Publications

 

161. Isothiourea-Catalysed Acylative Kinetic Resolution of Tertiary Pyrazolone Alcohols

M. T. Westwood, A. O. Farah, H. B. Wise, M. Sinfield, C. Robichon, D. B. Cordes, P. H-Y. Cheong, A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 202463, e202407983

 
 

160. One-Pot Access to Functionalised Malamides via Organocatalytic Enantioselective Formation of Spirocyclic β-Lactone-Oxindoles and Double Ring-Opening

A. J. Nimmo, K. Kasten, G. White, J. Roeterdink, A. P. McKay, D. B. Cordes, A. D. Smith

Molecules 202429(15), 3635

 
 

159. a-Phenylthioaldehydes for the effective generation of acyl azolium and azolium enolate intermediates

P. M. D. A. Ewing, P. K. Majhi, C. Prentice, C. M. Young, K. van Rees, P. L. Arnold, E. Zysman-Colman, A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci. 202415, 9369-9375

 
 

158. Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetra-substituted 3-Hydroxyphthalide Esters by Isothiourea-Catalysed Acylative Dynamic Kinetic Resolution

S. K. Agrawal, P. K. Majhi, A. S. Goodfellow, R. K. Tak, David B. Cordes, Aidan P. McKay, Kevin Kasten, Michael Bühl, A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 202463, e202402909

 
 

157. Isothiourea-Catalysed Acylative Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Tetra-substituted Morpholinone and Benzoxazinone Lactols

H. Zhu, A. Manchado, A. O. Farah, A. P. McKay, D. B. Cordes, P. H-Y. Cheong, K. Kasten, A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 202463, e202402908

 
 

156. Enantioselective Synthesis in Continuous Flow: Polymer Supported Isothiourea Catalyzed Enantioselective Michael Addition-Cyclisation with α-Azol-2-ylacetophenones

Z. Zhou, K. Kasten, T. Kang, D. B. Cordes, A. D. Smith

Org. Process Res. Dev., 2024, 28, 5, 2041–2049

 
 

155. De-epimerizing DyKAT of β-Lactones Generated by Isothiourea-Catalysed Enantioselective [2+2] Cycloaddition

A. Conboy, A. S. Goodfellow, K. Kasten, J. Dunne, D. B. Cordes, M. Bühl, A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci. 202415, 8896-8904

 
 

154. Unveiling the impact of a CF2 motif in the isothiourea catalyst skeleton: Evaluating C(3)-F2-HBTM and its catalytic activity

M. T. Westwood, K. Kasten, L. Stockhammer, R. d. Río-Rodríguez, J. A. Fernández-Salas, A. Eitzinger, A. M. Z. Slawin, M. Waser, J. Alémán, A. R. Ofial, A. D. Smith

ARKIVOC 2023, 202312093.

 
 

153. Access to a Diverse Array of Bridged Benzo[1,5]oxazocine and Benzo[1,4]diazepine Structures

G. Sherborne, D. Coura, P. Kemmitt, A. D. Smith

Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 48, 8585–8589.

 
 

152. Understanding Divergent Substrate Stereoselectivity in the Isothiourea-Catalysed Conjugate Addition of Cyclic a-Substituted b-Ketoesters to a,b-unsaturated Aryl Esters

D. Yuan, A. S. Goodfellow, K. Kasten, Z. Duan, T. Kang, D. B. Cordes, A. P. McKay, M. Bühl,  G. R. Boyce, A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 14146-14156

 
 

151. Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond Activation for Kinetic Resolution of Furanone Derivatives by an Organocatalyzed [3+2] Asymmetric Cycloaddition

M. A. Valle-Amores, C. Feberero, A. Martin-Somer, S, Díaz-Tendero, A. D. Smith, A. Fraile, J. Alemán

Org. Chem. Front.2024, 11, 1028-1038

 
 

150. Enantioselective isothiourea-catalysed reversible Michael addition of aryl esters to 2-benzylidene malononitriles

Alastair J. Nimmo, Jacqueline Bitai, Claire M. Young, Calum McLaughlin, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, David B. Cordes and Andrew D. Smith

Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 7537–7544

 
 

149. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Functionalisation of Glycine Schiff Base Aryl Esters via 1,6- and 1,4-additions

L. Stockhammer, R. Craik, U. Monkowius, D. B. Cordes, A. D. Smith, M. Waser

ChemistryEurope2023, e202300015

 
 

148. Probing Regio- and Enantioselectivity in the Formal [2+2] Cycloaddition of C(1)-Alkyl Ammonium Enolates with β- and α,β-Substituted Trifluoromethylenones

Y. Wang, C. M. Young, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith

J. Org. Chem. 202388, 12, 7784-7799

 
 

147. Benzophenone as a cheap and effective photosensitizer for the photocatalytic synthesis of dimethyl cubane-1,4-dicarboxylate

C. Prentice, A. E. Martin, J. Morrison, A. D. Smith, E. Zysman-Colman

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 3307-3310

 
 

146. Rate and Equilibrium Constants for the Addition of Triazolium Salt Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to Heteroaromatic Aldehydes

Z. Duan, C. M. Young, J. Zhu, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. C. O’Donoghue, A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 162-170

 
 

145. Visible Light-Mediated Cyclisation Reaction for the Synthesis of Highly-Substituted Tetrahydroquinolines and Quinolines

G. J. Sherborne, P. Kemmitt, C. Prentice, E. Zysman-Colman, A. D. Smith, C. Fallan

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202207829

 
 

144. Evaluating Multi-Resonant Thermally Activated Delayed (MR-TADF) Fluorescent Compounds as Photocatalysts

C. Prentice, J. Morrison, A. D. Smith, E. Zysman-Colman

Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202202998

 
 

143. Dual NHC/Photoredox Catalytic Synthesis of 1,4-Diketones Using an MR-TADF Photocatalyst (DiKTa)

C. Prentice, J. Morrison, E. Zysman-Colman, A. D. Smith

Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 13624-13627

 
 

142. 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, 19, 13367–13374

 
 

141. A Desilylative Approach to Alkyl Substituted C(1)-Ammonium Enolates: Application In Enantioselective [2+2] Cycloadditions

Y. Wang, C. M. Young, H. Liu, W. C. Hartley, M. Wienhold, D. B. Cordes, A M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202208800

 
 

140. Isothiourea-Catalyzed [2+2] Cycloaddition of C(1)-Ammonium Enolates and N-Alkyl Isatins

Y. Abdelhamid, K. Kasten, J. Dunne, W. C. Hartley, C. M. Young, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, Sean Ng, A. D. Smith

Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5444-5449

 
 

139. Isothiourea-Catalysed Enantioselective Radical Conjugate Addition under Batch and Flow Conditions

R. del Río-Rodríguez, M. T. Westwood, M. Sicignano, M. Juhl, J. A. Fernández-Salas, J. Alemán, A. D. Smith

Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 7277-7280

 
 

138. Isothiourea-catalyzed enantioselective Michael addition of malonates to α,β-unsaturated aryl esters

J. Wu, C. M. Young, A. Watts, A. M. Z. Slawin, G. Boyce, M. Bühl, A. D. Smith

Org. Lett., 2022, 24, 22, 4040–4045

 
 

137. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Formal Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Benzophenone Imines to β-Fluorinated α,β-Unsaturated Esters

J. Lapetaje, C. M. Young, C. Shu, A. D. Smith

Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 6886-6889

 
 

136. Cooperative Palladium/Isothiourea Catalyzed Enantioselective Formal (3+2) Cycloaddition of Vinylcyclopropanes and a,b-Unsaturated Esters

J. Bitai, A. Nimmo, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61

 
 

135. The Role of the Fused Ring in Bicyclic Triazolium Organocatalysts: Kinetic, X-ray and DFT Insights

J. Zhu, I. Moreno, P. Quinn, D. Yufit, L. Song, C. M. Young, Z. Duan, A. Tyler, P. Waddell, M. Hall, M. R. Probert, A. D. Smith, A. C. O'Donoghue

J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 6, 4241–4253

 
 

134. Scope, limitations and mechanistic analysis of the HyperBTM-catalyzed acylative kinetic resolution of tertiary heterocyclic alcohols

S. M. Smith, M. D. Greenhalgh, T. Feoktistova, D. M. Walden, J. E. Taylor, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, P. H-Y. Cheong and A. D. Smith

Eur. J. Org. Chem, 2022, e202101111

 
 

133. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective α-Alkylation of Esters via 1,6-Conjugate Addition to para-Quinone Methides

J. N. Arokianathar, W. C. Hartley, C. McLaughlin, M. D. Greenhalgh, D. Stead, S. Ng, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith

Molecules, 2021, 26, 6333

 
 

132. Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of 1,4- dihydropyridines via the addition of C(1)-ammonium enolates to pyridinium salts

C. McLaughlin, J. Bitai, L J. Barber, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 12001-12011

 
 

131. Kinetic and Structure-Activity Studies of the Triazolium Ion-catalyzed Stetter Reaction

C. J. Collett, C. M. Young, R. S. Massey, A. O'Donoghue, A. D. Smith

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 3670 –3675

 
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130. In vitro and in cellulo anti-diabetic activity of Au(I)-and Au(III)-isothiourea complexes

S. Fayyaz, M. Shaikh, D. Gasperini, S. P. Nolan, A. D. Smith, M. I. Choudhary

Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2021, 130, 108666

 
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129. Horeau Amplification in the Sequential Acylative Kinetic Resolution of (±)-1,2-Diols and (±)-1,3-Diols in Flow

A. Brandolese, M. D. Greenhalgh, S. Qu, T. Desrues, X. Liu, C. Bressy, A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 3620–3627

 
 

128. Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Aryl-β2-Amino-esters via Cooperative Isothiourea and Brønsted Acid Catalysis

F. Zhao; C. Shu; C. M. Young; C. Carpenter-Warren; A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60,11892 –11900

 
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127. α,β-Unsaturated acyl ammonium species as reactive intermediates in organocatalysis: an update

J. Bitai, M. Westwood, A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 2366-2384

 
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126. Ultrarapid Cerium(III)–NHC Catalysts for High Molar Mass Cyclic Polylactide

P. M. D. A. Ewing, R. W. F. Kerr, S. K. Raman, A. D. Smith, C. K. Williams, and P. L. Arnold

ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 3, 1563–1569

 
 

125. Kinetic and Structure-Activity Studies of the Triazolium Ion-catalysed Benzoin Condensation

R. Massey, J. Murray, C. Collett, J. Zhu, A. D. Smith, A. O'Donoghue

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2021, 19, 387-393

 
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124.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

Organic Reactions. 2021, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, p. 1-4p

 
 

123. Generation and Reactivity of C(1)-Ammonium Enolates Using Isothiourea Catalysis

C. McLaughlin and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 5, 1533-1555

 
 

122. Isothiourea-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated para-nitrophenyl esters

J. Wu, C. M. Young, A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron, 2020, 131758

 
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121. A retrospective cross-sectional study to determine chirality status of registered medicines in Tanzania

K. W. Mwamwitwa, R. M. Kaibere, A. M. Fimbo, W. Sabitii, N. E. Ntinginya, B. T. Mmbaga, D. H. Shewiyo, M. C. Shearer, A. D. Smith, E. A. Kaale

Scientific Reports. 2020, 10, 17834

 

120. Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

C. Prentice, J. Morrison, E. Zysman-Colman and A. D. Smith

Beilstein J. Org. Chem, 2020, 16, 2363-2441

 
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119. NHC-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of β-trifluoromethyl-β-hydroxyamides

A. T. Davies, M. D. Greenhalgh, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Beilstein J Org Chem. 2020; 16: 1572–1578.

 
 

118. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Acylative Kinetic Resolution of Tertiary α-Hydroxy Esters

S. Qu, S.M. Smith, V. Laina-Martín, R. M. Neyyappadath, M. D. Greenhalgh and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 16572-16578

 
 

117. Isothiourea-catalyzed functionalization of pyrrolyl- and indolylacetic acid: enantioselective synthesis of dihydropyridinones and one-pot synthesis of pyridinones

S. Zhang, L. Bacheley, C. M. Young, D. G. Stark, T. O’Riordan, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Asian J. Org. Chem., 2020, 9, 1562-1566

 
 

116. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Synthesis of Pyrrole- and Indole-Functionalized Tetrasubstituted Pyridines

S. Zhang, W. C. Hartley, M. D. Greenhalgh, S. Ng, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 4522-4525

 
 

115. Exploring the Scope of Tandem Palladium and Isothiourea Relay Catalysis for the Synthesis of α-Amino Acid Derivatives

J. Bitai, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. B. Cordes, A. D. Smith

Molecules202025, 2463

 
 

114. Tandem sequential catalytic enantioselective synthesis of highly-functionalised tetrahydroindolizine derivatives

S. Zhang, M. D. Greenhalgh, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 3885-3892

 
 

113. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Atropselective Acylation of Biaryl Phenols via Sequential Desymmetrization / Kinetic Resolution

E. S. Munday, M. A. Grove, T. Feoktistova, A. C. Brueckner, D. M. Walden, C. M. Young, A. M. Z. Slawin, A. D. Campbell, P. H.-Y. Cheong and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 7897-7905

 
 

112. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetrahydro-𝛂-carbolinones

H. Liu, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 1301-1305

 
 

111. A Mechanistically and Operationally Simple Route to Metal-N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Complexes

N. V. Tzouras, F. Nahra, L. Falivene, L. Cavallo, M. Saab, K. Van Hecke, A. Collado, C. J. Collett, A. D. Smith, C. S. J. Cazin and S. P. Nolan

Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 4515-4519

 
 
 
 

109. 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

 
 

108. The Importance of 1,5-Oxygen•••Chalcogen Interactions in Enantioselective Isochalcogenourea Catalysis

C. M. Young, A. Elmi, D. J. Pascoe, R. K. Morris, C. McLaughlin, A. M. Woods, A. B. Frost, A. de la Houpliere, K. B. Ling, T. K. Smith, A. M. Z. Slawin, P. H. Willoughby, S. L. Cockroft and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 3705-3710

 
 

107. NHC-Catalysed Enantioselective Intramolecular Formal [4+2] Cycloadditions using Carboxylic Acids as Azolium Enolate Precursors

N. Attaba and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron, DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2019.130835

 
 

106. Isothiourea-catalysed enantioselective addition of N-heterocycles to α,β-unsaturated aryl esters

C. Shu, H. Liu, A. M. Z. Slawin, C. Carpenter-Warren and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 241-247

 
 

105. Base-free Enantioselective C(1)-Ammonium Enolate Catalysis Exploiting Aryloxides: A Synthetic and Mechanistic Study

C. McLaughlin, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 15111-15119

 
 

104. Isothiourea-Catalysed Sequential Kinetic Resolution of Acyclic (±)-1,2-Diols

S. Harrer, M. D. Greenhalgh, R. M. Neyyappadath and A. D. Smith

Synlett, 2019, 30, 1555-1560

 
 

103. Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of perfluoroalkyl-substituted β-lactones via a concerted asynchronous [2+2] cycloaddition: A synthetic and computational study

D. Barrios Antunez, M. D. Greenhalgh, A. C. Brueckner, D. M. Walden, P. Elías-Rodríguez, P. Roberts, B. Young, T. W. West, A. M. Z. Slawin, P. H-Y. Cheong and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.201910, 6162-6173

 
 

102. Evaluating aryl esters as bench-stable C(1)-ammonium enolate precursors in catalytic, enantioselective Michael addition–lactonisations

C. M. Young, J. E. Taylor and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201917, 4747-4752

 
 

101.  Synthesis of Fused Indoline-Cyclobutanone Derivatives via an Intramolecular [2+2] Cycloaddition

R. M. Neyyappadath, M. D. Greenhalgh, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2019, 5169–5174

 
 

100.  Isothiourea-Catalyzed Regioselective Acylative Kinetic Resolution of Axially Chiral Biaryl Diols

S. Qu, M. D. Greenhalgh and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J201925, 2816-2823

 
 

99. Chiral Au(I) and Au(III)-Isothiourea Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization and Application

D. Gasperini, M. D. Greenhalgh, R Imad, S. Siddiqui, A. Malik, F. Arshad, M. I. Choudhary, A. Al-Majid, D. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, S. Nolan and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J201925, 1064-1075

 
 

98. Selective and catalytic carbon dioxide and heteroallene activation mediated by cerium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes

P. L. Arnold, R. W. F. Kerr, C. Weetman, S. R. Docherty, J. Rieb, F. L. Cruickshank, K. Wang, C. Jandl, M. W. McMullon, A. Pöthig, F. E. Kühn and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.20189, 8035-8045

 
 

97. Evaluating polymer-supported isothiourea catalysis in industrially-preferable solvents for the acylative kinetic resolution of secondary and tertiary heterocyclic alcohols in batch and flow

N. R. Guha, R. M. Neyyappadath, M. D. Greenhalgh, R. Chisholm, S. M. Smith, M. L. McEvoy, C. M. Young, C. Rodríguez-Escrich, M. A. Pericàs, G. Hähner and A. D. Smith

Green Chem.201820, 4537–4546

 
 

96. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Functionalization of 2-Pyrrolyl Acetic Acid: Two-Step Synthesis of Stereodefined Dihydroindolizinones

S. Zhang, J. E. Taylor, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201820, 5482-5485

 
 

95. Direct organocatalytic enantioselective functionalization of SiOx surfaces

J. D. Parkin, R. Chisholm, A. B. Frost, R. G. Bailey, A. D. Smith and G. Hähner

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201857, 9377-9381

 
 

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

M. D. Greenhalgh, J. E. Taylor and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron201874, 5554-5560

93. Multiple roles of aryloxide leaving groups in enantioselective annulations employing α,β-unsaturated acyl ammonium catalysis

M. D. Greenhalgh, S. Qu, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.20189, 4909-4918

92. C=O•••Isothiouronium Interaction Dictates Enantiodiscrimination in Acylative Kinetic Resolution 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, P. H-Y. Cheong and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201857, 3200–3206

91. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of 4-Nitrophenyl Esters to Iminium Ions

J. N. Arokianathar, A. B. Frost, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. Stead and A. D. Smith

ACS Catalysis20188, 1153–1160

 
 

90. Acylative Kinetic Resolution of Alcohols Using a Recyclable Polymer-Supported Isothiourea Catalyst in Batch and Flow

R. M. Neyyappadath, R. Chisholm, M. D. Greenhalgh, C. Rodríguez-Escrich, M. A. Pericàs, G. Hähner and A. D. Smith

ACS Catalysis20188, 1067–1075

89. 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 and N. J. Westwood

Org. Biomol. Chem.201816, 266-273

88. Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Fluoro-β-aryl-α-aminopentenamides by Organocatalytic [2,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement

K. Kasten, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201719, 5182-5185

87. Aryloxide-Facilitated Catalyst Turnover in Enantioselective α,β-Unsaturated Acyl Ammonium Catalysis

A. Matviitsuk, M. D. Greenhalgh, D.-J. Barrios Antúnez, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201756, 12282-12287

86. 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 and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201715, 8914-8922

85. Tandem Pd 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.2017139, 11895–11902

84. Aryloxide Promoted Catalyst Turnover in Lewis Base Organocatalysis

W. C. Hartley, T. J. C. O’Riordan and A. D. Smith

Synthesis201749, 3303-3310

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

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

J. Am. Chem. Soc.2017139, 4366–4375

82. Isothiourea-catalysed chemo- and enantioselective [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements of N,N-diallyl allylic ammonium ylides

T. H. West, S. S. M. Spoehrle and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron201773, 4138-4149

81. 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 and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry201728, 355-366

80. 6-exo-trig Michael Addition-Lactonizations for Catalytic Enantioselective Chromenone Synthesis

R. M.Neyyappadath, D. B.Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Chem. Commun.201753, 2555-2558

79. Enantioselective N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed formal [3+2] cycloaddition using α-aroyloxyaldehydes and oxaziridines

R. W. F. Kerr, M. D. Greenhalgh, A. M. Z. Slawin, P. L. Arnold and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry201728, 125-134

78. Enantioselective Isothiourea Catalysed Michael-Michael-Lactonisation Cascade; Synthesis of δ-Lactones and 1,2,3,4-Substituted Cyclopentanes

E. R. T. Robinson, A. B. Frost, P. Elías-Rodríguez and A. D. Smith

Synthesis201749, 409-423

77. 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 and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J.201622, 18916-18922

76. 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 and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201655, 14394-14399

75. Enantioselective Stereodivergent Nucleophile-Dependent Isothiourea-Catalysed Domino Reactions

A. Matviitsuk, J. E. Taylor, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J.201622, 17748-17757

74. Enantioselective Isothiourea-Catalysed trans-Dihydropyridinone Synthesis using Saccharin-derived Ketimines: Scope and Limitations

D. G. Stark, C. M. Young, T. J. C. O'Riordan, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201614, 8068-8073

73. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Pyrrolizine Carboxylates using Isothiourea Catalysis: A Synthetic and Computational Study

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 and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201614, 8957-8965

72. Non-Bonding 1,5-S•••O Interactions Govern Chemo- and Enantioselectivity in Isothiourea-Catalyzed Annulations of Benzazoles

E. R. T. Robinson, D. M. Walden, C. Fallan, M. D. Greenhalgh, P. H.-Y. Cheong and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.20167, 6919-6927

71. Enantioselective Synthesis of 2,3-Disubstituted trans-2,3-Dihydrobenzofurans Using a Brønsted Base/Thiourea Bifunctional Catalyst

D. -J. Barrios Antúnez, M. D. Greenhalgh, C. Fallan, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201614, 7268-7274

70. Quinidine-Catalysed Enantioselective Synthesis of 6- and 4-Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Dihydropyrans

K. Kasten, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Eur. J. Org. Chem.201621, 3619-3624

69. Isothiourea-Mediated Organocatalytic Michael Addition–Lactonization on a Surface: Modification of SAMs on Silicon Oxide Substrates

R. Chisholm, J. D. Parkin, A. D. Smith and G. Hähner

Langmuir201632, 3130-3138

68. A Substrate Mimic Allows High-Throughput Assay of the FabA Protein and Consequently the Identification of a Novel Inhibitor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa FabA

L. Moynie, A. G. Hope, K. Finzel, J. Schmidberger, S. M. Leckie, G. Schneider, M. D. Burkhart, A. D. Smith, D. W. Gray and J. H. Naismith

J. Mol. Biol.2016428, 108-120

67. Enantioselective Synthesis of 3,5,6-Substituted Dihydropyranones and Dihydropyridinones using Isothiourea-Mediated Catalysis

D. G. Stark, L. C. Morrill, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin, T. J. C. O'Riordan and A. D. Smith

Chem. Asian J.201611, 395-400

66. 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 and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201517, 5824-5827

65. Catalytic Stereoselective [2,3]-Rearrangement Reactions

T. H. West, S. S. M. Spoehrle, K. Kasten, J. E. Taylor and A. D. Smith

ACS Catal.20155, 7446-7479

64. Enantioselective NHC-Catalyzed Redox [2+2] Cycloadditions with Perfluoroketones; A Route to Fluorinated Oxetanes

A. T. Davies, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J.201521, 18944-18948

63. Stereo- and Chemodivergent NHC-Promoted Functionalisation of Arylalkylketenes with Chloral

J. J. Douglas, G. Churchill, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. J. Fox and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J.201521, 16354-16358

62. Enantioselective NHC-Catalyzed Redox [4+2]-hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions using alpha,beta-Unsaturated Trichloromethyl ketones as Amide Equivalents

N. Attaba, J. E. Taylor, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

J. Org. Chem.201580, 9728-9739

61. 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 and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J.201521, 10530-10536

60. 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 and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201554, 6887-6892

59. Proton transfer reactions of N-aryl triazolium salts: unusual ortho-substituent effects

D. E. Tucker, P. Quinn, R. S. Massey, C. J. Collett, D. J. Jasiewicz, C. R. Bramley, A. D. Smith and A. C. O'Donoghue

J. Phys. Org. Chem.201528, 108-115

58. Regiodivergent Lewis base-promoted O- to C-carboxyl transfer of furanyl carbonates

C. D. Campbell, C. Joannesse, L. C. Morrill, D. Philp and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201513, 2895-2900

57. 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 and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201513, 2177-2191

56. An asymmetric pericyclic cascade approach to 3-alkyl-3-aryloxindoles: generality, applications and mechanistic investigations

E. Richmond, K. B. Ling, N. Duguet, L. B. Manton, N. Çelebi-Ölçüm, Y.-H. Lam, S. Alsancak, A. M. Z. Slawin, K. N. Houk and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201513, 1807-1817

55. A Scalable, Chromatography-Free Synthesis of Benzotetramisole

D. S. B. Daniels, S. R. Smith, T. Lebl, P. Shapland and A. D. Smith

Synthesis201547, 34-41

54. Synthesis of Di-, Tri-, and Tetrasubstituted Pyridines from (Phenylthio)carboxylic Acids and 2-[Aryl(tosylimino)methyl]acrylates

D. G. Stark, T. J. C. O'Riordan and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201416, 6496-6499

53. 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 and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem201412, 9016-9027

52. Asymmetric Synthesis of Tri- and Tetrasubstituted Trifluoromethyl Dihydropyranones from α-Aroyloxyaldehydes via NHC-Redox Catalysis

A. T. Davies, P. M. Pickett, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

ACS Catal.20144, 2696-2700

51. 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 and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J.201420, 9762-9769

50. Catalyst selective and regiodivergent O- to C- or N-carboxyl transfer of pyrazolyl carbonates: synthetic and computational studies

E. Gould, D. M. Walden, K. Kasten, R. C. Johnston, J. Wu, A. M. Z. Slawin, T. J. L. Mustard, B. Johnston, T. Davies, P. H.-Y. Cheong and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.20145, 3651-3658

49. Organocatalytic Lewis base functionalisation of carboxylic acids, esters and anhydrides via C1-ammonium or azolium enolates

L. C. Morrill and A. D. Smith

Chem. Soc. Rev.201443, 6214-6226

48. α-Ketophosphonates as Ester Surrogates: Isothiourea-Catalyzed Asymmetric Diester and Lactone Synthesis

S. R. Smith, S. M. Leckie, R. Holmes, J. Douglas, C. Fallan, P. Shapland, D. Pryde, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201416, 2506-2509

47. An Isothiourea-catalyzed Asymmetric [2,3]-Rearrangement of Allylic Ammonium Ylides

T. H. West, D. S. B. Daniels, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

J. Am. Chem. Soc.2014136, 4476-4479

46. Isothiourea-Mediated Asymmetric Functionalization of 3-Alkenoic Acids

L. C. Morrill, S. M. Smith, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

J. Org. Chem.201479, 1640-1655

45. Isothiourea-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of beta-lactams and beta-amino esters from arylacetic acid derivatives and N-sulfonyl aldimines

S. R. Smith, J. Douglas, H. Prevet, P. Shapland, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

J. Org. Chem.201479, 1626-1639

44. Isothiourea-Mediated One-Pot Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl Substituted 2-Pyrones

P.-P. Yeh, D. S. B. Daniels, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201416, 964-967

43. 2-Arylacetic anhydrides as ammonium enolate precursors

L. C. Morrill, L. A. Ledingham, J.-P. Couturier, J. Bickel, A. D. Harper, C. Fallan and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201412, 624-636

42. Asymmetric NHC-Catalyzed Redox α-Amination of α-Aroyloxyaldehydes

J. E. Taylor, D. S. B. Daniels and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201315, 6058-6061

41. The development of highly active acyclic chiral hydrazides for asymmetric iminium ion organocatalysis

E. Gould, T. Lebl, A. M. Z. Slawin, M. Reid, T. Davies and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201311, 7877-7892

40. Isothiourea-Mediated One-Pot Synthesis of Functionalized Pyridines

D. G. Stark, L. C. Morrill, P.-P. Yeh, A. M. Z. Slawin, T. J. C. O'Riordan and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201352, 11642-11646

39. 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, G. Churchill and A. D. Smith

J. Org. Chem.201378, 9243-9257

38. Isothiourea-mediated asymmetric Michael-lactonisation of trifluoromethylenones: a synthetic and mechanistic study

L. C. Morrill, J. Douglas, T. Lebl, A. M. Z. Slawin, D. J. Fox and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.20134, 4146-4155

37. Telescoped Synthesis of Stereodefined Pyrrolidines

D. Belmessieri, D. B. Cordes, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201315, 3472-3475

36. Enantioselective NHC-Catalysed Formal [4+2] Cycloaddition of Alkylaryl­ketenes with β,γ-Unsaturated α-Ketophosphonates

S. M. Leckie, C. Fallan, J. E. Taylor, T. B. Brown, D. Pryde, T. Lebl, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Synlett201324, 1243-1249

35. NHC-mediated enantioselective formal [4+2] cycloadditions of alkylarylketenes and β,γ-unsaturated α-ketocarboxylic esters and amides

S. M. Leckie, T. B. Brown, D. Pryde, T. Lebl, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.201311, 3230-3246

34. 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 and A. D. Smith

J. Org. Chem.201378, 3925-3938

33. Anhydrides as α,β-unsaturated acyl ammonium precursors: Isothiourea-promoted catalytic asymmetric annulation processes

E. R. T. Robinson, C. Fallan, C. Simal, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.20134, 2193-2200

32. Mechanistic insights into the triazolylidene-catalysed Stetter and Benzoin Reactions: role of the N-aryl substituent

C. J. Collett, R. S. Massey, O. R. Maguire, A. S. Batsanov, A. C. O'Donoghue and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.20134, 1514-1522

31. Structural insights into the mechanism and inhibition of the β-hydroxydecanoyl-acyl carrier protein dehydratase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

L. Moynié, S. M. Leckie, S. A. McMahon, F. G. Duthie, A. Koehnke, J. W. Taylor, M. S. Alphey, R. Brenk, A. D. Smith and J. H. Naismith

J. Mol. Biol.2013425, 365-377

30. Proton Transfer Reactions of Triazol-3-ylidenes: Kinetic Acidities and Carbon Acid pKa Values for Twenty Triazolium Salts in Aqueous Solution

R. S. Massey, C. J. Collett, A. G. Lindsay, A. D. Smith and A. C. O'Donoghue

J. Am. Chem. Soc.2012134, 20421-20432

29. NHCs in Asymmetric Organocatalysis: Recent Advances in Azolium Enolate Generation and Reactivity

J. Douglas, G. Churchill and A. D. Smith

Synthesis201244, 2295-2309

28. Asymmetric Pericyclic Cascade Approach to Spirocyclic Oxindoles

E. Richmond, N. Duget, A. M. Z. Slawin, T. Lebl and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201214, 2762-2765

27. Catalytic asymmetric α-amination of carboxylic acids using isothioureas

L. Morrill, T. Lebl, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Chem. Sci.20123, 2088-2093

26. Dihydropyridones: catalytic asymmetric synthesis, N- to C-sulfonyl transfer and derivatizations

C. Simal, T. Lebl, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201251, 3653-3657

25. Isothiourea-mediated asymmetric O- to C-carboxyl transfer of oxazolyl carbonates: structure-selectivity profiles and mechanistic studies

C. Joannesse, C. P. Johnston, L. C. Morrill, P. A. Woods, M. Kieffer, T. A. Nigst, H. Mayr, T. Lebl, D. Philp, R. A. Bragg and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J201218, 2398-2408

24. Pericyclic Cascade with Chirality Transfer: Reaction Pathway and Origin of Enantioselectivity of the Hetero-Claisen Approach to Oxindoles

N. Çelebi-Ölçüm, Y. Lam, E. Richmond, K. B. Ling, A. D. Smith and K. N. Houk

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.201150, 11478-11482

23. Isothiourea-Catalyzed Asymmetric C-acylation of Silyl Ketene Acetals

P. A. Woods, L. C. Morrill, R. A. Bragg and A. D. Smith

Chem. Eur. J.201117, 11060-11067

22. Nucleophilicities and Lewis Basicities of Isothiourea Derivatives

B. Maji, C. Joannesse, T. Nigst, A. D. Smith and H. Mayr

J. Org. Chem.201176, 5104-5112

21. Isothiourea-catalyzed asymmetric O- to C-carboxyl transfer of furanyl carbonates

C. Joannesse, L. C. Morrill, C. D. Campbell, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Synthesis2011, 1865-1879

20. Catalytic Enantioselective Steglich Rearrangements using Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

C. D. Campbell, C. Concellón and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry201122, 797-811

19. Organic base effects in NHC promoted O- to C-carboxyl transfer; chemoselectivity profiles, mechanistic studies and domino catalysis

C. D. Campbell, C. J. Collett, J. E. Thomson, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.20119, 4205-4218

18. Organocatalytic Functionalization of Carboxylic acids: Isothiourea-Catalyzed Asymmetric Intra- and Intermolecular Michael Addition-Lactonizations

D. Belmessieri, L. C. Morrill, C. Simal, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011133, 2710-2714

17. Structure-enantioselectivity effects in 3,4-dihydropyrimido[2,1-b]benzothiazole-based isothioureas as enantioselective acylation catalysts

D. Belmessieri, C. Joannesse, P. A. Woods, C. MacGregor, C. Jones, C. D. Campbell, C. P. Johnston, N. Duguet, C. Concellón, R. A. Bragg and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.20119, 559-570

16. α-Aroyloxyaldehydes; scope and limitations as alternatives to α-haloaldehydes for NHC-catalysed redox transformations

K. B. Ling and A. D. Smith

Chem. Comm.201147, 373-375

15. Structural effects in pyrazolidinone-mediated iminium ion-promoted Diels-Alder reactions

E. Gould, M. Reid, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron201066, 8892-9008

14. NHC-mediated chlorination of alkylarylketenes: Catalysis and Asymmetry

J. Douglas, K. B. Ling, C. Concellón, G. Churchill, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Eur. J. Org. Chem.2010, 5863-5869

13. Isothiourea-Mediated Stereoselective C-Acylation of Silyl Ketene Acetals

P. A. Woods, L. C. Morrill, T. Lebl, A. M. Z. Slawin, R. A. Bragg, and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.201012, 2660-2663

12. Chiral relay in NHC-mediated asymmetric β-lactam synthesis II; substituent effects in NHCs derived from acylic 1,2-diamines

N. Duguet, A. Donaldson, S. M. Leckie, E. A. Kallstrom, C. D. Campbell, P. Shapland, T. B. Brown, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry201021, 601-616

11. Chiral relay in NHC-mediated asymmetric β-lactam synthesis I; substituent effects in NHCs derived from (1R,2R)-cyclohexyl-1,2-diamine

N. Duguet, A. Donaldson, S. M. Leckie, J. Douglas, P. Shapland, T. B. Brown, G. Churchill, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron: Asymmetry201021, 582-600

10. Applications of NHC-mediated O- to C-carboxyl transfer: synthesis of (±)-N-benzyl-coerulescine and (±)-horsfiline

J. E. Thomson, A. F. Kyle, K. B. Ling, S. R. Smith, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Tetrahedron201066, 3801-3813

9. NHC-mediated enantioselective addition of phenols to unsymmetrical alkylarylketenes

C. Concellón, N. Duguet and A. D. Smith

Adv. Synth. Catal.2009351, 3001-3009

8. Isothiourea catalysed enantioselective O- to C-carboxyl transfer

C. Joannesse, C. P. Johnston, C. Concellón, C. Simal, D. Philp and A. D. Smith

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.200948, 8914-8918

7. An asymmetric hetero-Claisen approach to 3-alkyl-3-aryloxindoles

N. Duguet, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett.200911, 3858-3861

6. N-heterocyclic carbene catalysed O- to C-carboxyl transfer of indolyl and benzofuranyl carbonates

J. E. Thomson, A. F. Kyle, C. Concellón, K. A. Gallagher, P. Lenden, L. C. Morrill, A. J. Miller, C. Joannesse, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Synthesis200817, 2805

5. Amidine Catalysed O- to C-carboxyl transfer of heterocyclic carbonate derivatives

C. Joannesse, C. Simal, C. Concellón, J. E. Thomson, C. D. Campbell, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem.20086, 2900

4. Tandem multi-step synthesis of C-carboxyazlactones using N-heterocyclic carbenes

C. D. Campbell, N. Duguet, K. A. Gallagher, J. E. Thomson, A. G. Lindsay, A. O’Donoghue and A. D. Smith

Chem. Comm.2008, 3528

3. Probing the efficiency of N-heterocyclic carbene promoted O- to C-carboxyl transfer of oxazolyl carbonates

J. E. Thomson, C. D. Campbell, C. Concellón, N. Duguet, K. Rix, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

J. Org. Chem.200873, 2784

2. N-Heterocyclic carbene catalysed β-lactam synthesis

N. Duguet, C. D. Campbell, A. M. Z. Slawin and A. D. Smith

Org. Biomol. Chem. , 2008, 6, 1108

 1. Efficient N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysed O- to C-acyl transfer

J. E. Thomson, K. Rix and A. D. Smith

Org. Lett., 2006 , 8, 3785