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
The total synthesis of the clerodane diterpene insect antifeedant ajugarin I
– Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
(1983)
503
(doi: 10.1039/c39830000503)
Total synthesis of the structurally unique ionophore antibiotic X-14547 A
– J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.
(1983)
630
(doi: 10.1039/C39830000630)
Peterson olefination using phenylsulphonyltrimethylsilylmethane. A new preparation of vinylic sulphones
– Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
(1983)
1281
(doi: 10.1039/c39830001281)
Synthesis of the drimane-related sesquiterpenes euryfuran, confertifolin, and valdiviolide
– Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1
(1983)
1379
(doi: 10.1039/p19830001379)
Regiospecific alkylation of β-ketothioesters and use in the synthesis of acyl-tetronic acids
– Tetrahedron Letters
(1983)
24,
5143
The Diels–Alder route to drimane related sesquiterpenes; synthesis of cinnamolide, polygodial, isodrimeninol, drimenin and warburganal
– JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-PERKIN TRANSACTIONS 1
(1983)
1579
(doi: 10.1039/p19830001579)
STEREOCHEMISTRY OF A 5,5,10-TRIMETHYL-2-DECALONE BY PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC-RESONANCE - A NEW APPLICATION OF INDOR DIFFERENCE SPECTROSCOPY
– JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH-S
(1983)
210
An unexpected rearrangement of 4-alkylaminoindoles
– Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications
(1982)
1356
(doi: 10.1039/c39820001356)
A practical catalytic method for the preparation of steroidal 1,4-dien-3-ones by oxygen atom transfer from iodoxybenzene to diphenyl diselenide
– Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1
(1982)
1947
(doi: 10.1039/p19820001947)
Synthesis of methyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4,5]decanes using organoselenium mediated cyclization reactions
– Tetrahedron Letters
(1982)
23,
4625
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