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

Total Synthesis of Chloptosin
AJ Oelke, DJ France, T Hofmann, G Wuitschik, SV Ley
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2010)
49
KMnO4-Mediated Oxidation as a Continuous Flow Process
J Sedelmeier, SV Ley, IR Baxendale, M Baumann
Organic Letters
(2010)
12
A palladium wall coated microcapillary reactor for use in continuous flow transfer hydrogenation
CH Hornung, B Hallmark, MR Mackley, IR Baxendale, SV Ley
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
(2010)
352
Enzymatic Oxidative Cyclisation Reactions Leading to Dibenzoazocanes
F Tozzi, S Ley, M Kitching, I Baxendale
Synlett
(2010)
2010
The application of flow microreactors to the preparation of a family of casein kinase I inhibitors.
F Venturoni, N Nikbin, SV Ley, IR Baxendale
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
(2010)
8
Multiple Microcapillary Reactor for Organic Synthesis
CH Hornung, B Hallmark, M Baumann, IR Baxendale, SV Ley, P Hester, P Clayton, MR Mackley
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
(2010)
49
Novel palindromic ligands cementing the native quaternary structure of transthyretin
PP Mangione, V Bellotti, S Deroo, GW Taylor, MG McCammon, CV Robinson, GA Tennent, MD Smith, AJ Morrison, AJA Cobb, A Coyne, SV Ley, SW Wood, MB Pepys
AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS
(2010)
17
Targeting transthyretin - X-ray crystallography and rational drug design
S Kolstoe, AJ Morrison, AJA Cobb, A Coyne, R Gill, MD Smith, SV Ley, SP Wood, MB Pepys
AMYLOID-JOURNAL OF PROTEIN FOLDING DISORDERS
(2010)
17
Foreword
G Whittington
(2010)
Flow Ozonolysis Using a Semipermeable Teflon AF-2400 Membrane To Effect Gas-Liquid Contact
M O'Brien, IR Baxendale, SV Ley
Organic letters
(2010)
12

Research Group

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01223 336398

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