The Phipps Group
University of Cambridge
Welcome to the webpage for the research group under the supervision of Dr. Robert Phipps, at the University of Cambridge. We are interested in developing new methodology in synthetic organic chemistry, to expedite the assembly of molecules and increase efficiency in synthesis.
NEWS
Paper published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
March 30, 2021
Congratulations to Rupert, Padon and Avene, whose paper "Hydrogen Atom Transfer-Driven Enantioselective Minisci Reaction of Amides" is published in JACS!
Marking International Women's Day
Mar 8, 2021
To celebrate the contributions of women in Organic Chemistry!
Paper Published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
17 December 2020
Congratulations to Will and Hendrik whose paper "Systematic Variation of Ligand and Cation Parameters Enables Site-Selective C–C and C–N Cross-Coupling of Multiply Chlorinated Arenes through Substrate–Ligand Electrostatic Interactions" is published in JACS!
Paper Published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2 December, 2020
Congratulations to Avene, Rupert and Basia whose collaborative paper with Dr. Kristaps Ermanis and Prof. Jonathan Goodman "A Computational and Experimental Investigation of the Origin of Selectivity in the Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Minisci Reaction" is published in JACS.
Review published in Nature Chemistry
4 November 2020
Congratulations to Rupert and Avene whose review article "Exploiting attractive non-covalent interactions for the enantioselective catalysis of reactions involving radical intermediates" is published in Nature Chemistry
Review published in ACS Catalysis
September 8, 2020
Congratulations to Alex, Phil and Padon whose review article "Recent Developments in Enantioselective Transition Metal Catalysis Featuring Attractive Noncovalent Interactions between Ligand and Substrate" is now online in ACS Catalysis
Paper published in Synlett
July 1, 2020
Congratulations to Basia, whose work Acid and Solvent Effects on the Regioselectivity of Minisci-Type Addition to Quinolines Using Amino Acid Derived Redox Active Esters is published in Synlett as an invited article in a upcoming Cluster on Heterocyclic Chemistry, also featured on the cover!
Paper published in Science
March 12, 2020
Congratulations to Georgi, James, Antti and David, whose work Enantioselective Remote C–H Activation Directed by a Chiral Cation is published in Science!
Paper published in Chem. Sci
January 18, 2020
Congratulations to Will, whose paper Electrostatically-Directed Pd-Catalysis in Combination with C-H Activation: Site-Selective Coupling of Remote Chlorides with Fluoroarenes and Fluoroheteroarenes is accepted in Chemical Science!