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D-Index
50
Citations
8792
World Ranking
14392
National Ranking
800

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1995 - Meldola Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Alan Armstrong is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on chemistry and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work extensively covers the subfields of organic chemistry, molecular biology, control and systems engineering, computational theory and mathematics, and materials chemistry.

The main topics of Armstrong's research include:

  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Armstrong has contributed publications to a variety of scientific venues, notably including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering Science
  • Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Armstrong include:

  • Mechanism, kinetics and selectivity of a Williamson ether synthesis: elucidation under different reaction conditions, 2021, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
  • A genetically-encoded crosslinker screen identifies SERBP1 as a PKCε substrate influencing translation and cell division, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Synthesis and Configurational Assignment of Vinyl Sulfoximines and Sulfonimidamides, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Model-based solvent selection for the synthesis and crystallisation of pharmaceutical compounds, 2022, Chemical Engineering Science
  • Multiparameter Kinetic Analysis for Covalent Fragment Optimization by Using Quantitative Irreversible Tethering (qIT), 2020, ChemBioChem

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Armstrong include:

  • Amparo Galindo
  • Claire S. Adjiman
  • David J. Mann
  • Gregory B. Craven
  • Lingfeng Gui

Throughout Armstrong's career, distinctions awarded include the Corday-Morgan Prize and the Meldola Medal and Prize, both conferred by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2002 and 1995, respectively.

Best Publications

  • Anion−Aromatic Bonding: A Case for Anion Recognition by π-Acidic Rings

    Mark Mascal;Alan Armstrong;Michael D. Bartberger

  • Thermodynamic control of asymmetric amplification in amino acid catalysis

    Martin Klussmann;Hiroshi Iwamura;Hiroshi Iwamura;Suju P. Mathew;David H. Wells;David H. Wells

  • Water in Organocatalytic Processes: Debunking the Myths

    Donna G. Blackmond;Alan Armstrong;Vyv Coombe;Andrew Wells

  • Direct azole amination: C-H functionalization as a new approach to biologically important heterocycles.

    Alan Armstrong;James C. Collins

  • Clarification of the role of water in proline-mediated aldol reactions.

    Natalia Zotova;Axel Franzke;Alan Armstrong;Donna G Blackmond

  • The flow's the thing..or is it? Assessing the merits of homogeneous reactions in flask and flow.

    Fernando E. Valera;Michela Quaranta;Antonio Moran;John Blacker

  • A new method for the preparation of tertiary butyl ethers and esters

    Alan Armstrong;Ian Brackenridge;Richard F.W. Jackson;Joanna M. Kirk

  • Computer-aided molecular design of solvents for accelerated reaction kinetics

    Heiko Struebing;Zara Ganase;Panagiotis G. Karamertzanis;Eirini Siougkrou

  • The Houk–List transition states for organocatalytic mechanisms revisited

    Alan Armstrong;Roberto A. Boto;Roberto A. Boto;Paul Dingwall;Julia Contreras-García;Julia Contreras-García

  • Curtin–Hammett Paradigm for Stereocontrol in Organocatalysis by Diarylprolinol Ether Catalysts

    Jordi Burés;Alan Armstrong;Donna G. Blackmond;Donna G. Blackmond

  • Mechanistic rationalization of organocatalyzed conjugate addition of linear aldehydes to nitro-olefins

    Jordi Burés;Alan Armstrong;Donna G. Blackmond

  • Rationalization and prediction of solution enantiomeric excess in ternary phase systems.

    Martin Klussmann;Andrew J. P. White;Alan Armstrong;Donna G. Blackmond

  • Unusual reversal of enantioselectivity in the proline-mediated alpha-amination of aldehydes induced by tertiary amine additives.

    Donna G. Blackmond;Antonio Moran;Matthew Hughes;Alan Armstrong

  • Amine-promoted, organocatalytic aziridination of enones.

    Alan Armstrong;Carl A. Baxter;Scott G. Lamont;and Andrew R. Pape

  • Structure of eukaryotic purine/H(+) symporter UapA suggests a role for homodimerization in transport activity.

    Yilmaz Alguel;Sotiris Amillis;James Leung;George Lambrinidis

  • Oxaziridine-mediated amination of primary amines: scope and application to a one-pot pyrazole synthesis.

    Alan Armstrong;Lyn H Jones;Jamie D Knight;Richard D Kelsey

  • Novel zinc-based fixative for high quality DNA, RNA and protein analysis

    Dimitrios Lykidis;Susan Van Noorden;Alan Armstrong;Bradley Spencer-Dene

  • Probing the active catalyst in product-accelerated proline-mediated reactions.

    Hiroshi Iwamura;David H. Wells;Suju P. Mathew;Martin Klussmann

  • Total synthesis of the anthelmintic macrolide avermectin B1a

    Steven V. Ley;Alan Armstrong;David Díez-Martín;Mark J. Ford

  • A highly convergent total synthesis of the spiroacetal macrolide (+)-milbemycinβ1

    Steven V. Ley;Neville J. Anthony;Alan Armstrong;M.Gabriella Brasca

  • Catalytic enantioselective epoxidation of alkenes with a tropinone-derived chiral ketone

    Alan Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Donna G. Blackmond
Donna G. Blackmond Scripps Research Institute
Steven V. Ley
Steven V. Ley University of Cambridge
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin University of St Andrews
Peter J. Parker
Peter J. Parker The Francis Crick Institute
Andrew J. P. White
Andrew J. P. White Imperial College London
Giovanni Sartori
Giovanni Sartori University of Parma
Amparo Galindo
Amparo Galindo Imperial College London
Claire S. Adjiman
Claire S. Adjiman Imperial College London
Neil Q. McDonald
Neil Q. McDonald The Francis Crick Institute
João T. Cabral
João T. Cabral Imperial College London

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