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Our research group develops new chemical reactions that hold promise for the recycling of environmentally damaging fluorocarbons and upgrading of molecules from sustainable sources. We investigate new concepts, catalysts and reagents based on sustainable metals from across the periodic table.
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Recent News
- 15th November 2024: Hodan and Sarah's work on transforming trifluoromethane into fluoroalkenes is now out as a pre-print here is the link
- 12th November 2024: New Pre-Print out from Wenbang Yang, Boron, Aluminium, and Gallium Fluorides as Catalysts for the Defluorofunctionalisation of Electron-Deficient Arenes: The Role of NaBArFF4 Promoters
- 21st October 2024: Welcome to Kexin Zhu who joins the group as a visiting PhD on a CSC scholarship
- 7th October 2024: Welcome to Colleen Demetriou, Richard Du and Zac Bub who join the group for their final year Msci projects.
Most Recent Publication
A Continuous Flow Process for the Defluorosilylation of HFC-23 and HFO-1234yf, Sarah L. Patrick, James A. Bull, Philip W. Miller, Mark R. Crimmin, Org. Lett. 2024,10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03274.
