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Gold-catalyzed oxidative coupling of arylsilanes and arenes: Origin of selectivity and improved precatalyst (2013)
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Ball, L. T., Lloyd-Jones, G. C., & Russell, C. A. (2014). Gold-catalyzed oxidative coupling of arylsilanes and arenes: Origin of selectivity and improved precatalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(1), 254-264. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja408712e

The mechanism of gold-catalyzed coupling of arenes with aryltrimethylsilanes has been investigated, employing an improved precatalyst (thtAuBr3) to facilitate kinetic analysis. In combination with linear free-energy relationships, kinetic isotope eff... Read More about Gold-catalyzed oxidative coupling of arylsilanes and arenes: Origin of selectivity and improved precatalyst.

C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis (2013)
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Best, D., & Lam, H. W. (2013). C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 79(3), https://doi.org/10.1021/jo402414k

Nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocycles (azaarenes) are of widespread chemical significance, and chi-ral compounds containing azaarenes feature prominently in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and natural products. This Perspective highlights the use... Read More about C=N-containing azaarenes as activating groups in enantioselective catalysis.

Negative area compressibility in silver(i) tricyanomethanide (2013)
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Hodgson, S. A., Adamson, J., Hunt, S. J., Cliffe, M. J., Cairns, A. B., Thompson, A. L., …Goodwin, A. L. (2014). Negative area compressibility in silver(i) tricyanomethanide. Chemical Communications, 2014(40), 5264-5266. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc47032f

The metal–organic framework copper(I) tricyanomethanide, Cu(tcm), undergoes a ferroelastic transition on cooling below Tf = 240 K. Thermal expansion measurements reveal an order-of-magnitude variation in framework flexibility across Tf. The low-tempe... Read More about Negative area compressibility in silver(i) tricyanomethanide.

A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level (2013)
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Fray, M. J., Macdonald, S. J., Baldwin, I. R., Barton, N., Brown, J., Campbell, I. B., …Wellaway, N. (2013). A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level. Drug Discovery Today, 18(23-24), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2013.09.004

A practical drug discovery project for third-year undergraduates is described. No previous knowledge of medicinal chemistry is assumed. Initial lecture-workshops cover the basic principles; then students are asked to improve the profile of a weakly... Read More about A practical drug discovery project at the undergraduate level.

Peptide ligation chemistry at selenol amino acids (2013)
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Malins, L. R., Mitchell, N. J., & Payne, R. J. (2014). Peptide ligation chemistry at selenol amino acids. Journal of Peptide Science, 20(2), 64-77. https://doi.org/10.1002/psc.2581

The convergent assembly of peptide fragments by native chemical ligation has revolutionized the way in which proteins can be accessed by chemical synthesis. A variation of native chemical ligation involves the reaction of peptides bearing an N‐termin... Read More about Peptide ligation chemistry at selenol amino acids.

Understanding the acceleration in the ring-opening of lactones delivered by microwave heating (2013)
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Nguyen, N. T., Greenhalgh, E., Kamaruddin, M. J., El harfi, J., Carmichael, K., Dimitrakis, G., …Irvine, D. J. (2014). Understanding the acceleration in the ring-opening of lactones delivered by microwave heating. Tetrahedron, 70(4), 996-1003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2013.11.031

Alkali metal derivatives of an ortho-phenylene diamine (2013)
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Robinson, S., Davies, E. S., Lewis, W., Blake, A. J., & Liddle, S. T. (2013). Alkali metal derivatives of an ortho-phenylene diamine. Dalton Transactions, 43(11), https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt52632a

Treatment of the ortho-phenylene diamine C6H4-1,2-{N(H)Tripp}2 (1, PDAH2, Tripp = 2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl) with two equivalents of MR (M = Li, R = Bun; M = Na or K, R = CH2C6H5) afforded the dimetallated alkali metal ortho-phenylene diamide dianion... Read More about Alkali metal derivatives of an ortho-phenylene diamine.

Pro-inflammatory cytokines can act as intracellular modulators of commensal bacterial virulence (2013)
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Mahdavi, J., Royer, P.-J., Sjolinder, H. S., Azimi, S., Self, T., Stoof, J., …Ala'Aldeen, D. A. (2013). Pro-inflammatory cytokines can act as intracellular modulators of commensal bacterial virulence. Open Biology, 3, Article e130048. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.130048

Interactions between commensal pathogens and hosts are critical for disease development but the underlying mechanisms for switching between the commensal and virulent states are unknown. We show that the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis, the lea... Read More about Pro-inflammatory cytokines can act as intracellular modulators of commensal bacterial virulence.

Interconnectivity and permeability of supercritical fluid-foamed scaffolds and the effect of their structural properties on cell distribution (2013)
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Reinwald, Y., Johal, R. K., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., Rose, F. R., Howdle, S. M., & Shakesheff, K. M. (2014). Interconnectivity and permeability of supercritical fluid-foamed scaffolds and the effect of their structural properties on cell distribution. Polymer, 55(1), 435-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2013.09.041

This study aims to investigate interconnectivity and permeability of scCO2-foamed scaffolds and the influence of structural scaffold properties on cell distribution. Supercritical fluid technology was utilized to fabricated scaffolds from 37 kDa, 53... Read More about Interconnectivity and permeability of supercritical fluid-foamed scaffolds and the effect of their structural properties on cell distribution.

A two-directional approach to pyrrolizidines: total syntheses and biological evaluation of alkaloid cis-223B and (+/-)-xenovenine (2013)
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Barthelme, A., Richards, D., Mellor, I. R., & Stockman, R. A. (2013). A two-directional approach to pyrrolizidines: total syntheses and biological evaluation of alkaloid cis-223B and (+/-)-xenovenine. Chemical Communications, 49(89), https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc46800c

Total syntheses of alkaloid cis-223B and xenovenine are reported in 3 and 4 steps respectively using a two-directional synthesis/triple reductive amination strategy, and their neurotoxic properties assessed.