Lausanne, Switzerland), [July, 1992].

96. L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle, M.G. Gardiner and C.L. Raston, A Study of Organolithium Compounds in Solution using ⁷Li NMR Spectroscopy, NMR-92, The Ninth Australian National NMR Conference (Lorne, Vic., Australia) [February, 1992] Conf. Abstr. PB14.

97. N. Bampos, L.D. Field, B.A. Messerle and R.J. Smernik, A Comparison of the Structures of Related Organometallic Complexes using NMR Methods, NMR-92, The Ninth Australian National NMR Conference (Lorne, Vic., Australia) [February, 1992] Conf. Abstr. PA11.

98. N. Bampos, S. Boyd, L.D. Field, and B.A. Messerle, Measurement of Heteronuclear Coupling Constants in Organometallic Metal Hydrides using Selective Pulses, NMR-92, The Ninth Australian National NMR Conference (Lorne, Vic., Australia) [February, 1992] Conf. Abstr. CL3.

99. S.E. Boyd, L.D. Field, and B.A. Messerle, Characterisation of Rhodium Phosphine Complexes using Advanced Heteronuclear NMR Methods, Conference of the RACI Inorganic Division and Inorganic and Organometallic Specialist Group of the NZIC (Hamilton, New Zealand) January, 1991. Conference Abstracts P1-55.

100. L.D. Field, A.V. George and B.A. Messerle, Alkane activation by Iron Phosphine Complexes in Liquid Xenon Solvent, Inorganic Chemistry 1991, Conference of the RACI Inorganic Division and Inorganic and Organometallic Specialist Group of the NZIC (Hamilton, New Zealand) January, 1991. Conference Abstracts P1-53.

101. N. Bampos, L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, Structural Studies of Reactive Organometallic Complexes using High Field NMR Spectroscopy, Inorganic Chemistry 1991, Conference of the RACI Inorganic Division and Inorganic and Organometallic Specialist Group of the NZIC (Hamilton, New Zealand) January, 1991. Conference Abstracts P1-52.

102. L.D. Field, A.V. George and B.A. Messerle, NMR Spectroscopy in Liquid Xenon Solution, Magnetic Resonance-90, Seventh Australian National NMR Conference (Brisbane, Queensland) July 1990. Conference Abstracts PO57.

103. N. Bampos, L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, High Field NMR Spectroscopy of Organometallic Complexes, Magnetic Resonance-90, Seventh Australian National NMR Conference (Brisbane, Queensland) July 1990. Conference Abstracts PO48.

104. N. Bampos, L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, The Kinetics of Rearrangement of Organometallic Complexes by Inversion-transfer-recovery NMR Spectrosopy, Magnetic Resonance-90, Seventh Australian National NMR Conference (Brisbane, Queensland) July 1990. Conference Abstracts PO47.

105. B.A. Messerle, A. Schäffer, M. Vasák, J.H.R. Kägi and K. Wüthrich. Structure Determination of Human MT-2 in Solution. 21st Annual Meeting of the Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology (USGEB) (University of Fribourg, Switzerland) March, 1989. Conference Abstracts P BIO 25

106. L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, Heteronuclear Filtered COSY Spectroscopy, NMR-88, The Sixth Australian National NMR Conference (Thredbo, NSW, Australia) Feb, 1988, Conference Abstracts p 92.

107. L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, Simplification of ¹H NMR Spectra by Correlation with Heteronuclei. ORGANIC-9, Ninth National Conference of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Division of Organic Chemistry (Adelaide, South Australia) May 1986. Conference Abstracts p27.

108. B.A. Messerle and L.D. Field, Heteronuclear Relayed Coherence Transfer X → H → H. NMR-85 Fifth Australian National NMR Conference (Terrigal, NSW) Feb. 1985. Conference Abstracts p37.

109. L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, Heteronuclear Relayed Coherence Transfer in NMR Spectroscopy. ASB-84, Ninth Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for Biophysics (Wollongong, NSW) Dec. 1984. Conference Abstracts p39.

110. L.D. Field and B.A. Messerle, Peak Selection in ¹H NMR Spectroscopy by Correlation with a Heteronucleus. ORGANIC-8, Eighth National Conference of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute - Division of Organic Chemistry (Perth, Western Australia) May, 1984. Conference Abstracts FM-B1.

ROMS

78. *Danielle Kennedy, Barbara A. Messerle Identification of Novel Organometallic Catalysts Through Targeted High Throughput Screening, 9th Reactive Organometallics Symposium, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, August 5 2005.

79. *Joanne Hui Hui Ho, Barbara Messerle and David St C. Black, Novel Indolyl Complexes of Group 9 Metals, 8^th Reactive Organometallic Symposium, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, August 8 2005.

80. *Joanne Hui Hui Ho, Barbara Messerle and David St C. Black, Novel Indolyl Complexes of Group 9 Metals, 9^th Reactive Organometallic Symposium, The Australian National University, Canberra Australia, November 25 2005.

81. *Serin L. Dabb, Leslie D. Field, and Barbara A. Messerle, Catalysed formation of N-C Bonds: A Route to Dinitrogen Activation, ROMS, February 11, 2005.

82. Les Field, Barbara Messerle, and Michael Page,* Manipulations of Ru: Towards N₂ Coordination and Reduction, VIIth Reactive Organometallics Symposium, Australian National University, Canberra Australia, February 11, 2005

83. Metal Complex Catalysed Hydroalkoxylation: Spiroketal Synthesis. Barbara A. Messerle and Khuong Q. Vuong, The 7^th Reactive Organometallics Symposium (7^th ROMS), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, February 11, 2005. Oral presentation.

84. *Serin L. Dabb, Leslie D. Field, Barbara A. Messerle, Catalysed Reactions of Molecular Nitrogen with Organic Molecules, ROMS-6, Reactive Organometallics Symposium-6, University of Sydney, NSW, May 28 2004.

Research Seminars and Invited Seminars

1. "NMR Studies of the haem pocket Conformation of Haemoglobin α-chains",

Sydney Biological NMR Discussion Group, UNSW, [March 1984]

2. "Applications of Heteronuclear NMR Methods",

Sydney Biological NMR Discussion Group, UNSW, [July, 1986]

3. "Heteronuclear NMR Spectroscopy: An Overview",

Hoffman La Rosch A.G., Basel, Switzerland [April, 1988]

4. "Rotating Frame Experiments in NMR",

Hoffman La Rosch A.G., Basel, Switzerland [April, 1989].

5. "Heteronuclei in Protein Structure Determination by NMR",

Sydney Biological NMR Discussion Group, UNSW, [May, 1990]

6. "NMR of Organometallic Complexes", Bruker Workshop [June, 1990]

7. "Transition Metal Phosphine Complexes: C-H Activation and Structure",

Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany [July, 1992].

8. "C-H Activation with Phosphine Complexes of Iron and Ruthenium",

Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Bayreuth, Germany [July, 1992].

9. Sydney University NMR Discussion Group:

"3 Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy" [April, 1990]
"Selective Excitation and Shaped Pulses" [August, 1990]
"Product Operators" [April, 1991]
"Pulse Sequences and Coherence Transfer Pathways" [September, 1992]
"Inverse Detection and Heteronuclear NMR" [May, 1993]

10. "Reactive Metal PhosphineComplexes- An NMR Case Study"

Laboratoire de Chimie-Theorique, Univerisite de Paris-Sud, France [January, 1995]

11. "An Introduction to Shaped Selective Pulses in NMR Spectroscopy"

"Reactive Metal PhosphineComplexes- An NMR Case Study"

Department of Chemistry, University of York, England [February, 1995]

12. "Complexes of Rhodium and Iridium- Reactivity and Structure"

Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia [May, 1995]

13. "Organometallic Complexes with N-Donor Ligands"

Department of Chemistry, Materials and Forensic Science, University of Technology, Sydney [October, 1998]

14. "Organometallic Complexes with N-Donor Ligands"

Nijmegen-Sydney-UNSW Symposium, UNSW, Sydney [March, 1999]

15. "Organometallic Complexes as Catalysts for Organic Transformations"

Macquarie University, Sydney [August, 1999]

16. Career Overview