D.A. Dixon

• Reduction of potentially toxic oxoanions by kinetically active cellular and non-cellular substrates.
• Stereoselectivity in Biomolecular Reactions Involving Metal Ion Complexes
• Molecular Mechanics(MM) and its uses in the study of structural aspects of ligand systems and complexes of main group and transition metal ions.
• The search for potentially useful novel bimetallic and trimetallic systems.
• The mediatory role of dissolved molecular oxygen in redox reactions with particular emphasis on amino acids, vitamins and small molecular weight substrates of biological interest.

• D.A. Dixon, N P Sadler,T. P. Dasgupta, "Mechanism of the Oxidation of DL-penicillamine and Glutathione by Chromium(VI) in Aqueous Solution", Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 1995, 3489
• D.A. Dixon, N. P. Sadler, "Mechanism of Oxidation of L-Ascorbic Acid by the Pentaammineaquacobalt(III) ion in Aqueous Solution", Transition Metal Chemistry 1995, 20, 295
• D.A. Dixon, N.P. Sadler, T.P. Dasgupta, "Mechanism of the Oxidation of L-Ascorbic Acid by Pentaamminechromatocobalt(III) complex in Aqueous Solution", Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions, 1997, 1903-1907