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EP/G027986/1 - Reagent-Free Flow Chemistry - R Whitby

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Richard Whitby

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Synthesis, properties and application of atomic and molecular endofullerenes.
  • The use of flow chemistry for the rapid acquisition of mechanistic and process information.
  • The synthesis of polyaromatic molecules for optoelectronic applications.
Connect with Richard

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Xunli Zhang PhD, DIC, FRSC, CChem, CEng

Head of Department-Chemical Engineerg

Research interests

  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
Connect with Xunli

Email: [email protected]

Professor David Harrowven

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Organic synthesis
  • Natural products total synthesis
  • Radical and diradical chemistry
Connect with David

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis

We develop environmentally sustainable approaches to chemical manufacture that minimise chemical waste, improve product velocity and reduce the need to isolate intermediates.

Research outputs

Thermolysis of 1,3-dioxin-4-ones: fast generation of kinetic data using in-line analysis under flow
Thomas Durand, Cyril Henry, David Bolien, David C. Harrowven, Sally Bloodworth, Xavier Franck & Richard J. Whitby, 2015, Chemical Engineering Journal, 1(1), 82-89
DOI: 10.1039/C5RE00007F
Type: article
Generation and trapping of ketenes in flow
Cyril Henry, David Bolien, Bogdan Ibanescu, Sally Bloodworth, David C. Harrowven, Xunli Zhang, Andy Craven, Helen F. Sneddon & Richard J. Whitby, 2015, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015(7), 1491-1499
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201403603
Type: article
Microwave irradiation and flow chemistry for a straightforward synthesis of piano-stool iron complexes
Anastassiya Pagnoux-Ozherelyeva, David Bolien, Sylvain Gaillard, Flavie Peudru, Jean-François Lohier, Richard J. Whitby & Jean-Luc Renaud, 2014, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 774, 35-42
DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.09.031
Type: article
Intra- and intermolecular alkylation of N,O-acetals and TT-activated alcohols catalyzed by in situ generated acid
Mélanie Hamon, Niall Dickinson, Alice Devineau, David Bolien, Marie-José Tranchant, Catherine Taillier, Ivan Jabin, David Harrowven, Richard Whitby, A. Ganesan & Vincent Dalla, 2014, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 79(5), 1900-1912
DOI: 10.1021/jo4015886
Type: article
Reagent-free flow chemistry
2014
Type: thesis