Prof David J Procter's group at The University of Manchester. Samarium catalysis, sulfonium salt photocatalysis, copper catalysis.
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28 Nov 2025
Out now in @NatureChemistry! Photocat ♻️💡 activation of alcohols via alkoxy sulfonium salt formation gives alkoxy radicals that couple with alkenes to give prods of 1,2-difunctionalization - also on kg-scale in flow. Congrats to Huaibo and team!
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Out now in @J_A_C_S! Biocatalytic activation ♻️ of benzothiophenes as their S-oxides using an engineered S-oxygenase "switches on” dearomatizing cross-couplings to set stereogenic centres or axes. Congrats to Órla and Emily and team!👇
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Check out our recent review of approaches to catalysis with the one and only SmI2, published in @angew_chem! We hope this in-depth look 🔎 into Sm(II) catalysis can guide future research that completes the reagent’s reinvention. Congratulations to Jack!👇
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Interested in joining the team as a PhD student? Interested in photocatalysis and molecular editing? 💡♻️✂️ A funded PhD starting Oct 2026 for home and overseas applicants is now open to applications. 🧪🧑🔬🎓
For more information visit FindAPhD 🔗👇
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28 Aug 2025
Out in @angew_chem! Our latest take on metal-free cross-coupling & an app in drug synthesis! Alpha amido sulfonium salts, formed direct from arylacetamides & sulfoxides, undergo sigmatropic rearr to give products of arene C-H-type functionalization Great work team! 🔗👇
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19 Aug 2025
Interested in strain-release and bioisostere synthesis? Check out our new Sm(II)-catalyzed ♻ process in @angew_chem! Sm(II)-catalyzed strain-release coupling of housane ketones with alkenes give decorated norbornanes not easily made by trad methods. Congrats to the team! 🔗👇
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19 Jun 2025
Check out our article in @angew_chem! Nitroarene-enabled photo C-H oxidation 💡 allows us to use ‘inert’ sulfides as direct precursors of aldehydes/ketones. We showcase in one pot processes to amines, alkenes and alcohols! Thank you Valentina for all your hard work! 🔗👇
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And congratulations on completing your PhD Dr Valentina Cuomo, you will be missed! We wish you all the best with your career and future as an excellent chemist! 🎓🥼
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18 Jun 2025
Last week we celebrated the annual PGR conference with Alex and Jack presenting their work on SmI2-catalysed reactions, Muze and Órla presenting posters, and Emily taking home the Best Biological Chemistry Poster prize! 🏆 Congratulations Emily and well done to all! 🧪🥼🥇
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11 Jun 2025
Talented postdoc?🥼 Interested in taking a further step towards an independent academic position? A fixed-term Lectureship in the Procter group is available now! 🧪Gain valuable experience in the department while helping David run his team.
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9 Jun 2025
Congratulations to Órla for winning best poster prize at EWOC Europe 2025, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland! 🥇 Her work on the enzymatic activation of benzothiophenes for enantioselective metal-free-couplings will be out soon..…Well done Órla!
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6 May 2025
📢 Come join us in sunny Southampton ☀️
The opening for our Postdoctoral Research Associate in Organic Synthesis is now live!
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.asp…
Deadline: Thurs 29th May 2025
Start date: Flexible – anytime from now to early 2026
@UoSChem_ChemEng @unisouthampton
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