A curiosity driven research for new chemical reactions.

W. B. Motherwell, Aldrichimica Acta, 1992, 25, 71.

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On the evolution of organozinc carbenoid chemistry from carbonyl compounds - a personal account.

W. B. Motherwell, J. Organomet. Chem., 2001, 624, 41.

Key Words:
carbonyl compounds; organozinc carbenoid chemistry; silicon electrophiles; ALLYLIC ALCOHOLS; CYCLOPROPANATION; GENERATION; ACID



Curiosity and simplicity in the invention and discovery of new metal-mediated reactions for organic synthesis

W. B. Motherwell, Pure Appl. Chem., 2002, 74, 135.

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ORGANOZINC CARBENOIDS/CARBONYL-COMPOUNDS/GENERATION/METHYLENECYCLOPROPANES



Recent progress in the design and synthesis of artificial enzymes.

W. B. Motherwell, M. J. Bingham, Y. Six, Tetrahedron, 2001, 57, 4663.

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artificial enzymes; cyclodextrins; cyclophane; enzyme mimics; DIELS-ALDER REACTION; MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMERS; TRANSITION-STATE ANALOG; DYNAMIC COMBINATORIAL LIBRARIES; SELECTIVE PEPTIDE BINDING; DIRECTED EVOLUTION; CATALYTIC ANTIBODIES; REVERSIBLE ENCAPSULATION; CATIONIC CYCLIZATION; ELIMINATION-REACTION



W. B. Motherwell, D. Crich, Free-Radical Chain Reactions in Organic Chemistry., Academic, San Diego, CA, 1991.

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The role of zinc carbenoids in organic synthesis.

W. B. Motherwell, C. J. Nutley, Contemporary Organic Synthesis, 1994, 1, 219.

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Zn