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Alex was born in Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, in 1985. He obtained his M.Chem. from the University of Oxford in 2008 and his D.Phil. in 2012 working in the group of Professor Stephen G. Davies on stereoselective fluorination with boron fluorides.
He then spent two years as a postdoctoral research associate with Professor Scott E. Denmark at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, working on iron-catalysed cross-coupling of alkylsulfur electrophiles and the first catalytic, syn-dichlorination of alkenes.
On returning to the UK, he took up a second postdoctoral appointment with Professor Guy C. Lloyd-Jones at the University of Edinburgh, working on gold-catalysed C–H arylation.
In late 2016, he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship to commence his independent research career at the University of Bath.
His research interests centre on the development and mechanistic understanding of new synthetic methods for organic synthesis. Principle themes include catalysis (both with and without metals), C-H bond functionalisation, and the use of under-exploited reactive intermediates in organic synthesis.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Newton International Fellowship - Sayan Roy - Automated, Annulative Azacycle Synthesis via C–H Functionalisation
1/09/23 → 31/08/25
Project: Research council
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New Photocatalytic C–C Bond-Forming Reactivity of Unprotected Primary Amines
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/05/23 → 31/10/26
Project: Research council
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Automated and Self-Optimising Chemical Synthesis for Drug Discovery
1/04/23 → 31/03/25
Project: Research council
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Photocatalytic Reactions of Primary Amines with C=X Acceptors
1/10/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Research-related funding
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1,3-Benzenedicarbonitrile, 2,4,5,6-Tetrakis(diphenylamino)-
Tibbetts, J. & Cresswell, A., 13 Jan 2023, Encyclopaedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. 10 p. (Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (EROS)).Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter or section
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Decarboxylative, radical C–C bond formation with alkyl or aryl carboxylic acids: recent advances
Tibbetts, J., Askey, H., Cao, Q., Grayson, J., Hobson, S., Johnson, G., Turner-Dore, J. & Cresswell, A., 30 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Synthesis.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (SciVal) -
Modular, Automated Synthesis of Spirocyclic Tetrahydronaphthyridines from Primary Alkylamines
Cresswell, A., Cao, Q., Tibbetts, J., Wrigley, G. & Smalley, A., 4 Oct 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Communications Chemistry. 6, 1, 215.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Photoredox-HAT Catalysis for Primary Amine α-C–H Alkylation: Mechanistic Insight with Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
Sneha, M., Thornton, G., Borrell, L., Ryder, A., Espley, S., Clark, I. P., Cresswell, A., Grayson, M. & Orr-Ewing, A., 16 Jun 2023, In: ACS Catalysis. 13, 12, p. 8004-8013 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (SciVal) -
Tetrabutylammonium azide
Cresswell, A. & Askey, H., 13 Jan 2023, Encyclopaedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis . Charette, A., Bode, J., Rovis, T. & Shenvi, R. (eds.). WileyResearch output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter or section
Open AccessFile15 Downloads (Pure)
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CCDC 2093033: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Askey, H. (Creator), Grayson, J. (Creator), Tibbetts, J. (Creator), Turner-Dore, J. (Creator), Holmes, J. M. (Creator), Kociok-Kohn, G. (Creator), Wrigley, G. L. (Creator) & Cresswell, A. (Creator), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 2021
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc287z6q
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