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Jonathan Sperry

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University of Auckland

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Jonathan Sperry is an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research encompasses the synthesis and bioactivity of novel compounds, including dipyrrolobenzoquinones and biologically active derivatives of 1,4-benzodiazepines. He explores sustainable methods for organic synthesis and the development of catalysts derived from renewable resources. His recent work further investigates the potential of heteroaromatic alkaloids in glioma therapeutics and the application of waste materials in catalysis.

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Heavy drugs for improved glioblastoma prognosis

Open Date: 2024-10-01

Close Date: 2027-09-30

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The development of effective, easily separable liquid catalysts

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Close Date: 2027-01-01

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Waste to treasure: using novel chemistry to valorise residual plant materials

Open Date: 2023-10-01

Close Date: 2028-09-30

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A Green Awakening for Radical Chemistry

Open Date: 2023-01-01

Close Date: 2026-01-01

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Electrifying Chemical Synthesis

Open Date: 2019-01-01

Close Date: 2022-01-01

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Tilo Söhnel

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University of Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

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Cameron Weber

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University of Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

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Jun-ichiro Hayashi

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Kyushu University

JAPAN

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Snigdha Singh

Assistant Professor

University of Delhi

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Jack L. Y. Chen

Associate Professor

University of Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

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Sahra Sheikhaleslami

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University of Auckland

NEW ZEALAND

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Synthesis and bioactivity of dipyrrolobenzoquinones

Efficient Production and Isolation of 3‐Acetamido‐5‐Acetylfuran from N‐Acetyl‐D‐Glucosamine within Protic Ionic Liquids

Novel CuFe2O4@agar@Cu2O Nanocatalyst for Sustainable Synthesis of Biologically Active 1,4-Benzodiazepines and 1-Aryl-1H-tetrazoles

Targeting glioma with heteroaromatic alkaloids: A review of potential therapeutics

Mechanochemical Radical Transformations in Organic Synthesis

Catalytic performance of electronic waste-derived gold nanoparticles for the reduction of p-nitrophenol

Electrochemical oxidation–cyclocondensation of chitin-derived 3-acetamido-5-acetylfuran (3A5AF) for the synthesis of 3-acetyl-4-acetamidopyrrolin-2-ones

Phytic acid as a biorenewable catalyst for cellulose pyrolysis to produce levoglucosenone

Synthesis and structural affirmation of pubesamides A and B, monoterpene N-benzoyltyramides from white sapote (Casimiroa pubescens)

Support studies toward the alkaloids mescengricin and lysiformine focused on oxazole-olefin cycloadditions

Benzothiazole alkaloids: Biomimetic synthesis of the violatinctamine scaffold and the insect-derived monoamine polyrhadopamine D

Biomimetic synthetic studies on the hicksoane alkaloids

1,2,4-Thiadiazole alkaloids – Isolation, biological activity and synthesis

Expanded scope of chitin-derived nitrogen scaffolds enabled by the 3-acetamido-5-furfurylaldehyde (3A5F) platform

Xylochemical synthesis of diarylated heterocycles

Solvent-Free, Ambient Temperature and Pressure Destruction of Perfluorosulfonic Acids under Mechanochemical Conditions: Degradation Intermediates and Fluorine Fate

Mechanochemical destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aqueous film-forming foams and contaminated soil

Synthesis of sulfur-containing polybromoindoles from the marine alga Laurencia brongniartii

Synthetic studies toward the marine alkaloid convolutindole A, a structurally remarkable derivative of the hallucinogen N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)

Synthesis of lysiformine, a marine-derived 3-hydroxypyridine alkaloid

Role of the In Situ Generated Acidic Protons and Cl Species for 2,5-Hexanedione Production from the New Platform Molecule 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural

Spiroindimicin model studies reveal a facile route to cyclopenta[c]pyrazoles

Alkaloids from the entheogenic plant Peganum harmala

Electrochemical oxidation of 3-substituted indoles

Phosphorus sustainability: a case for phytic acid as a biorenewable platform

Synthesis of nominal phragmunis A, a natural product from the poisonous mushroom Trogia venenata

Collaborators (6)

Tilo Söhnel

Cameron Weber

Jun-ichiro Hayashi

Snigdha Singh

Jack L. Y. Chen

Sahra Sheikhaleslami

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