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Research project

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

An Efficient Flow‐Photochemical Synthesis of 5H‐Furanones Leads to an Understanding of Torquoselectivity in Cyclobutenone Rearrangements
David C. Harrowven, Mubina Mohamed, Théo P. Gonçalves, Richard J. Whitby, David Bolien & Helen F. Sneddon, 2012, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51(18), 4405-4408
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200281
Type: article
An Efficient Flow‐Photochemical Synthesis of 5H‐Furanones Leads to an Understanding of Torquoselectivity in Cyclobutenone Rearrangements
David C. Harrowven, Mubina Mohamed, Théo P. Gonçalves, Richard J. Whitby, David Bolien & Helen F. Sneddon, 2012, Angewandte Chemie, 124(18), 4481-4484
DOI: 10.1002/ange.201200281
Type: article
New insights into cyclobutenone rearrangements: a total synthesis of the natural ROS-generating anti-cancer agent cribrostatin 6
Mubina Mohamed, Théo P. Gonçalves, Richard J. Whitby, Helen F. Sneddon & David C. Harrowven, 2011, Chemistry - A European Journal, 17(49), 13698-13705
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201102263
Type: article