
Dr Michael Tilby
MChem, DPhil
Current positions
Lecturer in Digital Chemistry for Synthesis
School of Chemistry
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Publications
Recent publications
11/02/2026Breaking the ‘rule-of-five’ to access bridged bicyclic heteroaromatic bioisosteres
Nature Synthesis
A modular synthesis of azetidines from reactive triplet imine intermediates using an intermolecular aza Paternò–Büchi reaction
Nature Catalysis
A three-step strategy for the conversion of pyridines into benzonitriles
Nature Synthesis
Photocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes using ammonia-borane
Chem
Boryl radical-mediated halogen-atom transfer enables arylation of alkyl halides with electrophilic and nucleophilic coupling partners
Nature Synthesis

