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Dr. 
Ronald Bentley

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Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolites
 
Professor Emeritus
 
Dr. Bentley received his Ph.D. in 1943 from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, his D.Sc. in 1965 from the University of London, and joined the Department in 1953.

Currently, Dr. Bentley is not accepting graduate students in his laboratory. Dr. Bentley is not accepting undergraduate researchers, and does not sponsor students in other laboratories.

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Publication Archive
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Recent Publications of Ronald Bentley

Greer, E.M., D. Aebisher, A. Greer, and R. Bentley (2008) Computational studies of the tropone natural products, thiotropocin, tropodithietic acid, and troposulfenin. Significance of thiocarbonyl-enol tautomerism. J. Org. Chem. 73:280-283

Bentley, R. (2008) A fresh look at natural tropolonoids. Nat. Prod. Rep. 25:118-138

Bentley, R., and J.W. Bennett (2008) A ferment of fermentations. Reflections on the production of commodity chemicals by microorganisms. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 63:1-32

Bentley, R. (2007) Leslie A. (Epstein) Falk and penicillin production at Oxford. J. Med. Biog. 15:93-96

Bentley, R. (2007) A reflection on prochirality. Chem. Educ. 12:316-321

Chasteen, T.G., and R. Bentley (2007) Chalcogens in microorganisms and plants. Pp 671-713 in Handbook of Chalcogen Chemistry, DeVillanova, F.A., Ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge

Brzostowska, E.M., W. Paulynice, R. Bentley, and A. Greer (2007) Planar chirality due to a polysulfur ring in natural pentathiepin cytotoxins. Implications of planar chirality for enantiospecific biosynthesis and toxicity. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 20:1046-1052

Bentley, R. (2006) The nose as stereochemist. Chem. Rev. 106:4099-4112

Bentley, R. (2006) From miso, saké and shoyu to cosmetics. A century of science for kojic acid. Nat. Prod. Rep. 23:1046-1062

Bentley, R. (2005) The role of sulfur chirality in the chemical processes of biology. Chem. Soc. Rev. 34:609-624

Bentley, R. (2000) From 'reactive C2 units' to acetyl coenzyme A: a long trail with an acetyl phosphate detour. Trends Biochem Sci 25:302-305


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