Ben W Greatrex
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Lamb O, Puschnig J, Glover S, Greatrex B
ChemSusChem
. 2024 Dec;
e202402292.
PMID: 39714994
Levoglucosenone is an important platform chemical and the principal product of acid-catalyzed cellulose pyrolysis, formed through several intermediates including levoglucosan. An acid-catalyzed redox isomerization of substituted 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-4-ols, which could be...
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Jevric M, Klepp J, Puschnig J, Lamb O, Sumby C, Greatrex B
Beilstein J Org Chem
. 2024 Apr;
20:823-829.
PMID: 38655557
A skeletal rearrangement of a series of 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-4-ols has been developed using SOCl in the presence of pyridine. An oxygen migration from C5 to C4 was observed when the C4...
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Podversnik H, Camp J, Greatrex B
Org Biomol Chem
. 2024 Jan;
22(5):950-953.
PMID: 38205508
A two-step enantioselective gram scale synthesis of the derived γ-lactones (+)-majoranolide and (+)-majoranolide B has been achieved. The sequence uses the amine promoted crossed condensation of the biorenewable synthon Cyrene...
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Puschnig J, Jevric M, Sumby C, Greatrex B
J Org Chem
. 2024 Jan;
89(2):1315-1319.
PMID: 38190610
The intramolecular enamine-Mizoroki-Heck reaction allows for the construction of nitrogen-containing heterocycles, although the related intermolecular version is less known. The reactions of enamines derived from Cyrene were investigated under Mizoroki-Heck...
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Legendre S, Sumby C, Karton A, Greatrex B
J Org Chem
. 2023 Aug;
88(16):11444-11449.
PMID: 37552803
Bifunctional thiourea/amine organocatalysts have been used for the desymmetrization of -endoperoxides using the Kornblum-DeLaMare reaction, giving 4-hydroxyketones in 78-98% yields with ≤98:2 enantioselectivity. The influence of the catalyst structure, solvent,...
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Karton A, Greatrex B, OReilly R
J Phys Chem A
. 2023 Jun;
127(27):5713-5722.
PMID: 37368352
We report that bifunctional molecules containing hydroxyl and carbonyl functional groups can undergo an effective transfer hydrogenation via an intramolecular proton-coupled hydride transfer (PCHT) mechanism. In this reaction mechanism, a...
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Klepp J, Bousfield T, Cummins H, Legendre S, Camp J, Greatrex B
Beilstein J Org Chem
. 2022 Oct;
18:1457-1462.
PMID: 36300013
The reactions of aromatic aldehydes and levoglucosenone promoted by methoxide gives bridged α,β-unsaturated ketones, formed by a series of oxa-Michael-initiated cascade reactions in yields of up to 91% (14 examples)....
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Camp J, Greatrex B
Front Chem
. 2022 Jun;
10:902239.
PMID: 35711952
Levoglucosone (LGO) is a bio-privileged molecule that can be produced on scale from waste biomass. This chiral building block has been converted via well-established chemical processes into previously difficult-to-synthesize building...
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Sadgrove N, Padilla-Gonzalez G, Green A, Langat M, Mas-Claret E, Lyddiard D, et al.
Plants (Basel)
. 2021 Apr;
10(4).
PMID: 33923613
Australia's endemic desert shrubs are commonly aromatic, with chemically diverse terpenes and phenylpropanoids in their headspace profiles. Species from the genus (Scrophulariaceae ex. Myoporaceae) are the most common, with 215...
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Sadgrove N, Padilla-Gonzalez G, Telford I, Greatrex B, Jones G, Andrew R, et al.
Plants (Basel)
. 2020 Nov;
9(11).
PMID: 33202983
The highly aromatic Australian mint bushes from the genus Labill. produce a high yield of essential oil on hydrodistillation. Together with its rich history, horticultural potential, iconic flowers, and aromatic...