Jason Camp

Contact

• workRoom 03 Chemistry Annex
  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• work0115 84 68464
• jason.camp@nottingham.ac.uk
• http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~pczjec/Camp_Research_Group/Welcome.html

Biography

Dr Camp began his research career at The University of California, Davis (1996-2000) where he carried out undergraduate research with Professor Alan Balch. While at UC Davis he participated in the University of California Education Abroad program spending a year at Adelaide University (1998), Australia during which he did research with Professor Geoffrey T. Crisp. He continued his education at the graduate school of Colorado State University under the mentorship of Professor Robert M. Williams (2000-2002). After transferring to The Pennsylvania State University in June, 2002 he joined Professor Steven M. Weinreb's group and received his PhD in fall 2007. In January of 2008 he moved to the UK to take up a postdoctoral position with Professor Donald Craig at Imperial College London. He began his independent research career as a Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Nottingham in September 2009.

Research Summary

Our research is focused on the development of mild, sustainable and environmentally friendly synthetic methods for the formation of added-value compounds from simple starting materials. Specifically… read more

Selected Publications

• NGWERUME, SIMBARASHE and CAMP, JASON E, 2011. Gold-catalysed rearrangement of O-vinyl oximes for the synthesis of highly substituted pyrroles. Chemical communications. 47(6), 1857-9
• NGWERUME, SIMBARASHE and CAMP, JASON E, 2010. Synthesis of highly substituted pyrroles via nucleophilic catalysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75(18), 6271-4
• CHUNG, W., LINDOVSKÁ, P. and CAMP, J. E., 2011. A one-pot synthesis of α-formyl-α-allylacetates via nucleophilic catalysis Tetrahedron Letters.
• CAMP, J. E., CRAIG, D., FUNAI, K. and WHITE, A. J. P., 2011. Decarboxylative Claisen rearrangement reactions: synthesis and reactivity of alkylidene-substituted indolines Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 9, 7904–7912

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Current Research

Our research is focused on the development of mild, sustainable and environmentally friendly synthetic methods for the formation of added-value compounds from simple starting materials. Specifically we are interested in the ability of one metal to catalyse multiple unique processes in a reaction sequence, multifaceted catalysis. This sort of transformation allows for the synthesis of fine chemicals, natural products, pharmaceuticals, materials and agrochemicals at a reduced overall cost in terms of time, expense and waste production. To date these studies have resulted in: (a) a novel method for the regioselective synthesis of highly substituted pyrroles under gold catalysis, and (b) the catalytic activation of nitriles towards nucleophiles.

Please contact for specifics about any of our projects or visit our group website: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~pczjec/Camp_Research_Group/Welcome.html

• CHUNG, W., LINDOVSKÁ, P. and CAMP, J. E., 2011. A one-pot synthesis of α-formyl-α-allylacetates via nucleophilic catalysis Tetrahedron Letters.
• CAMP, JE, CRAIG, D, FUNAI, K and WHITE, AJP, 2011. Decarboxylative Claisen Rearrangement Reactions: Synthesis And Reactivity Of Alkylidene-Substituted Indolines Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(22), 7904-7912
• NGWERUME, S and CAMP, JE, 2011. Gold-Catalysed Rearrangement Of O-Vinyl Oximes For The Synthesis Of Highly Substituted Pyrroles Chemical Communications. 47(6), 1857-1859
• NGWERUME, S and CAMP, JE, 2010. Synthesis Of Highly Substituted Pyrroles Via Nucleophilic Catalysis Journal Of Organic Chemistry. 75(18), 6271-6274
• CAMP, JE and CRAIG, D, 2009. Reactivity Of Dearomatised Furans Synthesised Via The Decarboxylative Claisen Rearrangement Tetrahedron Letters. 50(26), 3503-3508
• SUN, CX, CAMP, JE and WEINREB, SM, 2006. Construction Of Beta-Haloenamides Via Direct Copper-Promoted Coupling Of Lactams With 2-Chloro And 2-Bromo Vinyliodides Organic Letters. 8(9), 1779-1781
• KALISH, H, CAMP, JE, STEPIEN, M, LATOS-GRAZYNSKI, L, OLMSTEAD, MM and BALCH, AL, 2002. Meso Substituent Effects On The Geometric And Electronic Structures Of High-Spin And Low-Spin Iron(Iii) Complexes Of Mono-Meso-Substituted Octaethylporphyrins Inorganic Chemistry. 41(4), 989-997
• KALISH, H, CAMP, JE, STEPIEN, M, LATOS-GRAZYNSKI, L and BALCH, AL, 2001. Reactivity Of Mono-Meso-Substituted Iron(Ii) Octaethylporphyrin Complexes With Hydrogen Peroxide In The Absence Of Dioxygen. Evidence For Nucleophilic Attack On The Heme Journal Of The American Chemical Society. 123(47), 11719-11727