By Emeritus Professor Richard John Taylor

Journal articles

Taylor R; Fauran C; Berry P; Owen A; Levy S; Gust I; Birch C; Marshall J; Liu S, 1988, 'The prevalence of viruses and bacteria in the respiratory tract of pre-school children from a Vanuatu village community and the relationship with certain environmental variables.', Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal, 31, pp. 19 - 27

Casy G; Taylor RJK, 1988, 'Facile Ramberg-Bäcklund reactions for the synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted cyclopentenones; a short synthetic route to tetrahydrodicranenone B', Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, pp. 454 - 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C39880000454

Levy SJ; Taylor R; Higgins IL; Grafton-Wasserman DA, 1988, 'Fertility and contraception in the Marshall Islands', Studies in Family Planning, 19, pp. 179 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1966753

King H; Zimmet PZ; Taylor RJ, 1988, 'Glucose tolerance in Polynesia: association with obesity and island of residence', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 4, pp. 143 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-8227(88)80009-3

Tuomilehto J; Zimmet P; Wolf E; Taylor R; Ram P; King H, 1988, 'Plasma uric acid level and its association with diabetes mellitus and some biologic parameters in a biracial population of fiji', American Journal of Epidemiology, 127, pp. 321 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114807

Parker D; Taylor RJ, 1988, 'Scope and limitations of organometallic chiral derivatising agents for the ³¹p nmr determination of the enantiomeric purity of chiral η² donors', Tetrahedron, 44, pp. 2241 - 2248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-4020(01)81732-4

Fauran P; Taylor R, 1988, 'Surveillance of mosquito vectors in international airports of the South Pacific Region', Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de ses Filiales, 81, pp. 125 - 135

Hodgson M; Parker D; Taylor RJ; Ferguson G, 1988, 'Synthetic and Mechanistic Aspects of Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrocyanation of Alkenes: Crystal Structure and Reactions of (η²-Ethene)(diop)palladium', Organometallics, 7, pp. 1761 - 1766, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/om00098a011

Vanov SK; Pun EFC; Taylor RJ, 1988, 'The safety of nitrendipine in the treatment of essential hypertension - A review of 61 clinical studies', Angiology, 39, pp. 113 - 122

Fauran P; Taylor R, 1988, '[Monitoring of mosquito vectors at international airports of the South Pacific region].', Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales, 81, pp. 125 - 135, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2900080

Davey AE; Taylor RJK, 1987, 'A novel 1,3-dithiane-based cyclopenta-annellation procedure: Synthesis of the rocaglamide skeleton', Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, pp. 25 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C39870000025

Taylor R; Nemaia H; Connell J, 1987, 'Mortality in Niue, 1978-82', New Zealand Medical Journal, 100, pp. 477 - 481

Parker D; Taylor RJ, 1987, 'Simple organometallic chiral derivatising agents for the ³¹P n.m.r. assay of the enantiomeric purity of certain η²-donors', Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, pp. 1781 - 1783, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C39870001781

Hodgson M; Parker D; Taylor RJ; Ferguson G, 1987, 'Synthesis, reactions, and X-ray structure of η²-ethene(diop) palladium: A useful synthetic equivalent for (diop)Pd⁰', Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, pp. 1309 - 1311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C39870001309

FURBER M; TAYLOR RJK; BURFORD SC, 1987, 'ChemInform Abstract: The Synthesis of Aromatic Leukotriene Analogues: Regioselective Trapping of 2,4′‐Dilithiophenylethyne.', ChemInform, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198744349

Hall AW; Taylor RJK; Simmonds SH; Strange PG, 1987, 'Synthesis of Some [N-(2-HaloalkyDamino]tetralin Derivatives as Potential Irreversible Labels for Bovine Anterior Pituitary D2 Dopamine Receptors', Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 30, pp. 1879 - 1887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jm00393a032

Taylor R; Bennett P; Uili R; Joffres M; Germain R; Levy S; Zimmet P, 1987, 'Hypertension and indicators of coronary heart disease in Wallis Polynesians: An urban-rural comparison', European Journal of Epidemiology, 3, pp. 247 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00149732

DAVEY AE; TAYLOR RJK, 1987, 'ChemInform Abstract: A Novel 1,3‐Dithiane‐Based Cyclopenta‐Anellation Procedure: Synthesis of the Rocaglamide Skeleton.', ChemInform, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198723327

HARRIS RK; LANE S; METCALFE K; PACKER KJ; ROOT A; TAYLOR RJK, 1987, 'ChemInform Abstract: Solid‐ and Solution‐State 13C NMR Studies of a Series of Sulphur‐Containing Heterocycles.', ChemInform, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.198718033

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.', The 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, 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

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