Author Archives: Matthew

Our latest work combining N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis and light activation is now out in ACS Catalysis! In this paper, dual NHC/photoredox coupling reactions were investigated using organosilanes as sources of benzyl and other alkyl radicals. Congratulations to first author … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Arushi for winning a poster prize at the Oxford Summer Synthesis Meeting! She was presenting her work on hydrogen bonding mediated C-F bond insertion reactions. Check out her work here.

Our latest report exploring benzothiazolium salts as reagents for organofluorine chemistry is out now in the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry! In this work, BT-SCF3 and related longer chain BT-SRF reagents were employed to efficiently convert carboxylic acids in acyl … Continue reading →

Many congratulations to Lili for being awarded a runner-up prize for her talk at the 22nd RSC Fluorine Interest Group Postgraduate Meeting in Newcastle! Lili was presenting her recent work on radical trifluoromethoxylation reactions using bis(trifluoromethyl)peroxide (BTMP). Check out her … Continue reading →

C-F Insertion reactions have many attractive features but, until recently, they have been seldom reported as methods for preparing fluorinated molecules. In our latest Concept paper in Chemistry – A European Journal, Arushi and Alex highlight the recent breakthroughs in … Continue reading →

We are delighted to introduce our latest work together with the Riedel Group at the FU Berlin published in Angewandte Chemie. In this work, we report trifluoromethoxylation reactions of silyl enol ethers and allyl silanes using bis(trifluoromethyl)peroxide (BTMP) as a … Continue reading →

Our latest application of BT-Reagents is now out in the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. In this work, we investigated benzothiazolium salts featuring long chain perfluoroalkylthio substituents as reagents for deoxygenative functionalisation reactions of carboxylic acids. This allowed for the synthesis … Continue reading →

We are delighted to introduce our latest paper just published in Angewandte Chemie! In this work, we developed a new method for conducting underexplored C-F insertion reactions using hexafluoroisopropanol as a hydrogen bond donor. This project results from our involvement … Continue reading →

Our latest study on Photo-NHC catalysis has been published in Chemical Science. This work was conducted in collaboration with the group of Dr. Jan Götze at the FU Berlin and explores the mechanistic features of the NHC-catalyzed PEDA reaction between … Continue reading →

Many congratulations to Matteo Tironi, who successfully defended his thesis and became the second doctor to graduate from our group.