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 last 10 years we have completed the total synthesis of 28 natural products including spongistatin 1 (anti-mitotic agent), rapamycin (immunosuppressant), thapsigargin (SERCA pumps inhibitor), azadirachtin (insect antifeedant) and bengazole A (fungicide), taking our group total to 150 completed total syntheses. In addition to our research on natural product synthesis, we also have a new state-of-the-art flow chemistry facility.
For more detailed research information, group members and our publication list please see the group website.
Publications
A novel decomplexation of π-allyltricarbonyliron lactone complexes using borohydride reagents:: a new route to stereodefined acyclic 1,5-diols and 1,5,7-triols (pg 229, 1998)
– CHEM COMMUN
(1998)
851
Highly diasteroselective synthesis of beta-hydroxy carbonyl compounds using pi-allyltricarbonyliron lactone complexes: a formal 1,7-asymmetric induction of chirality in a Mukaiyama aldol reaction (pg 227, 1998)
– CHEM COMMUN
(1998)
851
Highly diastereoselective synthesis of β-hydroxy carbonyl compounds using π-allyltricarbonyliron lactone complexes: a formal 1,7-asymmetric induction of chirality in a Mukaiyama aldol reaction
– Chemical Communications
(1998)
227
(doi: 10.1039/a707153a)
A novel decomplexation of pi-allyltricarbonyliron lactone complexes using borohydride reagents: a new route to stereodefined acyclic 1,5-diols and 1,5,7-triols
– Chemical Communications
(1998)
229
(doi: 10.1039/a707155h)
Tuning glycoside reactivity: New tool for efficient oligosaccharide synthesis
– Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1
(1998)
51
(doi: 10.1039/a705275h)
Synthesis of isoxazolidines using polymer supported perruthenate (PSP)
– JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-PERKIN TRANSACTIONS 1
(1998)
1
(doi: 10.1039/a707340b)
(1′S,2′S)-methyl-3O,4O-(1′,2′-dimethoxycyclohexane-1′,2′-diyl)-α-D-mannopyranoside
– Organic Syntheses
(1998)
75,
170
(doi: 10.15227/orgsyn.075.0170)
Polymer Supported Perruthenate (PSP): Clean Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Carbonyl Compounds Using Oxygen as Cooxidant
– Synthesis
(1998)
1998,
977
(doi: 10.1055/s-1998-2106)
One-pot synthesis of penta- and hepta-saccharides from monomeric mannose building blocks using the principles of orthogonality and reactivity tuning
– Synlett
(1998)
1998,
440
(doi: 10.1055/s-1998-1659)
Anomeric oxygen to carbon rearrangements of alkynyl tributylstannane derivatives of lactols
– Synlett
(1998)
1998,
1091
(doi: 10.1055/s-1998-1866)
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