Dr Shannon D Zanatta
BSc (Hons) (La Trobe) PhD (Melb) MRACI CChem
Research Officer
Brain Injury and Repair Group
Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury Laboratory
Contact Details
Email: | |
Phone: | +61 (0)3 8344 2411 |
Laboratory | Rm 518 |
Office | Rm 522 |
Address: | School of Chemistry |
Research Interests
- Medicinal Chemistry
Laboratory Techniques
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- NMR Spectroscopy
Additional Information
I am an organic chemist working on the synthesis of novel anti-inflammatory drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders with Prof Bevyn Jarrott and Dr Spencer Williams at the School of Chemistry and the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute. My laboratory is located at the Bio21 Institute.
Publications and Articles
“Click” Cycloaddition Catalysts: Copper(I) and Copper(II) tris-(Triazolylmethyl)amine Complexes. Donnelly, P. S.; Zanatta, S. D.; Zammit, S. C.; White, J. M.; Williams, S. J. Chem. Commun. 2008, 2459-2461.
Jarrott, B.; Zanatta, S. D.; Williams S. J. Dithiole Compounds as COX Inhibitors. PCT Int. Appl. (2008) WO 2008052288.
Zanatta, S. D. The Bestmann-Ohira Reagent for the Conversion of Aldehydes into Terminal Alkynes. Aust. J. Chem. 2007, 60, 963.
El Sous, M.; Ganame, D.; Zanatta, S. D.; Rizzacasa, M. A. Total Synthesis of Spiroketal Containing Natural Products: Kinetic vs. Thermodynamic Approaches. ARKIVOC. 2006, 7, 105-119.
Zanatta, S. D.; White, J. M.; Rizzacasa, M. A. Total Synthesis of the Proposed Structure for Spirofungin B: A Reassignment of the Stereochemistry.Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1041-1044.
Deady, L. W.; Ganame, D.; Hughes, A. B.; Quazi, N. H.; Zanatta, S. D. On the Synthesis of Pyridinylthiobarbituric Acids. Aust. J. Chem. 2002, 55, 287-289.

