Peter Rutledge

{{short description|New Zealand chemist}}

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| citizenship = Australian New Zealand

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| fields = Organic chemistry
Drug discovery

| workplaces = Magdalen College, Oxford
Somerville College, Oxford
University of Oxford
University College Dublin
University of Sydney

| alma_mater = University of Auckland
University of Oxford

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| doctoral_advisor = Jack Edward Baldwin

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| website = [https://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/~rutledge/index.htm Rutledge Research Group]

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Peter Jonathan Rutledge is a New Zealand chemist and professor at the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney. His research has focused on drug development for tuberculosis,{{cite journal |last1=Guardia |first1=Ana |last2=Baiget |first2=Jessica |last3=Cacho |first3=Mónica |last4=Pérez |first4=Arancha |last5=Ortega-Guerra |first5=Montserrat |last6=Nxumalo |first6=Winston |last7=Khanye |first7=Setshaba D. |last8=Rullas |first8=Joaquín |last9=Ortega |first9=Fátima |last10=Jiménez |first10=Elena |last11=Pérez-Herrán |first11=Esther |last12=Fraile-Gabaldón |first12=María Teresa |last13=Esquivias |first13=Jorge |last14=Fernández |first14=Raquel |last15=Porras-De Francisco |first15=Esther |last16=Encinas |first16=Lourdes |last17=Alonso |first17=Marta |last18=Giordano |first18=Ilaria |last19=Rivero |first19=Cristina |last20=Miguel-Siles |first20=Juan |last21=Osende |first21=Javier G. |last22=Badiola |first22=Katrina A. |last23=Rutledge |first23=Peter J. |last24=Todd |first24=Matthew H. |last25=Remuiñán |first25=Modesto |last26=Alemparte |first26=Carlos |title=Easy-To-Synthesize Spirocyclic Compounds Possess Remarkable in Vivo Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis |journal=Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |date=2018 |volume=61 |issue=24 |pages=11327–11340 |doi=10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01533|pmid=30457865 |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066920/ |url-access=subscription }}{{cite journal |last1=Yu |first1=Mingfeng |last2=Nagalingam |first2=Gayathri |last3=Ellis |first3=Samantha |last4=Martinez |first4=Elena |last5=Sintchenko |first5=Vitali |last6=Spain |first6=Malcolm |last7=Rutledge |first7=Peter J. |last8=Todd |first8=Matthew H. |last9=Triccas |first9=James A. |title=Nontoxic Metal–Cyclam Complexes, a New Class of Compounds with Potency against Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis |journal=Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |date=2016 |volume=59 |issue=12 |pages=5917–5921 |doi=10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00432|pmid=27214150 |hdl=2123/22237 |hdl-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Manos-Turvey |first1=Alexandra |last2=Bulloch |first2=Esther M. M. |last3=Rutledge |first3=Peter J. |last4=Baker |first4=Edward N. |last5=Lott |first5=J. Shaun |last6=Payne |first6=Richard J. |title=Inhibition Studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Salicylate Synthase (MbtI) |journal=ChemMedChem |date=2010 |volume=5 |issue=7 |pages=1067–1079 |doi=10.1002/cmdc.201000137|pmid=20512795 }}{{cite journal |last1=Spain |first1=Malcolm |last2=Wong |first2=Joseph K.-H. |last3=Nagalingam |first3=Gayathri |last4=Batten |first4=James M. |last5=Hortle |first5=Elinor |last6=Oehlers |first6=Stefan H. |last7=Jiang |first7=Xiao Fan |last8=Murage |first8=Hasini E. |last9=Orford |first9=Jack T. |last10=Crisologo |first10=Patrick |last11=Triccas |first11=James A. |last12=Rutledge |first12=Peter J. |last13=Todd |first13=Matthew H. |title=Antitubercular Bis-Substituted Cyclam Derivatives: Structure–Activity Relationships and in Vivo Studies |journal=Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |date=2018 |volume=61 |issue=8 |pages=3595–3608 |doi=10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01569|pmid=29558124 |hdl=2123/22236 |hdl-access=free }} antibiotics,{{cite journal |last1=Devi |first1=Prarthana |last2=Rutledge |first2=Peter J. |title=Cyclobutanone Analogues of β-Lactam Antibiotics: β-Lactamase Inhibitors with Untapped Potential? |journal=ChemBioChem |date=2017 |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=338–351 |doi=10.1002/cbic.201600529|pmid=27992105 |hdl=2123/22242 |hdl-access=free }} and metal sensing.{{cite journal |last1=Lau |first1=Yu Heng |last2=Clegg |first2=Jack K. |last3=Price |first3=Jason R. |last4=Macquart |first4=Rene B. |last5=Todd |first5=Matthew H. |last6=Rutledge |first6=Peter J. |title=Molecular Switches for any pH: A Systematic Study of the Versatile Coordination Behaviour of Cyclam Scorpionands |journal=Chemistry – A European Journal |date=2018 |volume=24 |issue=7 |pages=1573–1585 |doi=10.1002/chem.201703488|pmid=29052259 |hdl=2123/20371 |hdl-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Wong |first1=Joseph |last2=Todd |first2=Matthew |last3=Rutledge |first3=Peter |title=Recent Advances in Macrocyclic Fluorescent Probes for Ion Sensing |journal=Molecules |date=25 January 2017 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=200 |doi=10.3390/molecules22020200|pmid=28125069 |pmc=6155713 |doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |last1=Lau |first1=Yu Heng |last2=Price |first2=Jason R. |last3=Todd |first3=Matthew H. |last4=Rutledge |first4=Peter J. |title=A Click Fluorophore Sensor that Can Distinguish CuII and HgII via Selective Anion-Induced Demetallation |journal=Chemistry – A European Journal |date=2011 |volume=17 |issue=10 |pages=2850–2858 |doi=10.1002/chem.201002477|pmid=21305620 }}{{cite journal |last1=Lau |first1=Yu Heng |last2=Rutledge |first2=Peter J. |last3=Watkinson |first3=Michael |last4=Todd |first4=Matthew H. |title=Chemical sensors that incorporate click-derived triazoles |journal=Chemical Society Reviews |date=2011 |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=2848–66 |doi=10.1039/C0CS00143K|pmid=21380414 }} He has engaged in some research activity on catalysis.{{cite journal |last1=Devi |first1=Prarthana |last2=Barry |first2=Sarah M. |last3=Houlihan |first3=Kate M. |last4=Murphy |first4=Michael J. |last5=Turner |first5=Peter |last6=Jensen |first6=Paul |last7=Rutledge |first7=Peter J. |title=Synthesis and structural characterisation of amides from picolinic acid and pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid |journal=Scientific Reports |date=2015 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=9950 |doi=10.1038/srep09950|pmid=25954918 |bibcode=2015NatSR...5E9950D |pmc=4424836 }}{{cite journal |last1=Counsell |first1=Andrew J |last2=Jones |first2=Angus T |last3=Todd |first3=Matthew H |last4=Rutledge |first4=Peter J |title=A direct method for the N-tetraalkylation of azamacrocycles |journal=Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry |date=2016 |volume=12 |pages=2457–2461 |doi=10.3762/bjoc.12.239|pmid=28144313 |pmc=5238601 }}