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RT Mertens

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Mertens
Mertens, R. T., & Awuah, S. G. (2019). Synthesis and crystal structure of 1,3-bis-(4-hy-droxy-phen-yl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride.. Acta Crystallographica. Section E, Crystallographic Communications, 75(Pt 9), 1311-1315. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989019011058 (Original work published 2019)
Kim, J. H., Mertens, R. T., Agarwal, A., Parkin, S., Berger, G., & Awuah, S. G. (2019). Direct intramolecular carbon(sp2)-nitrogen(sp2) reductive elimination from gold(iii).. Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 48(18), 6273-6282. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8dt05155k (Original work published 2019)
Mertens, R. T., Kim, J. H., Jennings, W. C., Parkin, S., & Awuah, S. G. (2019). Revisiting the reactivity of tetrachloroauric acid with N,N-bidentate ligands: structural and spectroscopic insights. Dalton Transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003), 48(6), 2093-2099. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8dt04960b (Original work published 2019)
Arojojoye, A. S., Mertens, R. T., Ofori, S., & Awuah, S. G. (2020). Synthesis, Characterization, and Antiproliferative Activity of Novel Chiral QuinoxP*AuCl2 + Complexes.. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 25(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25235735 (Original work published 2020)
Mertens, R. T., Parkin, S., & Awuah, S. G. (2020). Cancer cell-selective modulation of mitochondrial respiration and metabolism by potent organogold(iii) dithiocarbamates. Chemical Science, 11(38), 10465-10482. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc03628e (Original work published 2020)
Kim, H., Ofori, S., Mertens, R. T., Parkin, S., & Awuah, S. G. (2021). Water-Soluble Gold(III)-Metformin Complex Alters Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in Breast Cancer Cells. Chemmedchem, 16(20), 3222-3230. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmdc.202100233 (Original work published 2021)
Mertens, R. T., Jennings, W. C., Ofori, S., Kim, J. H., Parkin, S., Kwakye, G. F., & Awuah, S. G. (2021). Synthetic Control of Mitochondrial Dynamics: Developing Three-Coordinate Au(I) Probes for Perturbation of Mitochondria Structure and Function. Jacs Au, 1(4), 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00051 (Original work published 2021)
Mertens, R. T., Parkin, S., & Awuah, S. G. (2020). Exploring six-coordinate germanium(IV)-diketonate complexes as anticancer agents. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 503(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2019.119375
Mertens, R. T., Greif, C. E., Coogle, J. T., Berger, G., Parkin, S., Watson, M. D., & Awuah, S. G. (2022). Stable Au(I) catalysts for oxidant-free C-H Functionalization with Iodoarenes. Journal Of Catalysis, 408, 109-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2022.02.019
Olelewe, C., Kim, J. H., Ofori, S., Mertens, R. T., Gukathasan, S., & Awuah, S. G. (2022). Gold(III)-P-chirogenic complex induces mitochondrial dysfunction in triple-negative breast cancer. Iscience, 25(5), 104340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104340 (Original work published 2022)