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Building BORIS – an outreach project on drug design and molecular modelling (2017)
Journal Article
Rossington, S. (2017). Building BORIS – an outreach project on drug design and molecular modelling. ˜The œbiochemist (London. Online), 39(2), 50-51. https://doi.org/10.1042/bio03902050

Within university chemistry departments, organic chemists are formulating reaction pathways which will yield a desired chemical product. In most cases, it is often found that the targeted product exerts some beneficial biological effect towards cellu... Read More about Building BORIS – an outreach project on drug design and molecular modelling.

Tubulin-binding dibenz[c,e]oxepines: Part 2 Structural variation and biological evaluation as tumour vasculature disrupting agents (2017)
Journal Article
Hadfield, J., Rossington, S., Wallace, T., Shnyder, S., & Williams, K. (2017). Tubulin-binding dibenz[c,e]oxepines: Part 2 Structural variation and biological evaluation as tumour vasculature disrupting agents. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 25(5), 1630-1642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2017.01.027

5,7-Dihydro-3,9,10,11-tetramethoxybenz[c,e]oxepin-4-ol 1, prepared from a dibenzyl ether precursor via Pd-catalysed intramolecular direct arylation, possesses broad-spectrum in vitro cytotoxicity towards various tumour cell lines, and induces vascul... Read More about Tubulin-binding dibenz[c,e]oxepines: Part 2 Structural variation and biological evaluation as tumour vasculature disrupting agents.

Expanding the scope of the Babler-Daubin oxidation : 1,3-oxidative transposition of secondary allylic alcohols (2016)
Journal Article
Killoran, P., Rossington, S., Wilkinson, J., & Hadfield, J. (2016). Expanding the scope of the Babler-Daubin oxidation : 1,3-oxidative transposition of secondary allylic alcohols. Tetrahedron Letters, 57(35), 3954-3957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.07.076

We report the catalytic chromium-mediated oxidation of secondary allylic alcohols to give α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with exclusive (E)-stereoselectivity. This facile procedure employs catalytic PCC (5 mol%) and periodic acid (H5IO6) as a co-oxidant.... Read More about Expanding the scope of the Babler-Daubin oxidation : 1,3-oxidative transposition of secondary allylic alcohols.

Asymmetric synthesis of diarylmethane derivatives by dynamic kinetic resolution (2015)
Journal Article
kinetic resolution. Tetrahedron Letters, 56(26), 4025-4027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.05.006

Asymmetric allylation of ortho-methoxydiphenylmethane has been carried out with high yields and ee of up to 94% using the chiral ligand (−)-sparteine as an additive. Results of reactions performed under various conditions suggest that a dynamic kinet... Read More about Asymmetric synthesis of diarylmethane derivatives by dynamic kinetic resolution.

Novel cyanocombretastatins as potent tubulin polymerisation inhibitors (2012)
Journal Article
Jalily, P., Hirst, N., Hadfield, J., & Rossington, S. (2012). Novel cyanocombretastatins as potent tubulin polymerisation inhibitors. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 22(21), 6731-6734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.08.089

A series of novel cyanocombretastatins bearing a 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl moiety combined with a variety of substituted phenyl rings, were synthesised and their antitumour activity was evaluated. The Z-cyanocombretastatins were synthesised in a one-ste... Read More about Novel cyanocombretastatins as potent tubulin polymerisation inhibitors.

Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives. Improved results using methoxyethoxy substituent (2004)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J., Rossington, S., Leonard, J., & Hussain, N. (2004). Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives. Improved results using methoxyethoxy substituent. Tetrahedron Letters, 45(28), 5481-5483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.05.058

Alkylation of 2-methoxyethoxyphenyl phenyl methane using sec-BuLi and (−)-sparteine has been carried out in excellent yields and up to 94% ee. The best results were obtained in allylation reactions but methylation, ethylation, benzylation and trimeth... Read More about Asymmetric alkylation of diarylmethane derivatives. Improved results using methoxyethoxy substituent.

Asymmetric alkylation of diphenylmethane derivatives using (-)-sparteine (2004)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, J., Rossington, S., Leonard, J., & Hussain, N. (2004). Asymmetric alkylation of diphenylmethane derivatives using (-)-sparteine. Tetrahedron Letters, 45(6), 1191-1193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2003.11.138

Alkylation of 2-oxygenated diphenylmethane derivatives using sec-butyllithium and (−)-sparteine gave enantiomeric excesses of up to 60% with allyl bromide but alkylations with methyl electrophiles were poorly selective. When compounds with a free hyd... Read More about Asymmetric alkylation of diphenylmethane derivatives using (-)-sparteine.

Antimicrobial hand rub : an investigation of the various chemicals used in the concentrate skin formula to enhance the product performance
Thesis
Ibbotson, J. (in press). Antimicrobial hand rub : an investigation of the various chemicals used in the concentrate skin formula to enhance the product performance. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The following research project was conducted in order to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of an alcohol-free skin concentrate formula intended for use on hands. Substitute compounds for alcohol in antimicrobial formulae is receiving much interest... Read More about Antimicrobial hand rub : an investigation of the various chemicals used in the concentrate skin formula to enhance the product performance.