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Research project

Photo-Electro: Transforming Chemical Synthesis, Discovery and Manufacture

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Richard Brown

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research interests

  • Organic synthesis
  • Total synthesis of natural products
  • Asymmetric synthesis
Connect with Richard

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

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

Cubane electrochemistry: direct conversion of cubane carboxylic acids to alkoxy cubanes using the Hofer-Moest reaction under flow conditions
Diego, Edgard Collin, Ana Folgueiras Amador, Derek Pletcher, Mark Light, Bruno Linclau & Richard C.D. Brown, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal, 26(2), 374-378
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904479
Type: article