Dr. Paul Taylor

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Dr. Paul C. Taylor
Associate Professor (Reader) of Organic Chemistry

B.Sc, Ph.D (Dunelm)

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Research Summary
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Tandem Catalysis: Interdisciplinary approaches to innovative reactor designs and models through collaboration with chemical engineers. Asymmetric Catalysis: Copper-catalysed nitrene-transfer reactions for synthesis of aziridines, chiral sulfur compounds and hemiaminals. Chemical Biology: Application of new synthetic methods to elucidation of plant defence mechanisms (in collaboration with Warwick HRI). Clean synthesis using carbon dioxide as a starting material.
Selected Publications
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Practical copper(I)-catalysed amidation of aldehydes.
J.W.W. Chang, T.M.U. Ton, S. Tania, P.C. Taylor and P.W.H. Chan, Chem. Commun. 2010, 922-924.

Solvents for ring-closing metathesis reactions.
C.S. Adjiman, A.J. Clarke, G. Cooper and P.C. Taylor, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2806-2808.

Towards a continuous dynamic kinetic resolution of 1-phenylethylamine using a membrane assisted, two vessel process.
C. Roengpithya, D.A. Patterson, A.G. Livingston, P.C. Taylor, J.L. Irwin, M.R. Parrett, Chem. Commun. 2007, 3462-3463.

A photoimmobilisation strategy that maximises exploration of chemical space in small molecule affinity selection and target discovery.
S.J. Dilly, M.J. Bell, A.J. Clark, A. Marsh, R.M. Napier, M.J. Sergeant, A.J. Thompson, P.C. Taylor, Chem. Commun. 2007, 2808-2010.