Publications

PUBLICATIONS

18.       Prebiotic Synthesis of N-formylaminonitriles and Derivatives in Formamide. N.J. Green*, D.A. Russell, S.H. Tanner, J.D. Sutherland*; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 19, 10533–10541, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jacs.2c13306

17.       Unified Total Synthesis of the Brevianamide Alkaloids Enabled by Chemical Investigations into their Biosynthesis. R. Godfrey, H. Jones, N.J. Green,A.L. Lawrence; Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 1313-1322, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SC05801K

16.       Prebiotic Photochemical Coproduction of Purine Ribo- and Deoxyribonucleosides. J. Xu, N.J. Green, D.A. Russell, J.D. Sutherland, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 14482−14486. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c07403

15.       Timescales for Prebiotic Photochemistry under Realistic Surface Ultraviolet Conditions. P.B. Rimmer, S.J. Thompson, J Xu, D.A. Russell, N.J. Green, D.J. Ritson, J.D. Sutherland, D.P. Queloz, Astrobiology 2021, 21, https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2335

14.       2,6-diaminopurine promotes repair of DNA lesions under prebiotic conditions. R. Szabla, M. Zdrowowicz , P. Spisz , N.J. Green , P. Stadlbauer , H. Kruse , J. Šponer , J. Rak, Nat. Comms. 2021, 12, 3018, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23300-y

13.       Illuminating Life’s Origins: UV Photochemistry in Abiotic Synthesis. N.J. Green*, J. Xu, J.D. Sutherland*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 143, 19, 7219−7236, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c01839 

Selected for ACS Editor’s Choice, featured on the front cover of JACS (19/5/21)

12.       Activation chemistry drives the emergence of functionalised protocells. C. Bonfio, D.A. Russell, N.J. Green, A. Mariani, J.D Sutherland, Chem. Sci. 2020,11, 10688-10697, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC04506C

11.       Selective prebiotic formation of RNA pyrimidine and DNA purine nucleosides. J. Xu, V. Chmela, N.J. Green, D.A. Russell, M. Janicki, R. Góra, R. Szabla, A.D. Bond and J.D. Sutherland, Nature 2020, 582, 60–66, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2330-9

Highlighted in numerous chemistry and general media outlets, including New Scientist, AAAS EurekaAlert.

10.       Total synthesis of brevianamide A. R. Godfrey, N.J. Green, G. Nichol, A.L. Lawrence, Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 615–619, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0442-3

9.         DNA: Biotic Invention, or Prebiotic Product? Nature Research Chemistry Community, (Blog entry)2019.

8.         Prebiotic phosphorylation of 2-thiouridine provides either nucleotides or DNA building blocks via photoreduction, J. Xu, N.J. Green, C. Gibard, R. Krishnamurthy, JD Sutherland, Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 457. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-019-0225-x

Highlighted in numerous chemistry and general media outlets, including SynFacts, AAAS EurekaAlert, The Daily Mail.

7.         Bio-inspired Domino oxa-Michael/Diels–Alder/oxa-Michael Dimerization of para-Quniols, N.J. Green, C.A. Connolly, K.P.W. Rietdijk, G.S. Nichol, F. Duarte, A.L. Lawrence, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6198. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201802125

6.         Applications of the aza-Diels–Alder Reaction in the Synthesis of Natural Products, M.H. Cao, N.J. Green, S.Z. Xu, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 3105. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6OB02761J

5.         Applications of Domino Transformations in Organic Synthesis (book review) N.J. Green, A.L. Lawrence, Synthesis 2016, 48, 4594. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0036-1589473

4.         Direct Cross-Couplings of Propargylic Diols. N.J. Green, A.C. Willis, M.S. Sherburn, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9244-9248. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201604527

Highlighted in Chemistry in Australia and chosen as SynFact of the Month September 2016.

3.         Synthesis of Dendralenes. N.J. Green, M.F. Saglam, M.S. Sherburn; book chapter in: “Cross Conjugation: Modern Dendralene, Radialene and Fulvene Chemistry,” H. Hopf (ed) and M.S. Sherburn (ed), Wiley, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527671182.ch1

2.         Domino Cycloaddition Organocascades of Dendralenes. N.J. Green, A.L. Lawrence, G. Bojase, A.C. Willis, M.N. Paddon-Row, M.S. Sherburn, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 8333-8336. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201302185

Highlighted in Chemistry in Australia.

1. Multi-Bond Forming Processes in Efficient Synthesis. Inaugural Beckwith Review (invited review), N.J. Green, M.S. Sherburn, Aust. J. Chem. 2013, 66, 267-283, https://doi.org/10.1071/CH13003