Dr Alastair Lennox
MA(Manch.), PhD(Bristol)
Expertise
The Lennox Lab are interested in the development of new organic methodologies and reactivity, with a focus on sustainability, electrochemistry and mechanism, and have a strong interest in fluorination.
Current positions
Royal Society University Research Fellow and Proleptic Associate Professor
School of Chemistry
Contact
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
New Fluorinated quinones for Chagas disease
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
31/03/2024 to 30/03/2027
URF\R\221039 - Royal Society URF renewal
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
15/01/2023 to 14/01/2026
URF\R\221039 - URF Enhanced Research Expenses
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
15/01/2023 to 14/01/2026
RS Enhancement award 2021
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/12/2021 to 30/11/2024
Selective Electrochemical Nucleophilic Fluorination
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/08/2021 to 31/07/2026
Thesis supervisions
Mechanistic Investigations into Diastereodivergent Synthesis of 1,2-Chlorofluoroalkanes and their SN2 Reactivity
Supervisors
Fluorofunctionalisation of alkenes via electrochemically generated hypervalent iodine reagents
Supervisors
3D-Printing Electrochemical Systems
Supervisors
Electrochemical and Photochemical Benzylic C(sp3)-H Functionalisation
Supervisors
A Stoichiometric Haloform Coupling for Ester Synthesis
Supervisors
High-Valent Metal and Hypervalent Iodine Mediated Fluorination
Supervisors
Electrochemical hydrodefluorination of trifluoromethyl groups
Supervisors
Stereoselective Synthesis of Monofluoroalkenes
Supervisors
Synthesis of biaryls by reductive extrusion from N,N’-dimethyl-N,N’-diaryl ureas
Supervisors
Applying the conformational bias of amides to the synthesis of triarylmethanes, difluoromethyl arenes and medium-sized rings
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
26/02/2025Au(I)‐, Au(II)‐, Au(III)‐Fluoride Complexes
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Catalysing change: Defossilising the chemical industry
Alkene 1,3-Difluorination via Transient Oxonium Intermediates
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
A Stoichiometric Haloform Coupling for Ester Synthesis with Secondary Alcohols
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Bromide-Mediated Silane Oxidation
JACS Au
