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RT Mertens

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Mertens
Mertens, R. ., , & Awuah, S. . (2019). Synthesis and crystal structure of 1,3-bis-(4-hy-droxy-phen-yl)-1<i>H</i>-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. ., Mertens, R. ., Agarwal, A. ., Parkin, S. ., Berger, G. ., & Awuah, S. . (2019). Direct intramolecular carbon(sp<sup>2</sup>)-nitrogen(sp<sup>2</sup>) 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. ., Kim, J. ., Jennings, W. ., Parkin, S. ., & Awuah, S. . (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. ., Mertens, R. ., Ofori, S. ., , & Awuah, S. . (2020). Synthesis, Characterization, and Antiproliferative Activity of Novel Chiral QuinoxP*AuCl<sub>2</sub> <sup>+</sup> Complexes. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 25(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25235735 (Original work published 2020)
Mertens, R. ., Parkin, S. ., & Awuah, S. . (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. ., Parkin, S. ., & Awuah, S. . (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. ., Jennings, W. ., Ofori, S. ., Kim, J. ., Parkin, S. ., Kwakye, G. ., & Awuah, S. . (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. ., Parkin, S. ., & Awuah, S. . (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. ., Greif, C. ., Coogle, J. ., Berger, G. ., Parkin, S. ., Watson, M. ., & Awuah, S. . (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. ., Ofori, S. ., Mertens, R. ., Gukathasan, S. ., & Awuah, S. . (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)