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  • 1938 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Andrew Whiting is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, chemistry, and materials science. The scholar has contributed to multiple subfields, including organic chemistry, molecular biology, materials chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and neurology.

The research topics covered by Andrew Whiting include:

  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis
  • Chemical synthesis and analysis
  • Nuclear receptors and signaling
  • Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms

Among their notable recent publications are:

  • "Retinoic acid receptor-targeted drugs in neurodegenerative disease", 2020, published in Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology
  • "A computational tool to accurately and quickly predict 19 F NMR chemical shifts of molecules with fluorine-carbon and fluorine-boron bonds", 2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Synthesis of Sulfonamide-Based Ynamides and Ynamines in Water", 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Detection and time-tracking activation of a photosensitiser on live single colorectal cancer cells using Raman spectroscopy", 2020, The Analyst
  • "Cu@CuCl-visible light co-catalysed chlorination of C(sp3)-H bonds with MCln solution and photocatalytic serial reactor-based synthesis of benzyl chloride", 2021, Green Chemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andrew Whiting include:

  • Benjamin François
  • Ludovic Eberlin
  • Fabienne Berrée
  • Bertrand Carboni
  • David R. Chisholm

The primary venues where Andrew Whiting has published are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (9 publications)
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2 publications)
  • Methods in Enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in Enzymology (2 publications)
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances (2 publications)

Andrew Whiting received the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1938.

Best Publications

  • Daptomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces roseosporus: cloning and analysis of the gene cluster and revision of peptide stereochemistry.

    Vivian Miao;Marie-Françoise Coëffet-LeGal;Paul Brian;Renee Brost

  • A critical appraisal of polymer-clay nanocomposites.

    Biqiong Chen;Julian R. G. Evans;H. Christopher Greenwell;Pascal Boulet

  • The Heck-Mizoroki cross-coupling reaction: a mechanistic perspective.

    Jonathan P. Knowles;Andrew Whiting

  • The thermal and boron-catalysed direct amide formation reactions: mechanistically understudied yet important processes

    Hayley Charville;David Jackson;George Hodges;Andrew Whiting

  • Role of the site of protonation in the low-energy decompositions of gas-phase peptide ions

    Kathleen A. Cox;Simon J. Gaskell;Michael Morris;Andrew Whiting

  • To Catalyze or not to Catalyze? Insight into Direct Amide Bond Formation from Amines and Carboxylic Acids under Thermal and Catalyzed Conditions

    Kenny Arnold;Bryan Davies;Richard L. Giles;Christophe Grosjean

  • Polyene natural products

    Carl Thirsk;Andrew Whiting

  • Rationally designed, chiral Lewis acid for the asymmetric induction of some Diels-Alder reactions

    T. Ross. Kelly;Andrew. Whiting;Nizal S. Chandrakumar

  • Synthesis, evaluation and application of novel bifunctional N,N-di-isopropylbenzylamineboronic acid catalysts for direct amide formation between carboxylic acids and amines

    Kenny Arnold;Andrei S. Batsanov;Bryan Davies;Andrew Whiting

  • Synthesis and Application of Organoboron Compounds

    Elena Fernández;Andrew Whiting

  • Asymmetric direct amide synthesis by kinetic amine resolution: a chiral bifunctional aminoboronic acid catalyzed reaction between a racemic amine and an achiral carboxylic acid.

    Kenny Arnold;Bryan Davies;Damien Hérault;Andrew Whiting

  • Catalytic upgrading of tri-glycerides and fatty acids to transport biofuels

    Benjamin Smith;Hugh Christopher Greenwell;Andrew Whiting

  • Synthesis of Aminoboronic Acids and Their Applications in Bifunctional Catalysis

    Irene Georgiou;Gennadiy Ilyashenko;Andrew Whiting

  • Genetic Engineering in Streptomyces roseosporus to Produce Hybrid Lipopeptide Antibiotics

    Vivian Miao;Marie-Francois Coëffet-Le Gal;Kien Nguyen;Paul Brian

  • Heterologous production of daptomycin in Streptomyces lividans.

    Julia Penn;Xiang Li;Andrew Whiting;Mohammed Latif

  • The Uncatalyzed Direct Amide Formation Reaction – Mechanism Studies and the Key Role of Carboxylic Acid H‐Bonding

    Hayley Charville;David A. Jackson;George Hodges;Andrew Whiting

  • Heck versus suzuki palladium catalysed cross-coupling of a vinylboronate ester with aryl halides.

    Alison R. Hunt;Sarah K. Stewart;Andrew Whiting

  • Intra-ionic interactions in electrosprayed peptide ions

    Scott G. Summerfield;Andrew Whiting;Simon J. Gaskell

  • A parallel combinatorial approach to locating homochiral Lewis acid catalysts for the asymmetric aza-Diels-Alder reaction of an imino dienophile

    Stephen Bromidge;Paul C. Wilson;Andrew Whiting

  • UV/Visible spectroscopic studies of the effects of common salt and urea upon reactive dye solutions

    J.D. Hamlin;D.A.S. Phillips;A. Whiting

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrei S. Batsanov
Andrei S. Batsanov Durham University
Todd B. Marder
Todd B. Marder University of Würzburg
Peter V. Coveney
Peter V. Coveney University College London
Judith A. K. Howard
Judith A. K. Howard Durham University
Stefan Przyborski
Stefan Przyborski Durham University
Elena Fernández
Elena Fernández Rovira i Virgili University
Biqiong Chen
Biqiong Chen Queen's University Belfast
Peter McCaffery
Peter McCaffery University of Aberdeen
Robin G. Pritchard
Robin G. Pritchard University of Manchester
Jrg Evans
Jrg Evans University College London

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