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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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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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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Simplifying Amine Synthesis: New Strategies for Amine Activation (RS URF extension)
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Research council
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Photocatalytic Peptide Functionalisation for Next-Generation Molecular Probes
1/12/21 → 30/11/23
Project: Research council
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N-tosylhydrazones as acceptors for nucleophilic alkyl radicals in photoredox catalysis: A short case study on possible side reactions
Kinsella, A. G., Tibbetts, J. D., Stead, D. & Cresswell, A. J., 31 Dec 2022, In: Synthetic Communications. 52, 3, p. 413-423 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stern–Volmer analysis of photocatalyst fluorescence quenching within hollow-core photonic crystal fibre microreactors
Gentleman, A. S., Hamied, Y., Lawson, T., Ellis, M. G., Davis, M., Turner-Dore, J., Ryder, A., Frosz, M. H., Ciaccia, M., Reisner, E., Cresswell, A. & Euser, T. G., 25 Sep 2022, In: Chemical Communications. 58, 75, p. 10548-10551 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Styrene hydroaminoalkylation with primary alkylamines
Grayson, J. D., Askey, H. E., Turner-Dore, J. C. & Cresswell, A. J., 30 Apr 2022, In: Trends in Chemistry. 4, 4, p. 361-362 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Photocatalytic Hydroaminoalkylation of Styrenes with Unprotected Primary Alkylamines
Askey, H., Grayson, J., Tibbetts, J., Turner-Dore, J., Holmes, J. M., Kociok-Kohn, G., Wrigley, G. L. & Cresswell, A., 6 Oct 2021, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143, 39, p. 15936-15945 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recent Advances in Paired Electrosynthesis
Marken, F., Cresswell, A. & Bull, S., 30 Sep 2021, In: Chemical Record. 21, 9, p. 2585-2600 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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