Y.A. Jackson B.Sc.(Special), Ph.D. U.W.I. Professor (Organic) Campus Coordinator, Graduate Studies and Research yvette.jackson@uwimona.edu.jm

Research Interests:

Synthesis and chemistry of some biologically active heterocyclic compounds and their analogues.

Selected publications

• N. O. Townsend and Y. A. Jackson, Synthesis of 9-methyl-1H-[1,4]thiazino-[3,2-g]quinoline-2,5,10-(3H)-trione, the B,C,D ring core of the shermilamine alkaloids, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2003, 1, 3557-3563.
• N. K. Downer and Y. A. Jackson, Synthesis of Benzothiazoles via Ipso-Substitution of ortho-Methoxythiobenzamides, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2004, 2, 3039-3043 (cover article).
• Y. A. Jackson and S. A. Hepburn, A Concise Synthesis of Further Thiophene Analogues of Kuanoniamine A, Heterocycles, 2006, 68(5), 975-981.
• N. O. Townsend and Y. A. Jackson, Synthesis of a 9-Aza Analogue of Eleutherol, Heterocycles, 2007, 71(3), 669-675.
• N. K. Downer and Y. A. Jackson, Iodine-Mediated Cyclisation of Thiobenzamides to Produce Benzothiazoles and Benzoxazoles, Tetrahedron, 2007, 63(41), 10276-10281.
• N. K. Downer-Riley and Y. A. Jackson, Conversion of Thiobenzamides to Benzothiazoles via Intramolecular Cyclization of the Aryl Radical Cation, Tetrahedron, 2008, 64(33), 7741-7744.
• R. C. Higgins, N. O. Townsend and Y. A. Jackson, Benzylic Oxidation of N-Acyl-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroquinolines, Heterocycles, 2009, 78(12), 3011-3021.
• J. A. Grant, T. Bonnick, M. Gossell-Williams, T. Clayton, J. M. Cook and Y. A. Jackson, Synthesis, Phamacological Studies and Molecular Modeling of some Tetracyclic 1,3-Diazepinium Chlorides, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chem., 2010, 18(2), 909-921.
• A. L. C. Morris and Y. A. Jackson*, Synthesis of a 6H-Chromeno[3,4-b]quinoline and a 6a,12a-Dehydro-7-azarotenoid, Heterocycles, 2010, 81(2), 371 - 380. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.11.032.
• O. V. Barrett, N. K. Downer-Riley and Y. A. Jackson*, Synthesis of Some Novel Benzobisthiazoles, Heterocycles, 2010, 81(7), 1641-1649. DOI:10.3987.
• N. K. Downer-Riley and Y. A. Jackson*, Highlight Syntheses, Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. B: Org. Chem., 2010, 106(1), 174 - 196.
• A. L. C. Morris and Y. A. Jackson, Synthesis of Chromeno[3,4-b]quinolines: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution under Heck Conditions, Synthesis, 2011, 2, 229-234. DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258344.anks,

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