ptaylor

Degree: Bath University, 1999-2001, BSc (Hons)

PhD: Bath University, 2001-2005
    'Aza-enolate alkylation strategies' under the supervision of Dr Steve Bull.

Current Work: Synthesis of stemona alkaloids

Experience: Siegfried CMS AG Zofingen, 1999-2000

Hobbies: Cycling, Rugby, Base Jumping, Extreme Ironing

Publications: An aza-enolate alkylation strategy for the synthesis of a-alkyl-d-amino esters and a-alkyl valerolactams. Synlett, 2006, 9, 1347-1350. (DOI)

An improved synthesis of deuterated Schoellkopf's bis-lactim ether and its use for the asymmetric synthesis of (R)-[a-2H]-phenylalanine methyl esters.    Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2006, 17(8), 1170-1178. (DOI)

A practical synthesis of enantiopure (S)-4-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-oxazolidin-2-one.    Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2003, 14(17), 2619-2623. (DOI)

A Protecting Group Free Total Synthesis of (±)-Neostenine; M. Lainchbury, P. J. M. Taylor, W. Dohle, P. Hirst, K. I. Booker-Milburn,* J. Org. Chem., 2008, 73(17), 6497 (DOI)

Email: p.taylor@bristol.ac.uk