
Total citations >4500; 8 papers > 100 citations. J-Index – 173. H-index – 25.
Submitted
a) M. P. Ball-Jones, M. G. Wakeling, A. D. Gillie, L. Male, P. W. Davies*
b) S. Li, P. W. Davies*, W. Shu*
Research Papers
Modular Synthesis of α-Arylated Carboxylic Acids, Esters and Amides via Photocatalyzed Triple C−F Bond Cleavage of Methyltrifluorides, S. Li, P. W. Davies*, W. Shu* Chem. Sci. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC01905A

Gold-Catalyzed Annulations with Nucleophilic Nitrenoids Enabled by Heteroatom-Substituted Alkynes, P. W. Davies* Chem. Rec. 2021, 21, 3964-3977.

Invited submission to as special issue Recent Advances in Transition‐Metal Catalysis
A Radical-Initiated Fragmentary Rearrangement Cascade of Ene-Ynamides to [1,2]-Annulated Indoles via Site-Selective Cyclization, S. Li, Y. Wang, Z. Wu, W. Shi, Y. Lei, P. W. Davies*, W. Shu* Org. Lett., 2021, 23, 7209-7213.

Gold(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of 3-Sulfenyl Pyrroles and Indoles by a Regioselective Annulation of Alkynyl Thioethers, P. E. Simm, P. Sekar, J. Richardson, P. W. Davies* ACS Catalysis, 2021, 6357–6362. OPEN DATA.

Gold-catalysed cycloisomerisation of ynamides to access 2,2-disubstituted tetrahydrothiophene motifs, P. Heer Kaur and P. W. Davies* Synlett, 2021, 32, 897-900. Link

Gold-Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkyne Oxyarylation for C3-Functionalization of Benzothiophenes, P. A. Rist, R. S. Grainger* and P. W. Davies*, Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 642–646. OPEN DATA.

Diastereoselective sulfur ylide rearrangements from gold catalysed oxidation of
ynamides, J. D. Priest, L. Male and P. W. Davies* Tetrahedron 2021, 78, 131757. Free access
Special issue in memory of Professor Jonathan Williams
Sulfenyl Ynamides in Gold Catalysis: Synthesis of Oxo-functionalised 4-Aminoimidazolyl Fused Compounds by Intermolecular Annulation Reactions, E. M. Arce, S. G. Lamont, P. W. Davies,* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2020, 362, 2503-2509.
Balancing Bulkiness in Gold(I) Phosphino-triazole Catalysis, Y. Zhao, M. G. Wakeling, F. Meloni, T. J. Sum, H. van Nguyen, B. R. Buckley, P. W. Davies, J. S. Fossey,* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 31-32, 5540-5538.
Invited submission to special issue: Heterocyclic Chemistry Eds. T. Ooi, O. Reiser, A. Smith, C. Vanderwal
Synthesis of Thiomorpholin‐3‐ones by a Gold‐Catalysed Oxidative Cyclisation‐Rearrangement Cascade from Ynamides, T. E. Baker, P. W. Davies,* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 31-32, 5201-5204.
Invited submission to special issue: Heterocyclic Chemistry Eds. T. Ooi, O. Reiser, A. Smith, C. Vanderwal
A Gold Carbene Manifold to Prepare Fused γ‐Lactams by Oxidative Cyclisation of Ynamides, F. Sanchez-Cantalejo, J. D. Priest, P. W. Davies,* Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 17215-17219.
Synthesis of N-Acyl Pyridinium-N-Aminides and Their Conversion to 4-Aminooxazoles via a Gold-Catalyzed Formal (3+2)-Dipolar Cycloaddition, M. P. Ball-Jones, P. W. Davies,* Org. Synth. 2018, 95, 112-126.
Alkynyl thioethers in gold-catalysed annulations to form oxazoles, R. J. Reddy, M. P. Ball-Jones, P. W. Davies,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13310-13313.
Alkynyl sulfoxides as α-sulfinyl carbene equivalents: Gold-catalysed oxidative cyclopropanation, M. J. Barrett, G. F. Khan, P. W. Davies,* R. S. Grainger* Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 5733-5736.
General Entry into o-,o’-Heteroatom-Linked N-(Hetero)aryl Imidazole Motifs by Gold-Catalysed Formal [3+2]-Dipolar Cycloaddition, M. Garzón, E. M. Arce, R. J. Reddy, P. W. Davies,* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2017, 359, 1837-1843.
Designated as a Very Important Publication
In the top 25 Most Accessed ASC papers in 2017
Efficient and flexible synthesis of highly functionalised 4-amino oxazoles by a gold-catalysed intermolecular formal [3+2]-dipolar cycloaddition, A. D. Gillie, R. Jannapu Reddy, P. W. Davies,* Adv. Synth. Catal. 2016, 358, 226-239.
Designated as a Very Important Publication
#6/25 Most accessed ASC paper in 2016 and still in the top 25 Most accessed ASC papers in 2018/9.
Divergent C-H Insertion-Cyclization Cascades of N-Allyl Ynamides; H. V. Adcock, E. Chatzopoulou, P. W. Davies* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15525-15529.
Regioselective functionalisation of dibenzothiophenes through gold-catalysed intermolecular alkyne oxyarylation, M. J. Barrett, P. W. Davies,* R. S. Grainger,* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 8676-8686.
A Direct Route into Fused Imidazo-diazines and Imidazo-pyridines Using Nucleophilic Nitrenoids in a Gold-Catalyzed Formal [3 + 2]-Dipolar Cycloaddition; M. Garzon, P. W. Davies,* Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 4850-4853.
Highlighted in Synfacts 2014, 14, 1246.
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1,2-N-Migration in a Gold-Catalysed Synthesis of Functionalised Indenes by the 1,1-Carboalkoxylation of Ynamides; H. V. Adcock, T. Langer, P. W. Davies,* Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 7262-7266.
A Gold-Catalysed Fully Intermolecular Oxidation and Sulfur-Ylide Formation Sequence on Ynamides; M. Dos Santos, P. W. Davies,* Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 6001-6004.
Highly regioselective synthesis of 2,4,5-(hetero)aryl substituted oxazoles by intermolecular [3+2]-cycloaddition of unsymmetrical internal alkynes; E. Chatzopoulou, P. W. Davies,* Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 8617-8619.
A reactivity switch in the gold-catalysed coupling of allyl sulfides with propargylic carboxylates; P. W. Davies,* S. J. C. Albrecht, Synlett, 2012, 23, 70-73.
Intermolecular and selective synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles by a gold-catalysed formal [3+2] cycloaddition; P. W. Davies,* A. Cremonesi, L. Dumitrescu, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 38, 8931-8935.
Selected as a Hot Article by the editors of Angewandte Chemie for its importance in a rapidly evolving field of high current interest.
Highlighted in Synfacts 2011, 11, 1174.
Isotopic labelling studies for a gold-catalysed skeletal rearrangement of alkynyl aziridines; P. W. Davies,* N. Martin, N. Spencer, Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 839-846.
Invited contribution to special issue: Gold Catalysis. Ed. F. D. Toste.
An efficient and selective synthesis of 2,5-substituted pyrroles by gold-catalysed ring expansion of alkynyl aziridines; P. W. Davies,* N. Martin, J. Organomet. Chem. 2011, 696, 159-164.
Invited contribution to special issue: Catalytic addition of E-H bonds to non-activated carbon-carbon multiple bonds. Ed. G. Bertrand.
Site-specific introduction of gold-carbenoids by intermolecular oxidation of ynamides or ynol ethers; P. W. Davies,* A. Cremonesi, N. Martin, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 379-381.
Invited contribution to “Emerging Investigators 2011” issue
Gold-catalysed room-temperature cycloisomerisation of alkynes and unactivated enolisable ketones; P. W. Davies,* C. Detty-Mambo, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2010, 8, 2918-2922.
Alkynes as Masked Ylides Under Noble Metal Catalysis; P. W. Davies,* Pure Appl. Chem. 2010, 82, 1537-1544.
Gold or Platinum-Catalysed Synthesis of Sulfur Heterocycles: Access to Sulfur Ylides Without Using Sacrificial Functionality; P. W. Davies,* S. J. C. Albrecht, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8372-8375.
Counterion Effects in a Gold-Catalysed Synthesis of Pyrroles from Alkynyl Aziridines; P. W. Davies,* N. Martin, Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2293-2296.
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Silver-Catalysed Doyle-Kirmse Reaction of Allyl and Propargyl Sulfides; P. W. Davies,* S. J. C. Albrecht, G. Assanelli, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2009, 7, 1276-1279.
Alkynes as Masked Ylides: Gold-Catalysed Intermolecular Reactions of Propargylic Carboxylates with Sulfides; P. W. Davies,* S. J. C. Albrecht, Chem. Commun. 2008, 238-240.
Total Synthesis of the Antibiotic Erypoegin H and Cognates by a PtCl2-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reaction; A. Fürstner,* E. K. Heilmann, P. W. Davies, Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 4844-4847; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 4760-4763.
Heterocycles by PtCl2-Catalyzed Intramolecular Carboalkoxylation or Carboamination of Alkynes; A. Fürstner,* P. W. Davies, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15024-15025.
Bidentate Ruthenium Vinylcarbene Catalysts Derived from Enyne Metathesis; A. Fürstner,* P. W. Davies, C. W. Lehmann, Organometallics, 2005, 24, 4065-4071.
Cyclobutenes by Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Reactions of Enynes; A. Fürstner,* P. W. Davies, T. Gress, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 8244-8245.
Asymmetric synthesis of avenaciolide via cascade palladium catalysed cyclisation–carbonylation of bromodienes; V. K. Aggarwal,* P. W. Davies, A. T. Schmidt, Chem. Commun. 2004, 1232-1233.
Palladium catalysed cyclisation–carbonylation of enynes to give cyclic γ,δ-unsaturated acids; V. K. Aggarwal,* M. Butters, P. W. Davies, Chem. Commun. 2003, 1046-1047.
A palladium catalysed cyclisation–carbonylation of bromodienes: control in carbonylation over facile β-hydride elimination; V. K. Aggarwal,* P. W. Davies, W. O. Moss, Chem. Commun. 2002, 972-973.
Reviews
Gold-Catalyzed Annulations with Nucleophilic Nitrenoids Enabled by Heteroatom-Substituted Alkynes, P. W. Davies* Chem. Rec. 2021, In press.
1-(2-Pyrimidinylamino)pyridinium Inner Salt, P. W. Davies* e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 2017.
Nucleophilic Nitrenoids Through π-Acid Catalysis: Providing a Common Basis for Rapid Access into Diverse Nitrogen Heterocycles; P. W. Davies,* M. Garzon, Asian J. Org. Chem. 2015, 4, 694-708.
π-Acid Mediated Insertion of Alkynes into Carbon-Heteroatom σ-Bonds; H. V. Adcock, P. W. Davies,* Synthesis, 2012, 44, 3401-3420.
Bürgenstock 2010: Stereochemistry on the shores; P. W. Davies,* Nature Chemistry, 2010, 2, 1011-1013.
Catalytic Carbophilic Activation: Catalysis by Platinum and Gold π Acids; A. Fürstner,* P. W. Davies,* Angew. Chem. 2007, 119, 3478-3519; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 3410-3449.
Alkyne Metathesis; A. Fürstner,* P. W. Davies, Chem. Commun. 2005, 2307-2320.
Book Chapters
Metathesis in Natural Product Synthesis: Strategies, Substrates and Catalysts; Chapter 7: Ring-closing Alkyne Metathesis in Natural Product Synthesis; P. W. Davies; C. Meyer, S. Arseniyadis, J. Cossy (Eds), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2010, 205-224
Organometallics: Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis; P. W. Davies,* Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem. Sect. B: Org. Chem. 2010, 106, 98-119.
Handbook of Cyclization Reactions; Chapter 12: Ring-closing Metathesis of Alkynes; P. W. Davies, S. Ma (Ed), (Vol 1) Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2009, 599-620
Organometallics: Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis; P. W. Davies,* Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem. Sect. B: Org. Chem. 2009, 105, 93-112.
Organometallics: Transition Metals in Organic Synthesis; P. W. Davies,* Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem. Sect. B: Org. Chem. 2008, 104, 68-87.
MiSC.
For an interview with Paul see https://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0031-1291061.pdf
Iridium Catalysed Synthesis of Vinyl Ether by the Reaction of Alcohol and Vinyl Acetate (1 Methoxy-4-vinyloxybenzene); Submitted by: T. Hirabayashi, S. Sakaguchi, Y. Ishii. Checked by: P. W. Davies, A. Fürstner, Org. Synth. 2005, 82, 55.