Dr Mark Elliott - BSc(Hons) CChem MRSC
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Research Group: Organic Synthesis
Research Interests
Dr Elliott's research interests are in the areas of heterocyclic chemistry, asymmetric synthesis and natural product synthesis.
Much of our work has focused on the stereoselective annulation of azoline derivatives, including oxazolines, thiazolines and pyrrolidines. This has led to the discovery of a number of new synthetic transformations, all of which can be applied to targets of biological interest. Recently, we have developed a range of stereoselective desymmetrisation reactions of cyclohexa-1,4-dienes, leading to the invention of methods for the preparation of bicyclic compounds containing challenging quaternary stereogenic centres. All of these fundamental areas are the subject of total synthesis endeavours, with the batzelladine and lycoposerramine alkaloids, and cladiellin diterpenes featuring prominently.
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Teaching
CH3203 Organic Chemistry of Multiply Bonded Systems
CH3303 Advanced Organic Chemistry