The Perlmutter Group

The Perlmutter Group 2007

Research Areas

Organic synthesis

1. Total Synthesis.  Current targets include: The Pervilleines, the Salvinorins, the Pamaycins, the Steroids and the Abietanes
2. Asymmetric catalysis based on chiral benzoxazines
3. New imaging agents based on kangaroo paw pigments
4. New auxiliaries for stereocontrolled oxidative coupling reactions

Biological and medicinal chemistry

1. Peptide-based vaccines for cancer
2. Beta-amino acid derived hybrid peptides as tools in biology
3. Structured beta-peptide templates for biomineralisation
4. New, super-stabilised beta-peptides as new materials for nanotechnology

Publications

For a full list of publications, see here.