| 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.
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.
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.