By Emeritus Professor Richard John Taylor

Journal articles

HUCKSTEP MR; TAYLOR RJK; CATON MPL, 1987, 'ChemInform Abstract: Seleno‐ and Sulpheno‐Lactonisation Reactions of 5,7‐Dienoic Acids.', ChemInform, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198717210

CASY G; FURBER M; RICHARDSON KA; STEPHENSON GR; TAYLOR RJK, 1987, 'ChemInform Abstract: Alkylation Reactions of Propargyl Alcohol; Improved Routes to Prostaglandin α‐Side Chain Precursors.', ChemInform, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198714159

FURBER M; TAYLOR RJK; BURFORD SC, 1987, 'ChemInform Abstract: Stereospecific Diene Synthesis Using Acetylene Carbocupration; Preparation of Navel Orangeworm Pheromone and Leukotriene Analogues.', ChemInform, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198708317

FURBER M; TAYLOR RJK; BURFORD SC, 1987, 'ChemInform Abstract: An Improved Procedure for the Generation and Selective Trapping of 2,4′‐Dilithiophenylethyne.', ChemInform, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198703239

Parker D; Taylor RJ, 1987, 'Direct 1H NMR assay of the enantiomeric composition of amines and β-amino alcohols using o-acetyl mandelic acid as a chiral solvating agent', Tetrahedron, 43, pp. 5451 - 5456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)87726-7

Taylor R; Dumbrell S; Koteka G; Mokoputu K; Levy S, 1987, 'Prevention and control of noncommunicable disease in the Cook Islands.', New Zealand Medical Journal, 100, pp. 289 - 292

Furber M; Taylor RJK; Burford SC, 1987, 'The synthesis of aromatic leukotriene analogues; regioselective trapping of 2,4′-dilithiophenylethyne', Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, pp. 1573 - 1578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/p19870001573

Cook S; Henderson D; Richardson KA; Taylor RJK; Saunders J; Strange PG, 1987, 'The synthesis of heteroaromatic prostacyclin analogues via keto alkyne cyclisation', Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, pp. 1825 - 1831, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/p19870001825

COOK S; HENDERSON D; RICHARDSON KA; TAYLOR RJK; SAUNDERS J; STRANGE PG, 1987, 'ChemInform Abstract: The Synthesis of Heteroaromatic Prostacyclin Analogues via Keto Alkyne Cyclization.', ChemInform, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198748365

CASY G; LANE S; TAYLOR RJK, 1986, 'ChemInform Abstract: The Preparation of Thiathromboxane Analogues and a Formal Total Synthesis of Dithiathromboxane A2 Based on Conjugate Addition Reactions of Thiin‐4‐ones.', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198651332

Taylor RJK, 1986, 'Compound relations from the metal-carbon bond', Nature, 319, pp. 817, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/319817a0

Tuomilehto J; Zimmet P; Taylor R; Bennet P; Wolf E; Kankaanpää J, 1986, 'Smoking rates in Pacific islands', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 64, pp. 447 - 456

Furber M; Taylor RJK; Burford SC, 1986, 'An improved procedure for the generation and selective trapping of 2,4′-dilithiophenylethyne', Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 311, pp. C35 - C38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-328X(86)80262-5

Taylor R, 1986, 'Satellite clinics in maternity care.', Midwife Health Visitor Community Nurse, 22, pp. 287 - 288

Simmonds SH; Strange PG; Hall AW; Taylor RJK, 1986, 'Guanine nucleotide effects on agonist binding at D2 dopamine receptors in bovine anterior pituitary', Biochemical Pharmacology, 35, pp. 731 - 735, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-2952(86)90239-X

Taylor R; Kennard O, 1986, 'Accuracy of crystal structure error estimates', Acta Crystallographica Section B, 42, pp. 112 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0108768186098506

Casy G; Furber M; Richardson KA; Stephenson GR; Taylor RJK, 1986, 'Alkylation reactions of propargyl alcohol; improved routes to prostaglandin α-side chain precursors', Tetrahedron, 42, pp. 5849 - 5856, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)96065-X

King H; Taylor R; Koteka G; Nemaia H; Zimmet P; Bennett PH; Raper LR, 1986, 'Glucose tolerance in Polynesia: Population-based surveys in Rarotonga and Niue', Medical Journal of Australia, 145, pp. 505 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb139452.x

Parker D; Taylor RJ; Ferguson G; Tonge A, 1986, 'Origins of the proton NMR chemical shift non-equivalence in the diastereotopic methylene protons of camphanamides', Tetrahedron, 42, pp. 617 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)87461-5

Huckstep MR; Taylor RJK; Caton MPL, 1986, 'Seleno- and sulpheno-lactonisation reactions of 5,7-dienoic acids', Tetrahedron Letters, 27, pp. 5919 - 5922, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)85362-9

Taylor R, 1986, 'Similarity reconstruction of trees', Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B, 41, pp. 235 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0095-8956(86)90047-X

Harris RK; Lane S; Metcalfe K; Packer KJ; Root A; Taylor RJK, 1986, 'Solid- and solution-state carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance studies of a series of sulphur-containing heterocycles', Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2, pp. 1887 - 1893, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/P29860001887

Furber M; Taylor RJK; Burford SC, 1986, 'Stereospecific diene synthesis using acetylene carbocupration; preparation of navel orangeworm pheromone and leukotriene analogues', Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, pp. 1809 - 1815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/p19860001809

Casy G; Lane S; Taylor RJK, 1986, 'The preparation of thiathromboxane analogues and a formal total synthesis of dithiathromboxane A2 based on conjugate addition reactions of thiin-4-ones', Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, pp. 1397 - 1404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/p19860001397

FURBER M; TAYLOR RJK; BURFORD SC, 1985, 'ChemInform Abstract: Z,Z‐DIENES VIA ACETYLENE CARBOCUPRATION: SYNTHESIS OF NAVEL ORANGEWORM PHEROMONE', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198542363

FURBER M; TAYLOR RJK, 1985, 'ChemInform Abstract: STEREOSPECIFIC SYNTHESIS OF DIENES AND TRIENES FROM PYRYLIUM PERCHLORATE: A CONVERGENT APPROACH TO LEUKOTRIENES', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198541094

LANE S; TAYLOR RJK, 1985, 'ChemInform Abstract: CONJUGATE ADDITION TO THIIN‐4‐ONES; A NOVEL ROUTE TO THIATHROMBOXANE ANALOGS', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198540346

FURBER M; TAYLOR RJK; BURFORD SC, 1985, 'ChemInform Abstract: THE SYNTHESIS OF LEUKOTRIENE ANALOGS VIA ACETYLENE CARBOCUPRATION', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198540347

Williamson HG; Gust ID; Dimitrakakis M; Liu SQ; Taylor R; Whitmore J; Nemaia HT; Nemaia J, 1985, 'Serological markers of hepatitis B infection in Niue children', New Zealand Medical Journal, 98, pp. 275 - 277

TAYLOR RJK, 1985, 'ChemInform Abstract: ORGANOCOPPER CONJUGATE ADDITION‐ENOLATE TRAPPING REACTIONS', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198537364

LANE S; QUICK SJ; TAYLOR RJK, 1985, 'ChemInform Abstract: THE SYNTHESIS OF THIATHROMBOXANE ANALOGS', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198532189

RICHARDSON KA; SAUNDERS J; TAYLOR RJK, 1985, 'ChemInform Abstract: KETO‐ALKYNE CYCLIZATION REACTIONS: HETEROCYCLIC PROSTACYCLIN ANALOGS', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198529364

Jarrett RJ; Taylor R, 1985, 'Physical activity and prevalence of diabetes', Diabetologia, 28, pp. 250 - 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00282243

LANE S; QUICK SJ; TAYLOR RJK, 1985, 'ChemInform Abstract: PUMMERER REARRANGEMENTS USING CHLOROTRIMETHYLSILANE', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198509105

Nemaia H; Tukuitonga C; Kennett M; White J; Rodger S; Gust I; Taylor R; Levy S, 1985, 'An epidemic of influenza in the population of niue', Journal of Medical Virology, 16, pp. 127 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.1890160205

Lane S; Taylor RJK, 1985, 'Conjugate addition to thiin-4-ones; A novel route to thiathromboxane analogues', Tetrahedron Letters, 26, pp. 2821 - 2824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)94922-0

Taylor R; Bennett P; Uili R; Joffres M; Germain R; Levy S; Zimmet P, 1985, 'Diabetes in Wallis Polynesians: A comparison of residents of Wallis Island and first generation migrants to Noumea, New Caledonia', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 1, pp. 169 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-8227(85)80007-3

Taylor R; Zimmet P; Levy S; Collins V, 1985, 'Group comparisons of blood pressure and indices of obesity and salt intake in Pacific populations', Medical Journal of Australia, 142, pp. 499 - 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb133191.x

Richardson KA; Saunders J; Taylor RJK, 1985, 'Keto-alkyne cyclisation reactions: heterocyclic prostacyclin analogues', Tetrahedron Letters, 26, pp. 1171 - 1174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98425-9

Taylor R, 1985, 'Life expectancies recalculated.', American Journal of Public Health, 75, pp. 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.75.4.414

Taylor R; Thoma K, 1985, 'Mortality patterns in the modernized Pacific Island nation of Nauru', American Journal of Public Health, 75, pp. 149 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.75.2.149

Long WF; Taylor RJ; Wagner CJ; Leavengood DC; Nelson HS, 1985, 'Skin test suppression by antihistamines and the development of subsensitivity', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 76, pp. 113 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0091-6749(85)90813-9

Furber M; Taylor RJK, 1985, 'Stereospecific synthesis of dienes and trienes from pyrylium perchlorate: A convergent approach to leukotrienes', Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, pp. 782 - 783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c39850000782

Taylor RJ; Long WF; Nelson HS, 1985, 'The development of subsensitivity to chlorpheniramine', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 76, pp. 103 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0091-6749(85)90811-5

Furber M; Taylor RJK; Cliff Burford S, 1985, 'The synthesis of leukotriene analogues via acetylene carbocupration', Tetrahedron Letters, 26, pp. 2731 - 2734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)94897-4

Lane S; Quick SJ; Taylor RJK, 1985, 'The synthesis of thiathromboxane analogues', Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, pp. 893 - 898, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/p19850000893

Furber M; Taylor RJK; Burford SC, 1985, 'Z,Z-dienes via acetylene carbocupration: synthesis of navel orangeworm pheromone', Tetrahedron Letters, 26, pp. 3285 - 3288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4039(00)98174-7

NEWTON RF; ROBERTS SM; TAYLOR RJK, 1984, 'ChemInform Abstract: STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN THE SYNTHESIS OF PROSTACYCLINS AND THROMBOXANES', Chemischer Informationsdienst, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198449374

Taylor R; Ram P; Zimmet P; Raper LR; Ringrose H, 1984, 'Physical activity and prevalence of diabetes in Melanesian and Indian men in Fiji', Diabetologia, 27, pp. 578 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00276971

Raper LR; Taylor R; Zimmet P; Milne B; Balkau B, 1984, 'Bimodality in glucose tolerance distributions in the urban polynesian population of Western Samoa', Diabetes Research, 1, pp. 19 - 26

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