This project is the perfect blend of organic chemistry and NMR. It will provide the PhD student with a plethora of desirable skills for future career pathways in academia or industry. Required skills are the standard ones for an organic chemistry PhD studentship, although willingness to improve in the interpretation of NMR data is desirable.
This project will exploit the capabilities of the recently EPSRC-UoM funded 700 MHz NMR spectrometer for monitoring organic reactions involving gases. This system will have an NMR-compatible high-pressure recirculating chemical reactor, high pressure zirconia NMR tubes and all the necessary equipment to safely monitor organic reactions with gases. This world unique facility will be able to advance the mechanistic understanding of a large plateau of reactions; in particular, on this project we will investigate catalytic asymmetric hydrogenations of enamides and α,β-unsaturated carbonyls, catalytic asymmetric hydroformylation reactions and alkene polymerization reactions.
The student will benefit from access to a state-of-the-art NMR instrument and a brand-new high-pressure reaction unit and will receive training in the areas of synthetic organic methodology, kinetics, mechanistic studies and NMR methodology. They will have the possibility to attend the group meetings of the Bures research group (https://jordibures.wixsite.com/buresgroup) and the Manchester NMR Methodology Group (https://nmr.chemistry.manchester.ac.uk/). This rigorous and exclusive multidisciplinary training will prepare the student for a brilliant future either in an academic or industrial environment.
Applicants are expected to hold, or be about to obtain, a minimum upper second class undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in Chemistry.
Contact for further Information
Dr Jordi Bures
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https://jordibures.wixsite.com/buresgroup
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