Chemical Sciences

Biographical Details:

BSc. degree from DCU in 1991. A PhD (1991-1994) was subsequently obtained in organometallic photochemistry. Post doctoral studies were carried out during 1995 and 1996 at the University of Milan with Prof. Stefano Maiorana before rejoining the School of Chemical Sciences at DCU in 1997 as a Lecturer.

Research Interests:

organometallic photochemistry, photophysics, spectroscopy, and the uses of organometallic compounds in organic synthesis

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Dr. Mary Pryce. .
• . 2007. Redox control of meso-Zinc(II) ferrocenylporphyrin based fluorescence switches. Inorganic Chemistry, 46, 18, pp7247-7249.
• . 2007. Photochemical cis-trans isomerization of cis-(eta(6)-1,2-diphenylethene)Cr(CO)(3) and the Molecular Structure of trans-(eta(6)-1,2-diphenylethene)Cr(CO)(3). Organometallics, 26, 17, pp4128-4134.
• . 2007. The selective preparation of partial cone O-aryl calix[4]arene ethers from 1,3-dimethoxycalix[4]arene: a new platform for the preparation of non-aggregated dyes. 48, 4, pp681-684.
• . 2006. The photochemistry of (eta(3)-2-R-C3H4)Fe(CO)(NO)(X)(R = H or Cl; X = CO or PPh3) in room temperature solution or frozen gas matrixes. Journal Of Organometallic Chemistry, 691, 15, pp3298-3304.
• J.J. McGarvey, C Long, K McDonnell, M T Pryce, J Rochford,S W Botchway. 2004. Picosecond energy and electron transfer in organometallic porphyrin assemblies: building blocks for novel photonic devices. *,, pp98-99.
• K. O. Doyle, M. L. Gallagher, M. T. Pryce and A. D. Rooney. 2001. A Matrix Isolation and Flash Photolysis Study of the Cyclization Reactions of chromium Amino Carbenes. Journal Of Organometallic Chemistry, 617-618,, pp269-*.
• D. P. Heenan, C. Long, V. Montiel-Palma, R. N. Perutz, and M. T. Pryce. 2000. The Photochemistry of (h5-C5H5)(h5-C4H4N)Fe and (h5-C5H5)(h1-N-C4H4N)Fe(CO)2 in Low-temperature Matrices and Room-temperature Solution. Evidence for a Photoinduced Haptotropic Shift of the p-Co-ordinated Pyrrolyl Ligand.. Organometallics, 19,, pp3869-*.
• E. Licandro, S. Maiorana, R. Manzotti, A. Papagni, D. Perdicchia, M. Pryce, A. Tiripicchio and M. Lanfranchi. 1998. New Fischer Type hydrazino(alkyl) complexes. First X-ray characterisation of a chelate hydrazino derivative. Chemical Communications, *,, pp383-*.
• E. Licandro, S. Maiorana, R. Manzotti, A. Papagni, M. Pryce, L. Capella , C. Graiff and A. Tiripicchio. 1998. The Anion of the Pentacarbonyl[(trans-2,5-dimethylmorpholino)-(methyl)carbene]chromium complex in the reaction of Nitroalkenes. European Journal Of Organic Chemistry, *,, pp2127-*.
• E. Licandro, S. Maiorana, R. Manzotti, A. Papagni, M. Pryce and L. Capella. 1997. Improved synthesis of (-)-(2R,6R)2,6-DimethylMorpholine. Gazzetta Chimica Italiana, 127,, pp815-*.
• C. J. Breheny, S. M. Draper, F. -W. Grevels, W. E. Klozbucher, C. Long, M. T. Pryce and G. Russell. 1996. Photochemistry of (h6-2,6-X2C5H3N)Cr(CO)3 (X= H, CH3, (CH3)3Si). First example of Photoinduced Ring-Slip at an (h6-Arene)M(CO)3 Center. Molecular structures of (h6-2,6-(CH3)2C5H3N)Cr(CO)3 and (h6-2,6-((CH3)3Si )2C5H3N)Cr(CO)3. Organometallics, 15,, pp3679-*.
• E Licandro, S Maiorana, A. Papagni, M. Pryce, A. Zanotti Gerosa and S. Riva. 1995. Asymmetric Synthesis of (-)-(2R,6R)-2,6-Dimethyl Morpholine. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 8,, pp1891-*.
• B. S. Creaven, M. W. George, A.G. Ginzburg, C. Hughes, J. M. Kelly, C. Long, I. M. McGrath, and M. T. Pryce. 1993. Laser Pulse Photolysis and Transient Infrared Investigation into the effect of Solvent or Substituent (X) on the reactivity of Photogenerated (h6-C6H6-yXy)Cr(CO)2 Intermediates. Organometallics, 12,, pp3127-*.
• C.Breheny, J. M.Kelly, C. Long, S. O'Keeffe, M. T. Pryce, G. Russell, and M. Walsh. 0. The Photochemistry of (h6-arene)Mo(CO)3 and the Role of Alkane Solvents in Modifying the Reactions of Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Carbonyl Fragments. Organometallics, 17,, pp3690-*.

Selected Chapters

• C. Long and M. T. Pryce. 2002. The photochemistry of organometallic compounds of germanium, tin and lead . The chemistry of organic germanium, tin and lead compounds, Wiley, Chichester, pp1521-1542.

• M. T. Pryce, J. Rochford and A. D. Rooney, Synthesis and photophysical properties of thienyl porphyrins, Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, - , New Orleans, July 2004
• M. T. Pryce, K. McDonnell, and C. Long , Synthesis and photochemistry of porphyrin appended metal carbonyl complexes, Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, February, 2003, - , Ventura, California, USA
• J. Rochford, G. O¿Keeffe, M. T. Pryce, A. D. Rooney, Photochemistry and Photophysics of Organometallic Phenyl and Thienyl Porphrin Dyads, Dalton Discussion 6: Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, - , York, UK, 2003
• P. Brennan, D. P. Heenan, K. Kincaid, C. Long, and M. T. Pryce, Photochemistry of Heterocyclic ligands . , Gordon Research Conference, Organometallics, - , Newport, Rhode Island, USA 2000.
• M. T. Pryce, The Photochemistry of some p-bound Heterocyclic Organometallic Compounds., 8th Irish Inorganic Chemistry Conference , - , Maynooth, Ireland 1999
• C. Long, and M. T. Pryce., The Photochemistry of (h6-Arene)M(CO)3 Compounds (M = Cr or Mo), Irish Universities Colloquium, 1993, - , Queens University
• E. Licandro, S. Maiorana, A. Papagni, M. T. Pryce, The use of Organometallic Fischer-type amino carbene complexes in stereoselective synthesis., XIth Fechem Conference on Organometallic Chemistry, - , Parma, Italy 1995.
• E. Licandro, S. Maiorana, A. Papagni, M. T. Pryce, Fischer-Type Amino Carbene Complexes in Stereoselective Synthesis., 2 nd. Euchem. Conference, Nitrogen Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis , - , Como, Italy 1996.
• D. P. Heenan, C. Long, V. Montiel-Palma, R. N. Perutz, and M. T. Pryce. , Photoinduced hapticity changes in azaferrocene., XXXIII International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, , - , Florence, Italy 1998
• P. Brennan, D. P. Heenan, C. Long, M. T. Pryce, Photoinduced hapticity changes of heterocyclic compounds , 14th International Symposium on Photochemistry & Photophysics of Coordination Compounds , - , Budapest, Hungary, 2001