C N-Containing Azaarenes as Activating Groups in Enantioselective Catalysis D Best, HW Lam The Journal of Organic Chemistry 79 (3), 831-845, 2014 | 141 | 2014 |
Diastereo-and Enantioselective Pd (II)-Catalyzed Additions of 2-Alkylazaarenes to N-Boc Imines and Nitroalkenes D Best, S Kujawa, HW Lam Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 (44), 18193-18196, 2012 | 126 | 2012 |
Synthesis of Spirocyclic Enones by Rhodium‐Catalyzed Dearomatizing Oxidative Annulation of 2‐Alkenylphenols with Alkynes and Enynes S Kujawa, D Best, DJ Burns, HW Lam Chemistry-A European Journal 20 (28), 8599-8602, 2014 | 105 | 2014 |
All-Carbon [3+3] Oxidative Annulations of 1,3-Enynes by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization and 1,4-Migration DJ Burns, D Best, MD Wieczysty, HW Lam Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (34), 9958-9962, 2015 | 89 | 2015 |
Pharmacological chaperones for human α-N-acetylgalactosaminidase NE Clark, MC Metcalf, D Best, GWJ Fleet, SC Garman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (43), 17400-17405, 2012 | 73 | 2012 |
Looking glass inhibitors: scalable syntheses of DNJ, DMDP, and (3R)-3-hydroxy-l-bulgecinine from d-glucuronolactone and of l-DNJ, l-DMDP, and (3S)-3-hydroxy-d-bulgecinine from … D Best, C Wang, AC Weymouth-Wilson, RA Clarkson, FX Wilson, RJ Nash, ... Tetrahedron: asymmetry 21 (3), 311-319, 2010 | 69 | 2010 |
Scalable Syntheses of Both Enantiomers of DNJNAc and DGJNAc from Glucuronolactone: The Effect of N‐Alkylation on Hexosaminidase Inhibition AFG Glawar, D Best, BJ Ayers, S Miyauchi, S Nakagawa, ... Chemistry-A European Journal 18 (30), 9341-9359, 2012 | 58 | 2012 |
Cystic fibrosis and diabetes: isoLAB and isoDAB, enantiomeric carbon-branched pyrrolidine iminosugars D Best, SF Jenkinson, AW Saville, DS Alonzi, MR Wormald, TD Butters, ... Tetrahedron Letters 51 (32), 4170-4174, 2010 | 55 | 2010 |
C-Branched Iminosugars: α-Glucosidase Inhibition by Enantiomers of isoDMDP, isoDGDP, and isoDAB–l-isoDMDP Compared to Miglitol and Miglustat SF Jenkinson, D Best, AW Saville, J Mui, RF Martínez, S Nakagawa, ... The Journal of organic chemistry 78 (15), 7380-7397, 2013 | 49 | 2013 |
Copper-catalyzed borylative coupling of vinylazaarenes and N-Boc imines JJ Smith, D Best, HW Lam Chemical Communications 52 (19), 3770-3772, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
Direct Synthesis of 5-Aryl Barbituric Acids by Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Reactions of Arenes with Diazo Compounds D Best, DJ Burns, HW Lam Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (25), 7410-7413, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
Synthesis of 2-acetamido-1, 2-dideoxy-D-galacto-nojirimycin [DGJNAc] from D-glucuronolactone: The first sub-micromolar inhibitor of α-N-acetylgalactosaminidases D Best, P Chairatana, AFG Glawar, E Crabtree, TD Butters, FX Wilson, ... Tetrahedron Letters 51 (17), 2222-2224, 2010 | 41 | 2010 |
Large scale synthesis of the acetonides of l-glucuronolactone and of l-glucose: easy access to l-sugar chirons AC Weymouth-Wilson, RA Clarkson, NA Jones, D Best, FX Wilson, ... Tetrahedron Letters 50 (46), 6307-6310, 2009 | 38 | 2009 |
Disrupting the CD95–PLCγ1 interaction prevents Th17-driven inflammation A Poissonnier, JP Guégan, HT Nguyen, D Best, N Levoin, G Kozlov, ... Nature chemical biology 14 (12), 1079-1089, 2018 | 29 | 2018 |
A concise approach to the synthesis of all twelve 5-deoxyhexoses: d-tagatose-3-epimerase—a reagent that is both specific and general D Rao, D Best, A Yoshihara, P Gullapalli, K Morimoto, MR Wormald, ... Tetrahedron Letters 50 (26), 3559-3563, 2009 | 28 | 2009 |
High yield protection of alcohols, including tertiary and base sensitive alcohols, as benzhydryl ethers by heating with diphenyldiazomethane in the absence of any other reagent D Best, SF Jenkinson, SD Rule, R Higham, TB Mercer, RJ Newell, ... Tetrahedron Letters 49 (14), 2196-2199, 2008 | 25 | 2008 |
Modular synthesis of arylacetic acid esters, thioesters, and amides from aryl ethers via Rh (II)-catalyzed diazo arylation D Best, M Jean, P van de Weghe The Journal of organic chemistry 81 (17), 7760-7770, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
Doubly carbon-branched pentoses: synthesis of both enantiomers of 2, 4-di-C-methyl arabinose and 2-deoxy-2, 4-di-C-methyl arabinose using only acetonide protection KV Booth, SF Jenkinson, D Best, FF Nieto, RJ Estévez, MR Wormald, ... Tetrahedron Letters 50 (36), 5088-5093, 2009 | 9 | 2009 |
Rare Monosaccharides and Biologically Active Iminosugars from Carbohydrate Chirons D Best University of Oxford, 2011 | 6 | 2011 |
Probing the side chain tolerance for inhibitors of the CD95/PLCγ1 interaction HT Nguyen, JP Guégan, D Best, P van de Weghe, N Levoin, P Legembre, ... Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 29 (21), 126669, 2019 | 3 | 2019 |