Roger W. Read

Trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride–4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine as a reagent combination for effecting Bischler–Napieraiski cyclisation under mild conditions: application to total syntheses of the Amaryllidaceae alkaloids N-methylcrinasiadine, anhydrolycorinone, hippadine and oxoassoanine

Martin G. Banwell, Brett D. Bissett, Stefan Busato et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1995 · 116 citations

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +8

Reinvestigation of the sulfuric acid-catalysed cyclisation of brominated 2-alkyllevulinic acids to 3-alkyl-5-methylene-2(5H)-furanones

Anthony J. Manny, Staffan Kjelleberg, Naresh Kumar et al. · Tetrahedron · 1997 · 102 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +10

Indole alkaloids from the leaves of Philippine Alstonia scholaris

Allan Patrick G. Macabeo, Karsten Krohn, Dietmar Gehle et al. · Phytochemistry · 2005 · 93 citations

Life Sciences, Botany, Plant Sciences +13

Fluorous Boc (^FBoc) Carbamates:  New Amine Protecting Groups for Use in Fluorous Synthesis

Zhiyong Luo, John Williams, Roger W. Read et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2001 · 81 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Combinatorial Chemistry +10

Direct (uncatalysed) formation of Meisenheimer complexes from primary, secondary and tertiary arylamines

Robert J. Spear, William P. Norris, Roger W. Read · Tetrahedron Letters · 1983 · 38 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +6