Dr Christopher Jones

Christopher Jones

Senior Lecturer
Centre lead for Research Environment

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
www.qmul.ac.uk/spcs/staff/academics/profiles/christopherjones.html
Centre for Chemical Research
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Research

Organic chemistry, Methodology development, Heterocyclic synthesis, Reactive intermediates (arynes), Functionalised carbon nanomaterials

Interests

We are interested in developing new synthetic organic methodology that has the potential to impact upon contemporary socioeconomic issues such as new drug discovery and the need to find more sustainable chemical feedstocks. As such, we aim to harness the high levels of reactivity of arynes, carbenes and radicals (“reactive intermediates”), as they afford unique and powerful opportunities to control challenging new chemical and biological processes. In our group we are particularly focused on exploiting aryne reactivity for the development of new synthetic strategies, in addition to exploring related applications in functional carbon nanomaterial preparation. Overall, we strive to facilitate the employment of cheap and abundant hydrocarbon sources within chemical processes and therefore reduce our reliance upon more limited and heavily functionalised starting materials.