30. Autonomous mobile robots for exploratory synthetic chemistry

Dai, Tianwei;  Vijayakrishnan, Sriram; Szczypiński, Filip T.;  Ayme, Jean-François; Simaei, Ehsan; Fellowes, Thomas; Clowes, Rob; Kotopanov, Lyubomir; Shields, Caitlin E.; Zhou, Zhengxue; Ward, John W. & Cooper, Andrew I.* 

Nature 2024, 635, 890–897

29. 2D to 3D Reconstruction of Boron-Linked Covalent–Organic Frameworks

Wang, Xue; Fellowes, Thomas; Bahri, Mounib; Qu, Hang; Li, Boyu; Niu, Hongjun; Browning, Nigel D.; Zhang, Weiwei*; Ward, John W.*; Cooper, Andrew I.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 20, 14128–14135

28. Dynamic and Persistent Cyclochirality in Hydrogen-Bonded 2 Derivatives of Medium-Ring Triamines

Morris, David T. J.; Wales, Steven M.; Echavarren, Javier; Žabka, Matej; Marsico, Giulia; Ward, John W.; Pridmore, Natalie E.; Clayden, Jonathan*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 34, 19030–19041

27. Experimental Confirmation of a Predicted Porous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework

Shields, Caitlin E.; Wang, Xue; Fellowes, Thomas; Clowes, Rob; Chen, Linjiang;  Day, Graeme M.; Slater, Anna G.*; Ward, John W.*; Little, Marc A.*; Cooper, Andrew I.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 10.1002/anie.202303167

26. Discovery of a Covalent Triazine Framework Photocatalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Chemical Synthesis using High-Throughput Screening

Vijayakrishnan, Sriram; Ward, John W.*; Cooper, Andrew I.*

ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 10057–10064

25. Accelerated Synthesis and Discovery of Covalent Organic Framework Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Peroxide Production

Zhao, Wei; Yan, Peiyao; Li, Boyu; Bahri, Mounib; Liu, Lunjie; Zhou, Xiang; Clowes, Rob; Browning, Nigel D.; Wu, Yue; Ward, John W.*; Cooper, Andrew I.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9902–9909

24. Using Sound to Synthesize Covalent Organic Frameworks in Water

Zhao, Wei; Yan, Peiyao; Yang, Haofan; Bahri, Mounib; James, Alex M.; Chen, Hongmei; Liu, Lunjie; Li, Boyu; Pang, Zhongfu; Clowes, Rob; Browning, Nigel D.; Ward, John W.*; Wu, Yue*; Cooper, Andrew I.*

Nature Synthesis 2022, 1, 87–95

23. A Cubic 3D Covalent Organic Framework with nbo Topology

Wang, Xue; Bahri, Mounib; Fu, Zhiwei; Little, Marc A.; Liu, Lunjie; Niu, Hongjun; Browning, Nigel D.; Chong, Samantha Y.; Chen, Linjiang*; Ward, John W.*; Cooper, Andrew I.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15011–15016

22. A molecular communication channel consisting of a single reversible chain of hydrogen bonds in a conformationally flexible oligomer

Morris, David T.J.; Wales, Steven M.; Tilly, David P.; Farrar, Elliot H.E.; Grayson, Matthew N.; Ward, John W.; Clayden, Jonathan*

Chem 2021, 9, 2460–2472

21. ‘Reverse biomimetic’ synthesis of L-arogenate and its stabilized analogues from L-tyrosine

Eagling, Louise; Leonard, Daniel J.; Schwarz, Maria; Urruzuno, Iñaki; Boden, Grace; Wailes, J. Steven; Ward, John W.; Clayden, Jonathan*

Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 11394–11398

20. Scalable synthesis and coupling of quaternary α-arylated amino acids: α-aryl substituents are tolerated in α-helical peptides

Leonard, Daniel J.; Zieleniewski, Francis; Wellhöfer, Isabelle; Baker, Emily G.; Ward, John W.; Woolfson, Derek N.; Clayden, Jonathan*

Chem Sci. 2021, 12, 9386–9390

19. Bottom-Up Wet-Chemical Synthesis of a Two-Dimensional Porous Carbon Material with High Supercapacitance using a Cascade Coupling/Cyclization Route

Xu, Yongjie; Sprick, Reiner S.; Brownbill, Nick J.; Blanc, Frédéric; Li, Qingyin; Ward, John W.*; Ren, Shijie*; Cooper, Andrew I.*

J. Mater. Chem. A. 2021, 9, 3303–3308.

18. Hydantoin-Bridged Medium Ring Scaffolds by Migratory Insertion of Urea-Tethered Nitrile Anions into Aromatic C–N Bonds

Millward, Makenzie J.; Ellis, Emily; Ward, John W.; Clayden, Jonathan*

Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 2091–2096.

17. BIMP Catalyzed 1,3‐Prototropic Shift for the Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Conjugated Cyclohexenones

Golec, Jonathan; Carter, Eve; Ward, John W.; Whittingham, William; Simon, Luis; Paton, Robert*; Dixon, Darren J.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 17417–17422.

16. Synthesis of Stable Thiazole-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks via a Multicomponent Reaction

Wang, Kewei; Jia, Zhifang; Bai, Yang; Wang, Xue; Hodgkiss, Sophie E.; Chen, Linjiang; Chong, Samantha Y.; Wang, Xiaoyan; Yang, Haofan; Xu, Yongjie, Feng Feng*; Ward, John W.*; Cooper, Andrew I.*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11131–11138

15. Amino acid-derived trans-N-chloroformylimidazolidinones: scalable, stereoselective synthesis, structure, and utility

Amer, Mostafa, M.; Abas, Hossay; Leonard, Daniel J.; Ward, John W.; Clayden, Jonathan*

J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 7199–7206

14. Connective Synthesis of 5,5-Disubstituted Hydantoins by Tandem α-Amination and α-Arylation of Silyl Ketene Acetals

Saunthwal, Rakesh K.; Cornall, Matthew T.; Abrams, Roman; Ward, John W.*; Clayden, Jonathan*

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 3408–3412

13. Substituted Dihydroisoquinolinones by Iodide-Promoted Cyclocarbonylation of Aromatic α-Amino Acids

Amer, Mostafa, M.; Carrasco, Ana, C.; Leonard, Daniel J.; Ward, John W.; Clayden, Jonathan*

Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 7977–7981.

12. Asymmetric α-Arylation of Amino Acids

Leonard, Daniel J.; Ward, John W.; Clayden, Jonathan*

Nature, 2018, 562, 105–109

11. Competing Hydrogen-Bond Polarities in a Dynamic Oligourea Foldamer: A Molecular Spring Torsion Balance

Wechsel, Romina.; Žabka, Matej.; Ward, John W.; Clayden, Jonathan*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 3528–3531

10. Sequence-Specific Beta-Peptide Synthesis by a Rotaxane-Based Molecular Machine

De Bo, Guillaume; Gall, Malcolm A. Y.; Kitching, Matthew O.; Kuschel, Sonja; Leigh, David A.*; Tetlow, Daniel J.; Ward, John W.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10875–10879

9. Triply Threaded [4]Rotaxanes

Danon, Jonathan J.; Leigh, David A.*; McGonigal, Paul R.; Ward, John W.; Wu, Jhenyi

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12643–12647.

8. Medium-​Ring Nitrogen Heterocycles through Migratory Ring Expansion of Metalated Ureas

Hall, Jessica E.; Matlock, Johnathan V.; Ward, John W.; Gray, Katharine V.; Clayden, Jonathan*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11153–11157

7. Efficient assembly of threaded molecular machines for sequence-specific synthesis

De Bo, Guillaume; Kuschel Sonja; Leigh, David A.*; Lewandowski, Bartosz; Papmeyer, Marcus; Ward, John W.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5811–5814

6. Sequence-Specific Peptide Synthesis by an Artificial Small-Molecule Machine

Lewandowski, Bartosz; De Bo, Guillaume; Ward, John W.; Papmeyer, Marcus; Kuschel, Sonja; Aldegunde, María J.; Gramlich, Philipp M. E.; Heckmann, Dominik; Goldup, Stephen M.; D’Souza, Daniel M.; Fernandes, Antony E.; Leigh, David A.*

Science, 2013, 339, 189–193

5. Expedient construction of the [7-­5-­5] all­ carbon tricyclic core of the Daphniphyllum alkaloids daphnilongeranin B and daphniyunnine D

Darses, Benjamin; Michaelides, Iacovos N.; Sladojevich, Filippo; Ward, John W.; Rzepa, Paula; Dixon, Darren J.*

Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1684–1687

4. Expedient Route to the Functionalized Calyciphylline A-Type Skeleton via a Michael Addition–RCM Strategy

Sladojevich, Filippo; Michaelides, Iacovos N.; Darses, Benjamin; Ward, John W.; Dixon, Darren J.*

Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 5132–5135

3. Construction of Perhydro Indol-2-ones by a Methoxide catalyzed Deacetylation / Michael / Aldol Cascade

Ward, John W.; Dodd, Karen; Rigby, Caroline L.; De Savi, Chris; Dixon, Darren J.*

Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 1691–1693

2. Origin of diastereocontrol in the oxy-Michael reactions of d -lactol anions: a computational and experimental study

Richardson, Robert D.; Hernandez-Juan, Felix A.; Ward, John W.; Dixon, Darren J.*

Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 9607–9612

1. Highly stereoselective oxy-Michael additions to b ,g -unsaturated a -keto esters: rapid enantioselective synthesis of 3-hydroxybutenolides

Xiong, Xin; Ovens, Caroline; Pilling, Adam W.; Ward, John W.; Dixon, Darren J.

Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 565–567