Science: Chemistry: Organic: Research Groups: K

Design of new methods and catalysts for use in organic synthesis.

Development of novel organometallic reagents and methods for use in organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis and natural product synthesis.

Total synthesis of biologically active compounds. Asymmetric reactions using effective chiral catalysts. Synthesis of antimalarial alkaloids. Microencapsulated catalysts. Organic reactions in water. Organic reactions using microreactors.

Organic synthesis, NMR spectroscopy, computational chemistry, ecology, microbiology and biochemistry.

Biomolecular recognition processes: the chemistry and biology of protein-saccharide interactions.