This review highlights pharmaceuticals currently used in Australia and New Zealand that have their origins in fungal metabolites, discussing the natural products chemistry and medicinal chemistry leading to their application as pharmaceuticals.

When ZnS shell is overcoated onto CdSe core, some nonradiative defects are formed. The X-ray photoelectron analysis reveals that these defects are induced from the formation of interfacial alloy during the epitaxy process. These defects could be significantly suppressed if the Zn_xCd_1-xSe_yS_1-y alloy buffer layer is artificially introduced.

A combined copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) and ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC)-modified glassy carbon electrode was prepared using electrodeposition techniques. The modified electrode had favourable and highly improved electrocatalytic abilities towards captopril.

A series of novel 7-aryl-2-phenyldihydropyrazolo[1,2-a][1,2,4]triazole-1,3,5(2H)-triones have been synthesised using a multicomponent approach. These derivatives were evaluated for their antimicrobial activities, some of which demonstrated good antibacterial and antifungal activities.

Assemblies of silicon and germanium nanowires have been deposited from ionic liquids by the help of nanoporous membranes.

The DEKTP thermal decomposition mechanism in polar solvents was studied and the products of the reaction support a radical mechanism.

Three metal complexes, [Cu₂(pmb) (PPh₃)₂(Cl)₂] (1), [Cu₂(pmbb)(CH₃CN)₂(PPh₃)₂](BF₄)₂·2DMF (2), and [Ag₂(pmbb)(PPh₃)₂] (ClO₄)₂ (3) have been synthesised and characterised. Each complex formed a supramolecular self-assembly, governed by C–H···π and π···π interactions.

Four isostructural 3D lanthanide frameworks with (3,5)-connected (4·6·8)(4·6⁵·8³·10) topological motifs have been isolated by use of a bifunctional ligand. Further, all the polymers show similar thermal behaviour and polymer 1 exhibits an intense characteristic red europium emission in the solid state.

Two new coordination polymers were successfully constructed by employing 3,5-bis(benzimidazol-1-yl)pyridine and dicarboxylates. Complex 1 possesses a uninodal three-connected hcb Shubnikov hexagonal plane net with {6³} topology. Complex 2 features a three-connected topological net with {8²·10} topology, resulting in the formation of a rarely reported typical T-shaped molecular bilayer motif.

Well dispersed Cu–ZnO catalysts supported on mesoporous (FDU-15) carbon were synthesised. The novel catalysts were used to directly convert CO₂ into methanol and displayed superior performance over a commercial catalyst in terms of activity and turnover frequency.

The novel synthesis of brominated 1,10-phenanthrolines, previously only synthesised by the complicated multi-step and tedious Skraup method, is reported herein. The 1,10-phenanthroline monohydrate is brominated in the presence of SCl₂ and pyridine. The key role of a new catalyst (sulfur dichloride - SCl₂) is reported.

Nuclear magnetic resonance was used to measure the self-diffusion of phenylenediamine isomers in various water-monohydric-alcohol (i.e. methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, and tert-butanol) solvents. It was found that the resonances of phenylenediamine isomers in a mixture were separable via diffusion, with the separation becoming greater at higher concentration of monohydric-alcohols.

Using the high siliceous zeolite Y crystals (ZY-C) as precursor, zeolite Y nanosheets (ZY-N) with hierarchical perfoliate pores were successfully synthesised via a simple ‘top-down’ approach.

Pyridylmethylthiourea derivatives react with [(en)₂Co(OSO₂CF₃)₂]⁺, forming three coordination isomers. Bonding in a tridentate manner results in the formation of a hypodentate ethylenediamine ligand. Bonding only through the thiourea sulfur and thiourea nitrogen atoms forms two structural isomers, both of which contain ethylenediamine coordinated in the usual manner.

The effects of different alkali sulfates on the Bray-Liebhafsky (BL) reaction dynamics are investigated by comparing the changes in the oscillograms provoked by the same amount of added sulfates. Larger cations have more impact on the BL reaction mechanism. As cations are not directly involved in chemical reactions, they may influence the reaction mechanism by changing the structure of the surrounding water and hydrogen-bond dynamics. The obtained results support the idea that the extent of water hydrogen bonding plays important role in the BL mechanism.

The propellane skeletons occupy a privileged place in synthetic chemistry. Most of their synthetic processes are based on the introduction of a third ring on the framework of a fused bicyclic structure. However, only limited approaches to propellanes exist through multicomponent reactions. A sequential four-component approach to oxa-aza[3.3.3]propellanes has been developed.

A new series of [(NN′N)PdCl]X (X = ClO₄, Cl) complexes, i.e. mononuclear [L_nPdCl]ClO₄ (L_n = L₁, L₂, L₃) and binuclear [L₄Pd₂Cl₂]Cl₂ containing N′-substituted N,N-di(2-picolyl)amine-based ligands were synthesised and characterised by X-ray crystallography. It showed that the co-ordination geometry around the palladium centre of all complexes was slightly distorted square-planar. The catalytic activity of the Pd^II complexes for methyl methacrylate polymerisation was investigated.