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Gerald Pattenden is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the field of Chemistry, with a notable focus on Organic Chemistry. Their research spans several specialized subfields including Oncology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of areas within organic and molecular sciences. These topics include:

  • Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
  • Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • Plant and fungal interactions
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Gerald Pattenden has published work primarily in The Journal of Organic Chemistry, contributing at least two papers. The recent publications are:

  • The Impact of Macrocycle Conformation on the Taxadiene-Forming Carbocation Cascade: Insight Gained from Sobralene, a Recently Discovered Verticillene Isomer, 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Theoretical Study on the Biosynthesis of the Mandapamates: Mechanistic Insights Using Density Functional Theory, 2024, The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with:

  • Christopher J. Hayes
  • Matthew J. Palframan
  • Di Wang
  • Kam Loon Fow
  • Michael J. Stocks

Best Publications

  • Marine Metabolites and Metal Ion Chelation: The Facts and the Fantasies

    Joseph P. Michael;Gerald Pattenden

  • The intramolecular Stille reaction

    Matthew A. J. Duncton;Gerald Pattenden

  • Simonsen Lecture. Cobalt-mediated radical reactions in organic synthesis

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  • Synthetic studies towards cyclic peptides. Concise synthesis of thiazoline and thiazole containing amino acids

    Michael North;Gerald Pattenden

  • Perspectives on the structural and biosynthetic interrelationships between oxygenated furanocembranoids and their polycyclic congeners found in corals

    Yi Li;Gerald Pattenden

  • Total synthesis of the presumed amphidinolide A.

    Hon Wai Lam;Gerald Pattenden

  • A biomimetic total synthesis of (+)-intricarene

    Bencan Tang;Christopher D. Bray;Gerald Pattenden

  • Total synthesis of thiangazole, a novel inhibitor of HIV-1 from polyangium sp

    Richard J. Boyce;Gerard C. Mulqueen;Gerald Pattenden

  • Terpenoids and an apocarotenoid from seeds of Bixa orellana

    Isaac J.O. Jondiko;Gerald Pattenden

  • Total synthesis of (+)-phorboxazole A, a potent cytostatic agent from the sponge Phorbas sp.

    Gerald Pattenden;Miguel A. González;Paul B. Little;David S. Millan

  • Marine metabolites: metal binding and metal complexes of azole-based cyclic peptides of marine origin

    Anna Bertram;Gerald Pattenden

  • Palladium-catalysed hydrostannylations of 1-bromoalkynes. A practical synthesis of (E)-1-stannylalk-1-enes

    Christopher D. J. Boden;Gerald Pattenden;Tao Ye

  • A tandem radical macrocyclisation - radical transannulation strategy to the taxane ring system

    Stephen A. Hitchcock;Gerald Pattenden

  • Sequential alkoxy radical fragmentation - transannular radical cyclisation - radical ring expansion reactions. A new approach to bicyclo[5.3.0]decanones and to bicyclo[6.3.0]undecanones

    Charles W. Ellwood;Gerald Pattenden

  • Cobalt-mediated reactions. A new synthetic approach to β-, γ- and δ-lactams

    G.Bryon Gill;Gerald Pattenden;Stephen J. Reynolds

  • Novel macrocyclic and polycyclic norcembranoid diterpenes from Sinularia species of soft coral: Structural relationships and biosynthetic speculations

    Yi Li;Gerald Pattenden

  • The intramolecular Stille reaction in some target natural product syntheses

    Gerald Pattenden;David J Sinclair

  • The phomactins. A novel group of terpenoid platelet activating factor antagonists related biogenetically to the taxanes.

    William P D Goldring;Gerald Pattenden

  • Radical cyclisations of propargyl bromoamides and propargyl bromoesters. New routes to tetramic acids, pyrrolinones, tetronic acids and butenolides

    John M. Clough;Gerald Pattenden;Paul G. Wight

  • Total synthesis of thiangazole, a novel naturally occurring HIV-1 inhibitor from Polyangium sp

    Richard J. Boyce;Gerard C. Mulqueen;Gerald Pattenden

  • A concise total synthesis of salinosporamide A

    Nicholas P. Mulholland;Gerald Pattenden;Iain A. S. Walters

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander J. Blake
Alexander J. Blake University of Nottingham
David W. Knight
David W. Knight Cardiff University
Tao Ye
Tao Ye Pennsylvania State University
Katrina A. Jolliffe
Katrina A. Jolliffe University of Sydney
Claire Wilson
Claire Wilson University of Glasgow
Peter Jones
Peter Jones University of Cambridge
Jonathan D. Hirst
Jonathan D. Hirst University of Nottingham
Toh-Seok Kam
Toh-Seok Kam University of Malaya
Stephen P.H. Alexander
Stephen P.H. Alexander University of Nottingham
David B. Archer
David B. Archer University of Nottingham

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