Francis Hempenstall

Contrasting Effects of a Nonionic Surfactant on the Biotransformation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to <i>cis</i> -Dihydrodiols by Soil Bacteria

Christopher C. R. Allen, Derek R. Boyd, Francis Hempenstall et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1999 · 77 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +16

<i>bis-cis</i>-Dihydrodiols:  A New Class of Metabolites Resulting from Biphenyl Dioxygenase-Catalyzed Sequential Asymmetric <i>cis</i>-Dihydroxylation of Polycyclic Arenes and Heteroarenes

Derek R. Boyd, Narain D. Sharma, Francis Hempenstall et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1999 · 55 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +13

Enantiopure arene dioxides: chemoenzymatic synthesis and application in the production of trans-3,4-dihydrodiols

Derek R. Boyd, Narain D. Sharma, C. O'Dowd et al. · Chemical Communications · 2000 · 32 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +14

Regioselectivity and stereoselectivity of dioxygenase catalysed cis-dihydroxylation of mono- and tri-cyclic azaarene substrates

Derek R. Boyd, Narain D. Sharma, G.P. Coen et al. · Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry · 2008 · 31 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +13

Synthesis and isomerization of arene oxide metabolites of phenanthrene, triphenylene, dibenz[a,c]anthracene and dibenz[a,h]anthracene

Suresh K. Balani, Ian N. Brannigan, Derek R. Boyd et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 2001 · 12 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry +9