Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy, Advanced HE
Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of Lincoln, UK
Doctor of Philosophy of Science (Chemistry), The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Dr Sara Kyne is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemistry at UNSW.
Currently Sara's research focuses on:
Chemistry and science education research through: inclusive learning environments and assessment practices, leveraging data science, systems thinking for context-based learning, sustainable awareness
Discovery and design of sustainable catalytic reactions through: organometallic chemistry, transition metal catalysis, elucidation of reaction mechanisms, in situ reaction monitoring, green synthetic methodologies
Chen AZ; Peeks MD; Kyne SH, 2025, 'Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Authentic Learning Activities to Introduce Chemistry Students to Systems Thinking through Green Chemistry', Journal of Chemical Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01326
Journal articles | 2024
León Rojas AF; Chong YY; Kyne SH; Xia B; Chan PWH, 2024, 'Enantioselective and Regiodivergent Gold and Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Cycloisomerization/Diels-Alder Reaction of 1,10-Dien-4-yn-3-yl Acetates: Synthesis of Norbornene-Embedded Tricarbocycles', Organic Letters, 26, pp. 3037 - 3042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00621
Journal articles | 2024
Reyes CT; Thompson CD; Lawrie GA; Kyne SH, 2024, 'Insights into a Community of Inquiry that emerged during academics’ emergency remote university teaching of chemistry in response to concern for students', Research in Science and Technological Education, 42, pp. 1042 - 1068, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2023.2202387
Journal articles | 2023
Farcaş-Johnson MA; Gasperini D; King AK; Mohan S; Barrett AN; Lau S; Mahon MF; Sarazin Y; Kyne SH; Webster RL, 2023, 'Iron(II)-Catalyzed Activation of Si-N and Si-O Bonds Using Hydroboranes', Organometallics, 42, pp. 3013 - 3024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00339
Journal articles | 2023
Jin J; León Rojas AF; Zhao Y; Helen Kyne S; Xia B; Zhong B; Chan PWH, 2023, 'Gold catalysed regio- and chemoselective azo coupling of 1,2- and 1,4-diazoquinones with 1H-indoles', Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 11, pp. 290 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3qo01676e
Journal articles | 2023
Kyne SH; Lee MMH; Reyes CT, 2023, 'Enhancing academic performance and student success through learning analytics-based personalised feedback emails in first-year chemistry', Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 24, pp. 971 - 983, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3rp00032j
Journal articles | 2023
León Rojas AF; Kyne SH; Chan PWH, 2023, 'Recent Advances in the Gold-Catalyzed Reactions of Propargyl Esters', Accounts of Chemical Research, 56, pp. 1406 - 1420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00057
Journal articles | 2023
Li J; Carli L; Kyne SH; Chan PWH, 2023, 'Organocatalytic α-Aminoalkylation of Azomethine Imines by α-Silylamines under Blue LED Light', Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 365, pp. 2422 - 2427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202300463
Journal articles | 2023
Li J; Phetcharawetch J; Qi M; Kyne SH; Kuhakarn C; Zhong B; Chan PWH, 2023, 'Organocatalytic alkylation and photoorganocatalyst-free acylation of azomethine imines by Hantzsch esters under blue LED light', New Journal of Chemistry, 47, pp. 19421 - 19427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3nj03780k
Journal articles | 2022
Baratay CA; Li W; Mathiew M; Yu L; Kyne SH; Rao W; Chan PWH, 2022, 'Gold- and Brønsted Acid-Catalysed Deacyloxylative Cycloaromatisation of 1,6-Diyne Esters to 11H-Benzo[a]fluorenes and 13H-Indeno[1,2-l]phenanthrenes', Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 364, pp. 1313 - 1318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202200016
Journal articles | 2022
Farcaş-Johnson MA; Kyne SH; Webster RL, 2022, 'Dehydrocoupling Polymerization: Poly(silylether) Synthesis by Using an Iron β-Diketiminate Catalyst', Chemistry A European Journal, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202201642
Journal articles | 2022
Li J; Siang Tan S; Kyne SH; Wai Hong Chan P, 2022, 'Minisci-Type Alkylation of N-Heteroarenes by N-(Acyloxy)phthalimide Esters Mediated by a Hantzsch Ester And Blue LED Light', Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 364, pp. 802 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202101195
Journal articles | 2022
Merrett JT; Chen X; Kyne SH; Harode M; Chan PWH, 2022, 'Rhodium(i)-catalysed cycloisomerisation/6π electrocyclisation of 5-(ethynylamino)pent-2-yn-1-yl esters to 2,3-dihydrobenzo[f]indoles', New Journal of Chemistry, 46, pp. 13519 - 13523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2nj01992b
Journal articles | 2022
Reyes CT; Kyne SH; Lawrie GA; Thompson CD, 2022, 'Implementing Blended First Year Chemistry in a Developing Country Using Online Resources', Online Learning Journal, 26, pp. 174 - 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.24059/olj.v26i1.2508
Journal articles | 2022
Yu L; Li W; Tapdara A; Kyne SH; Harode M; Babaahmadi R; Ariafard A; Chan PWH, 2022, 'Chiral Gold Complex Catalyzed Cycloisomerization/Regio- and Enantioselective Nitroso-Diels-Alder Reaction of 1,6-Diyne Esters with Nitrosobenzenes', ACS Catalysis, 12, pp. 7288 - 7299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01680
Journal articles | 2021
Jin J; Zhao Y; Kyne SH; Farshadfar K; Ariafard A; Chan PWH, 2021, 'Copper(I)-catalysed site-selective C(sp 3)–H bond chlorination of ketones, (E)-enones and alkylbenzenes by dichloramine-T', Nature Communications, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23988-y
Journal articles | 2021
Leong E; Mercer A; Danczak SM; Kyne SH; Thompson CD, 2021, 'The transition to first year chemistry: Student, secondary and tertiary educator's perceptions of student preparedness', Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 22, pp. 923 - 947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1rp00068c
Journal articles | 2021
Reyes CT; Lawrie GA; Thompson CD; Kyne SH, 2021, '“Every little thing that could possibly be provided helps”: analysis of online first-year chemistry resources using the universal design for learning framework', Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 23, pp. 385 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1rp00171j
Journal articles | 2020
Kyne SH; Lefèvre G; Ollivier C; Petit M; Ramis Cladera VA; Fensterbank L, 2020, 'Iron and cobalt catalysis: New perspectives in synthetic radical chemistry', Chemical Society Reviews, 49, pp. 8501 - 8542, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cs00969e
Journal articles | 2020
Kyne SH; Thompson CD, 2020, 'The covid cohort: Student transition to university in the face of a global pandemic', Journal of Chemical Education, 97, pp. 3381 - 3385, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00769
Journal articles | 2019
Perić M; Kyne SH; Gruden M; Rodić M; Jeremić D; Stanković DM; Brčeski I, 2019, 'Synthesis, structural and DFT analysis of a binuclear nickel(II) complex with the 1,4-bis[2-[2-(diphenylphosphino)benzylidene]]phthalazinylhydrazone ligand', Monatshefte Fur Chemie, 150, pp. 1241 - 1248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00706-019-02405-7
Journal articles | 2018
Kyne SH; Clémancey M; Blondin G; Derat E; Fensterbank L; Jutand A; Lefèvre G; Ollivier C, 2018, 'Elucidating Dramatic Ligand Effects on SET Processes: Iron Hydride versus Iron Borohydride Catalyzed Reductive Radical Cyclization of Unsaturated Organic Halides', Organometallics, 37, pp. 761 - 771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00603
Journal articles | 2017
Kyne SH; Camp JE, 2017, 'Use of Monosaccharides in Metal-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5, pp. 41 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01914
Journal articles | 2016
Hancock AN; Kyne SH; Aitken HM; Schiesser CH, 2016, 'Intramolecular homolytic substitution in selenoxides and selenones', Tetrahedron, 72, pp. 7790 - 7795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2016.08.083
Journal articles | 2016
Kyne SH; Lévêque C; Zheng S; Fensterbank L; Jutand A; Ollivier C, 2016, 'Iron(II) catalyzed reductive radical cyclization reactions of bromoacetals in the presence of NaBH4: optimization studies and mechanistic insights', Tetrahedron, 72, pp. 7727 - 7737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2016.08.039
Journal articles | 2014
Kyne SH; Schiesser CH, 2014, 'N, S-Dimethyldithiocarbamyl oxalates as precursors for determining kinetic parameters for oxyacyl radicals', Chemical Communications, 50, pp. 12040 - 12042, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cc06132b
Journal articles | 2012
Kyne SH; Aitken HM; Horvart SM; Lin CY; Coote ML; Schiesser CH, 2012, 'ChemInform Abstract: Homolytic Substitution Chemistry: From James Franz to Antihypertensives', ChemInform, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201230258
Journal articles | 2012
Kyne SH; Miles JAL; Percy JM; Singh K, 2012, 'Executing and rationalizing the synthesis of a difluorinated analogue of a ring-expanded calystegine B 2', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 77, pp. 991 - 998, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo2022845
Neves AC; Aitken HM; Kyne SH; Fensterbank L; Lacôte E; Malacria M; Ollivier C; Schiesser CH, 2012, 'Intramolecular homolytic substitution of seleninates - A computational study', Tetrahedron, 68, pp. 323 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.10.037
Journal articles | 2011
Kyne SH; Aitken HM; Schiesser CH; Lacôte E; Malacria M; Ollivier C; Fensterbank L, 2011, 'Intramolecular homolytic substitution of sulfinates and sulfinamides - A computational study', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, pp. 3331 - 3337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ob05043e
Journal articles | 2011
Kyne SH; Percy JM; Pullin RDC; Redmond JM; Wilson PG, 2011, 'One-pot near-ambient temperature syntheses of aryl(difluoroenol) derivatives from trifluoroethanol', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, pp. 8328 - 8339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ob06372c
Journal articles | 2011
Kyne SH; Schiesser CH; Matsubara H, 2011, 'An ab initio and DFT study of radical addition reactions of imidoyl and thioyl radicals to methanimine', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, pp. 3217 - 3224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ob05105a
Journal articles | 2011
Nelson DJ; Ashworth IW; Hillier IH; Kyne SH; Pandian S; Parkinson JA; Percy JM; Rinaudo G; Vincent MA, 2011, 'Why is RCM favoured over dimerisation? Predicting and estimating thermodynamic effective molarities by solution experiments and electronic structure calculations', Chemistry A European Journal, 17, pp. 13087 - 13094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201101662
Journal articles | 2010
Kyne SH; Lin CY; Ryu I; Coote ML; Schiesser CH, 2010, 'First determination of the rate constant for ring-closure of an azahexenoyl radical: 6-aza-7-ethyl-5-hexenoyl', Chemical Communications, 46, pp. 6521 - 6523, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0cc01262a
Journal articles | 2009
Kyne SH; Schiesser CH, 2009, 'Ab initio studies of carbonyl radical additions to hydrazone systems', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 62, pp. 728 - 733, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH09165
Journal articles | 2008
Kyne SH; Schiesser CH; Matsubara H, 2008, 'Multiorbital interactions during acyl radical addition reactions involving imines and electron-rich olefins', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 73, pp. 427 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo701825y
Journal articles | 2007
Kyne SH; Schiesser CH; Matsubara H, 2007, 'Multi-component orbital interactions during oxyacyl radical addition reactions involving imines and electron-rich olefins', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 5, pp. 3938 - 3943, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b714324a
Conference Papers | 2014
Aubert C; Barbazanges M; Jutand A; Kyne SH; Ollivier C; Fensterbank L, 2014, 'Organometallic catalysis for applications in radical chemistry and asymmetric synthesis', in Pure and Applied Chemistry, pp. 273 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/pac-2014-5030