Category Archives: Publications 2013

A Concise Cross-Metathesis Route to Enantiopure 1-Azaspirocycles

Authors Zhen James Wang, Nicolas Daniel Spiccia, Christopher James Gartshore, Jayamini Illesinghe, William Roy Jackson and Andrea Jane Robinson Published Synthesis Graphical abstract   Abstract The 1-azaspirocyclic ring system can be found in a number of bioactive natural product families. … Continue reading

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Thermochromic composite fibres containing liquid crystals formed via melt extrusion

Authors Louise van der Werff, Ilias Louis Kyratzis, Andrea Robinson, Robin Cranston, Gary Peeters, Mike O’Shea and Lance Nichols Published Journal of Material Science Graphical abstract   Abstract Temperature-sensitive fibres and textiles can be applied to a variety of medical … Continue reading

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Dicarba α‐Conotoxin Vc1.1 Analogues with Differential Selectivity for Nicotinic Acetylcholine and GABAB Receptors

Authors Bianca J. van Lierop, Samuel D. Robinson, Shiva N. Kompella, Alessia Belgi, 
Jeffrey R. McArthur, Andrew Hung, Christopher A. MacRaild, David J. Adams, Raymond S. Norton and Andrea J. Robinson Published  ACS Chemical Biology Graphical abstract   Abstract Conotoxins … Continue reading

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An Efficient Protocol for the Cross-Metathesis of Sterically Demanding Olefins

Authors Zhen J. Wang, W. Roy Jackson and Andrea J. Robinson Published Organic Letters Graphical abstract   Abstract We have recently described synthetic routes to the azaspirocyclic ring systems found in marine tricyclic alkaloids such as Cylindricine A utilising a … Continue reading

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