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University of Auckland: Auckland, NZ

2009-11-01 to present | Associate Professor (Chemical Sciences)
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Jonathan Sperry

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Exeter: Exeter, Devon, GB

2002-09-01 to 2006-01-31 | Ph.D Organic Chemistry (Chemistry)
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Jonathan Sperry

University of Exeter: Exeter, Devon, GB

1999-09-01 to 2002-06-31 | BSc (Hons) Biological and Medicinal Chemistry (Chemistry)
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Jonathan Sperry

Funding (7)

Heavy drugs for improved glioblastoma prognosis

2024-10-01 to 2027-09-30 | Grant
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington, Wellington, NZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UOA2497
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New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

The development of effective, easily separable liquid catalysts

2024 to 2027 | Contract
Marsden Fund (Wellington, NZ)
PROPOSAL_ID:

MFP-23-UOA-149

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MFP-UOA2327
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Royal Society Te Apārangi

Waste to treasure: using novel chemistry to valorise residual plant materials

2023-10-01 to 2028-09-30 | Grant
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington, Wellington, NZ)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UOAX2311
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New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

A Green Awakening for Radical Chemistry

2023 to 2026 | Contract
Marsden Fund (Wellington, NZ)
PROPOSAL_ID:

MFP-22-UOA-035

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MFP-UOA2230
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Royal Society Te Apārangi

Electrifying Chemical Synthesis

2019 to 2022 | Contract
Marsden Fund (Wellington, NZ)
PROPOSAL_ID:

18-UOA-269

GRANT_NUMBER:

UOA1828
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Royal Society Te Apārangi

Inert C-H bonds: A gateway to molecular complexity

2014 to 2019 | Contract
Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (Wellington, NZ)
PROPOSAL_ID:

RDF-13-UOA-005

GRANT_NUMBER:

RDF-UOA1303
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Royal Society Te Apārangi

Synthesis of natural bis-indoles - prevention and chemotherapy of cancer

2011 to 2014 | Contract
Marsden Fund (Wellington, NZ)
PROPOSAL_ID:

MFP-10-UOA-203

GRANT_NUMBER:

MFP-UOA1019
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Royal Society Te Apārangi

Works (50 of 155)

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Catalytic performance of electronic waste-derived gold nanoparticles for the reduction of p-nitrophenol

Environmental Science: Nano
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D4EN01077A
Contributors: Michelle Y. Lau; David C. Young; Jack L.-Y. Chen; Jonathan Sperry
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Electrochemical oxidation–cyclocondensation of chitin-derived 3-acetamido-5-acetylfuran (3A5AF) for the synthesis of 3-acetyl-4-acetamidopyrrolin-2-ones

Green Chemistry
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D4GC06067A
Contributors: Juan J. Arteaga Giraldo; Tilo Söhnel; Paul A. Kilmartin; Jonathan Sperry
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Phytic acid as a biorenewable catalyst for cellulose pyrolysis to produce levoglucosenone

RSC Sustainability
2025 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SU00502C
Contributors: Tsinjo Nirina Rafenomananjara; Shinji Kudo; Jonathan Sperry; Shusaku Asano; Jun-ichiro Hayashi
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Targeting glioma with heteroaromatic alkaloids: A review of potential therapeutics

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
2025-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2024.118051
Contributors: Karen Ichikawa; Hannah M. Johnson; Maurice A. Curtis; Nandita Biswas; Snigdha Singh; Hasmik N. Khachatryan; Anastasia E. Gater; Simon X. Lin; Jonathan Sperry
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Efficient Production and Isolation of 3‐Acetamido‐5‐Acetylfuran from N‐Acetyl‐D‐Glucosamine within Protic Ionic Liquids

ChemistryOpen
2025-02-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/open.202500094
Contributors: Emma L. Matthewman; Jonathan Sperry; Cameron C. Weber
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Mechanochemical Radical Transformations in Organic Synthesis

Chemistry – A European Journal
2025-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202403833
Contributors: Sahra Sheikhaleslami; Jonathan Sperry
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Expanded scope of chitin-derived nitrogen scaffolds enabled by the 3-acetamido-5-furfurylaldehyde (3A5F) platform

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scp.2024.101838
Contributors: Jessica C. Neville; Christine N.Y. Kieu; Jonathan Sperry
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Xylochemical synthesis of diarylated heterocycles

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy
2024-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scp.2024.101798
Contributors: Stephanie B. Millar; Hasmik N. Khachatryan; Masoume Malmir; Jonathan Sperry
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Biomimetic Synthesis of the Marine-Derived Thioalkaloids Dassonmycins A and B

Organic Letters
2024-11-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03937
Contributors: Tyler C. Murgatroyd; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthesis and structural affirmation of pubesamides A and B, monoterpene N-benzoyltyramides from white sapote (Casimiroa pubescens)

Tetrahedron Chem
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2024.100075
Contributors: Ruth P. Paulino; Karen Ichikawa; Jonathan Sperry
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Support studies toward the alkaloids mescengricin and lysiformine focused on oxazole-olefin cycloadditions

Tetrahedron
2024-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2024.133992
Contributors: Karen Ichikawa; Simon X. Lin; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Benzothiazole alkaloids: Biomimetic synthesis of the violatinctamine scaffold and the insect-derived monoamine polyrhadopamine D

Tetrahedron Letters
2024-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2024.155012
Contributors: Kirsty Anderson; Shi-Wei Kim; Karen Ichikawa; Yihan Yu; Gemma E. Douglas; Jonathan Sperry
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Biomimetic synthetic studies on the hicksoane alkaloids

Tetrahedron Chem
2024-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100060
Contributors: Stephanie Lee; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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1,2,4-Thiadiazole alkaloids – Isolation, biological activity and synthesis

Tetrahedron
2024-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2023.133767
Contributors: Daniel G. Anstis; Emma K. Davison; Jonathan Sperry
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Electrochemical oxidation of 3-substituted indoles

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB00831B
Contributors: Juan J. Arteaga Giraldo; Ashley C. Lindsay; Rachel Chae-Young Seo; Paul A. Kilmartin; Jonathan Sperry
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Mechanochemical destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aqueous film-forming foams and contaminated soil

Environmental Science: Advances
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3VA00099K
Contributors: Kapish Gobindlal; Erin Shields; Andrew Whitehill; Cameron C. Weber; Jonathan Sperry
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Phosphorus sustainability: a case for phytic acid as a biorenewable platform

Green Chemistry
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3GC01421E
Contributors: Emma K. Davison; Jessica C. Neville; Jonathan Sperry
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Support studies toward the hicksoane alkaloids reveal cascade reactions of a (tryptophanamido)methylglycinate

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3OB01596C
Contributors: Stephanie Lee; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthesis of nominal phragmunis A, a natural product from the poisonous mushroom Trogia venenata

Tetrahedron Letters
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2023.154821
Contributors: Hannah M. Johnson; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthesis of sulfur-containing polybromoindoles from the marine alga Laurencia brongniartii

Tetrahedron Letters
2023-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2023.154724
Contributors: Yihan Yu; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthetic studies toward the marine alkaloid convolutindole A, a structurally remarkable derivative of the hallucinogen N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT)

Tetrahedron Letters
2023-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2023.154756
Contributors: Karen Ichikawa; Jessica C. Neville; Yihan Yu; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthesis of lysiformine, a marine-derived 3-hydroxypyridine alkaloid

Tetrahedron Letters
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2023.154671
Contributors: Simon X. Lin; Jonathan Sperry
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Spiroindimicin model studies reveal a facile route to cyclopenta[c]pyrazoles

Tetrahedron Letters
2023-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2023.154582
Contributors: Simon X. Lin; Lachlan M. Blair; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Role of the In Situ Generated Acidic Protons and Cl Species for 2,5-Hexanedione Production from the New Platform Molecule 5-(Chloromethyl)furfural

ACS Catalysis
2023-07-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c02010
Contributors: Binglin Chen; Zhendong Yu; Renjie Huang; Ye Tian; Zheng Li; Jonathan Sperry; Shuliang Yang; Xing Tang; Yong Sun; Lu Lin et al.
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Alkaloids from the entheogenic plant Peganum harmala

Australian Journal of Chemistry
2023-05-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1071/CH23038
Contributors: Daniel G. Anstis; Jessica Liyu; Emma K. Davison; Jonathan Sperry; Craig Hutton
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Solvent-Free, Ambient Temperature and Pressure Destruction of Perfluorosulfonic Acids under Mechanochemical Conditions: Degradation Intermediates and Fluorine Fate

Environmental Science & Technology
2023-01-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06673
Contributors: Kapish Gobindlal; Zoran Zujovic; Jacob Jaine; Cameron C. Weber; Jonathan Sperry
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Haber-independent, asymmetric synthesis of the marine alkaloid epi-leptosphaerin from a chitin-derived chiral pool synthon

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D2OB01251K
Contributors: Jessica C. Neville; Michelle Y. Lau; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Progress toward a biomimetic synthesis of pegaharmaline A

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D1OB02372A
Contributors: Jessica Liyu; Shi-Wei Kim; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthesis of the 2,2′:3′,3′':2′',2′'' tetraindole framework of the alkaloid bisindigotin

Tetrahedron Letters
2022-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.154082
Contributors: Maurycy Prystupa; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Itaconate is a covalent inhibitor of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase

RSC Medicinal Chemistry
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D0MD00301H
Contributors: Brooke X. C. Kwai; Annabelle J. Collins; Martin J. Middleditch; Jonathan Sperry; Ghader Bashiri; Ivanhoe K. H. Leung
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Synthesis of 3-nitroindoles by sequential paired electrolysis

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D1OB01453F
Contributors: Ashley C. Lindsay; Paul A. Kilmartin; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthetic studies toward inducamide C

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D0OB01995J
Contributors: Ardalan A. Nabi; Lydia M. Scott; Daniel P. Furkert; Jonathan Sperry
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Octacycles and Nonacycles from 3-Hydroxy-2,2′-bisindole

The Journal of Organic Chemistry
2021-12-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02274
Contributors: Maurycy Prystupa; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthesis of bio-based 2-thiothiophenes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
2021-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0350
Contributors: Yichen Qiu; Yunchao Feng; Ashley C. Lindsay; Xianhai Zeng; Jonathan Sperry
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The Mechanism of Surface-Radical Generation and Amorphization of Crystalline Quartz Sand upon Mechanochemical Grinding

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2021-09-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06069
Contributors: Kapish Gobindlal; Zoran Zujovic; Pooja Yadav; Jonathan Sperry; Cameron C. Weber
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Tetrahydrocarbazoles by mechanochemical Fischer indolisation

Tetrahedron Letters
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2021.153068
Contributors: Yichen Qiu; Kararaina Te Puni; Clotilde C. Duplan; Ashley C. Lindsay; Jonathan Sperry
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Bioinspired Synthesis of the Furopyrazine Alkaloid Hyrtioseragamine A

The Journal of Organic Chemistry
2021-03-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00174
Contributors: Shi-Wei Kim; Paul A. Hume; Jonathan Sperry
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Synthetic Studies toward Bisindigotin: Polyheteroaromatic Scaffolds via Skeletal Rearrangements of a Diacetoxytetraindole

The Journal of Organic Chemistry
2021-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02470
Contributors: Maurycy Prystupa; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Haber-independent, diversity-oriented synthesis of nitrogen compounds from biorenewable chitin

Green Chemistry
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D0GC00208A
Contributors: Thuy Trang Pham; Xi Chen; Tilo Söhnel; Ning Yan; Jonathan Sperry
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One-pot oxidative hydrolysis-oxidative cleavage of 7-borylindoles enables access to o-amidophenols and 4-acylbenzoxazoles

Chemical Communications
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC09807K
Contributors: Kirsty Anderson; Andrew S. Eastabrook; Jonathan Sperry
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The curious yellow colouring matter of the Iceland poppy

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D0OB01162B
Contributors: Rory Devlin; Jonathan Sperry
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Jiangrine-like scaffolds from biorenewable platforms

Tetrahedron Letters
2020-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152538
Contributors: Rory Devlin; Shinji Kudo; Jonathan Sperry
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Manganese catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of biomass-derived aldehydes: Insights to the catalytic performance and mechanism

Journal of Catalysis
2020-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2020.05.037
Contributors: Yunchao Feng; Sishi Long; Guihua Yan; Binglin Chen; Jonathan Sperry; Wanjie Xu; Yong Sun; Xing Tang; Xianhai Zeng; Lu Lin
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Synthesis of the 1,2,4-Thiadiazole Alkaloid Polyaurine B

Journal of Natural Products
2020-05-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00166
Contributors: Daniel G. Anstis; Ashley C. Lindsay; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Structural Revision of Pseudocerosine and Validation of a Biosynthetic Proposal for E-ring Formation in Pyridoacridine Alkaloids

Organic Letters
2020-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00953
Contributors: Se Hun Kim; Tilo Söhnel; Jonathan Sperry
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Biomimetic synthesis of nudicaulins I and II, yellow pigments from the Iceland poppy Papaver nudicaule

Chemical Communications
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9CC07943B
Contributors: Rory Devlin; Jonathan Sperry
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Cleavage of lignin model compounds and ligninox using aqueous oxalic acid

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9OB01452G
Contributors: Ashley C. Lindsay; Shinji Kudo; Jonathan Sperry
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Cu1–Cu0 bicomponent CuNPs@ZIF-8 for highly selective hydrogenation of biomass derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Green Chemistry
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9GC01331H
Contributors: Yunchao Feng; Guihua Yan; Ting Wang; Wenlong Jia; Xianhai Zeng; Jonathan Sperry; Yong Sun; Xing Tang; Tingzhou Lei; Lu Lin
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Synthetic Studies Toward the Flatworm‐Derived Alkaloid Pseudocerosine

ChemistrySelect
2019-10-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/slct.201903659
Contributors: Se Hun Kim; Jonathan Sperry
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Acetyl-CoA-mediated activation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyase 2

Nature Communications
2019-10-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12614-7
Contributors: Ram Prasad Bhusal; Wanting Jiao; Brooke X. C. Kwai; Jóhannes Reynisson; Annabelle J. Collins; Jonathan Sperry; Ghader Bashiri; Ivanhoe K. H. Leung
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