Dr Igor Larrosa
Senior Lecturer in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Room: 1.02, Joseph Priestley Building
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 7882 8404
- Email: i.larrosa("at" sign)qmul.ac.uk
Research interests:
Research website: http://webspace.qmul.ac.uk/ilarrosa/index.html
Gold has historically been considered a poor catalyst due to its perceived low activity. On the contrary, in recent years the high electrophilic affinity of gold salts for alkynes, allenes and alkenes as well as their capacity to activate other electrophiles has prompted an explosion of new applications of gold in homogeneous catalysis. This exciting field possesses great potential for expansion and development of new reactivity and represents a new frontier to conquer in organic chemistry. In our research group, we are interested in the development of novel gold catalysed transformations with the aim of improving current synthetic techniques. Of particular interest is the application of gold catalysis to the controlled construction of multiple bonds in arrays of cascade reactions and in multi-component reactions, allowing for shorter syntheses of natural products.
Research group:
Postgraduate supervision:
Boorman, Tanya; t.boorman ("at" sign) qmul.ac.uk;
Cornella Costa, Josep; j.cornella ("at" sign) qmul.ac.uk;
Grainger, Rachel; r.e.grainger ("at" sign) qmul.ac.uk;
Kramer, Katrina; ann.kramer ("at" sign) qmul.ac.uk;