
Phillip Grant
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He/him • Organic Chemist • NZ • NTU
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https://www.grant-lab.org/ 08-07-2014 04:03:06
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Join us in today's installment of our AOC course as Prof. Phillip Grant gives us an intro to asymmetric carbonyl reduction! Hosted by our Ed Board member Xingfeng Bai! Link: youtu.be/_xGH6poKspU Also check out the problem set by Thomas Verheyen at synthesis-workshop.com/#problem-sets!




This week in #LCSOSynthesisProblem Helena Helena Solé challenged us with the total synthesis of Leonuketal by Brimble Margaret Brimble and Phillip Grant in J Org Chem/Org Lett #TotalSynthesis Take a look: epfl.ch/labs/lcso/wp-c… Original paper: doi.org/10.1021/acs.or…






Synthesis of the bicyclic butenolide core of pallamolide A: a biomimetic approach - now published in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… Nice to see Grace’s PhD work published with Phillip Grant Faculty of Science, University of Auckland Maurice Wilkins Centre Alisha


Now out in Science Magazine, the Phipps group report a remarkably simple cinchona alkaloid-derived catalyst capable of enantioselective H-atom abstraction from meso diols. We first apply this for the asymmetric epimerization of diols science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Looking for a PhD position in #orgchem? Like the idea of spending time in more than one lab? NTU Singapore is launching a joint PhD program with University of Southampton and scholarships are available! 🇬🇧🇸🇬 The Grant lab and Jonathan George are looking a student for the Jan 2025 intake.

We have a 3 yr PDRA position (start date = 1st Jan 2025) available in my group Newcastle Chemistry on an EPSRC funded project using catalysis to synthesize medicinally relevant C–N atropisomeric molecules. Closing date = 25th Nov. For details & to apply, see: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-…





