Director of Research
In the Ley Group, we specialise in developing new synthesis methods and applying them to the construction of biologically important molecules. Over the years we have completed the total synthesis of many natural products, including: spongistatin 1 (anti-mitotic agent); rapamycin (immunosuppressant); thapsigargin (SERCA pumps inhibitor); azadirachtin (insect antifeedant); and bengazole A (fungicide). In addition to our research on natural product synthesis, we also pioneered flow chemistry and machine assisted synthesis.
For more detailed research information and our publication list, please see our legacy group website.
Completed Natural Products
Publications
Synthesis of new chiral 2,2′-bipyridyl-type ligands, their coordination to molybdenum(0), copper(II), and palladium(II), and application in asymmetric allylic substitution, allylic oxidation, and cyclopropanation
Organometallics
(2001)
20
673
(doi: 10.1021/om000850n)
A short and efficient stereoselective synthesis of the potent 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, CMI-977
Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
(2001)
40
1043
Molybdenum( 0 ) and tungsten( 0 ) catalysts with enhanced reactivity for allylic substitution: regioselectivity and solvent effects
Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1
(2001)
1234
(doi: 10.1039/b100903f)
A concise synthesis of the natural product carpanone using solid-supported reagents and scavengers
Synlett
(2001)
2001
1482
(doi: 10.1055/s-2001-16783)
Solid-Supported Reagents for the Oxidation of Aldehydes to Carboxylic Acids
Synlett
(2001)
2001
1555
(doi: 10.1055/s-2001-17448)
A New Route to Butane-1,2-diacetals and the Development of Alternative Substitution Patterns to Facilitate Differential Protection of the Products
Synlett
(2001)
2001
1793
(doi: 10.1055/s-2001-18087)
New polyethylene glycol polymers as ketal protecting groups - A polymer supported approach to symmetrically substituted spiroketals
Synthetic Communications
(2001)
31
2965
(doi: 10.1081/scc-100105668)
The total synthesis of (+)-aspicilin using 2,3-butane diacetal protected butane tetrols via a chiral memory protocol
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
(2001)
79
1668
(doi: 10.1139/cjc-79-11-1668)
Characterization of azadirachtin binding to Sf9 nuclei in vitro
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
(2001)
46
78
(doi: 10.1002/arch.11)
Data mining and the future of chemistry
MANUFACTURING CHEMIST
(2001)
72
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