Born in Bellshill, Glasgow.
B.Sc. and Ph.D. (Richard Hartley), University of Glasgow.
Recent Publications:
- Organometallic Routes to Novel Steroids Containing Heterocyclic C-17 Side-Chains.
L Vitellozzi, G D McAllister, T Genski, R J K Taylor, Synthesis 2016, 48, 48.- Synthesis of yomogin using a telescoped α-methylene- γ-butyrolactone annelation procedure.
R Kitson, G McAllister and R J K Taylor, Tetrahedron Lett., 2011, 52, 561.- Total Synthesis and Structural Reassignment of (+)-Dictyosphaeric Acid A: A Tandem Intramolecular Michael Addition/Alkene Migration Approach.
A R Burns, G D McAllister, S E Shanahan and R J K Taylor, Angew. Chemie Int. Ed., 2010, 49, 5574.- Diaziridines and Diazirines.
G D McAllister, A Perry and R J K Taylor, in "Volume 1 of Comprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry III", ed. A R Katritzky, C A Ramsden, E F V Scriven and R J K Taylor, Elsevier, Oxford, 2008, 539-557.- (±)-Diethyl (E,E,E)-Cyclopropane-1,2-acrylate; Tandem Oxidation Procedure (TOP) Using MnO2 Oxidation-Stabilised Phosphorane Trapping.
R J K Taylor, L Blackburn and G D McAllister, Org. Synth., 2008, 85, 15-26.- The first synthesis of the ABC-ring system of ‘upenamide.
J P Schmidt, S Beltrán-Rodil, R J Cox, G D McAllister, M Reid and R J K Taylor; Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 4041-4044.- The synthesis of (-)-varitriol and (-)-3'-epi-varitriol via a Ramberg-Bäcklund route.
G D McAllister, J E Robinson and R J K Taylor, Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 12123-12130.