Andy Parsons

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• 2023

  Research-Led Learning in Action: Development of an Online Chemistry Course for Final-Year Undergraduates

  Parsons, A. F. & Sarju, J. P., 28 Apr 2023, In: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. 100, p. 1877-1884

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2021

  Radical Reactions

  Parsons, A. F. & Parsons, T. F., 27 Aug 2021, Organic Reaction Mechanisms 2018: An annual survey covering the literature dated January to December 2018. John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 553-591 39 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Retrosynthetic Analysis in Action: The Effectiveness of Filling in the Gaps

  Parsons, A. F., 15 Sept 2021, In: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. 98, 10, p. 3390-3394 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2020

  Exploring Everyday Chemistry: The Effectiveness of an Organic Chemistry Massive Open Online Course as an Education and Outreach Tool

  Parsons, A. F., 24 Apr 2020, In: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. 97, 5, p. 1266-1271 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Organic Fanatic: A Quiz-Based Mobile Application Game to Support Learning the Structure and Reactivity of Organic Compounds

  Shoesmith, J., Hook, J. D., Parsons, A. F. & Hurst, G. A., 11 Aug 2020, In: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. 97, 8, p. 2314-2318

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2019

  Flipping Introductory Retrosynthetic Analysis: An Exemplar Course to Get the Ball Rolling

  Parsons, A. F., 9 Apr 2019, In: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. 96, 4, p. 819-822 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Going Green in Process Chemistry: Optimizing an Asymmetric Oxidation Reaction to Synthesize the Antiulcer Drug Esomeprazole

  McAllister, G. D. & Parsons, A. F., 12 Nov 2019, In: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. 96, 11, p. 2617-2621 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2018

  MOOCs as ‘chemical attractants’

  Parsons, A. & Barr, I., 2018, In: Waikato Journal of Education. 23, 2, p. 5-16 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2014

  Asymmetric catalysis: A radical revolution in synthesis

  Parsons, A. F., Aug 2014, In: Nature Chemistry. 6, 8, p. 659-661 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
• 2013

  Novel route to chaetomellic acid A and analogues: Serendipitous discovery of a more competent FTase inhibitor

  Bellesia, F., Choi, S. R., Felluga, F., Fiscaletti, G., Ghelfi, F., Menziani, M. C., Parsons, A. F., Poulter, C. D., Roncaglia, F., Sabbatini, M. & Spinelli, D., 1 Jan 2013, In: Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. 21, 1, p. 348-358 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2012

  A new mild radical route to 3-substituted maleimides using organoboroles

  Birch, P., Parsons, A. F. & Cross, P., 15 Feb 2012, In: Tetrahedron Letters. 53, 7, p. 822-824 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Breakthrough in the α-perchlorination of acyl chlorides

  Bellesia, F., Danna, F., Felluga, F., Frenna, V., Ghelfi, F., Parsons, A. F., Reverberi, F. & Spinelli, D., 2012, In: Synthesis. 44, 4, p. 605-609 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• CuCl-catalyzed radical cyclisation of N-α-perchloroacyl-ketene-N,S- acetals: A new way to prepare disubstituted maleic anhydrides

  Cornia, A., Felluga, F., Frenna, V., Ghelfi, F., Parsons, A. F., Pattarozzi, M., Roncaglia, F. & Spinelli, D., 22 Jul 2012, In: Tetrahedron. 68, 29, p. 5863-5881 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2011

  Acetic Anhydride/Et3N/DMAP: An Effective Acetylating System for Hemiacetals

  Roncaglia, F., Parsons, A. F., Bellesia, F. & Ghelfi, F., Jan 2011, In: SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS. 41, 8, p. 1175-1180 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A green way to γ-lactams through a copper catalyzed ARGET-ATRC in ethanol and in the presence of ascorbic acid

  Casolari, R., Felluga, F., Frenna, V., Ghelfi, F., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F. & Spinelli, D., 14 Jan 2011, In: Tetrahedron. 67, 2, p. 408-416 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Concise syntheses of (+/-)-protoemetinol and related alkaloids using radical cyclisation

  Palframan, M. J., Parsons, A. F. & Johnson, P., 16 Mar 2011, In: Tetrahedron Letters. 52, 11, p. 1154-1156 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Radical addition of silanes to alkenes followed by oxidation

  Palframan, M. J., Parsons, A. F. & Johnson, P., 2011, In: Synlett. 19, p. 2811-2814 4 p., D28811ST.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Synthesis of 3-Alkyl-4-(chloromethyl)-1-RSO2-1H-pyrrol-2(5H)-ones, Using a Sequential ATRC/[1,2]-Elimination, from 2,2-Dichloro-N-(2-chloroallyl)-N-RSO2-amides

  Bregoli, M., Felluga, F., Frenna, V., Ghelfi, F., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F., Petrillo, G. & Spinelli, D., Apr 2011, In: SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART. 8, p. 1267-1278 12 p., 54710SS.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2010

  A blockbuster synthesis for undergraduates

  Parsons, A., 2010, Education in Chemistry, 47, p. 52-55.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Erythrina and related alkaloids

  Parsons, A. & Palframan, M. J., 2010, The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology. Cordell, G. A. (ed.). Chennai: Academic Press, Vol. 68. p. 39-81

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Expedient Synthesis, on Large Scale, of Aliphatic Chaetomellic Anhydrides from N-Allyl-2,2-dichlorocarboxyamides

  Ghelfi, F., Pattarozzi, M., Roncaglia, F., Giangiordano, V. & Parsons, A. F., Jan 2010, In: SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS. 40, 7, p. 1040-1051 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Functional rearrangement of 3-Cl or 3,3-diCl-gamma-lactams bearing a secondary 1-chloroalkyl substituent at C-4

  Pattarozzi, M., Roncaglia, F., Accorsi, L., Parsons, A. F. & Ghelfi, F., 6 Feb 2010, In: Tetrahedron. 66, 6, p. 1357-1364 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2009

  Atom transfer radical cyclization of O-allyl-2,2-dichlorohemiacetal acetates: an expedient method to dichloro-gamma-lactones

  Ghelfi, F., Roncaglia, F., Pattarozzi, M., Giangiordano, V., Petrillo, G., Sancassan, F. & Parsons, A. F., 12 Dec 2009, In: Tetrahedron. 65, 50, p. 10323-10333 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Preparation of five-membered and larger-ring cycloalkanes

  Palframan, M. J. & Parsons, A., 2009, Science of synthesis: Houben-weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations . Georg Thieme Verlag, Vol. 48. p. 647-693

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Synthesis of the Disubstituted Maleic Anhydride Frame Using a Novel Tandem Radical-Polar Reaction

  Pattarozzi, M., Ghelfi, F., Roncaglia, F., Pagnoni, U. M. & Parsons, A. F., 13 Aug 2009, In: Synlett. 13, p. 2172-2176 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2008

  An approach to cannabinoids by radical cyclisation of 1,7-dienes using diethyl thiophosphite

  Healy, M. P., Parsons, A. F. & Rawlinson, J. G. T., 12 Feb 2008, In: Synlett. 2008, 3, p. 329-332 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Preparation of the Maleic Anhydride Nucleus from Dichloro gamma-Lactams: Focus on the Role of the N-Substituent in the Functional Rearrangement and in the Hydrolytic Steps

  Ghelfi, F., Pattarozzi, M., Roncaglia, F., Parsons, A. F., Felluga, F., Pagnoni, U. M., Valentin, E., Mucci, A. & Bellesia, F., 1 Oct 2008, In: SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART. 19, p. 3131-3141 11 p., Z12108SS.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Radical initiation using borole derivatives

  Montgomery, I., Parsons, A. F., Ghelfi, F. & Roncaglia, F., 21 Jan 2008, In: Tetrahedron Letters. 49, 4, p. 628-630 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Synthesis of bispyrrolidines by radical cyclisation of diallylamines using phosphorus hydrides

  Parsons, A. F. & Wright, A., 22 Aug 2008, In: Synlett. 14, p. 2142-2146 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2007

  A novel short approach to (Z)-Pulchellalactam through transition-metal-catalyzed atom-transfer radical cyclization of 1-isopropylprop-2-enyl dichloroacetate

  Felluga, F., Ghelfi, F., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F., Pattarozzi, M., Roncaglia, F. & Valentin, E., 18 Jun 2007, In: SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART. 12, p. 1882-1886 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2006

  A diastereoselective radical cyclization approach to substituted quinuclidines

  Hunt, T. A., Parsons, A. F. & Pratt, R., 28 Apr 2006, In: Journal of Organic Chemistry. 71, 9, p. 3656-3659 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A new and effective route to (+/-)-botryodiplodin and (+/-)-epi-botryodiplodin acetates using a halogen atom transfer Ueno-Stork cyclization

  De Buyck, L., Forzato, C., Ghelfi, F., Mucci, A., Nitti, P., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F., Pitacco, G. & Roncaglia, F., 30 Oct 2006, In: Tetrahedron Letters. 47, 44, p. 7759-7762 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A short approach to chaetomellic anhydride A from 2,2-dichloropalmitic acid: elucidation of the mechanism governing the functional rearrangement of the chlorinated pyrrolidin-2-one intermediate

  Bellesia, F., Danieli, C., De Buyck, L., Galeazzi, R., Ghelfi, F., Mucci, A., Orena, M., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F. & Roncaglia, F., 23 Jan 2006, In: Tetrahedron. 62, 4, p. 746-757 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Radical addition reactions of phosphorus hydrides: Tuning the reactivity of phosphorus hydrides, the use of microwaves and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons-type reactions

  Jessop, C. M., Parsons, A. F., Routledge, A. & Irvine, D. J., 13 Mar 2006, In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 6, p. 1547-1554 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2005

  A new route to (+/-)-erythro-roccellic acid and chaetomellic anhydride C through functional rearrangement, promoted by n-propylamine or CH3ONa/CH3OH, of N-propyl-3-chloro-4-dichloromethyl-3-dodecylpyrrolidin-2-one

  De Buyck, L., Danieli, C., Ghelfi, F., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F., Pattarozzi, M. & Roncaglia, F., 14 Mar 2005, In: Tetrahedron. 61, 11, p. 2871-2877 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Combined dealkoxycarbonylation and lactonisation of unsaturated malonates in ionic liquids

  Oswald, M. F., Parsons, A. F., Yang, W. & Bowden, M., 21 Nov 2005, In: Tetrahedron Letters. 46, 47, p. 8087-8089 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Consecutive approach to alkenes that combines radical addition of phosphorus hydrides with Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons-type reactions

  Healy, M. P., Parsons, A. F. & Rawlinson, J. G. T., 14 Apr 2005, In: Organic Letters. 7, 8, p. 1597-1600 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Radical addition reactions of diphenylphosphine sulfide

  Parsons, A. F., Sharpe, D. J. & Taylor, P., 1 Dec 2005, In: Synlett. 19, p. 2981-2983 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Radion reactions to form vinylphosphonothioates

  Hunt, T., Parsons, A. F. & Pratt, R., 1 Dec 2005, In: Synlett. 19, p. 2978-2980 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2004

  A simple and efficient route to chaetomellic anhydride A: A potent natural Ras farnesyl-protein transferase inhibitor

  De Buyck, L., Cagnoli, R., Ghelfi, F., Merighi, G., Mucci, A., Pagnoni, U. M. & Parsons, A. F., 5 Jul 2004, In: SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART. 10, p. 1680-1686 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Functional rearrangement of polychlorinated pyrrolidin-2-ones to 5-imino-lactams promoted by n-propylamine

  Danieli, C., Ghelfi, F., Mucci, A., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F., Pattarozzi, M. & Schenetti, L., 6 Dec 2004, In: Tetrahedron. 60, 50, p. 11493-11501 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Phosphonyl radical addition to enol ethers. The stereoselective synthesis of cyclic ethers

  Jessop, C. M., Parsons, A. F., Routledge, A. & Irvine, D. J., 21 Jun 2004, In: Tetrahedron Letters. 45, 26, p. 5095-5098 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Radical reactions using decacarbonyldimanganese under biphasic conditions

  Huther, N., McGrail, P. T. & Parsons, A. F., Apr 2004, In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2004, 8, p. 1740-1749 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2003

  An efficient route to aliphatic 2,2-dichloroaldehydes via chlorination of aldehydes or alcohols with the system Cl-2/quaternary ammonium chloride

  Bellesia, F., De Buyck, L., Ghelfi, F., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F. & Pinetti, A., 2 Oct 2003, In: SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART. 14, p. 2173-2178 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A polymer-supported organic reaction: Seeing is believing

  Hailstone, E., Huther, N. & Parsons, A. F., Dec 2003, In: JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. 80, 12, p. 1444-1445 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• CAN-mediated oxidative free radical reactions in an ionic liquid

  Bar, G., Bini, F. & Parsons, A. F., 2003, In: SYNTHETIC COMMUNICATIONS. 33, 2, p. 213-222 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Cyclisation of dienes using phosphorus-centred radicals to form organophosphorus adducts

  Jessop, C. M., Parsons, A. F., Routledge, A. & Irvine, D., 13 Jan 2003, In: Tetrahedron Letters. 44, 3, p. 479-483 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Hydro-de-halogenation and consecutive deprotection of chlorinated N-amido-pyrrolidin-2-ones with Raney-Ni: an effective approach to gabapentin

  Cagnoli, R., Ghelfi, F., Pagnoni, U. M., Parsons, A. F. & Schenetti, L., 8 Dec 2003, In: Tetrahedron. 59, 50, p. 9951-9960 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Manganese(III) acetate-mediated alkylation of beta-keto esters and beta-keto amides: an enantio- and diastereo-selective approach to substituted pyrrolidinones

  Bar, G., Parsons, A. F. & Thomas, C. B., 21 Jan 2003, In: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 1, 2, p. 373-380 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Metal-catalysed radical cyclisations leading to N-heterocycles: new approaches to gabapentin and pulchellalactam

  Bryans, J. S., Chessum, N. E. A., Huther, N., Parsons, A. F. & Ghelfi, F., 11 Aug 2003, In: Tetrahedron. 59, 33, p. 6221-6231 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review