Research Interests

Development and design of solids via weak non-covalent interactions involving, but not exclusively, hydrogen bonds.

Publications

Sokolov, A. N.; Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R. "Enforced Face-to-face Stacking of Organic Semiconductor Building Blocks within Hydrogen-bonded Molecular Co-crystals", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 2806-2807.

Varshney, D. B.; Gao, X.; Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R. “Heteroditopic Rebek's Imide Directs the Reactivity of Homoditopic Olefins within Desolvated Quaternary Assemblies in the Solid State”, Angew. Chem. Int., Ed. 2006, 45, 646-650.

Frišcic, T.; Hamilton, T. D.; Papaefstathiou, G. S.; MacGillivray, L. R. "A template-controlled solid-state reaction for the organic chemistry laboratory", J. Chem. Ed., 2005, 82, 1679-1681.

Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R. "Reversing the code of a template-directed solid-state synthesis: a bipyridine template that directs a single-crystal-to-single-crystal [2 + 2] photodimerisation of a dicarboxylic acid", Chem. Commun., 2005, 5748-5750.

Papaefstathiou, G. S.; Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R. "Design and Construction of a 2D Metal Organic Framework with Multiple Cavities: A Nonregular Net with a Paracyclophane that Codes for Multiply Fused Nodes", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 14160-14161.

MacGillivray, L. R.; Papaefstathiou, G. S.; Frišcic, T.; Varshney, D. B.; Hamilton, T. D. "Template-controlled synthesis in the solid-state", Topics in Current Chemistry, 2005, 248, 201-221.

Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R. “Single-crystal-to-single-crystal [2+2] Photodimerizations: From Discovery to Design”, Z. Krist., 2005, 220, 351-363.

Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R., “Cyclophanes and Ladderanes: Molecular Targets for Supramolecular Chemists”, Supramol. Chem., 2005, 17, 47-51.

Papaefstathiou, G. S.; Georgiev, Ivan G.; Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R. “A photoactive one-dimensional ladder-like coordination polymer based on a dinuclear Zn(II) platform”, Chem. Commun., 2005, 3974-3975.

Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R., “Template-Controlled Solid-State Synthesis: Towards a General Form of Covalent Capture in Molecular Solids” in: Frontiers in Crystal Engineering, E. R. T. Tiekink and J. J. Vittal, Eds., John Wiley & Sons, New York (2006).

Papaefstathiou, G. S.; Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R., Trans. Amer. Cryst. Assoc., 2004, 39.

Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R. “The Inorganic Chemistry of Carbon” in: The Encyclopedia of Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition, Editor: R. B. King, John Wiley & Sons, New York (2005).

Frišcic, T.; Drab, D. M.; MacGillivray, L. R., “A Test for Homology: Photoactive Crystalline Assemblies Involving Linear Templates Based on a Homologous Series of Phloroglucinols”, Org. Lett., 2004, 6, 4647-4650.

Papaefstathiou, G. S.; Hamilton, T. D.; Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R., “Self- assembled metal-organic squares derived from linear templates as exemplified by a polydentate ligand that provides access to both a polygon and polyhedron”, Chem. Commun., 2004, 270-271.

Gao, X.; Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R., “Supramolecular construction of molecular ladders in the solid state”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43, 232-236.

Gao, X.; Frišcic, T.; Papaefstathiou, G. S.; MacGillivray, L. R., “Crystal and molecular structure of Rebek’s imide”, J. Chem. Cryst., 2004, 34, 171-174.

Papaefstathiou, G. S.; Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R., “A Regiocontrolled 'Head- to-Tail' [2+2] Photodimerization of a Stilbene Involving a Ternary Solid Based on Catechol”, J. Supra. Chem., 2003, 2, 227-231.

Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R., “Template-switching: a supramolecular strategy for the quantitative, gram-scale construction of a molecular target in the solid state”, Chem. Commun., 2003, 1306-1307.

Frišcic, T.; MacGillivray, L. R., “Double inclusion of ferrocene within a doubly interpenetrated three-dimensional framework based on a resorcin[4]arene”, J. Organomet. Chem., 666, 2003, 43-48.

Frišcic, T.; Lough, A. J.; Ferguson, G.; Kaitner, B., “Enantiomeric bis(-N,N’-hexamethylenedisalicylaldiminato)-dicopper(II) complexes”, Acta Cryst. C, 58, 2002, m313-m315.

Pajic, D.; Zadro, K.; Frišcic, T.; Judaš, N.; Meštrovic, E., “Magnetic relaxation in Mn12-methanoate molecular magnet”, J. Magn. Magn. Mater., 242 2002, 946-948.

Pajic, D.; Zadro, K.; Frišcic, T.; Judaš, N.; Meštrovic, E., “Thermal relaxation and quantum tunneling of the magnetization in Mn12-acetate”, Fizika A, 8, 1999, 253-26.0.

Frišcic, T.; Kaitner, B.; Meštrovic, E., “Synthesis and structure of N,N’-butylene- and N,N’-hexylenebis(2-oxy-1-naphthaldimine)”, Croat. Chem. Acta, 71, 1998, 87-98.