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Biography
I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences. Prior to joining Huddersfield in August 2012 I have, over the last 21 years taught and researched in organic chemistry and held numerous administrative roles at the Universities of Central Lancashire (1991-1998), Hull (1998-2001) and Leeds (2001-2012). My teaching experience ranges widely across the subject and encompasses both fundamental and applied aspects of organic chemistry. I have as a result of my PhD (1987, CNAA) a long-standing research interest in heterocyclic chemistry, in particular the chemistry of benzopyrans and fused-ring derivatives. My research has developed several new methods to synthesise or to functionalise benzopyran-containing ring systems. Work on a wide variety of other heterocycles has also been undertaken. Concomitantly, research on photochromic heterocyclic compounds, in collaboration with industry, has been actively pursued since 1986 and has also produced many ‘firsts’. These include the discovery of the most intense colouring photochromic compounds – i.e. the amino-substituted spirooxazines, the controlled thermal fading of spirooxazines, the discovery of hyperchromic naphthopyrans and, more recently, the first dichroic naphthopyrans.
Work on photochromic compounds has resulted in 16 patents. Molecules developed over the years have now been commercialised world-wide.
Other materials chemistry-based projects, funded, by industry are currently underway.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Heterocyclic Materials Chemistry
- Synthetic Heterocyclic Chemistry
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2,2,4,6-Tetraaryl-2H-benzo[h]chromenes: The influence of electronic communication between aryl substituents on their photochromism
Aiken, S., Armitage, G. K., de Azevedo, O. D. C. C., Crossley, D. L., Dobson, R., Gabbutt, C. D., Heron, B. M., Jacquemin, D., Rice, C. R. & Soltowska, N., 1 Mar 2022, In: Dyes and Pigments. 199, 24 p., 110036.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ketohydrazone dyes derived from 4-morpholino-2-naphthol and ortho-substituted anilines: Further examination of the hyperchromism induced by the 4-morpholino-2-naphthol moiety
Aiken, S., Gabbutt, C. D., Heron, B. M. & Pinnington, D. G., 1 Nov 2021, In: Dyes and Pigments. 195, 6 p., 109678.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quenching of the phosphorescence of thermally reversible photochromic naphthopyran Re(I) complexes initiated by either visible or ultraviolet radiation
Carvalho Couto De Azevedo, O. D., Elliott, P., Gabbutt, C., Heron, M., Jacquemin, D., Rice, C. & Scattergood, P., 21 Jan 2021, In: Dalton Transactions. 50, 3, p. 830-834 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Synthesis, C-H bond functionalisation and cycloadditions of 6-styryl-1,2-oxathiine 2,2-dioxides
Gabbutt, C. D., Heron, B. M., Lilly, T., Ogwang, O. W. & Zonidis, D., 7 Aug 2021, In: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 19, 29, p. 6431-6446 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Base-Mediated Ring-Contraction of Pyran Systems Promoted by Palladium and Phase-Transfer Catalysis
Aiken, S., De Azevedo, O., Chauhan, K., Driscoll, T., Elliott, P., Gabbutt, C. & Heron, M., 17 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85, 2, p. 952-966 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Journal of Chemical Research (Journal)
Christopher Gabbutt (Member of editorial board)
Oct 2010 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work