Publications | cresswellgroup

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Direct α-C–H Heteroarylation of Unprotected Primary Amines

G. D. Johnson, S. A. Corio, J. D. Grayson, J. D. Tibbetts, G. Ballantyne, Q. Cao, H. E. Askey, J. J. Bell-Tyrer, O. P. Datsenko, M. A. Graham, P. K. Mykhailiuk, J. S. Hirschi,* A. J. Cresswell*

ChemRxiv 2025, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-q5jr2

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Scalable Photocatalytic Annulation of Primary Amines to δ-Lactams: Access to Privileged (Spiro)Piperidine Space

J. C. Turner-Dore, J. J. Bell-Tyrer, H. E. Askey, D. L. Richards, O. Polishchuk, O. P. Datsenko, J. A. Cadge, P. K. Mykhailiuk, M. Ciaccia, A. J. Cresswell*

ChemRxiv 2025, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-2cx97

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Photoredox-HAT Catalysed α-C–H Alkylation of Primary Amines with Vinyl Phosphine Oxides:
New Building Blocks for Spiropyrrolidine Synthesis

A. G. Kinsella, J. J. Bell-Tyrer, D. Stead, A. J. Cresswell*

Tetrahedron 2025, 185, 134806 [Invited article for special issue on "H-Atom Transfer Chemistry"]

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Modular, Automated Synthesis of Spirocyclic Tetrahydronaphthyridines from Primary Alkylamines

Q. Cao, J. D. Tibbetts, G. L. Wrigley, A. P. Smalley, A. J. Cresswell*

Commun. Chem. 2023, 6, 215

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Photoredox-HAT Catalysis for Primary Amine α-C–H Alkylation: Mechanistic Insight with Transient Absorption Spectroscopy

M. Sneha*, G. L. Thornton, L. Lewis-Borrell, A. S. H. Ryder, S. G. Espley, I. P. Clark, A. J. Cresswell, M. N. Grayson, A. J. Orr-Ewing *

ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 8004

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Decarboxylative, Radical C–C Bond Formation with Alkyl or Aryl Carboxylic Acids: Recent Advances

J. D. Tibbetts, H. E. Askey, J. C. Turner-Dore, J. D. Grayson, G. D. Johnson, Q. Cao, S. L. Hobson, A. J. Cresswell*

Synthesis 2023, DOI: 10.1055/a-2081-1830

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1,3-Benzenedicarbonitrile, 2,4,5,6-Tetrakis(diphenylamino)-

Joshua D. Tibbetts and Alexander J. Cresswell*

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn02513

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Tetrabutylammonium Azide

Yoko Takahashi, Hannah E. Askey, and Alexander J. Cresswell*

Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01686

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Stern–Volmer Analysis of Photocatalyst Fluorescence Quenching within Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibre Microreactors

Alexander S. Gentleman, Takashi Lawson, Matthew G. Ellis, Molly Davis, Jacob Turner-Dore, Alison S. H. Ryder, Michael H. Frosz, Maria Ciaccia, Erwin Reisner, Alexander J. Cresswell,* and Tijmen G. Euser*

Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 10548

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Styrene Hydroaminoalkylation with Primary Alkylamines

James D. Grayson, Hannah E. Askey, Jacob C. Turner-Dore and Alexander J. Cresswell*

Trends Chem. 2022, 4, 361 [mechanism of the month]

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N-Tosylhydrazones as Acceptors for Nucleophilic Alkyl Radicals in Photoredox Catalysis: A Short Case Study on Possible Side Reactions

Anna G. Kinsella, Joshua D. Tibbetts, Darren Stead, and Alexander J. Cresswell*

Synth. Commun. 2022, 413

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Photocatalytic Hydroaminoalkylation of Styrenes with Unprotected Primary Alkylamines

Hannah E. Askey, James D. Grayson, Joshua D. Tibbetts, Jacob C. Turner-Dore, Jake M. Holmes, Gabriele Kociok-Kohn, Gail L. Wrigley, and Alexander J. Cresswell*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15936 [most read JACS article of the month]

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𝛾-Amino Phosphonates via the Photocatalytic α-C–H Alkylation of Primary Amines

James D. Grayson, Alexander J. Cresswell*

Tetrahedron 2021, 81, 131896 [Invited contribution to special issue on "Strategies for Efficient Organic Synthesis Dedicated to the Achievements of Professor Jonathan Williams"]

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Photocatalytic α‐Tertiary Amine Synthesis via C−H Alkylation of Unmasked Primary Amines

Alison S. H. Ryder, William B. Cunningham, George Ballantyne, Tom Mules, Anna G. Kinsella, Jacob Turner-Dore, Catherine M. Alder, Lee J. Edwards, Blandine S. J. McKay, Matthew N. Grayson, Alexander J. Cresswell*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 14986–14991

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Kinetic Analysis of Domino Catalysis: a Case Study on Gold-Catalyzed Arylation

Liam T. Ball, Tom J. A. Corrie, Alexander J. Cresswell, and Guy C. Lloyd-Jones*

ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 10420–10426

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ESIPT-based fluorescence probe for the rapid detection of hypochlorite (HOCl/ClO–)

Luling Wu, Qingye Yang, Liyuan Liu, Adam C. Sedgwick,* Alexander J. Cresswell,* Steven D. Bull,* Chusen Huang, and Tony D. James*

Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 8522–8525

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Room Temperature Gold-Catalysed Arylation of Heteroarenes: Complementarity to Palladium Catalysis

Alexander J. Cresswell, and Guy C. Lloyd-Jones*

Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 12641–12645

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Catalytic, Stereoselective Dihalogenation of Alkenes: Challenges and Opportunities

Alexander J. Cresswell, Stanley T.-C. Eey, and Scott E. Denmark*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15642–15682

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Catalytic, Stereospecific Syn-Dichlorination of Alkenes

Alexander J. Cresswell, Stanley T.-C. Eey, and Scott E. Denmark*

Nat. Chem. 2015, 7, 146–152

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Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Thio Ethers and Sulfones with Aryl Grignard Reagents

Scott E. Denmark* and Alexander J. Cresswell

J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 12593–12628

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Pinacolatoboron fluoride (pinBF) is an efficient fluoride transfer agent for synthesis of benzylic fluorides

A. J. Cresswell, S. G. Davies*, A. L. A. Figuccia, A. M. Fletcher, D. Heijnen, J. A. Lee, M. J. Morris, A. M. R. Kennett, P. M. Roberts, J. E. Thomson

Tetrahedron Lett. 2015, 56, 3373–3377

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Beyond the Balz−Schiemann Reaction: The Utility of Tetrafluoroborates and Boron Trifluoride as Nucleophilic Fluoride Sources

A. J. Cresswell, S. G. Davies*, P. M. Roberts, J. E. Thomson

Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 556–611

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Synthesis and Crystal Structures of N-Aryl-N-methylaminocyclohexanols

A. J. Cresswell, S. G. Davies*, D. S. Hewings, W. Kurosawa, J. A. Lee, M. J. Morris, P. M. Roberts, A. L. Thompson, J. E. Thomson

J. Chem. Cryst. 2013, 43, 646–654

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Re-engineering of the Duocarmycin Structural Architecture Enables Bioprecursor Development Targeting CYP1A1 and CYP2W1 for Biological Activity

H. M. Sheldrake, S. Travica, I. Johansson, P. M. Loadman, M. Sutherland, L. Elsalem, N. Illingworth, A. J. Cresswell, T. Reuillon, S. D. Shnyder, S. Mkrtchian, M. Searcey, M. Ingelman-Sundberg, L. H. Patterson*, K. Pors*

J. Med. Chem. 2013, 56, 6273–6277

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Diastereodivergent Hydroxyfluorination of Allylic Amines: Synthesis of 4-Deoxy-4-fluorophytosphingosines

A. J. Cresswell, S. G. Davies*, J. A. Lee, M. J. Morris, P. M. Roberts, J. E. Thomson

J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 7262–7281

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Ring-Opening Hydrofluorination of 2,3- and 3,4-Epoxy Amines by HBF4·OEt2: Application to the Asymmetric Synthesis of (S,S)-3-Deoxy-3-fluorosafingol

A. J. Cresswell, S. G. Davies*, J. A. Lee, M. J. Morris, P. M. Roberts, J. E. Thomson

J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 4617–4627

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β-Fluoroamphetamines via the Stereoselective Synthesis of Benzylic Fluorides

A. J. Cresswell, S. G. Davies*, J. A. Lee, P. M. Roberts, A. J. Russell, J. E. Thomson, M. J. Tyte

Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 2936–2939

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Ammonium-Directed Oxidation of Cyclic Allylic and Homoallylic Amines

C. W. Bond, A. J. Cresswell, S. G. Davies*, A. M. Fletcher, W. Kurosawa, J. A. Lee, P. M. Roberts, A. J. Russell, A. D. Smith, J. E. Thomson

J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 6735–6748

Cresswell Lab @ Bath

Reimagining Amine Synthesis