The Schipper Group, University of Waterloo

Publications

  • Germán Sciaini, Laura Ingram, and Derek Schipper "From Atom Decoration to Pattern Recognition: A Novice-to-Expert Journey in Lewis Structures." J. Chem. Educ. 2025,102, 861−866.

  • Monika R. Snowdon, Ekaterina V. Sukhanova, Zakhar I. Popov, Shisheng Li, Leanddas Nurdiwijayanto, Takaaki Taniguchi, Shinsuke Ishihara, Takeshi Tanaka, Hiromichi Kataura, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Robert L. F. Liang, Marina Freire-Gormaly, Derek J. Schipper, Dmitry G. Kvashnin, and Dai-Ming Tang "Iptycene-Assisted Alignment of Chirality-Sorted SWCNTs for Field-Effect Transistors." ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2025, 8, 944−951.

  • Rafael A. Mirabal, Javan A. Buratynski, Ryan J. Scott and Derek J. Schipper "A palladium precatalyst for direct arylation polymerization." Polym. Chem., 2024, 15, 847-852. 
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  • Mila Abaeva, Christian Ieritano, Scott W. Hopkins, Derek J. Schipper “Unsymmetrical Imidazopyrimidine-based Bimetallic Ligand and Complexes.” Inorg. Chem, 2024, 63, 2, 1010-1019.
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  • Ruofei Zheng, Meixin Cheng, Ruishu Ma, Derek J. Schipper, Kostyantyn Pichugin, German Sciaini "Solvent effects on the intramolecular charge transfer excited state of 3CzCIIPN: a broadband transient absorption study." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 1039-1045
  • Monika R. Snowdon, Shirley Wang, Nour Mashmoushi, Scott W. Hopkins, Derek J. Schipper “Carboxylic acids as anchoring components on aluminum oxide for the alignment relay technique of single-walled carbon nanotubes.” New J. Chem, 2021, 45, 5340-5349.
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  • Geoffrey S. Sinclair, Robert C. Claridge, Andrew J. Kukor, Scott W. Hopkins, Derek J. Schipper “N-Oxide S-O chalcogen bonding in conjugated materials.” Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 2304-2312.
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  • Serxho Selmani, Gillian F. Hawes, Derek J. Schipper “Liquid-Crystal Phase Optimization Using the Alignment Relay Technique for the Deposition of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes.” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3, 2118. 
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  • Sunmeng Wang, Derek J. Schipper “Constructing a Low-Cost Polarized Optical Microscope for Undergraduate Material-Characterization Studies.”J. Chem. Educ. 2019, 96, 823.
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  • Serxho Selmani, Luke Vanderzwet, Andrew J. Kukor, Derek J. Schipper “Synthesis of Poly(heteroarylenevinylene) Derivatives via Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Alkynes.”Synlett. 2018, 29(19), 2552.
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  • Rafael A. Mirabal, Luke Vanderzwet, Sara Abuadas, Michael Emmett, Derek J. Schipper “Dehydration Polymerization for Poly(hetero)arene Conjugated Polymers.”Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 12231.
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  • Serxho Selmani, Derek J. Schipper “Orientation Control of Molecularly Functionalized Surfaces Applied to the Simultaneous Alignment and Sorting of Carbon Nanotubes.”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2399.
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  • Serxho Selmani, M. Yue Shen, Derek J. Schipper “Iptycene-functionalized Silica Gel for the Purifcation of Fullerenes Using Flash Chromatography.”RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 19026.
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  • Geoffrey S. Sinclair, Tianyu Yang, Sunmeng Wang, Wei H. Chen, Derek J. Schipper “Copper-Mediated Nucleophilic Addition/Cascade Cyclization of Aryl Diynes.”Org. Lett. 2017, 19, 802.
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  • Derek J. Schipper, Lionel C. H. Moh, Peter Müller, Timothy M. Swager “Dithiolodithiole as a Building Block for Conjugated Materials.”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 5847.
  • Melissa J. MacDonald, Colin R. Hesp, Derek J. Schipper, Marc Pesant, Andre M. Beauchemin "Highly Enantioselective Intermolecular Hydroaminations of Allylic Amines Using Chiral Aldehydes as Tethering Catalysts."Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 2597.
  • Brett VanVeller, Derek J. Schipper, Timothy Swager “Polycyclic Aromatic Triptycenes: Oxygen Substitution Cyclization Strategies.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 7282.
  • Melissa J. MacDonald, Derek J. Schipper, Peter Ng, Joseph Moran, Andre M. Beauchemin* “A Catalytic Tethering Strategy: Simple Aldehydes Catalyze Intermolecular Alkene Hydroaminations.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 20100.
  • Derek J. Schipper, and Keith Fagnou “Direct Arylation as a Synthetic Tool for the Synthesis of Thiophene-Based Organic Electronic Materials.” Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 1594.
  • Derek J. Schipper, Marieke Hutchinson, and Keith Fagnou “Rh(III)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroarylation of Alkynes.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 6910.
  • Derek J. Schipper, Sophie Rousseaux, Keith Fagnou “Kinetic Resolution of Quaternary and Tertiary b-Hydroxy Esters.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8343.
  • Derek J. Schipper, Mohammed El-Safiti, Chris Whipp, Keith Fagnou “Direct Arylation of Azine N-Oxides with Aryl Triflates.” Tetrahedron. 2009, 65, 4977.
  • Derek J. Schipper, Louis-Charles Campeau, Keith Fagnou “Catalyst and Base Controlled Site-Selective sp2 and sp3 Direct Arylation of Azine N-Oxides.”Tetrahedron. 2009, 65, 3155.
  • Louis-Charles Campeau, Derek J. Schipper, Keith Fagnou “Site-Selective sp2 and Benzylic sp3 Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation.” J. Am. Chem. Soc.2008, 130 , 3266.
  • Rabin Bissessur, Derek Schipper “Exfoliation and Reconstruction of SnS2 Layers: A Synthetic Route for the Preparation of Polymer-SnS2 Nanomaterials.” Materials Letters. 2008, 62, 10.