Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Wes is Reader in Organic Chemistry. He obtained his MChem and PhD (2004) under the supervision of Professor Joe Harrity at the University of Sheffield. He then spent two years at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Professor Jim Morken’s group followed by 17 months at The University of Manchester in Professor Jonathan Clayden’s group. He began his independent career in September 2007 as Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Huddersfield and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in August 2009 and to Reader in August 2015.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Synthetic organic chemistry
- Polyvalent iodine compounds
- C-H activation
- The synthesis of small molecules
Biography
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Palladium
Chemical Compounds
Cycloaddition
Chemical Compounds
Salts
Chemical Compounds
Cyclization
Chemical Compounds
Alkenes
Chemical Compounds
Alkynes
Chemical Compounds
Sydnones
Chemical Compounds
Piperidines
Chemical Compounds
Research Output 2001 2019
Cyclic Vinyl(aryl)iodonium Salts: Synthesis and Reactivity
Kepski, K., Rice, C. & Moran, W., 6 Sep 2019, In : Organic Letters. 21, 17, p. 6936-6939 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Nucleophiles
nucleophiles
reactivity
Salts
Crystal structure
Iodoarene-catalyzed cyclizations of N-propargylamides and β-amidoketones: synthesis of 2-oxazolines
Kamouka, S. & Moran, W. J., 31 Aug 2017, In : Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 13, p. 1823-1827 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Cyclization
Substrates
Preparation and Synthetic Utility of Stable 1,3-Enynyl- and 1,3-Dienyl(aryl)iodonium Salts
Zawia, E., Hamnett, D. J. & Moran, W. J., 23 Mar 2017, In : Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82, 7, p. 3960-3964 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Salts
Crystal structure
X rays
Aqueous DMSO mediated conversion of (2-(arylsulfonyl)vinyl)iodonium salts to aldehydes and vinyl chlorides
Zawia, E. & Moran, W. J., 16 Aug 2016, In : Molecules. 21, 8, 11 p., 1073.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Vinyl Chloride
Dimethyl Sulfoxide
aldehydes
Aldehydes
Salts
Dual oxidation/bromination of alkylbenzenes
Aborways, M. M. & Moran, W. J., 2 Mar 2016, In : Tetrahedron Letters. 57, 9, p. 983-985 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Halogenation
Derivatives
Oxidation
sodium bromide
potassium peroxymonosulfuric acid
Activities 2014 2019
- 2 Grant peer-review
Full member of the EPSRC Peer Review College
Wesley Moran (Participant)2019
Activity: Other activity types › Grant peer-review
Peer reviewer for American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
Wesley Moran (Participant)2014
Activity: Other activity types › Grant peer-review
Press / Media
Chemists Correct the Structures of Elusive Seven-Membered Cyclic Imino Ethers
20/12/18
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment