Dr Benjamin N. Bhawal
Christina Miller Fellow
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 651 7112
- Email: ben.bhawal@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Bhawal Group website
Address
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Room 214
University of Edinburgh
Joseph Black Building
David Brewster Road
Edinburgh
EH9 3FJ - City
- Post code
Research summary
Transition-metal catalysis, organocatalysis, site-selective functionalisation, C–H activation, late-stage modification of complex molecules
Research Overview
Our group has a broad interest in catalysis as an enabling tool for the construction of organic molecules. We have research programmes on establishing new paradigms in site-selective functionalisation and unlocking novel chemical reactivity with earth-abundant metal catalysts. An important aim of our work is to apply our chemistry to the modification of complex molecules as a strategy to expedite the discovery of new pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and other bioactive molecules.
- Overcoming Selectivity Issues in Reversible Catalysis – A Transfer Hydrocyanation Exhibiting High Kinetic Control. Benjamin N. Bhawal, Julia C. Reisenbauer, Christian Ehinger and Bill Morandi, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 10914. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c03184
- Catalytic isofunctional reactions – expanding the repertoire of shuttle and metathesis reactions. Benjamin N. Bhawal and Bill Morandi, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 10074. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201803797
- Palladium-catalyzed carbon-sulfur or carbon-phosphorus bond metathesis by reversible arylation. Zhong Lian, Benjamin N. Bhawal, Peng Yu and Bill Morandi. Science, 2017, 356, 1059. DOI: 10.1126/science.aam9041
- Catalytic Transfer Functionalization through Shuttle Catalysis. Benjamin N. Bhawal and Bill Morandi. ACS Catal., 2016, 6, 7528. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b02333