Jonathan Paul Clayden | |
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| Born | (1968-02-06)6 February 1968 (age 57) Kampala, Uganda |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards | Royal Society of Chemistry's Merck Prize Royal Society of Chemistry's Stereochemistry Prize Royal Society of Chemistry'sCorday-Morgan Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Bristol University of Manchester University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | The asymmetric epoxidation of allylic phosphine oxides: a stereocontrolled synthesis of allylic systems (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Stuart Warren |
| Website | www |
Jonathan Paul ClaydenCChem FRSC (born 6 February 1968) is a Professor oforganic chemistry at theUniversity of Bristol.
Whilst at secondary school, he represented the UK at theInternational Chemistry Olympiad in 1986, winning a bronze medal. In 1992 he obtained hisPhD[1] at theUniversity of Cambridge working withDr Stuart Warren onasymmetric synthesis usingphosphine oxide chemistry. He then carried out a postdoc withProf Marc Julia and in 1994 became a lecturer inorganic chemistry at theUniversity 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 theUniversity 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 wroteOrganolithiums: Selectivity for Synthesis,[6] which concerns the use oforganolithium compounds in organic synthetic reactions.
From 2005 to 2011 he was editor-in-chief of the Open AccessBeilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry.
