Dr Brett Schwartz
Areas of expertise
- Organic Chemical Synthesis 030503
- Natural Products Chemistry 030502
- Medicinal And Biomolecular Chemistry 0304
Publications
- Schwartz, B, Zhang, M, Attard, R et al 2020, 'Structurally Diverse Acyl Bicyclobutanes: Valuable Strained Electrophiles', Chemistry, A European Journal, vol. 26, no. 13, pp. 2808-2812.
- Crisp, A, Noble, B, Schwartz, B et al. 2019, 'The Synthesis, Structural Characterisation and Chemical Manipulation of the [6+3] Cycloadduct Derived from α-Tropolone O-Methyl Ether and Trimethylenemethane', Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 1458-1467.
- Mikusek, J, Nugent, J, Ward, J et al 2018, 'Synthetic Studies on the Natural Product Myrsinoic Acid F Reveal Biologically Active Analogues', Organic Letters, vol. 20, no. 13, pp. 3984-3987.
- Nugent, J & Schwartz, B 2017, 'N-Methoxy-N-methylcyanoformamide', Organic Syntheses, vol. 94, pp. 184-197.
- Buckler, J, Schwartz, B & Banwell, M 2017, 'The synthesis of polyfunctionalized, cyclohexene-based chirons from tartaric acid', Heterocycles, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 290-303.
- Nugent, J, Campbell, S, VO, Y et al 2017, 'Solvent-Free Synthesis of Cyanoformamides from Carbamoyl Imidazoles', European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2017, no. 34, pp. 5110-5118.
- Nugent, J & Schwartz, B 2016, 'N-Methoxy-N-methylcyanoformamide, a Highly Reactive Reagent for the Formation of ?-Keto Weinreb Amides and Unsymmetrical Ketones', Organic Letters, vol. 18, no. 15, pp. 3834-3837.
- Nugent, J, Banwell, M & Schwartz, B 2016, 'Total Synthesis of the Illicium-Derived Sesquineolignan Simonsol C', Organic Letters, vol. 18, no. 15, pp. 3798-3801.
- Chang, E, Schwartz, B, Draffan, A et al 2015, 'A chemoenzymatic and fully stereocontrolled total synthesis of the antibacterial natural product (-)-platencin', Chemistry - An Asian Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 427-439.
- White, L, Lan, P, Schwartz, B et al 2015, 'New, Homochiral Synthons Obtained through Simple Manipulations of Enzymatically Derived 3-Halo-cis-1,2-dihydrocatechols', Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 1467-1471.
- Banwell, M, Jones, M, Reekie, T et al. 2014, 'Raney® cobalt - an underutilised reagent for the selective cleavage of C-X and N-O bonds', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, vol. 12, no. 38, pp. 7433-7444.
- Gao, Y, Ma, X, Petit, L et al. 2013, 'Synthetic studies concerning the crinine alkaloid haemultine', Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 30-39.
- Schwartz, B, Matousova, E, White, R et al 2013, 'A chemoenzymatic total synthesis of the protoilludane aryl ester (+)-armillarivin', Organic Letters, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 1934-1937.
- Banwell, M, Gao, Y, Schwartz, B et al. 2012, 'Synthetic studies on Amaryllidaceae and other terrestrially derived alkaloids', Topics in Current Chemistry, vol. 309, pp. 163-202.
- Banwell, M, Gao, Y, Ma, X et al. 2012, 'gem-Dibromocyclopropanes and enzymatically derived cis-1,2-dihydrocatechols as building blocks in alkaloid synthesis', Pure and Applied Chemistry, vol. 84, no. 6, pp. 1329-1339.
- Schwartz, B, White, L, Banwell, M et al 2011, 'Structure of the Lycorinine Alkaloid Nobilisitine A', Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 76, no. 20, pp. 8560-8563.
- Schwartz, B, Banwell, M & Cade, I 2011, 'A chemoenzymatic total synthesis of the Amaryllidaceae alkaloid narseronine', Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 52, no. 35, pp. 4526-4528.
- White, L, Schwartz, B, Banwell, M et al 2011, 'A chemoenzymatic total synthesis of (+)-Clividine', Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 76, no. 15, pp. 6250-6257.
- Schwartz, B, Booth, Y, Fletcher, M et al 2010, 'Spiroacetal biosynthesis in fruit flies is complex: Distinguishable origins of the same major spiroacetal released by different Bactrocera spp', Chemical Communications, vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 1526-1528.
- Schwartz, B, Denton, J, Lian, Y et al 2009, 'Asymmetric [4 + 3] Cycloadditions between Vinylcarbenoids and Dienes: Application to the Total Synthesis of the Natural Product (â??)-5-epi-Vibsanin E', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 131, no. 23, pp. 8329-8332.
- Schwartz, B, Porzelle, A, Jack, K et al 2009, 'Cyclic enones as substrates in the Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction: surfactant interactions, scope and scalability with an emphasis on formaldehyde', Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, vol. 351, no. 7-8, pp. 1148-1154.
- Schwartz, B, Denton, J, Bernhardt, P et al 2009, 'Towards the Total Synthesis of 3-Hydroxyvibsanin E', Synthesis, vol. 2009, no. 17, pp. 2840-2846.
- Schwartz, B, Denton, J, Davies, H et al 2009, 'Total Synthesis of (±)-Vibsanin E', Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 62, no. 9, pp. 980-982.
- Schwartz, B, Williams, C & Bernhardt, P 2008, 'End Game Strategies Towards the Total Synthesis of Vibsanin E, 3-Hydroxy vibsanin E, Furanovibsanin A, and 3-O-Methylfuranovibsanin A', Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 4, pp. 34/1-8.
- Porzelle, A, Williams, C, Schwartz, B et al 2005, 'Evaluating the Baylis-Hillman reaction of cyclic enones using surfactants in water', Synlett, vol. 19, pp. 2923-2926.
- Schwartz, B, Jones, M, Banwell, M et al 2010, 'Synthesis of the enantiomer of the structure assigned to the natural product nobilisitine A', Organic Letters, vol. 12, no. 22, pp. 5210-5213.
- Jones, M, Schwartz, B, Willis, A et al 2009, 'Rapid and Enantioselective Assembly of the Lycorine Framework Using Chemoenzymatic Techniques', Organic Letters, vol. 11, no. 15, pp. 3506-3509.
- Schwartz, B, Moore, C, Rahm, F et al. 2008, 'Spiroacetal Biosynthesis in Insects. From Diptera to Hymenoptera: A Giant Ichneumon Wasp: Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni Cresson', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 130, no. 44, pp. 14853-14860.
- Schwartz, B, Williams, C, Anders, E et al 2008, 'Exploiting the Anders-Gassner variant on the Wittig reaction: new methodology for the synthesis of 3,3-dimethylacroyl enol esters', Tetrahedron, vol. 64, no. 27, pp. 6482-6487.
- Booth, Y, Schwartz, B, Fletcher, M et al 2006, 'A diverse suite of spiroacetals, including a novel branched representative, is released by female Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly)', Chemical Communications, vol. 2006, no. 38, pp. 3975-3977.
- Schwartz, B, Tilly, D, Heim, R et al 2006, 'Towards the Total Synthesis of Vibsanin E, 15-O Methylcyclovibsanin B, 3-Hydroxyvibsanin E, Furanovibsanin A, and 3-O Methylfuranovibsanin A', European Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 2006, no. 14, pp. 3181-3192.
- Schwartz, B, Hayes, P, Kitching, W et al 2005, 'Flexible Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure 2,8-Dialkyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecanes and 2,7-Dialkyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decanes from Propargylic and Homopropargylic Alcohols', Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 70, no. 8, pp. 3054-3065.
- Schwartz, B, McErlean, C, Fletcher, M et al. 2005, 'Spiroacetal Biosynthesis: (±)-1,7-Dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane in Bactrocera cacuminata and Bactrocera oleae (Olive Fruit Fly)', Organic Letters, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 1173-1176.
