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  1. A Series of Potent CREBBP Bromodomain Ligands Reveals an Induced-Fit Pocket Stabilized by a Cation-π Interaction

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2014, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  2. A Series of Potent CREBBP Bromodomain Ligands Reveals an Induced-Fit Pocket Stabilized by a Cation-π Interaction

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 2014, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  3. Phase‐Transfer‐Catalysed Synthesis of Pyrroloindolines and Pyridoindolines by a Hydrogen‐Bond‐Assisted Isocyanide Cyclization Cascade

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, February 2014, Wiley

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  4. Intramolecular Diels–Alder Reactions of Cycloalkenones: Stereoselectivity, Lewis Acid Acceleration, and Halogen Substituent Effects

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  5. It's all downhill from here

    Article • Nature Chemistry, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  6. Dissecting non-covalent interactions in oxazaborolidinium catalyzed cycloadditions of maleimides

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  7. A Mechanistic Investigation of Acid-Catalyzed Cleavage of Aryl-Ether Linkages: Implications for Lignin Depolymerization in Acidic Environments

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  8. Diels–Alder Reactivities of Strained and Unstrained Cycloalkenes with Normal and Inverse-Electron-Demand Dienes: Activation Barriers and Distortion/Interaction Analysis

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  9. Mechanistic Investigations into the Enantioselective Conia‐Ene Reaction Catalyzed by Cinchona‐Derived Amino Urea Pre‐Catalysts and CuI

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, September 2013, Wiley

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  10. Structure Reassignment of Laurefurenynes A and B by Computation and Total Synthesis

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2013, Wiley

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  11. Enhanced Reactivity in Dioxirane C–H Oxidations via Strain Release: A Computational and Experimental Study

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, March 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  12. C-Alkylation of Chiral Tropane- and Homotropane-Derived Enamines

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  13. Computational organic chemistry

    Article • Annual Reports Section B (Organic Chemistry), January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  14. Zweikernige Palladiumkomplexe – Vorstufen oder Katalysatoren?

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2012, Wiley

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  15. Enzymatic catalysis of anti-Baldwin ring closure in polyether biosynthesis

    Article • Nature, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  16. An Efficient Computational Model to Predict the Synthetic Utility of Heterocyclic Arynes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, February 2012, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  17. An Efficient Computational Model to Predict the Synthetic Utility of Heterocyclic Arynes

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, February 2012, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  18. ChemInform Abstract: Gold-Catalyzed, Intramolecular, Oxygen-Transfer Reactions of 2-Alkynyl-1,5-diketones or 2-Alkynyl-5-ketoesters: Scope, Expansion, and Mechanistic Investigations on a New [4 + 2] Cycloaddition.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2012, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  19. Computational Study of Bond Dissociation Enthalpies for a Large Range of Native and Modified Lignins

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  20. Computational Design of New Protein Catalysts

    Article • September 2011, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  21. Experimental Diels-Alder Reactivities of Cycloalkenones and Cyclic Dienes Explained through Transition-State Distortion Energies

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2011, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  22. Experimental Diels-Alder Reactivities of Cycloalkenones and Cyclic Dienes Explained through Transition-State Distortion Energies

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, September 2011, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  23. Gold‐Catalyzed, Intramolecular, Oxygen‐Transfer Reactions of 2‐Alkynyl‐1,5‐diketones or 2‐Alkynyl‐5‐ketoesters: Scope, Expansion, and Mechanistic Investigations on a New [4+2] Cycloaddition

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2011, Wiley

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  24. Unraveling the Mechanism of Cascade Reactions of Zincke Aldehydes

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  25. Indolyne Experimental and Computational Studies: Synthetic Applications and Origins of Selectivities of Nucleophilic Additions

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  26. The [4+2], not [2+2], Mechanism Occurs in the Gold-Catalyzed Intramolecular Oxygen Transfer Reaction of 2-Alkynyl-1,5-Diketones

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, October 2010, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  27. The [4+2], not [2+2], Mechanism Occurs in the Gold-Catalyzed Intramolecular Oxygen Transfer Reaction of 2-Alkynyl-1,5-Diketones

    Article • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, October 2010, Wiley

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  28. Origins of Stereoselectivity in the trans Diels−Alder Paradigm

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  29. Indolyne and Aryne Distortions and Nucleophilic Regioselectivites

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  30. Origins of Regioselectivity of Diels−Alder Reactions for the Synthesis of Bisanthraquinone Antibiotic BE-43472B

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, December 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton, Dr Yee Hwee Lim

  31. Gold(I)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Allenes: A DFT study

    Article • Organic Letters, April 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  32. Hydrogen Bonding and π-Stacking: How Reliable are Force Fields? A Critical Evaluation of Force Field Descriptions of Nonbonded Interactions

    Article • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, March 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  33. Mechanistic Insights into the Catalytic Asymmetric Allylboration of Ketones: Brønsted or Lewis Acid Activation?

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  34. Theoretical Study of the Asymmetric Conjugate Alkenylation of Enones Catalyzed by Binaphthols

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, June 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  35. Stereostructure Assignment of Flexible Five-Membered Rings by GIAO 13C NMR Calculations: Prediction of the Stereochemistry of Elatenyne

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  36. ChemInform Abstract: Exploration of the Accessible Chemical Space of Acyclic Alkanes.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2008, Wiley

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  37. 1,5-Anti Stereocontrol in the Boron-Mediated Aldol Reactions of β-Alkoxy Methyl Ketones:  The Role of the Formyl Hydrogen Bond

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  38. Exploration of the Accessible Chemical Space of Acyclic Alkanes

    Article • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, October 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  39. Enantioselectivity in the boron aldol reactions of methyl ketones

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Robert Paton, Associate Prof. Robert S Paton

  40. Understanding the Origins of Remote Asymmetric Induction in the Boron Aldol Reactions of β-Alkoxy Methyl Ketones

    Article • Organic Letters, September 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Associate Prof. Robert S Paton