Jonathan Clayden Explained

Jonathan Paul Clayden
Birth Date:6 February 1968
Birth Place:Kampala, Uganda
Nationality:British
Workplaces:University of Bristol
University of Manchester
University of Cambridge
Thesis Title:The asymmetric epoxidation of allylic phosphine oxides: a stereocontrolled synthesis of allylic systems
Thesis Url:http://ulmss-newton.lib.cam.ac.uk/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=16607
Thesis Year:1993
Doctoral Advisor:Stuart Warren
Awards:Royal Society of Chemistry's Merck Prize
Royal Society of Chemistry's Stereochemistry Prize
Royal Society of Chemistry's Corday-Morgan Medal

Jonathan Paul Clayden (born 6 February 1968) is a Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Bristol.

Education

In 1992 he obtained his PhD[1] at the University of Cambridge working with Dr Stuart Warren on asymmetric synthesis using phosphine oxide chemistry. He then carried out a postdoc with Prof Marc Julia and in 1994 became a lecturer in organic chemistry at the University of Manchester where he became a reader in 2000 and a Professor of Organic Chemistry in 2001. In 2015 he moved to a chair in chemistry at the University of Bristol.

Research

His research interests encompass various areas of synthesis and stereochemistry, particularly where conformation has a role to play: asymmetric synthesis, atropisomerism,[2] organolithium chemistry, remote stereochemical effects[3] and dynamic foldamer chemistry.[4] He is one of the authors of the organic chemistry textbook - Organic Chemistry by Clayden, Greeves, Warren and Wothers.[5] He also wrote Organolithiums: Selectivity for Synthesis,[6] which concerns the use of organolithium compounds in organic synthetic reactions.

From 2005 to 2011 he was editor-in-chief of the Open Access Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Notes and References

  1. PhD. Jonathan. Clayden. The asymmetric epoxidation of allylic phosphine oxides: a stereocontrolled synthesis of allylic systems. University of Cambridge. 1993. Jonathan Clayden.
  2. Clayden. Jonathan. Moran. Wesley J.. Edwards. Paul J.. LaPlante. Steven R.. 2009-08-17. The Challenge of Atropisomerism in Drug Discovery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. en. 48. 35. 6398–6401. 10.1002/anie.200901719. 1521-3773. 19637174.
  3. Byrne. Liam. Solà. Jordi. Boddaert. Thomas. Marcelli. Tommaso. Adams. Ralph W.. Morris. Gareth A.. Clayden. Jonathan. 2014-01-03. Foldamer-Mediated Remote Stereocontrol: >1,60 Asymmetric Induction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. en. 53. 1. 151–155. 10.1002/anie.201308264. 1521-3773. 24375739.
  4. Le Bailly. Bryden A. F.. Clayden. Jonathan. Dynamic foldamer chemistry. Chem. Commun.. en. 10.1039/c6cc00788k. 26955864. 52. 27. 4852–4863. 2016-03-24. free. 1983/8e0ce263-cb79-455f-b99e-40f2db2b8ba5. free.
  5. Book: Organic Chemistry. Clayden. Jonathan. Greeves. Nick. Warren. Stuart. OUP. 2012. 978-0-19-927029-3. Oxford. Second.
  6. Book: Clayden, Jonathan. Organolithiums: Selectivity for Synthesis. Pergamon. 2002. 978-0-08-043261-8. Oxford.