Heterocyclic
Chemistry
Professor
John Joule
Chemistry Department,
The University of Manchester,
Manchester M13 9PL,
U. K.
44 (0)161 275 4633
j.a.joule@man.ac.uk
We
synthesise
heterocyclic
compounds
References to published
work are available in full
or selected form; review
references are listed separately
Targets are chosen
for different reasons, for example their relevance to biologically
active heterocyclic natural products, particularly marine
alkaloids such as the variolins or the isobatzellines, or
to the cofactor of the oxomolybdoenzymes, or because
the heterocyclic systems are novel, or are to be made by a new
route.
Current targets
include the indole alkaloid apparicine, the marine natural products
variolins B and D, plakinidines A-C, hinckdentine A, and non-natural
analogues and models of the oxomolybdoenzymes
cofactor.
The synthetic chemistry
research groups at Manchester occupy completely refurbished laboratories
(£7.5M; 1998-1999) with adjoining, write-up rooms where
each student has his/her own desk and computer terminal.
All synthetic work at Manchester
is served and supported by a complete range of cutting-edge spectroscopic,
chromatographic, microanalytical, and X-ray crystallographic facilities.
All synthetic research
workers at Manchester have access to very powerful computerised
structure and sub-structure searching capabilities such as the
Beilstein/Crossfire and SciFinder systems which in the last few
of years have revolutionised literature research for synthetic
chemistry - what used to take days in the library can now be done
in five minutes sitting at your desk.
Additionally, the University's
Christie Library is one of the leading University libraries in
the country.
With a PhD
in Synthetic Chemistry from Manchester you will find it easy to
secure a good post in industry.