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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 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

Synthesis of the northern hemisphere of the milbemycins using a new strategy for the formation of the C15 to C16 bond.
D CULSHAW, P GRICE, SV LEY, GA STRANGE
– Tetrahedron Letters
(1985)
26,
5837
The use of 3-acetoxy-1-trimethylsilylbutadiene in the synthesis of anthracyclinone derivatives
PC BULMANPAGE, SV LEY
– Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1
(1984)
1847
Fe2(co)g in tetrahydrofuran or under sonochemical conditions as convenient practical routes to π-allyltricarbonyliron lactone complexes
AM HORTON, DM HOLLINSHEAD, SV LEY
– Tetrahedron
(1984)
40,
1737
Synthesis of spiroacetals using organoselenium-mediated cyclisation reactions. X-Ray molecular structure of (2S,8R)-8-methyl-2-phenyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecan-4(R)-ol
AM DOHERTY, SV LEY, B LYGO, DJ WILLIAMS
– J CHEM SOC PERK T 1
(1984)
1371
Synthesis of the spiroacetal unit related to the avermectins and milbemycins
J GODOY, SV LEY, B LYGO
– Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
(1984)
1381
π-allyltricarbonyliron lactone complexes in synthesis: Application to the synthesis of the β-lactam antibiotic (+)-thienamycin
ST HODGSON, DM HOLLINSHEAD, SV LEY
– Chemical Communications
(1984)
494
Synthesis of (±)- cis -6-methyltetrahydropyran-2-ylacetic acid, a natural product from Viverra civetta , using organoselenium-mediated cyclisation reactions
SV LEY, B LYGO, H MOLINES
– JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-PERKIN TRANSACTIONS 1
(1984)
2403
Oxo complexes of ruthenium(VI) and (VII) as organic oxidants
G GREEN, WP GRIFFITH, DM HOLLINSHEAD, SV LEY, M SCHRODER
– J CHEM SOC PERK T 1
(1984)
681
A new route to spiro-ketals using the Horner-Wittig reaction of 2-diphenylphosphinoxy cyclic ethers
SV LEY, B LYGO
– Tetrahedron Letters
(1984)
25,
113
Novel rearrangement of the ionophore antibiotic X-14547A (indanomycin) and related derivatives induced by lithium tetrafluoroborate
MP EDWARDS, SV LEY
– Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1
(1984)
1761
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Telephone number

01223 336398

Email address

svl1000@cam.ac.uk