Research Topics
General Themes and Funding
Asymmetric organocatalysis: catalysts development, investigation of the mechanisms of stereodifferentiation, synthetic applications.
Catalytic functionalization of C-H bonds: method development, synthetic applications.
Total synthesis of bioactive natural products, antibacterial compounds, biological investigations.
Electrochemical synthesis, development of new synthetic methods
Photovoltaics: solution processing of semiconductor thin films.
Funding: EPSRC, the Leverhulme Trust, the Royal Society, EU Horizon 2020, Russian Science Foundation
Functionalisation of Bioactive Phenolic Compounds Extracted from Agricultural Side Streams for Higher Value Products.
As a part of PHENOLEXA programme, funded by he EU and the Bio-based Industries Consortium, the focus of this project is on chemical modification of polyphenolic compounds isolated from agricultural waste streams using “green” and sustainable technology with the aim to make them suitable for further applications in pharmaceutical, cosmetics and nutraceutical development
New Chiral Ligands based on atropisomeric bipyridines
Synthesis of new chiral Lewis bases featuring axially chiral bypiridine scaffold and their application in asymmetric catalytic processes
Asymmetric C-C bond formation: crotylation and propargylation of aldehydes
Development novel catalytic reaction for asymmetric crotylation of carbonyl and heterocarbonyl compounds. Application in total synthesis of bioactive natural products
Asymmetric insertion of carbenes derived from diazo compounds into C-H and X-H bonds
Application of chiral bipyridine N,N'-dioxides as chiral ligands in metal-catalysed transformation, specifically in insertion of carbenes derived from diazo compounds into C-H and X-H bonds
Electrochemical methods for organic synthesis, carboxylation of unsaturated compounds with carbon dioxide
Development of novel synthetic methods using electrochemistry. Studies of reaction Mechanisms. Use of carbon dioxide as a C1-building block.
Solution processing of semiconductor thin films for photovoltaics
Development of safe and versatile solvent system capable of dissolving metal precursors for atmospheric deposition of semiconductor thin films, such as CIS, CIGS, CZTS, that can be used for fabrication of PV devices.
