Research interests of the Spencer group
Our interests include:
-Organic Synthetic Methodology Towards Bioactive Molecules, palladium catalysis.
-Library Design (Ro3 fragments, privileged scaffolds)
-C-H activation, atom economical chemistry and rapid synthesis (microwave/flow chemistries)
-Multifunctional boronic acids amenable to Suzuki Miyaura and other chemistries e.g. metathesis, SNAr, SN2 substitutions
-Microwave-mediated chemistry (coupling reactions, reductions, cyclisations)
-Palladacycle design, study and reactivity
-Bioinorganic chemistry