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Journal Articles

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Synthesis of mono-nitroxides and of bis-nitroxides with varying electronic through-bond communication

A. Giannoulis, K. Ackermann, A. Bogdanov, D. B. Cordes, C. Higgins, J. Ward, A. M. Z. Slawin, J. E. Taylor, B. E. Bode,

Org. Biomol. Chem.  2023, 21, 375−385. 

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Brønsted acid-catalysed desilylative heterocyclisation to form substituted furans

E. G. Babcock, M. S. Rahman, J. E. Taylor, Org. Biomol. Chem.  2023, 21, 163−168. 

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Arylboronic Acid-Catalyzed Racemization of Secondary and Tertiary Alcohols

G, R. Boyce, S. F. Musolino, J. Yang, A. D. Smith, J. E. Taylor, J. Org. Chem.  2022, 87, 13367−13374. 

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S. Estopiñá-Durán, E. B. Mclean, L. J. Donnelly, B. M. Hockin, J. E. Taylor, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 7547–7551.

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Unanticipated silyl transfer in enantioselective α,β-unsaturated acyl ammonium catalysis using silyl nitronates

A. Matviitsuk, M. D. Greenhalgh, J. E. Taylor, X. B. Nguyen, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. W. Lupton, A. D. Smith, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 335–339. 

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Aryl Boronic Acid Catalysed Dehydrative Substitution of Benzylic Alcohols for C−O Bond Formation

S. Estopina-Duran, L. J. Donnelly, E. B. Mclean, B. M. Hockin, A. M. Z. Slawin, J. E. Taylor, Chem. Eur. J.  2019, 25, 3950–3956. 

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A Selective Deprotection Strategy for the Construction of trans-2-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic Acid Derived Peptides

T. Boddaert, J. E. Taylor, S. D. Bull, D. J. Aitken, Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 100–103. 

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Best practice considerations for using the selectivity factor, s, as a metric for the efficiency of kinetic resolutions. 

M. D. Greenhalgh, J. E. Taylor, A. D. Smith, Tetrahedron 2018, 74, 5554-5560.

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A C=O⋅⋅⋅Isothiouronium Interaction Dictates Enantiodiscrimination in Acylative Kinetic Resolutions of Tertiary Heterocyclic Alcohols.

M. D. Greenhalgh, S. M. Smith, D. M. Walden, J. E. Taylor, Z. Brice, E. R. T. Robinson, C. Fallan, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, H. C. Richardson, M. A. Grove Prof., P. H‐Y. Cheong, A. D. Smith, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 3200-3206.

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Synthesis of the natural product descurainolide and cyclic peptides from lignin-derived aromatics. 

O. S. Ojo, B. Nardone, S. F. Musolino, A. R. Neal, L. Wilson, T. Lebl, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. B. Cordes, J. E. Taylor, J. H. Naismith, A. D. Smith, N. J. Westwood, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 266-273.

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N– to C-sulfonyl photoisomerisation of dihydropyridinones: A synthetic and mechanistic study. 

P.-P. Yeh, J. E. Taylor, D. G. Stark, D. S. B. Daniels, C. Fallan, J. C. Walton, A. D. Smith, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 8914-8922. 

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Tandem Palladium and Isothiourea Relay Catalysis: Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Amino Acid Derivatives via Allylic Amination and [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement.

S. S. M. Spoehrle, T. H. West, J. E. Taylor, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 11895-11902.

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Catalytic Enantioselective [2,3]-Rearrangement of Allylic Ammonium Ylides: A Mechanistic and Computational Study.

T. H. West, D. M. Walden, J. E. Taylor, A. C. Brueckner, R. C. Johnston, P. H-Y. Cheong, G. C. Lloyd-Jones,

A. D. Smith, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 4366-4375.

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Enantioselective NHC-Catalysed Redox [4+2]-Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions using α-Aroyloxyaldehydes and Unsaturated Ketoesters.

J. E. Taylor, A. T. Davies, J. J. Douglas, G. Churchill, A. D. Smith, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2017, 28, 355-366.

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Isothiourea-Catalysed Acylative Kinetic Resolution of Aryl-Alkenyl (sp2 vs. sp2) Substituted Secondary Alcohols. 

S. F. Musolino, O. S. Ojo, N. J. Westwood, J. E. Taylor, A. D. Smith, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 18916-18922.

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Exploiting the Imidazolium Effect in Base-free Ammonium Enolate Generation: Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies.

C. M. Young, D. G. Stark, T. H. West, J. E. Taylor, A. D. Smith, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14394-14399.

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Enantioselective Stereodivergent Nucleophile-Dependent Isothiourea-Catalysed Domino Reactions.

A. Matviitsuk, J. E. Taylor, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 17748-17757.

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Isothiourea-Catalysed Enantioselective Pyrrolizine Synthesis: Synthetic and Computational Studies.

D. G. Stark, P. Williamson, E. R. Gayner, S. F. Musolino, R. W. F. Kerr, J. E. Taylor, A. M. Z. Slawin, T. J. C. O’Riordan, S. A. Macgregor, A. D. Smith, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 8957-8965.

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Organocatalytic Synthesis of Fused Bicyclic 2,3-Dihydro-1,3,4-oxadiazoles through an Intramolecular Cascade Cyclization.

A. J. Fugard, B. K. Thompson, A. M. Z. Slawin, J. E. Taylor, A. D. Smith, Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 5824-5827.

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Catalytic Stereoselective [2,3]-Rearrangement Reactions. 

T. H. West, S. S. M. Spoehrle, K. Kasten, J. E. Taylor, A. D. Smith, ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 7446-7479.

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Enantioselective NHC-Catalyzed Redox [4+2]-Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions Using α,β-Unsaturated Trichloromethyl Ketones as Amide Equivalents.

N. Attaba, J. E. Taylor, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith, J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 9728–9739.

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Asymmetric Isothiourea-Catalysed Formal [3+2] Cycloadditions of Ammonium Enolates with Oxaziridines.

S. R. Smith, C. Fallan, J. E. Taylor, R. McLennan, D. S. B. Daniels, L. C. Morrill, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith, 

Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 10530-10536.

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Rate and Equilibrium Constants for the Addition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes into Benzaldehydes: A Remarkable 2-Substituent Effect. 

C. J. Collett, R. S. Massey, J. E. Taylor, O. R. Maguire, A. C. O’Donoghue, A. D. Smith, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 6887-6892.

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Exploring the Scope of the Isothiourea-mediated Synthesis of Dihydropyridinones. 

P-P. Yeh, D. S. B. Daniels, C. Fallan, E. Gould, C. Simal, J. E. Taylor, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 2177-2191.

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Organocatalytic Michael Addition-Lactonisation of Carboxylic Acids using α,β-Unsaturated Trichloromethyl ketones as α,β-Unsaturated Ester Equivalents.

L. C. Morrill, D. G. Stark, J. E. Taylor, S. R. Smith, J. A. Squires, A. C. A. D’Hollander, C. Simal, P. Shapland, T. J. C. O’Riordan, A. D. Smith, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 9016-9027.

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A Modular Approach for the Synthesis of Nanometer-sized Polynitroxide Multi-Spin Systems. 

S. Valera, J. E. Taylor, D. S. B. Daniels, D. M. Dawson, K. S. Athukorala-Arachchige, S. E. Ashbrook, A. M. Z. Slawin, B. E. Bode, J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 8313-8323.

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Stereodivergent organocatalytic intramolecular Michael addition/lactonization for the asymmetric synthesis of substituted dihydrobenzofurans and tetrahydrofurans.

D. Belmessieri, A. de la Houpliere, E. D. D. Calder, J. E. Taylor, A. D. Smith, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 9762–6769.

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Asymmetric NHC-catalyzed redox α-amination of α-aroyloxyaldehydes.

 J. E. Taylor, D. S. B. Daniels, A. D. Smith, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 6058–6061.

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Stereospecific asymmetric N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed redox synthesis of trifluoromethyl dihydropyranones and mechanistic insights. 

A. T. Davies, J. E. Taylor, J. Douglas, C. J. Collett, L. C. Morrill, C. Fallan, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 9243–9257.

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Solid-phase asymmetric synthesis using polymer-supported chiral Evans’-type oxazolidin-2-one. 

R. Green, J. Peed, J. E. Taylor, R. A. R. Blackburn, S. D. Bull, Nat. Protoc. 2013, 8, 1890–1906.

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Enantioselective NHC-catalysed formal [4+2] cycloaddition of alkylarylketenes with β,γ-unsaturated α-ketophosphonates.

 S. M. Leckie, C. Fallan, J. E. Taylor, B. Brown, D. Pryde, T. Lébl, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith, Synlett 2013, 24, 1243–1249.

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NHC-promoted asymmetric β-lactone formation from arylalkylketenes and electron-deficient benzaldehydes or pyridinecarboxaldehydes.

J. Douglas, J. E. Taylor, G. Churchill, A. M . Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 3925–3938.

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N-Acyl 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene (DBN) tetraphenylborate salts as O-acylating agents. 

J. E. Taylor, J. M. J. Williams, S. D. Bull, Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 4074–4076.

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 Iodide as an activating agent for acid chlorides in acylation reactions. 

R. J. Wakeham, J. E. Taylor, S. D. Bull, J. A. Morris, J. M. J. Williams, Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 702–705.

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Dioctylaminosulphonamide-modified carbon nanoparticles as high surface area substrates for coenzyme Q10 – lipid electrochemistry. 

K. Lawrence, J. D. Watkins, T. D. James, J. E. Taylor, S. D. Bull, G. W. Nelson, J. S. Foord, Y-T. Long, F. Marken, Electroanalysis 2012, 24, 1003–1010.

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Mechanistic aspects of aldehyde and imine electro-reduction in a liquid-liquid carbon nanofiber membrane microreactor. 

J. D. Watkins, J. E. Taylor, S. D. Bull, F. Marken, Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 3357–3360.

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N-Acyl DBN tetraphenylborate salts as N-acylating agents.

J. E. Taylor, M. D. Jones, J. M. J. Williams, S. D. Bull, J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2808–2818.

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Amidines, isothioureas, and guanidines as nucleophilic catalysts.

J. E. Taylor, J. M. J. Williams, S. D. Bull, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 2109–2121.

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Asymmetric Strecker synthesis of α-arylglycines. 

Y. Pérez-Fuertes, J. E. Taylor, D. A. Tickell, M. F. Mahon, S. D. Bull, T. D. James, J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 6038–6047.

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Dihydroxylatrion-based approach for the asymmetric syntheses of hydroxy-g-butyrolactones. 

J. Peed, I. R. Davies, L. R. Peacock, J. E. Taylor, G. Kociok-Köhn, S. D. Bull, J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 543–555.

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Liquid-liquid electro-organic-synthetic processes in a carbon nanofiber membrane microreactor: triple phase boundary effects in the absence of intentionally added electrolyte.

J. D. Watkins, S. D. Ahn, J. E. Taylor, S. D. Bull, P. C. Bulman-Page, F. Marken, Electrochimica Acta 2011, 56, 6764–6770.

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Asymmetric synthesis of chiral δ-lactones containing multiple contiguous stereocenters.

 J. Peed, I. P. Domínguez, I. R. Davies, M. Cheeseman, J. E. Taylor, G. Kociok-Köhn, S. D. Bull, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3592–3595.

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Carbon nanoparticle Surface electrochemistry: high-density covalent immobilisation and pore-reactivity of 9,10-anthraquinone.

J. D. Watkins, K. Lawrence, J. E. Taylor, T. D. James, S. D. Bull, F. Marken, Electroanalysis 2011, 23, 1320–1324.

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Friedel-Crafts acylation of pyrroles and indoles using 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-ene (DBN) as a nucleophilic catalyst.

J. E. Taylor, M. D. Jones, J. M. J. Williams, S. D. Bull, Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 5740–5743.

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Carbon nanoparticle surface functionalisation: converting negatively charged sulfonate to positively charged sulfonamide. 

J. D. Watkins, R. Lawrence, J. E. Taylor, S. D. Bull, G. W. Nelson, J. S. Foord, D. Wolverson, L. Rassaei, N. D. M. Evans, S. A. Gascond, F. Marken Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 4872–4878.

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Borrowing hydrogen in water and ionic liquids: iridium-catalysed alkylation of amines with alcohols.

O. Saidi, J. Blacker, G. W. Lamb, S. P. Marsden, J. E. Taylor, J. M. J. Williams, Org. Proc. Res. Dev. 2010, 14, 1046–1049.

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Synthesis of furans, pyrroles, and pyridazines by a ruthenium-catalysed isomerisation of alkynediols and in situ cyclisation. 

S. P. Pridmore, P. A. Slatford, J. E. Taylor, M. K. Whittlesey, J. M. J. Williams, Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 8981–8986.

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Click-fluors: modular fluorescent saccharide sensors based on a 1,2,3-triazole ring.

D. K. Scrafton, J. E. Taylor, M. F. Mahon, J. S. Fossey, T. D. James, J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 2871–2874.

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An intramolecular double [2+2] cyclodimerisation of a tetraalkyne.

 J. E. Taylor, M. F. Mahon, J. S. Fossey, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 2266–2268.

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Voltammetric study of absorption and reactivity of metal complexes in cotton immersed in aqueous buffer solutions.

M. J. Bonne, J. E. Taylor, A. K. Carver, M. E. Helton, F. Marken, J. Electroanal. Chem. 2007, 601, 211–219.

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Voltammetric measurements at the surface of cotton: absorption and catalase reactivity of a dinuclear manganese complex. 

F. Marken, J. E. Taylor, M. J. Bonne, M. E. Helton, M. L. Parry, V. McKee, Langmuir 2007, 23, 2239–2246.

Book Chapters

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Kinetic Resolution and Desymmetrization of Alcohols and Amines by Nonenzymatic, Enantioselective Acylation

A. B. Frost, M. D. Greenhalgh, E. S. Munday, S. F. Musolino, J. E. Taylor, A. D. Smith, In Organic Synthesis P. A. Evans, Ed.; John Wiley & Sons (2020).

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Introduction to Practical Methods in Electro-Organic Syntheses

J. E. Taylor, M. A. Kulandainathan, C. E. Hotchen, F. Marken, In Modern Electrosynthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry F. Marken, M. Atobe Eds.; CRC Press, Boca Raton (2019).

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N-Acylation reactions of amines.

J. E. Taylor, S. D. Bull, In Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II; P. Knochel, G. A. Molander Eds.; Elsevier: In press; Vol. 6 (S. Burke, Ed.) (2014).

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Vanadyl Bis(acetylacetonate)

 J. E. Taylor, S. D. Bull, In e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (2012).

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