Emeritus Professor William Kitching
Emeritus Professor
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Book Chapter
Kitching, W. and Glenn, M. P. (2004). Organic complexes of mercury. Science of Synthesis. (pp. 133-302) edited by I. A. O'Neill. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme.
Journal Articles
Singh, Arti A., Rowley, Jessica A., Schwartz, Brett D., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2014). Oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage is a key step in spiroacetal biosynthesis in the fruit fly Bactrocera cacuminata. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 79 (17), 7799-7821. doi: 10.1021/jo500791y
Fong, Clifford W. and Kitching, William (2014). Sulphur dioxide insertion into tin - Carbon bonds: solvent effects and the nature of the transition state. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 27 (3), 204-212. doi: 10.1002/poc.3266
Zhang, Fu-Min, Peng, Lei, Li, Hui, Ma, Ai-Jun, Peng, Jin-Bao, Guo, Jing-Jing, Yang, Dengtao, Hou, Si-Hua, Tu, Yong-Qiang and Kitching, William (2012). Total synthesis of the nominal didemnaketal A. Angewandte Chemie, 51 (43), 10846-10850. doi: 10.1002/anie.201203406
Challinor, Victoria L., Stuthe, Julia M. U., Parsons, Peter G., Lambert, Lynette K., Lehmann, Reginald P., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2012). Structure and bioactivity of steroidal saponins isolated from the roots of Chamaelirium luteum (False Unicorn). Journal of Natural Products, 75 (8), 1469-1479. doi: 10.1021/np300393y
Challinor, Victoria L., Hayes, Patricia Y., Bernhardt, Paul V., Kitching, William, Lehmann, Reginald P. and De Voss, James J. (2011). Revision of the absolute configurations of bethosides B and C and their aglycone. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 76 (17), 7275-7280. doi: 10.1021/jo2012797
Challinor, Victoria L., Stuthe, Julia M. U., Bernhardt, Paul V., Lehmann, Reginald P., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2011). Structure and absolute configuration of helosides A and B, new saponins from Chamaelirium luteum. Journal of Natural Products, 74 (7), 1557-1560. doi: 10.1021/np200100a
Matovic, Nicholas J., Stuthe, Julia M. U., Challinor, Victoria L., Bernhardt, Paul V., Lehmann, Reginald P., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2011). The truth about false unicorn (Chamaelirium luteum): Total synthesis of 23R,24S-Chiograsterol B defines the structure and stereochemistry of the major saponins from this medicinal herb. Chemistry-A European Journal, 17 (27), 7578-7591. doi: 10.1002/chem.201100503
Booth, Yvonne K., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2011). Biosynthesis of the spiroacetal suite in bactrocera tryoni. ChemBioChem, 12 (1), 155-172. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201000481
Hayes, PY, Chow, S, Rahm, F, Bernhardt, PV, De Voss, JJ and Kitching, W (2010). Synthesis of the sponge-derived plakortone series of bioactive compounds. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 75 (19), 6489-6501. doi: 10.1021/jo101224w
Schwartz, Brett D., Booth, Yvonne K., Fletcher, Mary T., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2010). Spiroacetal biosynthesis in fruit flies is complex: distinguishable origins of the same major spiroacetal released by different Bactrocera spp.. Chemical Communications, 46 (9), 1526-1528. doi: 10.1039/b917977a
Booth, Yvonne K., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2009). Biosynthesis of insect spiroacetals. Natural Product Reports, 26 (4), 490-525. doi: 10.1039/b717392j
Hayes, Patricia Y., Lehmann, Reg, Penman, Kerry, Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2009). Steroidal saponins from the roots of Trillium erectum (Beth root). Phytochemistry, 70 (1), 105-113. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.10.019
Schwartz, Brett D., Moore, Christopher J., Rahm, Frederik, Hayes, Patricia Y., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2008). Spiroacetal biosynthesis in insects from Diptera to Hymenoptera: The Giant Ichneumon wasp Megarhyssa nortoni nortoni Cresson. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (44), 14853-14860. doi: 10.1021/ja8036433
Fletcher, M.T., Allsopp, P.G., McGrath, M.J., Chow, S., Gallagher, O.P., Hull, C.D., Cribb, B.W., Moore, C.J. and Kitching, W. (2008). Diverse cuticular hydrocarbons from Australian canebeetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 47 (2), 153-159. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2008.00643.x
Hayes, P., Jahidin, A., Lehmann, R., Penman, K., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. (2008). Steroidal saponins from the roots of Asparagus racemosus. Phytochemistry, 69 (3), 796-804. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.09.001
Hayes, Patricia Y., Lambert, Lynette K., Lehmann, Reg, Penman, Kerry, Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2007). Complete 1H and 13C assignments of the four major saponins from Dioscorea villosa (wild yam). Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 45 (11), 1001-1005. doi: 10.1002/mrc.2071
Booth, Yvonne K., Hayes, Patricia Y., Moore, Christopher J., Lambert, Lynette K., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2007). Synthesis and absolute configuration of a constitutionally-new [5.6] spiroacetal from B. tryoni (Queensland fruit fly). Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 5 (7), 1111-1117. doi: 10.1039/b701833a
Booth, Yvonne K., Schwartz, Brett D., Fletcher, Mary T., Lambert, Lynette K., Kitching, William and De Voss, James J. (2006). A diverse suite of spiroacetals, including a novel branched representative, is released by female Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly). Chemical Communications (38), 3975-3977. doi: 10.1039/b611953k
Hayes, P. Y., Jahidin, A. H., Lehmann, R., Penman, K., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2006). Asparinins, asparosides, curillins, curillosides and shavatarins: structural clarification with the isolation of shatavarin V, a new steroidal saponin from the root of Asparagus racemosus. Tetrahedron Letters, 47 (-), 8683-8687. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.10.030
Hayes, P. Y., Jahidin, A. H., Lehmann, R., Penman, K., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2006). Structural revision of shatavarins I and IV, the major components from the roots of Asparagus racemosus. Tetrahedron Letters, 47 (39), 6965-6969. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.07.121
Hayes, P. Y., Lehmann, R., Penman, K., Bone, K. M., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2006). RP-HPLC detection of a sulphiting-induced artefact from paeoniflorin in dried roots of Paeonia lactiflora. Phytochemical Analysis, 17 (4), 251-254. doi: 10.1002/pca.911
Schwartz, B. D., McErlean, C. S. P., Fletcher, M. T., Mazomenos, B. E., Konstantopoulou, M. A., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2005). Spiroacetal biosynthesis: ()-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane in Bactrocera cacuminata and Bactrocera oleae (olive fruit fly). Organic Letters, 7 (6), 1173-1176. doi: 10.1021/ol050143w
Chow, Sharon, Fletcher, Mary T., Lambert, Lynette K., Gallagher, Oliver P., Moore, Christopher J., Cribb, Bronwen W., Allsopp, Peter G. and Kitching, William (2005). Novel cuticular hydrocarbons from the cane beetle Antitrogus parvulus - 4,6,8,10,16-penta- and 4,6,8,10,16,18-hexamethyldocosanes - Unprecedented anti-anti-anti-stereochemistry in the 4,6,8,10-methyltetrad. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 70 (5), 1808-1827. doi: 10.1021/jo0481093
Hayes, P. Y. N., Lehmann, R. P., Penman, K. G., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2005). Sodium paeoniflorin sulfonate, a process derived artefact from paeoniflorin. Tetrahedron Letters, 46 (15), 2615-2618. doi: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2005.02.082
Schwartz, B. D., Hayes, P. Y. N., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2005). Flexible synthesis of enantiomerically pure 2,8-dialkyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecanes and 2,7-dialkyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decanes from propargylic and homopropargylic alcohols. Journal Of Organic Chemistry, 70 (8), 3054-3065. doi: 10.1021/jo0477547
Rahm, Fredirik, Hayes, Patricia Y. and Kitching, William (2004). Metabolites from marine sponges of the genus Plakortis. Heterocycles, 64 (1), 523-575. doi: 10.3987/REV-04-SR(P)1
Fletcher, Mary T., Wood, Barry J., Schwartz, Brett D., Rahm, Fredrik, Lambert, Lynette K., Brereton, Ian M., Moore, Christopher J., De Voss, James J. and Kitching, William (2004). A precision apparatus, with solid phase micro-extraction monitoring capability, for incorporation studies of gaseous precursors into insect-derived metabolites. Arkivoc, 2004 (x), 109-117. doi: 10.3998/ark.5550190.0005.a12
Blanchfield, Joanne T., Chow, Sharon, Bernhardt, Paul V., Kennard, Colin H. L. and Kitching, William (2004). Concerning the proposed structure of (+)-laurobtusol: Spectral discrepancies with synthetic, racemic Stereoisomers. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 57 (7), 673-676. doi: 10.1071/CH04047
Chow, K.Y.S., Koenig, W. A. and Kitching, W. (2004). Synthesis and enantioselective gas chromatography of stereoisomers of 7,11-dimethylheptadecane - a pheromone component of Lambdina species. European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004 (6), 1198-1201. doi: 10.1002/ejoc.200300643
Hayes, P. Y. and Kitching, W. (2004). Synthesis in the plakortone series: Plakortone E. Heterocycles, 62, 173-177.
Fletcher, Mary T., Chow, Sharon, Lambert, Lynette K., Gallagher, Oliver P., Cribb, Bronwen W., Allsopp, Peter G., Moore, Christopher J. and Kitching, William (2003). 4,6,8,10,16-penta- and 4,6,8,10,16,18-hexamethyldocosanes from the cane beetle Antitrogus parvulus - Cuticular hydrocarbons with unprecedented structure and stereochemistry. Organic Letters, 5 (26), 5083-5086. doi: 10.1021/ol0361453
McGrath, Matthew J., Fletcher, Mary T., Konig, Wilfried A., Moore, Christopher J., Cribb, Bronwen W., Allsopp, Peter G. and Kitching, William (2003). A suite of novel allenes from Australian melolonthine scarab beetles. Structure, synthesis, and stereochemistry. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 68 (10), 3739-3748. doi: 10.1021/jo026213j
Wang, Y., Yang, S. P., Yue, J. M., Chow, S. and Kitching, W. (2003). Novel sesquiterpenes from the fungus lactarius piperatus. Helvetica Chimica Acta, 86 (7), 2424-2433. doi: 10.1002/hlca.200390195
Hayes, Patricia Y., Fletcher, Mary T., Chow, Sharon, McGrath, Matthew J., Tu, Yong Q., Zhang, Hesheng, Hungerford, Natasha L., McErlean, Christopher S. P., Stok, Jeannette E., Moore, Christopher J., De Voss, James J. and Kitching, William (2003). Insect chemistry and chirality. Chirality, 15 (S1), S116-S127. doi: 10.1002/chir.10273
Blanchfield, J. T., Sands, D. P. A., Kennard, C. H. L., Byriel, K. A. and Kitching, W. (2003). Characterisation of alkaloids from some Australian Stephania (Menispermaceae) species. Phytochemistry, 63 (6), 711-720. doi: 10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00240-1
Hayes, Patricia Y. and Kitching, William (2002). Total synthesis and absolute stereochemistry of plakortone D. Journal of The American Chemical Society, 124 (33), 9718-9719. doi: 10.1021/ja026728s
Fletcher, Mary T., Wood, Barry J., Brereton, Ian M., Stok, Jeanette E., De Voss, James J. and Kitching, William (2002). [18O]-Oxygen incorporation reveals novel pathways in spiroacetal biosynthesis by Bactrocera cacuminata and B. cucumis. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124 (26), 7666-7667. doi: 10.1021/ja026215l
Chow, S. and Kitching, W. (2002). Hydrolytic kinetic resolution of terminal mono- and bis-epoxides in the synthesis of insect pheromones: routes to (-)-(R)- and (+)-(S)-10-methyldodecyl acetate, (-)-(R)-10-methyl-2-tridecanone, (-)-(R)-(Z)-undec-6-en-2-ol (Nostrenol), (-)-(1R,7R)-1,7-dime. Tetrahedron-asymmetry, 13 (7), 779-793. doi: 10.1016/S0957-4166(02)00175-1
McErlean, Christopher S. P., Fletcher, Mary T., Wood, Barry J., De Voss, James J. and Kitching, William (2002). Monooxygenase stereoselectivity in the biosynthesis of stereoisomeric spiroacetals in the cucumber fly, Bactrocera cucumis. Organic Letters, 4 (16), 2775-2778. doi: 10.1021/ol0263090
Gallagher, P. O., McErlean, C. S. P., Jacobs, M. F., Watters, D. J. and Kitching, W. (2002). Sub-structure syntheses and relative stereochemistry in the bistramide (bistratene) series of marine metabolites. Tetrahedron Letters, 43 (3), 531-535. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)02219-5
Fletcher, Mary T., Mazomenos, Basilis E., Georgakopoulos, John H., Konstantopoulou, Maria A., Wood, Barry J., De Voss, James J. and Kitching, William (2002). Sex pheromone biosynthesis in the female olive fruit-fly. Double labelling from [O-18(2)]-dioxygen into 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane. Chemical Communications, 12 (12), 1302-1303. doi: 10.1039/b202697j
Jacobs, Mark F., Glenn, Matthew P., McGrath, Matthew J., Zhang, Hesheng, Brereton, Ian and Kitching, William (2001). Stereoselective synthesis and stereochemistry of seven isomeric spiroacetal structures based on the C17-C28 fragment (CD rings) of spongistatin 1. Arkivoc, 2001 (vii), 114-137. doi: 10.3998/ark.5550190.0002.710
Chow, K.Y.S. and Kitching, W. (2001). Hydrolytic kinetic resolution of mono- and bisepoxides as a key step in the synthesis of insect pheromones. Chemical Communications, 1 (11), 1040-1041. doi: 10.1039/b102181h
Fletcher, M. T., Mc Grath, M. J., Konig, W. A., Moore, C. J., Cribb, B. W., Allsopp, P. G. and Kitching, W. (2001). A novel group of allenic hydrocarbons from five Australian (Melolonthine) beetles. Chemical Communications, 10 (1), 885-886. doi: 10.1039/b101801i
Hayes, P., Fletcher, M. T., Moore, C. J. and Kitching, W. (2001). Synthesis and absolute stereochemistry of a constitutionally new spiroacetal from an insect. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 66 (7), 2530-2533. doi: 10.1021/jo015502p
Stok, J. E., Lang, C. S., Schwartz, B. D., Fletcher, M. T., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2001). Carbon hydroxylation of alkyltetrahydropyranols: A paradigm for spiroacetal biosynthesis in Bactrocera sp.. Organic Letters, 3 (3), 397-400. doi: 10.1021/ol0069047
Jia, Yan Xing, Wu, Bin, Ren,Shi Kuo, Tu, Yong Qiang, Chan, Albert S. C., Kitching, William and Li, Xin (2001). Synthetic studies of the HIV-1 protease inhibitive didemnaketals: Stereocontrolled synthetic approach to the key mother spiroketals. Organic Letters, 3 (6), 847-849. doi: 10.1021/ol007016e
Paddon-Jones, Gregory C., McErlean, Christopher S. P., Hayes, Patricia, Moore, Christopher J., Konig, Wilfried A. and Kitching, William (2001). Synthesis and stereochemistry of some bicyclic gamma-lactones from parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera : Braconidae). Utility of hydrolytic kinetic resolution of epoxides and palladium(II)-catalyzed hydroxycyclization-carbonylation-lactonization of ene-diols. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 66 (22), 7487-7495. doi: 10.1021/jo0159237
Francke, W. and Kitching, W. (2001). Spiroacetals in insects. Current Organic Chemistry, 5 (2), 233-251. doi: 10.2174/1385272013375652
Tu, Yong Q., Hubener, Achim, Zhang, Hesheng, Moore, Christopher J., Fletcher, Mary T., Hayes, Patricia, Dettner, Konrad, Francke, Wittko, McErlean, Christopher S. P. and Kitching, William (2000). Synthesis and stereochemistry of insect derived spiroacetals with branched carbon skeletons. Synthesis, 2000 (13), 1956-1978.
Fletcher, Mary T., Lowe, Lynette M., Kitching, William and Konig, Wilfried A. (2000). Chemistry of Leichhardt's Grasshopper, Petasida ephippigera, and its host plants, Pityrodia jamesii, P. ternifolia and P. Pungens. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 26 (10), 2275-2290. doi: 10.1023/A:1005518625764
Hayes, P., Suthers, B. D. and Kitching, W. (2000). Oxidative demercuration revisited. Tetrahedron Letters, 41 (32), 6175-6179. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)01001-7
Tu, Yong Q., Hubener, Achim, Zhang, Hesheng, Moore, Christopher J., Fletcher, Mary T., Hayes, Patricia, Dettner, Konrad, Francke, Wittko, Mc Erlean, Christopher S. P. and Kitching, William (2000). Synthesis and stereochemistry of insect derived spiroacetals with branched carbon skeletons. Synthesis, 13 (13), 1956-1978. doi: 10.1055/s-2000-8232
Glenn, M. P., Penman, K. G. and Kitching, W. (2000). Facile b-trimethylstannyl promoted 1,5 hydride shifts in cyclooctyl and cyclodecyl systems. Chemical Communications, 2000 (4), 309-310. doi: 10.1039/a909463f
Zhang, H., Fletcher, M. T., Dettner, K., Francke, W. and Kitching, W. (1999). Synthesis and absolute stereochemistry of spiroacetals in rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Tetrahedron Letters, 40 (44), 7851-7854. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01612-3
Moore, C. J., Possner, S., Hayes, P., Paddon-Jones, G. C. and Kitching, W. (1999). An asymmetric dihydroxylation route to (3R,5E)-2,6-dimethyl-2,3-epoxyocta-5,7-diene: The major volatile component from male fruit-spotting bugs. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 64 (26), 9742-9744. doi: 10.1021/jo991407t
Paddon-Jones, G. C., Hungerford, N. L., Hayes, P. and Kitching, W. (1999). Efficient palladium(II)-mediated construction of functionalized plakortone cores. Organic Letters, 1 (12), 1905-1907. doi: 10.1021/ol991055c
Wang, Ping Zhen, Tu, Yong Qiang, Yang, Li, Dong, Chang Zhi and Kitching, William (1998). Synthetic studies of didemnaketal analogue - Construction of the (+)- and (-)-5,6-dihydroxy-3,7-dimethyl-octanal intermediates. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 9 (21), 3789-3795. doi: 10.1016/S0957-4166(98)00387-5
Rosset, J.-M., Glenn, M. P., Cotton, J. D., Willis, A. C., Kennard, C. H. L., Byriel, K. A., Riches, B. H. and Kitching, W. (1998). η3-Allylpalladiuin complexes from medium-ring cycloalkenes. Organometallics, 17 (10), 1968-1983.
Hungerford, Natasha L., Mazomenos, Basilis E., Konstantopoulou, Maria A., Krokos, Fragoulis D., Haniotakis, George E., Hubener, Achim, Fletcher, Mary T., Moore, Christopher J., DeVoss, James J. and Kitching, William (1998). Biogenesis of sex pheromones in the female olive fruit-fly. Chemical Communications, 29 (8), 863-864. doi: 10.1039/a800691a
Zhang, Hesheng, Fletcher, Mary T., Avery, James W. and Kitching, William (1997). A suite of odd and even carbon-numbered spiroacetals in Bactrocera latifrons: synthesis and stereochemistry. Tetrahedron letters, 38 (19), 3477-3478. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00660-6
Fletcher, Mary T., Moore, CHristopher J. and Kitching, William (1997). Absolute configuration of sordidin and 7-episordidin emitted by the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus. Tetrahedron letters, 38 (19), 3475-3476. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00659-X
Kwetkat, Klaus, Riches, Bruce H., Rosset, Jean-Marie, Brecknell, Douglas J., Byriel, Karl, Kennard, Colin H. L., Young, David J., Schneider, Ulrich, Mitchell, Terence N. and Kitching, William (1996). 1,2-Distannylation and -disilylation of cyclic allenes. Chemical Communications (6), 773-774. doi: 10.1039/cc9960000773
Riches B.H. and Kitching W. (1996). Carbon-tin σ-bond participation in solvolysis: A pronounced ε-effect in 5-mesyloxycyclooctyltrimethylstannanes. Chemical Communications (16), 1907-1908. doi: 10.1039/CC9960001907
Hungerford, Natasha L. and Kitching, William (1996). Titanium(II)-based Z-reduction of alkynes: Stereo- and regio-specific Z-dideuteriation of conjugated and methylene-skipped ynes. Chemical Communications (14), 1697-1698. doi: 10.1039/CC9960001697
Fletcher, Mary T. and Kitching, William (1995). Chemistry of fruit flies. Chemical Reviews, 95 (4), 789-828. doi: 10.1021/cr00036a001
Chen, Junjie, Fletcher, Mary T. and Kitching, William (1995). (2S,6S,8S)-2,8-dimethyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane: a natural spiroacetal lacking anomeric stabilisation. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 6 (4), 967-972. doi: 10.1016/0957-4166(95)00107-Z
Tu, Yong Q, Moore, Christopher J and Kitching, William (1995). From (R)-(+)-pulegone to (2S,4R,6R,8S)-2,4,8-trimethyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecane - A unique spiroacetal from the insect Kingdom. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 6 (2), 397-400. doi: 10.1016/0957-4166(95)00023-I
Blanchfield, Joanne T., Kitching, William, Sands, Donald P.A., Thong, Y. H., Kennard, Colin H.L. and Byriel, Karl A. (1993). Alkaloids from some Australian Stephania (Menispermaceae) species. Natural Product Letters, 3 (4), 305-312. doi: 10.1080/10575639308043881
Lawson, Elvie N., Kitching, William, Kennard, Colin H. L. and Byriel, Karl A. (1993). α-Bromo spiroketals: stereochemistry and elimination reactions. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 58 (9), 2501-2508. doi: 10.1021/jo00061a025
Krohn, Sabine, Fletcher, Mary T., Kitching, William, Moore, Christopher J., Drew, Richard A. I. and Francke, Wittko (1992). Chemistry of fruit flies: glandular secretion of bactrocera (Polistomimetes) visenda (Hardy). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 18 (12), 2169-2176. doi: 10.1007/BF00984944
Fletcher, Mary T., Wells, Jacqueline A., Jacobs, Mark F., Krohn, Sabine, Kitching, William, Drew, Richard A., Moore, Christopher J. and Francke, Wittko (1992). Chemistry of fruit-flies. Spiroacetal-rich secretions in several Bactrocera species from the South-West Pacific region. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1 (21), 2827-2832. doi: 10.1039/p19920002827
Fletcher, Mary T., Jacobs, Mark F., Kitching, William, Krohn, Sabine, Drew, Richard A.I., Haniotakis, George E. and Francke, Wittko (1992). Absolute stereochemistry of the 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecanols in fruit-fly species, including the olive-fly. Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 1992 (19), 1457-1459. doi: 10.1039/c39920001457
Perkins, Michael V., Jacobs, Mark F., Kitching, William, Cassidy, Peter J., Lewis, Judith A., Drew, Richard A.I. and Hitching, William (1992). Diastereo- and Enantioselective Routes to Some 2,8-Dimethyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecanols. Absolute Stereochemistry of (E,E,E)-2,8-Dimethyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecan-3-ol and of ((E,E)-8-Methyl-1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecan-2-yl)methanol Present in Bactrocera cucumis. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 57 (12), 3365-3380. doi: 10.1021/jo00038a027
Lawson E.N., Jamie J.F. and Kitching W. (1992). Absolute stereochemistry of exogonic acid. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 57 (1), 353-358. doi: 10.1021/jo00027a060
Devoss, JJ, Jamie, JF, Blanchfield, JT, Fletcher, MT, Oshea, MG and Kitching, W (1991). Mercury(II)-mediated routes to some side-chain functionalised 1,7-dioxaspiro[5.5]undecanes. Applications of Luche-Barbier chemoselective addition to ketoaldehydes. Tetrahedron, 47 (10-11), 1985-1996. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4020(01)96110-1
Krohn, Sabine, Fletcher, Mary T., Kitching, William, Drew, Richard A. I., Moore, Christopher J. and Francke, Wittko (1991). Chemistry of fruit flies: nature of glandular secretion and volatile emission of bactrocera (bactrocera) cacuminatus (Héring). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 17 (2), 485-495. doi: 10.1007/BF00994347
Perkins, M.V., Fletcher, M.T., Kitching, William, Drew, R.A.I. and Moore, C.J. (1990). Chemical studies of rectal gland secretions of some species of Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 16 (8), 2475-2487. doi: 10.1007/BF01017470
Ganis, Paolo, Valle, Giovanni, Tagliavini, Giuseppe, Kitching, William, Penman, Kerry G. and Jones, Martin A. (1988). Allyl- and allyllike-tin derivatives. II. The crystal structure of cyclopent-2-enyltriphenyltin. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 349 (1-2), 57-63. doi: 10.1016/0022-328X(88)80437-6
Lewis, Judith A., Moore, Christopher J., Fletcher, Mary T., Drew, Richard A. and Kitching, William (1988). Volatile compounds from the flowers of Spathiphyllum cannaefolium. Phytochemistry, 27 (9), 2755-2757. doi: 10.1016/0031-9422(88)80656-3
Kitching, William, Olszowy, Henry A., Schott, Inge, Adcock, William and Cox, D. P. (1986). Some group IVB derivatives of 1,6-methano[10]annulene. Synthesis, substituent effects and reactivity. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 310 (3), 269-284. doi: 10.1016/0022-328X(86)80191-7
Kitching, William, Lewis, Judith A., Fletcher, Mary T., Drew, Richard A.I., Moore, Christopher J. and Francke , Wittko (1986). Spiroacetals in rectal gland secretions of australasian fruit fly species. Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 1986 (11), 853-854. doi: 10.1039/c39860000853
Kitching, William, Lewis, Judith A., Fletcher, Mary T., De Voss, James J., Drew, Richard A.I. and Moore, Christopher J. (1986). Spiroacetals from dienones and hydroxyenones by mercury(II) cyclisation. Journal of the Chemical Society. Chemical Communications, 1986 (11), 855-856. doi: 10.1039/c39860000855
Wickham G. and Kitching W. (1983). Stereochemical aspects of the formation and trifluoroacetolysis of some allylic bis(trimethylsilyl)cyclohexenes. Organometallics, 2 (4), 541-547. doi: 10.1021/om00076a012
Adcock, William, Iyer, V.Sankar, Kok, Gaik B. and Kitching, William (1983). Nucleophilic substitution at the bridgehead of 1,4-dihalobicyclo[2.2.2]octanes : An abnormal leaving group mobility order. Tetrahedron Letters, 24 (52), 5901-5902. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)94233-3
Kitching W., Olszowy H.A. and Harvey K. (1982). Further studies of substitution reactions of stannyl and germyl anionoids with alkyl bromides. Rearrangement of the 6-hepten-2-yl moiety. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 47 (10), 1893-1904. doi: 10.1021/jo00349a015
Kitching W. and Drew G.M. (1981). Conformational and related studies of α-mercuricyclohexanones by 1H, 13C, and 199Hg nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 46 (13), 2695-2706. doi: 10.1021/jo00326a019
Adcock, William, Aldous, Graham L. and Kitching, William (1978). The electronic effect of silyl substituents by 19F and 13C nmr : d-orbital participation versus hyperconjugation. Tetrahedron Letters, 19 (36), 3387-3390. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)85648-3
Adcock, William, Kitching, William, Alberts, Vince, Wickham, Geoffrey, Barron, Peter and Doddrell, David (1977). Dual substituent parameter analysis of the ethyl and ipso 13C n.m.r. chemical shifts of some ring‐substituted ethylbenzenes and ethylnaphthalenes. Organic Magnetic Resonance, 10 (1), 47-49. doi: 10.1002/mrc.1270100113
Barron, Peter F., Doddrell, David and Kitching, William (1977). Variable temperature carbon-13 and mercury-199 NMR examination of cyclohexylmercury systems. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 139 (3), 361-383. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)91252-X
M.Bullpitt M.BullpittMaxwellM.Bullpitt M.BullpittMaxwellhttps://api.elsevier.com/content/author/author_id/15921237200 (1976). Group IVb metalloidal substituent effects studied by carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 116 (2), 161-185. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)91791-1
Kitching, William, Doddrell, David and Grutzner, John B. (1976). Conformational equilibria in cyclohexyltrimethylstannane and cyclohexyltrimethylplumbane by low temperature 13C NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 107 (1), C5-C10. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)91784-4
W.Adcock W.AdcockW.Adcock W.AdcockW.https://api.elsevier.com/content/author/author_id/15125639300 (1975). Conformational consequences of metallo-methyl interactions: A 13C nuclear magnetic resonance study. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 102 (3), 297-311. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)95195-7
Adcock, W., Gupta, B. D., Kitching, W., Doddrell, D. and Geckle, M. (1974). Conformational consequences of metallo-methyl interactions. A 13C nuclear magnetic resonance study. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 96 (23), 7360-7361. doi: 10.1021/ja00830a037
Adcock W., Aurangzeb M., Kitching W., Smith N. and Doddrell D. (1974). Substituent effects by carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance: Concerning the π-inductive effect. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 27 (8), 1817-1821. doi: 10.1071/CH9741817
Moore, Christopher J., Bullpitt, Maxwell L. and Kitching, William (1974). Trifluoroacetolysis of benzyltrimethylstannanes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 63 (C), 93-100. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)93032-8
F.A.L.Anet F.A.L.AnetF.A.L.Anet F.AnetF. A.L.https://api.elsevier.com/content/author/author_id/6701832535 (1974). A re-examination of the conformational equilibria in cyclohexylmercuric derivatives. Tetrahedron Letters, 15 (37), 3255-3258. doi: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)91877-5
Rizvi, S. Q. A., Gupta, B. D., Adcock, William, Doddrell, David and Kitching, William (1973). Carbon magnetic resonance of organometallic compounds: hyperconjugative effects in benzylsilanes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 63, 67-77. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(73)80019-1
Fong C.W. and Kitching W. (1973). Sulfur dioxide insertion into aryl carbon-tin bonds: kinetics and mechanism. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 59 (C), 213-223. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)95037-X
L. Bullpitt M. and Kitching W. (1972). Metal hydride reduction of some σ- and π-allyl and benzyl derivatives of mercury and palladium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 46 (1), 21-29. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)90472-8
Kitching, William, J. Smith, Alan, Adcock, William and Rizvi, S. Q.A. (1972). (Main-Group)-Metallomethyl substituent effects by 19F resonance: Effect of aryl ring size. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 42 (2), 373-390. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)90086-X
Dubac, J., Mazerolles, P., Joly, M., Kitching, W., Fong, C. W. and Atwell, W. H. (1972). Sultones et sultines organometalliques VII. Reactions d'insertion de l'anhydride sulfureux dans la liaison silicium-carbone: Sultines organosiliciques. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 34 (1), 17-40. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)88668-4
Kitching W., Moore C.J. and Doddrell D. (1970). Spectroscopic Studies of Alkyl Sulfoxide Complexes of Platinum(II) and Palladium(II). Inorganic Chemistry, 9 (3), 541-549. doi: 10.1021/ic50085a022
Fong, Clifford W. and Kitching, William (1970). Sulfur dioxide insertion into carbontin bonds. I. Scope of the reaction and nature of the products. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 22 (1), 89-94. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)83080-6
Fong C.W. and Kitching W. (1970). Sulfur dioxide insertion into carbon-lead bonds. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 21 (2), 365-375. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)83636-0
Fong C.W. and Kitching W. (1970). Sulfur dioxide insertion into carbontin bonds. II. Rearrangements accompanying insertion. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 22 (1), 95-106. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)83081-8
Kitching, William, Hegarty, Brian F. and Doddrell, David (1970). Structural studies of indenylmercury systems. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 21 (1), 29-36. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)90588-6
Kitching W. and Hegarty B.F. (1969). Concerning the structures of cyclopentadienyl mercurials. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 16 (2), P39-P44. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)81101-8
Kitching, William, Hegarty, Brian, Winstein, S. and Young, W. G. (1969). Sulfur dioxide insertion: allylic and benzylic mercurials. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 20 (1), 253-256. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)80114-X
Adcock, William, Hegarty, Brian F., Kitching, William and Smith, Alan J. (1968). The electronic effect of mercury substituents. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 12 (2), P21-P23. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)93841-5
Das V.G.K. and Kitching W. (1967). New sulfoxide and amide complexes of methyltin cations. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 10 (1), 59-69. doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)81717-9
Kitching W. and Wells P.R. (1965). Kinetics and mechanisms of mercuration of aliphatic carboxylic acids. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 18 (3), 305-320. doi: 10.1071/CH9650305
Conference Papers
Stuthe, J. M., Lambert, L. K., Lehmann, R P, Kitching, W and De Voss, J J (2006). Chemical constituents of Chamaelirium luteum. ANZMAG, Murramarang, NSW, 13-16 Feb, 2006.
Booth, Y. K., Schwartz, B. D., Fletcher, M. T., Hayes, P. Y. N., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2005). Spiroacetal biosynthesis in Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly). 14th European Symposium in Organic Chemistry, Helsinki, 4-8 July, 2005.
Fletcher, Mary T., Chow, Sharon, Lambert, Lynette, Moore, Christopher J., Cribb, Bronwen, Allsopp, Peter G. and Kitching, William (2005). Novel Cuticular Hydrocarbons from the Cane Beetle Antitrogus parvulus: 4,6,8,10,16-Penta ands 4,6,8,10,16,18-Hexamethyldocosanes.. 5th Asia-Pacific Congress of Entomology, Jeju, Korea, 18-21 October 2005.
Stuthe, J. M. U., Lambert, L. K., Lehmann, R.P., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2004). Chemical constituents of Chamaelirum luteum by NMR. ANZMAG 2004, Barossa Valley, 15-19 Feb, 2004.
Stuthe, J. M. U., Fletcher, M. T., Lambert, L. K., Penman, K. G., Lehmann, R.P., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2002). Chemical constitutents of chamaelirium luteum. 50th Ann Congress of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research, Barcelona, 8-12 September, 2002.
Schwartz, B. D., McErlean, C. S. P., Fletcher, M. T., Kitching, W. and De Voss, J. J. (2002). Elucidation of biosynthetic pathways to the spiroacetals in Australian fruit fly species (Bactrocera sp.). Brisbane Biological & Organic Chemistry Symposium, Brisbane, 29 November, 2002.
Kitching, W. (2002). Suites of novel hydrocarbons from melololonthine sugar cane scarabs: Structure, synthesis and stereochemistry. 19th Annual Mtg of International Society of Chemical Ecology, Hamburg, 3-7 August, 2002.
Kitching, W. (2002). Insect chemistry and chirality. 14th International Symposium on Chirality, Hamburg, 8-12 September, 2002. Berlin: Springer.
Chow, K. Y. S., Hayes, P., Fletcher, M. T. and Kitching, W. (2000). Hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of epoxides key step in the synthesis of insect pheromones. 10th Int Symp on Fine Chemistry & Functional Polymers, Jinan, PR China, 20-23 Sept, 2000.
Kitching, W. (2000). The role of the synthetic organic chemist in chemical ecology. Symp in Honour of Prof DW Cameron, The University of Melbourne, 29-30 Nov, 2000.
Fletcher, M. T., Hayes, P., Kitching, W., Cribb, B. W., Allsopp, P. G. and Moore, C. J. (1999). Australian sugarcane beetle pheremones. 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Chemical Ecology, Shanghai, China, 1 - 4 November 1999. Shanghai, China: Chinese Academy of Science.
Stok, J., De Voss, J. J. and Kitching, W. (1999). Investigation into the biosynthesis of the major sex pheromone from B.cacuminata and B. cucumis. 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Chemical Ecology, Shanghai, China, 1 -4 November 1999. Shanghai, China: Chinese Academy of Science.
Moore, C. J., Possner, S., Hayes, P., Paddon-Jones, G. C., Hungerford, N. L. and Kitching, W. (1999). Synthesis of oxygen-heterocycles from a bug and a sponge. 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Chemical Ecology, Shanghai, China, 1 -4 November 1999. Shanghai, China: Chinese Academy of Science.
Hungerford, N. and Kitching, W. (1995). Titanium (II) Based Cis-Reduction of Alkynes: Stereo- and Regiospecific Cis-Deuteriation of Methylene-Skipped Ynes. RACI 9th Brisbane Organic Chemistry Symposium, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, November 1995.