Enantioseletive Catalysis with Carbocation Surrogates

Johnston, Craig (PI)

School of Chemistry

Project: Fellowship

Acronym	Craig Johnston URF
Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/10/23 → 30/09/26

Funding

The Royal Society: £559,309.26

Cobalt-salen catalysed hydration of alkenes with water: a complementary ionic approach to the Mukaiyama hydration
Groves, D. G., Hoogesteger, R. H., Emayavaramban, B. & Johnston, C. P., 3 Mar 2026, In: Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 368, 5, 12 p., e70322.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Concurrent linear deracemization of secondary benzylic alcohols via simultaneous photocatalysis and whole-cell biocatalysis
Wong, W. Y. W., Wallace, S. & Johnston, C. P., 5 Sept 2025, In: ACS Catalysis. 15, 17, p. 15195-15210 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Mind the gap! Steric-driven reductive desymmetrisation of malononitriles
Philipson, C., Hoogesteger, R. H. & Johnston, C. P., 12 Feb 2025, In: Trends in Chemistry. 7, 2, p. 59-61 3 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Cobalt-Salen Catalysed Hydration of Alkenes with Water: A Complementary Ionic Approach to the Mukaiyama Hydration (dataset)
Johnston, C. P. (Creator), Emayavaramban, B. (Owner), Hoogesteger, R. (Owner) & Groves, D. G. (Owner), University of St Andrews, 10 Mar 2026
DOI: 10.17630/68e0b423-4966-4f36-96f7-619fabc03a12
Dataset

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Concurrent linear deracemization of secondary benzylic alcohols via simultaneous photocatalysis and whole-cell biocatalysis (dataset)
Johnston, C. P. (Creator), Wong, W. Y. W. (Owner) & Wallace, S. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 19 Aug 2025
DOI: 10.17630/b6ccc7a3-9657-4cc3-80fb-23c1f764d95c
Dataset

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Deracemisation of Alcohols via Simultaneous Photocatalysis and Whole-cell Biocatalysis (thesis data)
Wong, W. Y. W. (Creator), Johnston, C. (Supervisor) & Smith, A. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 23 Jan 2026
DOI: 10.17630/9c0c68b1-1c1c-45ac-8e8a-caf053245e2c
Dataset: Thesis dataset

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