J. Alastair Devlin

The chemistry of spiroacetals. Preparation of a chiral disubstituted lactone derivative; a key intermediate for synthesis of the spiroacetal moieties of the avermectins and milbemycins

Raymond Baker, R. Hugh O. Boyes, D. Mark P. Broom et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1983 · 23 citations

Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery +7

Macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Synthesis and stereochemistry of (+)-dicrotaline (13β-hydroxy-13α-methyl-1,2-didehydrocrotalanine) and (+)-13-epi-dicrotaline

Kenneth S. Brown, J. Alastair Devlin, David J. Robins · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1983 · 13 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +14

Synthesis and stereochemistry of dicrotaline, a macrocyclic pyrrolizidine alkaloid

J. Alastair Devlin, David J. Robins · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1981 · 11 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +9

Pyrrolizidine alkaloid analogues. Synthesis of eleven-membered macrocyclic diesters of retronecine

J. Alastair Devlin, David J. Robins, Santi Sakdarat · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1982 · 11 citations

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +10

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids. Biosynthesis of trichodesmic acid

J. Alastair Devlin, David J. Robins · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1984 · 11 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Metabolism +14