Professor Steve Ley CBE FRS FMedSci | Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

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 4-Substituted Imidazoles via 4-Metallo Imidazole Intermediates

R Turner*, S Ley, S Lindell

Synlett

(1993)

1993

748

(doi: 10.1055/s-1993-22594)

Microwave Promoted Hydrolysis of Esters Absorbed on Alumina: A New Deprotection Method for Pivaloyl Groups

S Ley*, D Mynett

Synlett

(1993)

1993

793

(doi: 10.1055/s-1993-22612)

Dispiroketals in synthesis (part 4): Enantioselective desymmetrization of glycerol using a c2-symmetric disubstituted bis-dihydropyran.

B Geert-Jan, DA Entwistle, SV Ley, M Woods

Tetrahedron Letters

(1993)

34

5649

(doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)73906-2)

DISPIROKETALS IN SYNTHESIS .5. A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR OLIGOSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIS USING DIFFERENTIALLY ACTIVATED GLYCOSYL DONORS AND ACCEPTORS

G-J Boons, P Grice, R Leslie, SV Ley, LL Yeung

Tetrahedron Letters

(1993)

34

8523

(doi: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)61375-8)

Dispiroketals in Synthesis (Part 3):¹Selective Protection of Diequatorial Vicinal Diols in Carbohydrates

S Ley*, G-J Boons, R Leslie, M Woods, D Hollinshead

Synthesis

(1993)

1993

689

(doi: 10.1055/s-1993-25923)

Chemistry of insect antifeedants from Azadirachta Indica (Part 15):1 Degradation studies of Azadirachtin leading to C8C14 bond cleavage.

SV Ley, PJ Lovell, AMZ Slawin, SC Smith, DJ Williams, A Wood

Tetrahedron

(1993)

49

1675

(doi: 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)80354-9)

UPTAKE, RETENTION, METABOLISM AND EXCRETION OF [22,23-H-3(2)]DIHYDROAZADIRACHTIN IN SCHISTOCERCA-GREGARIA

PA Paranagama, H Lovell, AA Denholm, SV Ley, JD Connolly, RHC Strang

Journal of Insect Physiology

(1993)

39

935

(doi: 10.1016/0022-1910(93)90003-a)

Some alkylation and reductive amination studies of β-ketomacrolides as potential metal speciation materials

S V. Ley, S V. Kelkar

Heterocycles

(1993)

35

263

(doi: 10.3987/com-92-s12)

Microbial Oxidation in Synthesis: Preparation of a Potential Insulin Mimic from Benzene

S Ley*, L Yeung

Synlett

(1992)

1992

997

(doi: 10.1055/s-1992-21561)

CHEMISTRY OF INSECT ANTIFEEDANTS FROM AZADIRACHTA-INDICA .14. ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATION OF AZADIRACHTIN

SV Ley, H Lovell, DJ Williams

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications

(1992)

1304

(doi: 10.1039/c39920001304)