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Dr Richard Bowen
Reader in Organic Chemistry
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 1274 233774
  • Email: r.d.bowen@bradford.ac.uk

Research interests:

*Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry,

*Mass Spectrometry, Astronomy and Astrobiology,

*Structural and Analytical Applications of Spectroscopy

Current research projects:

*Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry of Heterocyclic Compounds (often with Professor J K Terlouw, McMaster University, Canada)

*Synthesis and Application in Spectroscopic Contexts of Isotopically Labelled Compounds (often with Professor H G M Edwards)

*Synthesis of Potential Anti-Cancer Compounds (with Drs D J Maitland and R Phillips)

*Identification of Active Constituents of Pharmaceutical Preparations by Mass Spectrometry (with Professor A C Williams, University of Reading, and Professor R Forbes and Dr M Bonner)

*Synthesis and Application of Compounds to act as Models for Biomarkers of Life in Extreme Environments (with Professor H G M Edwards)

*Experimental and Computational Investigations of Onium Ions (with Professor D J McAdoo, University of Texas, USA)

*Synthesis and Mass Spectrometry of Halogenohydrins found in Water (with Professor J K Terlouw, McMaster University, Canada)

Refereed Papers (from 2001 onwards):

1. The Chemistry of Some Low-Energy C5H9O+ Oxonium Ions, R D Bowen, L N Heydorn and J K Terlouw, Int J Mass Spectrom, 2001, 209, 153-169.

2. Reactions of Ionised Methyl Pent-4-enyl ether, CH2=CH(CH2)3OCH3.+, R D Bowen, S J Mandeville, M A Trikoupis and J K Terlouw, Int J Mass Spectrom, 2001, 201-211, 447-457.

3. Dissociation Reactions of Low-Energy Pentenyl Methyl Ether Radical Cations,R D Bowen, M A Trikoupis J K Terlouw, Eur J Mass Spectrom, 2001, 7, 228-241.

4. Reactions of Metastable C2H5CH=CHCH2OCH3+., CH2=CH(C2H5)CHOCH3+. and CH2=(C2H5)CCH2OCH3+., R D Bowen, L Heydorn and J K Terlouw, Int J Mass Spectrom, 2002, 217, 109-118.

5. Reactions of the Ionised Enol Tautomer of Acetanilide: Elimination of HNCO via a Novel Rearrangement, L N Heydorn, L M Carter, R D Bowen and J K Terlouw, Eur J Mass Spectrom, 2003, 9, 343-350.

6. Raman Spectroscopic and Analytical Study of Indigo and Its Four 6,6’-Dihalogeno Derivatives, T Karapanayiotis, S E Jorge Villar, R D Bowen and H G M Edwards, Analyst, 2004, 129, 613-618.

7. Reactions of Ionised Pryridazine, 2-Aminopyrazine and 2-Aminopyridine and their -Distonic Isomers: T Karapanayiotis, G Dimopolos-Italiano, R D Bowen and J K Terlouw, Int J Mass Spectrom, 2004, 236, 1-9.

8. Proximity Effects in the Electron Impact Mass Spectra of 2-Substituted Benzazoles, T C Chantler, V L Perrin, R E Donkor, R S Cawthorne and R D Bowen, Int J Mass Spectrom, 2004, 236, 65-80.

9. Differentiation of Ionised Benzimidazole from Its -Distonic Isomer by Collision-Induced Dissociation and Neutralisation-Reionisation Mass Spectrometry, T Karapanayiotis and R D Bowen,

Eur J Mass Spectrom, 2005, 11, 381-387.

10. Raman Spectroscopic and Structural Investigation of 1,4-Diphenybuta-1,3-diene and Selected Monomethyl and Dimethyl Substituted Homologues, Z A E Waller, R D Bowen and H G M Edwards, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2006, 580 47-54.

11 Raman Spectroscopy of n-Propanol and Selected Isotopically Labelled Analogues, H G M Edwards, D W Farwell and R D Bowen, J Mol Struct, 2007.