James A. Bull

Stereocontrolled total synthesis of bengazole a: a marine bisoxazole natural product displaying potent antifungal properties.

Total synthesis of potent antifungal marine bisoxazole natural products bengazoles A and B.

A remarkably simple and efficient benzannulation reaction.

Improved procedure for the synthesis of gem-diiodoalkanes by the alkylation of diiodomethane. scope and limitations.

Convenient one-pot synthesis of (E)-beta-aryl vinyl halides from benzyl bromides and dihalomethanes.

Copper-catalyzed direct alkenylation of N-iminopyridinium ylides.

Intramolecular Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation. Studies into the reactivity of alkyl-substituted zinc carbenoids, effect of directing groups and synthesis of bicyclo[n.1.0]alkanes.

Synthesis of 2- and 2,3-substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines: scope and mechanistic considerations of a domino direct alkynylation and cyclization of N-iminopyridinium ylides using alkenyl bromides, alkenyl iodides, and alkynes.

Synthesis of pyridine and dihydropyridine derivatives by regio- and stereoselective addition to N-activated pyridines.

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of secondary alkylboronate building blocks with and without metals.

Highly cis-selective synthesis of iodo-aziridines using diiodomethyllithium and in situ generated N-Boc-imines.

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of aziridinylmetal species, generated by sulfinyl-magnesium exchange, with aryl bromides: reaction optimization, scope, and kinetic investigations.

Copper-catalyzed N-arylation of 2-imidazolines with aryl iodides.

Synthesis of cis-C-iodo-N-tosyl-aziridines using diiodomethyllithium: reaction optimization, product scope and stability, and a protocol for selection of stationary phase for chromatography.

2-(Aryl-sulfonyl)oxetanes as designer 3-dimensional fragments for fragment screening: synthesis and strategies for functionalisation.

A molecular rotor for measuring viscosity in plasma membranes of live cells.

Stereospecific Functionalization of Iodoaziridines via Unstabilized Aziridinyllithiums Generated by Iodine-Lithium Exchange.