Orde Q Munro
 Research Chairs Initiative Professor
Chemistry
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa
Biography
Orde Q Munro is currently the research chairs initiative professor of Chemistry at University of the witswatersrand. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Research Foundation (NRF) President’s Award (2000), the Vice Chancellor’s Research Award (UKZN, 2007), and the Raikes Medal of the South African Chemical Institute (2008).
Research Interest
His broad research interests centered on structure-focused studies and mechanism elucidation in bioinorganic and inorganic chemistry. mainly interested in fundamental studies aimed at delineating the structural, spectroscopic, electronic, and mechanistic properties of novel complexes of metal ions.
Publications
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Bezuidenhout DI, Van der Westhuizen B, Swarts PJ, Chatturgoon T, Munro OQ et al. (2014) Redox Behaviour of Cymantrene Fischer Carbene Complexes in Designing Organometallic Multiâ€tags. Chemistry-A European Journal 20: 4974-4985.
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Akerman KJ, Fagenson AM, Cyril V, Taylor M, Muller MT, Munro OQ (2014) Gold (III) Macrocycles: Nucleotide-Specific Unconventional Catalytic Inhibitors of Human Topoisomerase I. Journal of the American Chemical Society 136: 5670-5682.
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Magubane M N, Nyamato G S, Ojwach SO, Munro OQ (2016) Structural, Kinetic, and DFT Studies of the Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Mediated by (Pyrazole)pyridine Iron(II) and Nickel(II) Complexes. RSC Advances 6: 65205-65221.
