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Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences

Profile of Dr Christopher McRae

Research Interests

Analytical chemistry with special interests in chromatography, flow injection analysis and instrument design.

Other research interests include:
  • the application of analytical chemistry to the solution of geochemical problems.
  • structural determination of immature carbonaceous sediments, and groundwater natural organic matter.
  • modern methods of selective chemical degradation of complex natural products
  • computer aided learning/teaching techniques.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

McIntyre C.P, Wressnig A.M, McRae C.R . Fish gut content analysis by thermochemolysis with tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 80 (1), 6-15, 2007.

Nimmagadda, R.D., McRae, C. Characterisation of the backbone structures of several fulvic acids using a novel selective chemical reduction method. Organic Geochemistry , 38, 1061-1072, 2007.

Nimmagadda, R.D., McRae, C. A novel reduction of polycarboxylic acids into their corresponding alkanes using n-butylsilane or diethylsilane as the reducing agent. Tetrahedron Letters 47, 3505-3508, 2006

Nimmagadda, R.D., McRae, C. A novel reduction reaction for the conversion of aldehydes, ketones, and primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols into their corresponding alkanes. Tetrahedron Letters 47, 5755-5758, 2006

McIntyre, C., McRae, C ., Proposed Guidelines for sample preparation and ESI-MS analysis of humic substances to avoid self-esterification. Organic Geochemistry 36, 543-553, 2005.

McIntyre. C., McRae. C ., Batts. B.D. and Piccolo. A. Structural characterisation of groundwater hydrophobic acids isolated from the Tomago Sand Beds, Australia . Organic Geochemistry , 36, 385-397, 2005.

Simeoni M. A., Batts B.D., McRae, C . “Effect of groundwater fulvic acid on the adsorption of arsenate by ferrihydrite and gibbsite”, Applied Geochemistry 18(10):1507-1515, 2003.

McIntyre C. McRae C . Jardine D. Batts BD. “Identification of compound classes in soil and peat fulvic acids as observed by electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry”, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry . 16; 1604-1609, 2002.

McIntyre C. McRae C . Jardine D. Batts BD. “Self-esterification of fulvic acid model compounds in methanolic solvents as observed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry .” Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry . 16(8):785-789, 2002.

McIntyre C. Jardine D. McRae C . “Electrospray mass spectrometry of aquatic fulvic acids.” Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry . 15(20):1974-1975, 2001

Whitelaw MJ. Batts BD. Murray-Wallace CV. McRae CR . “Diagenesis of the organic matrix in Anadara trapezia during the Late Quaternary: Preliminary findings.”, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 123:225-234, 2001 Dec 22.

Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

Angove D. Cant N. McRae C . Nelson P. “The Development And Testing Of An On-Road Emissions Monitoring System” Proceedings of the 16th International Clean Air and Environment Conference, Christchurch , New Zealand , 2002.

Heckley PS., Ibana DC . McRae C . “Extraction and separation of nickel and cobalt by electrostatic pseudo liquid membrane”, Proceedings of the 16th International Solvent Extraction Conference, 2002, Cape Town , South Africa . ISBN 1-919783-24-5.

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Qualifications

BSc(Hons) in Chemistry
Macquarie University
PhD in Chemistry
Macquarie University
Cert. Higher Ed. 1998