Wesley Moran

Reader, Department of Chemical Sciences
School of Applied Sciences
Member, Chemical Synthesis and Design Centre
Associate Member, Structural, Molecular and Dynamic Modelling Centre

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-3629

Phone01484 473741
EmailW.J.Moran@hud.ac.uk
Websitehttps://research.hud.ac.uk

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19 Last checked 23 June 2020

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

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1287 Citations
20 h-Index
36 Article
1 Short survey
1 Review article

Synthesis of Oxazolidinones by a Hypervalent Iodine Mediated Cyclization of N‐Allylcarbamates
Das, M., Rodriguez, A., Lo, P. & Moran, W., 22 Jan 2021, In: Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Design and synthesis of chiral urea-derived iodoarenes and their assessment in the enantioselective dearomatizing cyclization of a naphthyl amide
Tariq, M. & Moran, W. J., 6 Nov 2020, In: Tetrahedron. 76, 45, 131634.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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 › peer-review

Open Access
2 Citations (Scopus)
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 › peer-review

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5 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 › peer-review

Open Access
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3 Citations (Scopus)

3 Grant peer-review
1 Editorial work

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

Chemists Correct the Structures of Elusive Seven-Membered Cyclic Imino Ethers
Wesley Moran
20/12/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment