Kerr, William - University of Strathclyde - Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry

个人简介

Billy Kerr was born in Glasgow and raised in the district of Drumchapel. His undergraduate studies were undertaken at the University of Strathclyde, where he gained a 1st Class Honours degree in Chemistry in 1983. He then remained at Strathclyde to study towards a PhD with Professor Peter Pauson and Dr David Billington; he gained his PhD in 1986. From 1986-1988 Billy was engaged as a NIH Postdoctoral Research Associate in the laboratory of Professor Myron Rosenblum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA and in 1988 he returned to the UK and joined Professor Steven Ley at Imperial College), London, as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant. In 1989 Billy returned to Strathclyde to take up a Lectureship position in Organic Chemistry, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1997, and in 2002 to a Professorial Chair in Organic Chemistry. In 2011 Billy was given the endowed Chair of 1919 Professor of Organic Chemistry at Strathclyde and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2014. As Associate Deputy Principal Research & Knowledge Exchange, in collaboration with the Principal, Professor Kerr leads activity in the areas of Research and Knowledge Exchange, with associated roles aligning with the University’s Postgraduate Research portfolio and Researcher Development. He supports the Executive Team as Strathclyde continues to further develop and escalate its research and knowledge exchange activities within its wider vision as a leading International Technological University. His research interests cover a broad range of metal-mediated synthetic organic chemistry and, in particular, in the development of new preparative techniques, the creation of asymmetric processes, and the use of these emerging methods in total synthesis programmes. In 1991 Billy was named as an ICI Fine Chemicals Young Lecturer and in 1997 he was awarded the Glaxo Wellcome Prize for Innovative Organic Chemistry. In 2005 and 2009 Billy was Visiting Professor at the TechnicalUniversity of Lodz, Poland. In addition, he from December, 2009, Billy was established as the Director of the University of Strathclyde and GlaxoSmithKline Collaborative MPhil and PhD Programme and now Doctoral Training Centre in Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry.

研究领域

His research interests cover a broad range of metal-mediated synthetic organic chemistry and, in particular, in the development of new preparative techniques, the creation of asymmetric processes, and the use of these emerging methods in total synthesis programmes.

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Iridium-catalyzed C-H activation and deuteration of primary sulfonamides : an experimental and computational studyReid Marc, Tuttle Tell, Kerr W.J.ACS Catalysis Vol 5, pp. 402–410, (2015)http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cs5015755 Inside cover: The synthesis of highly active iridium(I) complexes and their application in catalytic hydrogen isotope exchange (Adv. Synth. Catal. 17/2014)Brown J.A., Cochrane Alison Ruth, Irvine S., Parkinson John A., Reid Marc, Tuttle Tell, Kerr W.J., Mondal Bhaskar, Paterson Laura C., Andersson Shalini, Nilsson G?ran N.Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis Vol 356, pp. 3474, (2014)http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201401054 Iridium(I)-catalyzed regioselective C[BOND]H activation and hydrogen-isotope exchange of non-aromatic unsaturated functionalityBrown J.A., Mudd Richard J., Kerr W.J., Paterson Laura C.Chemistry - A European Journal Vol 20, pp. 14604-14607, (2014)http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.201405114 The synthesis of highly active iridium(I) complexes and their application in catalytic hydrogen isotope exchangeBrown J.A., Cochrane Alison Ruth, Irvine S., Parkinson John A., Reid Marc, Tuttle Tell, Kerr W.J., Mondal Bhaskar, Paterson Laura C., Andersson Shalini, Nilsson G?ran N.Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis Vol 356, pp. 3551-3562, (2014)http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201400730 Development of chiral heteroleptic magnesium amides; asymmetric deprotonations mediated by six-membered metallocyclic amidomagnesium naphtholatesCarswell Emma L., McArthur Duncan, Watson Allan J. B., Kerr W.J., Pazicky MarekTetrahedron Vol 70, pp. 7344-7349, (2014)http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2014.06.052 Anion effects to deliver enhanced iridium catalysts for hydrogen isotope exchange processesReid Marc, Kennedy A.R., Moir Rory, Kerr W.J.Organic and biomolecular chemistry Vol 12, pp. 7927-7931, (2014)http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4OB01570C