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Enantiospecific Formation of 3,6-Dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-ones: Low Pressure Palladium-Catalysed Decarboxylative Carbonylation of 3-Tosyl-5-vinyloxazolidin-2-ones.  Abstract

Julian G. Knight, Iain M. Lawson and Christopher N. Johnson, Synthesis, 2006, Accepted for Publication.

Synthesis of highly substituted pyrrolidines via palladium catalyzed formal [2+3] cycloaddition of 5-vinyloxazolidin-2-ones to activated alkenes.  Abstract

Julian G. Knight, Kirill Tchabanenko, Paul A. Stoker and Simon J. Harwood, Tetrahedron Lett., 2005, 46, 6261.

Ruthenium Complexes of Six-Electron-Donor NUPHOS-Type Diphosphines: Highly Selective Catalysts for the Hydrocarboxylation of Terminal Alkynes.  Abstract

Simon Doherty, Julian G. Knight, Rakesh K. Rath, William Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, Colin R. Newman, Robert Campbell and Hiren Amin, Organometallics 2005, 24, 2633.

2-Aryl-5,5-bisoxazolin-2-yl[1,3]dioxanes as solution phase and immobilized ligands for highly enantioselective cyclopropanations.  Abstract

Julian G. Knight and Paul E. Belcher, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2005, 16, 1415.

Highly Efficient Asymmetric Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds Catalyzed by Lewis Acid Platinum Complexes of Conformationally Flexible NUPHOS-Type Diphosphines.  Abstract

Simon Doherty, Julian G. Knight, Christopher Hardacre, He-Kuan Lou, Colin R. Newman, Rakesh K. Rath, Sarah Campbell and Mark Nieuwenhuyzen, Organometallics, 2004, 23, 6127.

Comparative Study of Diastereoisomer Interconversion in Chiral BINOL-ate and Diamine Platinum Complexes of Conformationally Flexible NUPHOS Diphosphines.  Abstract

Simon Doherty, Colin R. Newman, Rakesh K. Rath, Jan-Albert van den Berg, Christopher Hardacre, Mark Nieuwenhuyzen and Julian G. Knight, Organometallics, 2004, 23, 1055.

Highly Efficient Asymmetric Lewis Acid Catalysis with Platinum Group Complexes of Conformationally Flexible 1,3-Butadiene-Bridged Diphosphines, NUPHOS.  Abstract

Simon Doherty, Colin R. Newman, Rakesh K. Rath, He-Kuan Luo, Mark Nieuwenhuyzen and Julian G. Knight, Organic Lett., 2003, 5, 3863.

Total synthesis of deoxymannojirimycin and D-mannolactam via carbonylation of 5-vinyloxazolidin-2-ones. Abstract

Julian G. Knight and Kirill Tchabanenko, Tetrahedron, 2003, 59, 281.

Ruthenium Complexes of the 1,4-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,3-butadiene Bridged Diphosphine 1,2,3,4-Me4-NUPHOS: Solvent Dependent Interconversion of Four- and Six-Electron Donor Coordination and Transfer Hydrogenation Activity.  Abstract

Simon Doherty, Colin R. Newman, Christopher Hardacre, Mark Nieuwenhuyzen, and Julian G. Knight, Organometallics, 2003, 22, 1452.

Diastereoselective synthesis of 3,6-disubstituted 3,6-dihydropyridin-2-ones.  Abstract

Thomas F. Anderson, Julian G. Knight, and Kirill Tchabanenko, Tetrahedron Lett., 2003, 44, 757.

Diastereospecific carbonylation of p-allylpalladium complexes to give 3,6-disubstituted 3,6-dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-ones.  Abstract

Julian G. Knight, and Kirill Tchabanenko, Tetrahedron, 2002, 58, 6659.

Synthesis of a New Class 1,4-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,3-butadiene Bridged Diphosphine, NUPHOS, via Zirconium Mediated Reductive Coupling of Alkynes and Diynes: Application in Palladium Catalyzed Cross Coupling and Suzuki Coupling Reactions.  Abstract

Simon Doherty, Edward G. Robins, Mark Nieuwenhuyzen, Julian G. Knight, Paul A. Champkin and William Clegg, Organometallics, 2002, 21, 1383.

Iminophosphines: Synthesis, Formation of 2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[1,3]azaphosphol-3-ium salts and N-(pyridin-2-yl)-2-diphenylphosphinoylaniline, Coordination Chemistry and Applications in Platinum Group Catalyzed Suzuki Coupling Reactions and Hydrosilylations.  Abstract

Simon Doherty, Julian G. Knight, Tom H. Scanlan, Mark R.J. Elsegood, and William Clegg, J. Organomet. Chem., 2002, 650, 231.

Selectivity for the methoxycarbonylation of ethylene versus CO-ethylene copolymerization with catalysts based on C4-bridged bidentate phosphines and phospholes.  Abstract

Simon Doherty, Edward G. Robins, Julian G. Knight, Colin R. Newman, Barrie Rhodes, Paul A. Champkin,  and William Clegg, J. Organomet. Chem., 2001, 640, 182.

Zirconium-Mediated Synthesis of a New Class of 1,4-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,3-butadiene-Bridged Diphosphine, NUPHOS: Highly Efficient Catalysts for Palladium-Mediated Cross Couplings.  Abstract

Julian G. Knight, Simon Doherty, Edward G. Robins, Tom H. Scanlan, Paul A. Champkin, and William Clegg, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 5110.

Synthesis of d-lactones from 2-alkynylepoxides and 4-alkynyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-ones by palladium catalysed carbonylation and conjugate nucleophilic addition.  Abstract

J.G. Knight, S.W. Ainge, C.A. Baxter, T.P. Eastman, and S.J. Harwood, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 2000, 3188.

Remarkable Differences in Catalyst Activity and Selectivity for the Production of Methyl Propanoate versus CO-Ethylene Co-Polymer by a Series of Palladium Complexes of Related C4-Bridged Diphosphines.  Abstract

J.G. Knight, S. Doherty, A. Harriman, E.G. Robins, M. Betham, G.R. Eastham, R.P. Tooze, M.R.J. Elsegood, P. Champkin, and W. Clegg Organometallics, 2000, 19, 4957.

Enantioselective Synthesis of 3,6-Dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-ones: Unexpected Regioselectivity in the Palladium Catalyzed Decarboxylative Carbonylation of 5-Vinyloxazolidin-2-ones.  Abstract

J.G. Knight, S.W. Ainge, A.M. Harm, S.J. Harwood, H.I. Maughan, D.R. Armour, D.M. Hollinshead, and A.A. Jaxa-Chamiec, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 2944.

New Tartrate-Derived Bis-Oxazoline Ligands for Enantioselective Cyclopropanation and Aziridination of Alkenes.  Abstract

A.M. Harm, J.G. Knight and G. Stemp, Synlett, 1996, 677.

Asymmetric Copper-Catalysed Alkene Cyclopropanation and Aziridination Using Tartrate-Derived Bis-Oxazoline Ligands.  Abstract

A.M. Harm, J.G. Knight and G. Stemp, Tetrahedron Lett., 1996, 37, 6189.

Synthesis of N-p-toluenesulphonyl-2-alkenyl aziridines by regioselective aziridination of 1,3-dienes.  Abstract

J.G. Knight and M.P. Muldowney, Synlett, 1995, 949.

An examination of the structures of iodosylbenzene (PhIO) and the related imido compound, PhINSO2-4-MeC6H4, by X-ray powder diffraction and EXAFS (extended X-ray absorption fine structure) spectroscopy.  Abstract

C.J. Carmalt, J.G. Crossley, J.G. Knight, P. Lightfoot, A. Martín, M.P. Muldowney, N.C. Norman, and A.G. Orpen, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 2367.

 

Book Chapters

 

Compounds with Four and Three Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds.  Abstract

J.G.Knight, Volume Editor. Science of  Synthesis, 2005, 18, 1.

Carbenes and nitrenes.  Abstract

J.G.Knight, In Organic Reaction Mechanisms 1998, A.C. Knipe and W.E. Watts, Eds, Wiley, Chichester, 2003, 253.

Carbenes and nitrenes.  Abstract

J.G.Knight, In Organic Reaction Mechanisms 1997, A.C. Knipe and W.E. Watts, Eds, Wiley, Chichester, 2001, 221.

Carbenes and nitrenes.  Abstract

J.G.Knight, In Organic Reaction Mechanisms 1996, A.C. Knipe and W.E. Watts, Eds, Wiley, Chichester, 1999, 127.

Carbenes and nitrenes.  Abstract

J.G.Knight, In Organic Reaction Mechanisms 1995, A.C. Knipe and W.E. Watts, Eds, Wiley, Chichester, 1997, 213.

Carbenes and nitrenes.  Abstract

J.G.Knight, In Organic Reaction Mechanisms 1994, A.C. Knipe and W.E. Watts, Eds, Wiley, Chichester, 1996, 175.

Carbenes and nitrenes.  Abstract

J.G.Knight, In Organic Reaction Mechanisms 1993, A.C. Knipe and W.E. Watts, Eds, Wiley, Chichester, 1995, 183.

 

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