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Office: CAP 3.49 E-mail address: Chris.Richards@uea.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 1603-593890 School Positions: Reader in Chemistry |
PhD Studentships available:
Catalysts for Asymmetric Flow Chemistry
Catalytic Enantioselective C-H Activation
1987. BSc. University of Bath.
1990. PhD. University of Warwick
1990 – 1991. Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Heidelberg
1992 – 2001. Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
2001 – 2007. Reader, Queen Mary, University of London.
My research is primarily concerned with developing catalysts for the practical, efficient and enantioselective synthesis of high value chiral organic compounds from low value achiral precursors. The products obtained are exploited for the synthesis of novel and potentially bioactive compounds. The discovery of catalysts is underpinned by the development of methodologies for the generation of planar chiral metallocenes and metallacycles, and the enantioselective functionalisation of unactivated C-H bonds. In addition I am interested in complex chemical systems, catalytic networks and their possible relevance to prebiotic chemistry.
Selected Publications
Regioselective, Stereoselective and Conformationally Controlled Synthesis of (η4-Tetraarylcyclo-butadiene)(η5-carbomethoxycyclopentadienyl)cobalt Metallocenes
D. Cassar, E. Nagaradja, D. C. D. Butler, D. Villemin and C. J. Richards, Org. Lett. 2012, in press.
DOI: 10.1021/ol203415r
Synthesis of a [2.2]Paracyclophane Based Planar Chiral Palladacycle by a Highly Selective Kinetic Resolution/C-H Activation Reaction
N. Dendele, F. Bisaro, A.-C. Gaumont, S. Perrio and C. J. Richards, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 1991.
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16864B
Diastereoselective Synthesis of Planar Chiral Cobalt Metallocene based Oxazoline Platinacycles
M. Emin Günay, David. L. Hughes and Christopher J. Richards Organometallics 2011, 30, 3901-3904.
DOI: 10.1021/om200353n
Planar Chiral Palladacycle Catalysed Allylic Imidate Rearrangements
H. Nomura and C. J. Richards, Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5, 1726.
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000131
Can We Measure Catalyst Efficiency in Asymmetric Chemical Reactions? A Theoretical Approach
S. El-fayyoumy, M. H. Todd and C. J. Richards, Beil. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 67.
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.5.67
Asymmetric Synthesis of Unsaturated Monocyclic and Bicyclic Nitrogen Heterocycles
H. Nomura and C. J. Richards, Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2892.
DOI: 10.1021/ol900880w
Synthesis of Planar Chiral Phosphapalladacycles by N-Acyl Amino Acid Mediated Enantioselective Palladation
M. E. Günay and C. J. Richards, Organometallics 2009, 28, 5833.
DOI: 10.1021/om9005356
