Research project

Photo-Electro: Transforming Chemical Synthesis, Discovery and Manufacture

Research groups:

Organic Chemistry, Synthesis, Catalysis
Lead researchers:

Professor Richard Brown
Other researchers:

Professor David Harrowven
Research funder:

EPSRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Richard Brown

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Research interests

Organic synthesis
Total synthesis of natural products
Asymmetric synthesis

Connect with Richard

Email: R.C.Brown@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor David Harrowven

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

Organic synthesis
Natural products total synthesis
Radical and diradical chemistry

Connect with David

Email: dch2@soton.ac.uk

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