Professor Robin Bedford

Professor Robin Bedford
BSc (Hons), DPhil(Sus)

Professor of Catalysis

Office N529b
Cantock's Close,
Clifton, Bristol BS8 1TS
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Tel. +44 (0) 117 331 7538
r.bedford@bristol.ac.uk

Research summary

Our research centres on the development of new catalysts and the catalysis of novel organic reactions.

This research lies at the interface of organic and inorganic chemistry; in our group the development of novel organic methodology goes hand in hand with catalyst development.

We are particularly interested in developing new organic reactions that proceed via catalytic C-H activation and producing new catalysts for challenging coupling reactions, with a particular emphasis on the use of iron. Catalysts produced in the group range from organometallic complexes with well defined ligand architectures to nanoparticulate metals.

Recent publications

Adams, CJ, Bedford, RB, Carter, E, Gower, NJ, Haddow, MF, Harvey, JN, Huwe, M, Cartes, MA, Mansell, SM, Mendoza, C, Murphy, DM, Neeve, EC & Nunn, J 2012, ‘Iron(I) in Negishi Cross-Coupling Reactions’. Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol 134., pp. 10333-10336
Bedford, RB, Gower, NJ, Haddow, MF, Harvey, JN, Nunn, J, Okopie, RA & Sankey, RF 2012, ‘Exploiting Boron-Zinc Transmetallation for the Arylation of Benzyl Halides: What are the Reactive Species?’. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol 51., pp. 5435-5438

School of Chemistry

Professor Robin Bedford