1981-1990
‘On the reaction of thioacetals with sulphuryl chloride,’ P. C. B. Page, S. V. Ley, J. A. Morton, and D. J. Williams, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1981, 457-461.
‘A versatile titanium-mediated procedure for diversified bis-functionalization of γ-lactols,’ P. C. B. Page, R. A. Roberts, and L. A. Paquette, Tetrahedron Lett., 1983, 24, 3555–3558.
‘The use of 3-acetoxy-1-trimethylsilylbutadiene in the synthesis of anthracyclinone derivatives,’ P. C. B. Page and S. V. Ley, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1984, 1847-1858.
‘A relay approach to (+)-pleuromutilin. II. Preparation of an advanced optically pure intermediate,’ L. A. Paquette and P. C. B. Page, Tetrahedron Lett., 1985, 26, 1607-1610.
‘A relay approach to (+)-pleuromutilin. III. Direct degradation of the natural product to the key diketone intermediate and its chemospecific functionalization,’ L. A. Paquette, P. E. Weideman, and P. C. B. Page, Tetrahedron Lett., 1985, 26, 1611-1614.
‘Reaction of 1,3-dithiane anions with nitriles: generation of primary aminoketene thioacetals,’ P. C. B. Page, M. B. van Niel, and P. H. Williams, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1985, 742-743.
‘An enantioselective route to nonactic acid and its homologues,’ P. C. B. Page, J. F. Carefull, L. H. Powell, and I. O. Sutherland, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1985, 822-823.
‘A simple and general synthesis of α-keto esters,’ P. C. B. Page and S. Rosenthal, Tetrahedron Lett., 1986, 27, 1947-1950.
‘A short and general synthesis of α-ketoacyl silanes,’ P. C. B. Page and S. Rosenthal, Tetrahedron Lett., 1986, 27, 2527-2528.
‘Stereospecific synthesis of exo- and endo- 1,3-dimethyl-2,9-dioxabicyclo-[3.3.1]-nonane,’ P. C. B. Page, C. M. Rayner, and I. O. Sutherland, Tetrahedron Lett., 1986, 27, 3535-3538.
‘Enantioselective synthesis of (R)-(+)-α-lipoic acid,’ P. C. B. Page, C. M. Rayner, and I. O. Sutherland, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1986, 1408-1409.
‘A convenient one-pot synthesis of α-haloacyl silanes,’ P. C. B. Page and S. Rosenthal, Tetrahedron Lett., 1986, 27, 5421-5422.
‘Simple preparation of cyclohex-2-en-1,4-dione monoacetals,’ P. C. B. Page and M. B. van Niel, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1987, 43-44.
‘Reaction between 2-lithio-1,3-dithiane and tetrahydrofuran: structure of bis-[2-(1,3-dithianyl)]-methanol,’ P. C. B. Page, D. J. Chadwick, M. B. van Niel, and D. Westwood, Acta Cryst. C, 1987, 803-808.
‘Hetero-Diels–Alder reactions of ketones: a high-yielding synthesis of 2,2-disubstituted-2,3-dihydropyran-4-ones,’ P. C. B. Page, E. W. Collington, H. Finch, and P. H. Williams, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1987, 756-757.
‘Chemistry of aminoketene dithioacetals: Preparation of protected α-amino aldehydes and ketones and formation of nitrogen heterocycles,’ P. C. B. Page, M. B. van Niel, and D. Westwood, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1987, 775-776.
‘Acyl silanes as synthetic intermediates: formation of acyl anions and unusual fluoride-initiated silicon to carbon alkyl group migration,’ P. C. B. Page, S. Rosenthal, and R. V. Williams, Tetrahedron Lett., 1987, 28, 4455-4456.
‘Reactions of metallated 1,3-dithianes with carboxylic acid derivatives,’ P. C. B. Page, M. B. van Niel, and D. Westwood, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1988, 269-275.
‘Controlled Payne rearrangements of 2,3-epoxyalcohols in aprotic media: an enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-exo-brevicomin,’ P. C. B. Page, C. M. Rayner, and I. O. Sutherland, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1988, 356-358.
‘A new, one-pot synthesis of primary 2-alkynamides,’ P. C. B. Page,
‘(+)-Pleuromutilin synthetic studies. Degradative and de novo acquisition of a laevorotatory tricyclic lactone subunit,’ L. A. Paquette, P. E. Wiedeman, and P. C. B. Page, J. Org. Chem., 1988, 53, 1441-1449.
‘(+)-Pleuromutilin synthetic studies. Direct degradation to, and independent preparation of, an advanced diketone intermediate. Demonstration that reconstruction of the eight-membered ring suffers from serious kinetic retardation,’ L. A. Paquette, P. C. B. Page, P. D. Pansegrau, and P. E. Wiedeman, J. Org. Chem., 1988, 53, 1450-1460.
‘Carbon-sulphur bond formation catalysed by bis(diphenylphosphino)methane complexes of platinum (II),’ P. C. B. Page, S. S. Klair, M. P. Brown, M. M. Harding, C. S. Smith, S. J. Maginn, and S. Mulley, Tetrahedron Lett., 1988, 29, 4477-4480.
‘The biological activity of bridged diadenosines,’ D. C. Agathocleous, P. C. B. Page, R. Cosstick, I. J. Galpin, A. G. Mclennan, and M. Prescott, Biochemical Society Transactions, 1988, 16, 756-758.
‘Diastereoselective alkylation of ketone enolates using a 1,3-dithiane 1-oxide auxiliary,’ P. C. B. Page, D. Westwood, A. M. Z. Slawin, and D. J. Williams, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1989, 185-187.
‘The inhibition of adenosine kinase by α,ω-di(adenosin-N6-yl) alkanes,’ M. Prescott, A. G. McLennan, D. C. Agathocleous, P. C. B. Page, R. Cosstick, and I. J. Galpin, Nucleosides and Nucleotides, 1989, 297-305.
‘Diastereoselective control in the addition of Grignard reagents to ketones using a 1,3-dithiane 1-oxide auxiliary,’ P. C. B. Page, D. Westwood, A. M. Z. Slawin, and D. J. Williams, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1989, 1158-1159.
‘Addition of aminoketene dithioacetals to α,β-unsaturated ketones. Synthesis and reactions of cyclohex-2-en-1,4-dione monodithioacetals,’ P. C. B. Page, S. Harkin, A. P. Marchington, and M. B. van Niel, Tetrahedron, 1989, 45, 3819-3837.
‘Lewis acid mediated addition of aminoketene dithioacetals to α,β-unsaturated ketones,’ P. C. B. Page, S. Harkin, and A. P. Marchington, Synthetic Commun., 1989, 1655-1660.
‘Reactions of 2-acyl-1,3-dithianes with α,β-unsaturated ketones: simple preparation of cyclohexendione monoacetals,’ P. C. B. Page, S. Harkin, and A. P. Marchington, Tetrahedron Lett., 1989, 30, 7235-7236.
‘Diastereoselective control of enolate alkylation in 2-acyl-2-alkyl-1,3-dithiane 1-oxides,’ P. C. B. Page, S. S. Klair, and D. Westwood, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1989, 2441-2448.
‘The metabolism of 2,4-dibromo-17α-ethynyl[6,7-3H]oestradiol in the rat,’ J. L. Maggs, P. Morgan, F. Hussain, P. C. B. Page, and B. K. Park, Xenobiotica, 1990, 45-54.
‘Stereoselectivity in the conjugate addition of lithium organocuprate reagents to α,β-unsaturated 2-acyl-2-alkyl-1,3-dithiane 1-oxides,’ P. C. B. Page, J. C. Prodger, M. Hursthouse, and M. Mazid, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1990, 167-169.
‘Synthesis of bridged dinucleosides,’ D. C. Agathocleous, P. C. B. Page, R. Cosstick, I. J. Galpin, A. G. McLennan, and M. Prescott, Tetrahedron, 1990, 46, 2047-2058.
‘Efficient regioselective A-ring functionalization of oestrogens,’ P. C. B. Page, F. Hussain, J. L. Maggs, P. Morgan, and B. K. Park, Tetrahedron, 1990, 46, 2059-2068.
‘Simple preparation of α-bromoacyl silanes, α-ketoacyl silanes, and α-ketoesters from silyl acetylenes,’ P. C. B. Page and S. Rosenthal, Tetrahedron, 1990, 46, 2573-2586.
‘Isomer selectivity in stereocontrolled Payne rearrangement–epoxide cleavage of 2,3-epoxyalcohols in aprotic solvents: Application to an enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-exo-brevicomin,’ P. C. B. Page, C. M. Rayner, and I. O. Sutherland, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1990, 1375-1382.
‘Experimental evidence for the lack of stereoselectivity in the electrophilic quench of α-sulphonyl carbanions,’ R. V. Williams, G. W. Kelley, D. van der Helm, and P. C. B. Page, J. Org. Chem., 1990, 55, 3840-3845.
‘An enantioselective synthesis of (R)-(+)-α-lipoic acid,’ P. C. B. Page, C. M. Rayner, and I. O. Sutherland, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1990, 1615-1618.
‘Asymmetric sulphoxidation of 2-acyl-1,3-dithianes,’ P. C. B. Page, E. S. Namwindwa, S. S. Klair, and D. Westwood, Synlett, 1990, 457-459.
‘Highly diastereoselective reduction of ketones in 2-acyl-2-alkyl-1,3-dithiane 1-oxides,’ P. C. B. Page and J. C. Prodger, Synlett, 1990, 460-462.
‘Enantioselective synthesis of (+)-endo- and (–)-exo- 1,3-dimethyl-2,9-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1] nonane,’ P. C. B. Page, C. M. Rayner, and I. O. Sutherland, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1990, 2403-2408.
‘Reactions of acyl silanes with fluoride ion,’ P. C. B. Page and
