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Overview

Duncan L. Browne is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions primarily lie within the field of Chemistry, with focus areas extending into Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work encompasses various main topics, including:

  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Duncan L. Browne include:

  • "Continuous flow mechanochemistry: reactive extrusion as an enabling technology in organic synthesis" (2022) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Mechanoredox Chemistry as an Emerging Strategy in Synthesis" (2021) published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Fluorochemicals from fluorspar via a phosphate-enabled mechanochemical process that bypasses HF" (2023) published in Science
  • "Direct Amidation of Esters by Ball Milling**" (2021) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Mechanochemical techniques for the activation and use of zero-valent metals in synthesis" (2022) published in Nature Synthesis

Frequently publishing venues for this scientist include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (8 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (7 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (6 publications)
  • Organic Letters (5 publications)
  • ChemSusChem (3 publications)

Collaborations form an important part of their research activity, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Jamie A. Leitch (21 joint publications)
  • Andrew C. Jones (14 joint publications)
  • Harry R. Smallman (10 joint publications)
  • Robert R. A. Bolt (9 joint publications)
  • William I. Nicholson (8 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Mechanochemistry as an emerging tool for molecular synthesis: what can it offer?

    Joseph L. Howard;Qun Cao;Duncan L. Browne

  • Flow chemistry syntheses of natural products

    Julio C. Pastre;Duncan L. Browne;Steven V. Ley

  • Recent developments in the chemistry of sydnones

    Duncan L. Browne;Joseph P. A. Harrity

  • Sulfonamide Synthesis through Electrochemical Oxidative Coupling of Amines and Thiols.

    Gabriele Laudadio;Efstathios Barmpoutsis;Christiane Schotten;Christiane Schotten;Lisa Struik

  • Continuous flow mechanochemistry: reactive extrusion as an enabling technology in organic synthesis

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  • Continuous Flow Processing of Slurries: Evaluation of an Agitated Cell Reactor

    Duncan L. Browne;Benjamin J. Deadman;Robert Ashe;Ian R. Baxendale

  • Continuous Flow-Processing of Organometallic Reagents Using an Advanced Peristaltic Pumping System and the Telescoped Flow Synthesis of (E/Z)-Tamoxifen

    Philip R. D. Murray;Duncan L. Browne;Julio C. Pastre;Julio C. Pastre;Chris Butters

  • Continuous flow reaction monitoring using an on-line miniature mass spectrometer

    Duncan L. Browne;Steven Wright;Benjamin J. Deadman;Samantha Dunnage

  • Mechanochemical Activation of Zinc and Application to Negishi Cross-Coupling.

    Qun Cao;Joseph L. Howard;Emilie Wheatley;Duncan L. Browne

  • Mechanoredox Chemistry as an Emerging Strategy in Synthesis.

    Jamie A. Leitch;Duncan L. Browne

  • Controlling reactivity through liquid assisted grinding: the curious case of mechanochemical fluorination

    Joseph L. Howard;Yerbol Sagatov;Laura Repusseau;Christiane Schotten

  • A prototype continuous-flow liquid–liquid extraction system using open-source technology

    Matthew O'Brien;Matthew O'Brien;Peter Koos;Duncan L. Browne;Steven V. Ley

  • A new enabling technology for convenient laboratory scale continuous flow processing at low temperatures

    Duncan L. Browne;Marcus Baumann;Bashir H. Harji;Ian R. Baxendale

  • A Sydnone Cycloaddition Route to Pyrazole Boronic Esters

    Duncan L. Browne;Matthew D. Helm;Andrew Plant;Joseph P. A. Harrity

  • Flow synthesis using gaseous ammonia in a Teflon AF-2400 tube-in-tube reactor: Paal–Knorr pyrrole formation and gas concentration measurement by inline flow titration

    Philippa B. Cranwell;Matthew O'Brien;Duncan L. Browne;Peter Koos

  • Investigation of the scope and regiochemistry of alkynylboronate cycloadditions with sydnones.

    Duncan L. Browne;Jérôme F. Vivat;Andrew Plant;Enrique Gomez-Bengoa

  • Fluorochemicals from fluorspar via a phosphate-enabled mechanochemical process that bypasses HF

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  • Switching Chemoselectivity: Using Mechanochemistry to Alter Reaction Kinetics

    Joseph L. Howard;Michael C. Brand;Duncan L. Browne

  • Manganese-Catalyzed Electrochemical Deconstructive Chlorination of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy Radicals

    Benjamin D. W. Allen;Mishra Deepak Hareram;Alex C. Seastram;Tom McBride

  • Scaling Up of Continuous Flow Processes with Gases Using a Tube-in-Tube Reactor: Inline Titrations and Fanetizole Synthesis with Ammonia

    Julio C. Pastre;Julio C. Pastre;Duncan L. Browne;Matthew O’Brien;Steven V. Ley

  • Camera-enabled techniques for organic synthesis

    Steven V Ley;Richard J Ingham;Matthew O’Brien;Duncan L Browne

  • Robust Buchwald–Hartwig amination enabled by ball-milling

    Qun Cao;William I. Nicholson;Andrew C. Jones;Duncan L. Browne

  • Continuous Flow-Processing of Organometallic Reagents Using an Advanced Peristaltic Pumping System and the Telescoped Flow Synthesis of (E/Z)-Tamoxifen

    Philip R. D. Murray;Duncan L. Browne;Julio C. Pastre;Steven V. Ley

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven V. Ley
Steven V. Ley University of Cambridge
Joseph P. A. Harrity
Joseph P. A. Harrity University of Sheffield
Ian R. Baxendale
Ian R. Baxendale Durham University
Thomas Wirth
Thomas Wirth Cardiff University
Angela Casini
Angela Casini Technical University of Munich
Harry Adams
Harry Adams University of Sheffield
Kenneth D. M. Harris
Kenneth D. M. Harris Cardiff University
Duncan F. Wass
Duncan F. Wass Cardiff University
Thierry Roisnel
Thierry Roisnel University of Rennes

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