Jason Dutton group

We are trying to make the most oxidizing organoiodine based complexes known. These will be used to directely functionlize the C-H bonds in the simplest and cheapest fossil fuels, such as methane and ethane.

This area seeks to discover ways to use gold (at catalytic levels) to convert simple and cheap arenes such as benzene into functionalized arenes, directely using the C-H arenes and basic nucleophiles, with gold as the oxidative mediator.

In concert with Professor David Wilson we consider unknown classes of molecules and what their properties might be. A major part of this is organoberyllium chemistry, for which very little is known because Be is so toxic. Several of our predictions in this area in the past decade have been realized by groups around the world equipped to handle this facisnating but deadly toxic element.

In concert with Professor David Wilson we consider unknown classes of molecules and what their properties might be. A major part of this is organoberyllium chemistry, for which very little is known because Be is so toxic. Several of our predictions in this area in the past decade have been realized by groups around the world equipped to handle this facisnating but deadly toxic element.