Research Summary

Free radical chemistry in organic synthesis. Development of atom transfer radical cyclisations, radical-polar crossover reactions and cascade processes in natural product synthesis. Chemical biology, phage display and plant biochemistry. Sustainable materials, green chemistry, biomaterials and bioenergy. Use of plant oils to manufacture polyurethanes, epoxy resins and phenolic polymer composites, chemistry of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.

Selected Publications

• Bond Rotation Dynamics of N-cycloalkenyl-N-benzyl alpha-haloacetamide derivatives, D.B. Guthrie, K. Damodaran, D.P. Curran, P. Wilson, A.J. Clark, J. Org. Chem.,2009, 74, 426
  
• Degradation studies of polyurethanes based on vegetable oils. Part 2. Thermal degradation and materials properties, A.Z. Mohd Rus, T.J. Kemp, A.J. Clark, Progress in Reaction Kinetics, 2009, 34, 1-41.
• 1,4-Aryl migration under copper(I) atom transfer conditions. A. J. Clark, S. R. Coles, A. Collis, T. Debure, C. Guy, N.P Murphy, P. Wilson, Tetrahedron Letts., 2009, 50, 5609.
• Copper(I) bromide mediated 1,4-aryl migration of N-sulfonyl bromoacetamides, A. J. Clark, S. R.  Coles, A. Collis, N.P Murphy, P. Wilson, Tetrahedron Letts., 2009, 50, 6311.