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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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Research Output
Spirooxazoline Synthesis by an Oxidative Dearomatizing Cyclization
Tariq, M. & Moran, W., 31 Aug 2020, In : European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2020, 32, p. 5153-5160 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Computationally Assisted Mechanistic Investigation into Hypervalent Iodine Catalysis: Cyclization of N-Allylbenzamide
Butt, S., Das, M., Sotiropoulos, J-M. & Moran, W., 6 Dec 2019, In : Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84, 23, p. 15605-15613 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Citations
(Scopus)
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
Open Access
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3
Citations
(Scopus)
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
6
Citations
(Scopus)
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
2
Citations
(Scopus)
Activities
Organics (Journal)
Wesley Moran (Member of editorial board)
2020 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
Full member of the EPSRC Peer Review College
Wesley Moran (Participant)
2019
Activity: Other activity types › Grant peer-review
Peer reviewer for Agence Nationale de la Recherche
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