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PROF MARK ANTONY STEEL RIZZACASA



Contact Details

Organization: Chemistry
Position: PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/staff/masr/research/MARHomepage.html
Work: 8344 2397
Fax: 9347 8396
Room: 505
Level: 05
Building: Bio21 Incubator Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Organic Chemical Synthesis Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States Case Western Reserve University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science The University of Western Australia 31-Dec-1986
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Western Australia 31-Dec-1991

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Chemical Society 01-Jan-1990
Member Royal Australian Chemical Institute 10-Aug-2004

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
David Syme Research Prize University of Melbourne 16-Feb-2007
Medal Royal Australian Chemical institute Rennie Memorial Medal 01-Jan-1997
Other (Award) Organic Reaction Inc. USA Organic Reactions Lectureship 2005 29-Oct-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Total synthesis of novel metabolites form microorganisms Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2004
Chemical synthesis of bioactive metabolites and analogues from marine sources and myxobacteria Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
Biomimetic and Methodology Based Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2007
X-ray Molecular Structure Elucidation Facility (MSEF) Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) 01/01/2007
Synthesis of Myxobacteria Metabolites and Analogues Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT EXPERT ASSISTANCE TO WARNER LAMBERT AND GIVE EVIDENCE ON MATTERS RELEVANT TO FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDING V9126 OF 2005 SUBJECT TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY OBLIGATIONS SET OUT IN THE CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING EXECUTED BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MARK RIZZACASA Chief Investigator ALLENS ARTHUR ROBINSON 29/05/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Asymmetric total synthesis of the myxobacteria metabolites crocacins A-D
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Tetrahedron
    Volume: 64
    Issue: -
    Page numbers: 4880-4895
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Enantiospecific Synthesis of the Heparanase Inhibitor (+)-Trachyspic Acid and Stereoisomers from a Common Precursor
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 17
    Page numbers: 2826-2834
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  • Synthesis of the C9-C29 Fragments of Ajudazols A and B
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Tetrahedron Letters
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 5841-5843
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  • Total Synthesis of (–)-Episilvestrol and (–)-Silvestrol
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
    Volume: 76
    Page numbers: 7835-7838
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Publications in 2006

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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Autoxidation of Salvinorin A under basic conditions
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Organic Chemistry
    Volume: 70
    Page numbers: 10057-10061
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Biomimetic synthesis of the novel 1,4-dioxanyloxy fragment of silvestrol and episilvestrol
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Tetrahedron Letters
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 293-295
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Enantiospecific synthesis of (-)-trachyspic acid
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 2073-2074
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry(Cambridge)
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  • Studies toward the pharmacophore of salvinorin A, a potent ? Opioid Receptor agonist
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 345-348
    Publisher: American Chemical Society
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Formal total synthesis of (-)-Apicularen A via transannular conjugate addition
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Organic Letters
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1289-1292
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Total synthesis of (-)-Reveromycin A
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Organic Letters
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 17
    Page numbers: 3001-3004
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Total synthesis of the proposed structure for spirofungin B: A reassignment of the stereochemistry
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Organic Letters
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1041-1044
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Characterisation of nickel(II) extraction by 2-hydroxy-5-nonylacetophenone oxime (LIX 84) in a micellar phase
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
    Volume: 227
    Issue: 1-3
    Page numbers: 49-61
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Divinatorins A-C, New Neoclerodane Diterpenoids from the Controlled Sage Salvia divinorum
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Natural Products
    Volume: 66
    Page numbers: 1242-1244
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Formal total synthesis of salicylihalamides A and B
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Organic Chemistry
    Volume: 68
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 2200-2204
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Salvinorins D-F, new neoclerodane diterpenoids from Salvia divinorum, and an improved method for the isolation of Salvinorin A
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Natural Products
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 703-705
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Total synthesis of (+)-crocacin A
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Chemistry
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 783-785
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • Total synthesis of the marine sponge metabolites (+)-rottnestol, (+)-raspailol A and (+)-raspailol B
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 2044-2056
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry(Cambridge)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Enantiospecific Synthesis of the Phospholipase A2 Inhibitor (-)-Cinatrin B
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Organic Chemistry
    Volume: 67
    Issue: 13
    Page numbers: 4392-4398
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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  • Synthesis of the core of apicularen A by transannular conjugate addition
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Tetrahedron Letters
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 47
    Page numbers: 8507-8510
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Total Synthesis of (+)-Crocacin D
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Organic Letters
    Volume: 4
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 525-527
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Total synthesis of the epidermal growth factor inhibitor (-)-reveromycin B
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Organic Chemistry
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 2382-2393
    Publisher: American Chemical Society(Washington DC)
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