External Examiner, PhD Thesis, University College Cork R Alan Aitken (External examiner), May 2013 Other (examining, reviewing) S-Labs Effective Laboratory Conference, University of Liverpool R Alan Aitken (Invited speaker), 18 Jun 2013 → 19 Jun 2013 Participation in conference External Examiner, PhD Thesis, Mangalore University, India R Alan Aitken (External examiner), Jun 2013 Other (examining, reviewing) 24th International Congress of Heterocyclic Chemistry, Shanghai R Alan Aitken (Invited speaker), 8 Sep 2013 → 13 Sep 2013 Participation in conference

Novel ether and thioether macrocycles from phthalaldehyde, R. A. Aitken, C. Hauduc, R. S. McLennan, A. M. Z. Slawin and H. S. Wilson, Tetrahedron Lett., 2015, 56, 1937-1940. Unexpected rearrangement during the gas-phase dehalogenation approach to benzodithiophenes, R. A. Aitken and A. O. Oyewale, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 19379-19381. Five-Membered Ring Systems: With O and S (Se, Te) Atoms, R. A. Aitken and L. A. Power, Prog. Heterocycl. Chem., 2014, 26, 307-322. Unexpected Pyrolytic Behaviour of Substituted Benzo[c]thiopyran and Thieno[2,3-c]thiopyran S,S-dioxides, R. A. Aitken, C. Hauduc, M. S. Hossain, E. McHale, A. L. Schwan, A. M. Z. Slawin, and C. A. Stewart, Aust. J. Chem., 2014, 67, 1288-1295. Adsorption of a dihydro-TTF derivative on Au(111) via a thiolate bonding complex to gold adatoms, S. J. Jethwa, F. Grillo, H. A. Früchtl, G. J. Simpson, M.-J. Treanor, R. Schaub, S. M. Francis, N. V. Richardson and R. A. Aitken, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 10140-10143. One Sulfur, Selenium, or Tellurium Atom and One Nitrogen or Phosphorus Atom (Update 2014), R. A. Aitken and A. Meehan, Science of Synthesis, 2014, Volume 17, Chapter 1.3.9, 179-198. One Oxygen and One Nitrogen or Phosphorus Atom (Update 2014), R. A. Aitken and A. Meehan, Science of Synthesis, 2014, Volume 17, Chapter 1.2.5, 149-177. The X-ray Structure of N-Acetylaminophthalimide, an Atypical Triacylhydrazine, K. M. Aitken, R. A. Aitken and A. M. Z. Slawin, J. Chem. Crystallogr., 2014, 44, 25-29. Formation of Unexpected Heterocyclic Products from Pyrolysis of Thiocarbonyl Stabilised Phosphonium Ylides, R. A. Aitken, G. Barker, L. P. Cleghorn, E. J. Reid and S. S. Roberts, Heterocycles, 2014, 88, 1135-1147. Carbonic Acid Halides (Update 2013), R. A. Aitken and Y. Boubalouta, Science of Synthesis, 2013, Volume 18, Chapter 3.7, 127-160. 1,4-Oxazine, R. A. Aitken, K. M. Aitken, P. G. Carruthers, M.-A. Jean and A. M. Z. Slawin, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 11367-11369. Mono-, di- and trithioorthocarbamates, R. A. Aitken and K. Ali, J. Sulfur Chem., 2013, 34, 480-501. Five-Membered Ring Systems: With O and S (Se, Te) Atoms, R. A. Aitken and L. A. Power, Prog. Heterocycl. Chem., 2013, 25, 277-289. Isolation, structure determination and synthesis of a trichlorodihydroxybibenzyl from a terrestrial plant, R. A. Aitken, J. Bouquet, J. Frank, A. L. G. Gidlow, Y. L. Powder, R. S. Ramsewak and W. F. Reynolds, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 7230-7232. The X-ray Structure of 5-Chlorosalicylaldehyde, R. A. Aitken, A. L. G. Gidlow, R. S. Ramsewak and A. M. Z. Slawin, J. Chem. Crystallogr., 2013, 43, 65-69. Recent Advances in the Chemistry of 1,3-Dioxoles and 1,3-Oxathioles: An Update, R. A. Aitken and L. A. Power, Adv. Heterocycl. Chem., 2013, 108, 163-193. 1,4-Dichloro-2,3-bis(chloromethyl)butane, D. B. Cordes, K. M. Aitken and R. A. Aitken, Acta Cryst., Sect. E, 2012, 68, o3495. Five-Membered Ring Systems: With O and S (Se, Te) Atoms, R. A. Aitken and L. A. Power, Prog. Heterocycl. Chem., 2012, 24, 303-316. Convenient Preparation of Long-Chain Dialkyl Phosphates: Synthesis of Dialkyl Phosphates, R. A. Aitken, C. J. Collett and S. T. E. Mesher, Synthesis, 2012, 44, 2515-2518. 1,2,3-Trithioles, Their Benzo Derivatives, and Selenium and Tellurium Analogues, R. A. Aitken, Science of Synthesis, 2012, Volume 13, Chapter 32, 149-198.

Experimental and theoretical molecular and electronic structures of the N-oxides of pyridazine, pyrimidine and pyrazine, R. A. Aitken, B. Fodi, M. H. Palmer, A. M. Z. Slawin and J. Yang, Tetrahedron, 2012, 68, 5845-5851.