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Dr Michael Gallagher

 

Michael John Gallagher

M.Sc. Qld., Ph.D. Camb., CChem, FRACI
Honorary Visiting Fellow
E-mail: M.Gallagher@unsw.edu.au

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

Born 1935. Employed Shell Laboratory of Chemical Enzymology 1962 - 1964. Appointed Lecturer UNSW in 1964, promoted to Senior Lecturer 1969, Associate Professor in 1978. Retired 1997, appointed Honorary Visiting Fellow.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Organometallic chemistry, organophosphorus chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, specifically the synthesis of phosphorus analogues of biologically active molecules. 31P NMR studies of reaction pathways.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Organophosphorus Intermediates XI1. Preparation and stereochemistry of p-phenylated 1,3-diphospholane, 1,3- and 1,4-diphosphorinanes, 1,4-diphosphepane and 1,5-diphosphocane.2, Brooks PJ, Gallagher MJ, Sarroff A, Bowyer M, Phosphorus and Sulphur, 1989, 44, 235-247.
  • Methanolysis of 1-methyl-3,5,8-trioxabicyclo[2,2,2]octane 4-oxide and 4-sulfide: Mechanistic and stereochemical considerations, Kim JH, Gallagher MJ, Toia RF, Aust J Che.,1994, 47, 715-22.
  • Reaction of 2-ethoxy-5-methyl-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane-5-methanol 2-sulfide and 4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxa-1-phosphabicyclo[2,2,2]octane 1-sulfide with sulfuryl chloride: Mechanistic and stereochemical considerations, Kim JH, Craig DC, Gallagher MJ, Toia RF, Aust J Chem, 1994, 47 , 2161-9.
  • Conformation and stereochemistry of cyclic compounds, Gallagher MJ, in P-31NMR Spectroscopy in Stereochemical Analysis, eds Verkade JG, Quin LD, 1987, VCH Publishers, Florida, U.S.A. 297-330.
  • Structure and stereochemistry of phosphorus chalcogenides, Gallagher MJ, Organophosphorus Chemistry Vol. II, ed. Hartley FR, J Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1992, 53-77.