Professor Steve Ley CBE FRS FMedSci

Director of Research

In the Ley Group, we specialise in developing new synthesis methods and applying them to the construction of biologically important molecules. Over the years we have completed the total synthesis of many natural products, including: spongistatin 1 (anti-mitotic agent); rapamycin (immunosuppressant); thapsigargin (SERCA pumps inhibitor); azadirachtin (insect antifeedant); and bengazole A (fungicide). In addition to our research on natural product synthesis, we also pioneered flow chemistry and machine assisted synthesis.

For more detailed research information and our publication list, please see our legacy group website.

Completed Natural Products

Publications

Clean and efficient synthesis of azo dyes using polymer-supported reagents

M Caldarelli, IR Baxendale, SV Ley

Green Chemistry

(2000)

(doi: 10.1039/b000816h)

Reductive decomplexation of π-allyltricarbonyliron lactone complexes:: a new route to stereodefined acyclic 1,5-diols and 1,5,7-triols

SV Ley, S Burckhardt, LR Cox, JM Worrall

JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-PERKIN TRANSACTIONS 1

(2000)

211

(doi: 10.1039/a907630a)

A short and efficient stereoselective synthesis of the potent 5- lipoxygenase inhibitor CMI-977

DJ Dixon, SV Ley, DJ Reynolds, MS Chorghade

Synthetic Communications

(2000)

1955

(doi: 10.1080/00397910008087245)

Deracemization of Baylis-Hillman adducts

SV Ley, F Rodriguez

Chemtracts

(2000)

596

New strategies for organic catalysis: The first highly enantioselective organocatalytic Diels-Alder reaction

E Diez, SV Ley

Chemtracts

(2000)

592

METHYL 2,3-O-(6,6'-OCTAHYDRO-6,6'-BI-2H-PYRAN-2,2'-DIYL)-a-D-GALACTOPYRANOSIDE

SV Ley, HMI Osborn

Organic Syntheses

(2000)

212

(doi: 10.15227/orgsyn.077.0212)

1,2‐Diacetals in Synthesis: Total Synthesis of a Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor of Trypanosoma brucei

DK Baeschlin, AR Chaperon, LG Green, MG Hahn, SJ Ince, SV Ley

Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)

(1999)

172

(doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(20000103)6:1<172::AID-CHEM172>3.0.CO;2-5)

Synthesis of glycans from the glycodelins: Two undeca-, two deca-, three nona-, an octa- and a heptasaccharide

D Depré, A Düffels, LG Green, R Lenz, SV Ley, C-H Wong

Chemistry - A European Journal

(1999)

3326

(doi: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19991105)5:11<3326::aid-chem3326>3.3.co;2-h)

Synthesis of Glycans from the Glycodelins: Two Undeca-, Two Deca-, Three Nona-, an Octa- and a Heptasaccharide

D Depré, A Düffels, LG Green, R Lenz, SV Ley, C Wong

Chemistry A European Journal

(1999)

3326

(doi: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19991105)5:11<3326::aid-chem3326>3.0.co;2-q)

Use of the Temporary Connection in Organic Synthesis

LR Cox, SV Ley

(1999)

274

(doi: 10.1002/9783527613526.ch10)

Research Interest Groups

Telephone number

01223 336398

Email address

svl1000@cam.ac.uk

College

Trinity College

Papers of Interest

141. Preparation and use of tetra-n-propylammonium perruthenate (TPAP reagent) as new catalytic oxidants for alcohols J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.,1987, 1625-1627.
659. The Synthesis of Azadirachtin Chem. Eur. J., 2008, 14, 10683-10704
366. Total synthesis of the protein phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1998, 3907-3912.
608. Total Synthesis of Rapamycin Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 591-597.
669. MultiStep Synthesis using Modular Flow Reactors Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 4017-4021
626. A Fascination with 1,2-Diacetals J. Org. Chem., 2007, 72, 5943-5959.
536. Multi-step Application of Immobilized Reagents and Scavengers: A Total Synthesis of Epothilone C Chem. Eur. J., 2004, 10, 2529-2547.
595. A Flow Process for the Multi-Step Synthesis of Oxomaritidine: A New Paradigm for Molecular Assembly J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 2006, 2566-2568.
785. Accelerating spirocyclic polyketide synthesis using flow chemistry Angew. Chem. Int. Edn., 2014, 53, 4915-4920
854. A Lewis Base Catalysis Approach for the Photoredox Activation of Boronic Acids and Esters Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 15136-15140

Professor Steve Ley CBE FRS FMedSci

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