THE KIMBER RESEARCH GROUP
Welcome to the KIMBER RESEARCH GROUP. We are based on the 2nd floor of the Sir David Davies building (W) in the Chemistry Department facilities at Loughborough University
As a group we develop efficient synthetic transformations and strategies for the synthesis of natural products and functional materials. Our current focus lies in natural product synthesis, using photocatalysis under continuous flow conditions to generate molecular complexity, and developing novel DNA intercalators.
Recent Group News
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May '24 Harvey and Greg present posters at the 2nd Postdoctoral Symposium: Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield.
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May '24 The group welcomes Bradley Duff to begin his MSc project.
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April '24 The group welcomes Dolapo Bello to start her PhD studies.
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March '24 MCK gives a research talk at the University of Greenwich.
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Jan '24 A collaborative review on the Kornblum DeLaMare rearrangement and its 25 year impact in natural product synthesis with Dr. Darren Lee of Nottingham Trent (previously at Yale) is published in Natural Product Reports.
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Dec. '23 Our work on the application of continuous flow to synthesise 2,5-diarylfurans using metal free conditions has been accepted in The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Many thanks to all that contributed.
Nov. '23 Our preprint on the synthesis of 1,3-disubtituted bicyclo-[1.1.1]-pentane salts - arylpyridinium, ammonium and sulfonium isosteres, appears on Chemrxiv. Many thanks to all that contributed.
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Oct. '23. Matthew Bill joins the group on an MPC MChem project on the synthesis of novel arene bioisosteres. Emily Vernon joins the group on a Nat. Sci. Part C project investigating novel cross-coupling reactions on BCP bioisosteres.
Sept. '23 Our preprint on the application of continuous flow to synthesise 2,5-diarylfurans using metal free conditions appears on Chemrxiv. Many thanks to all that contributed.
May '23 James Hitchcock joins the group for his MSc project on the development of bench stable BCP bioisostere precursors (with Gareth Prithcard).