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Miriam O'Duill

Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Faculty of Science

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Biography

Miriam O'Duill received her D.Phil. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Oxford, where she carried out research on late-stage fluorination with Prof. Véronique Gouverneur. She spent two years as a DAAD postdoctoral fellow at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, investigating selective catalytic functionalisation of alkenes and alkynes with Prof. Keary M. Engle. In 2018, Miriam began her independent career at NUI Galway, before accepting a position as Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham in 2020. Her research interests include transition-metal catalysis and metal-free catalysis (including hypervalent iodine chemistry) for late-stage functionalisation.

Expertise Summary

  • transition metal catalysis, methodology development, directing groups, C-H activation
  • late-stage functionalisation, alkene/alkyne functionalisation
  • fluorine chemistry, radiolabelling, 18F PET
  • organic synthesis of small molecules
  • public engagement.

Research Summary

In the O'Duill group, we are interested in addressing current challenges in synthetic and medicinal chemistry by developing novel reagents and methodology for the selective, late-stage construction… read more

Recent Publications

  • FITZGERALD, LIAM S. and O'DUILL, MIRIAM L., 2021. A Guide to Directing Group Removal: 8-Aminoquinoline CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL. 27(33), 8411-8436
  • HAIDER, TOBIAS, SURAEVA, OKSANA, O'DUILL, MIRIAM L., MARS, JULIAN, MEZGER, MARKUS, LIEBERWIRTH, INGO and WURM, FREDERIK R., 2020. Controlling the crystal structure of precisely spaced polyethylene-like polyphosphoesters POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 11(20), 3404-3415
  • DEROSA, JOSEPH, O'DUILL, MIRIAM L., HOLCOMB, MATTHEW, BOULOUS, MARK N., PATMAN, RYAN L., WANG, FEN, TRAN-DUBE, MICHELLE, MCALPINE, INDRAWAN and ENGLE, KEARY M., 2018. Copper-Catalyzed Chan-Lam Cyclopropylation of Phenols and Azaheterocycles JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 83(7), 3417-3425
  • O'DUILL, MIRIAM L. and ENGLE, KEARY M., 2018. Protodepalladation as a Strategic Elementary Step in Catalysis SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART. 50(24), 4699-4714

Current Research

In the O'Duill group, we are interested in addressing current challenges in synthetic and medicinal chemistry by developing novel reagents and methodology for the selective, late-stage construction and destruction of difficult C-X bonds. Projects include rational design of removable directing groups for C-H activation, Pd-catalysed synthesis of deuterated heterocycles, and the development of hypervalent iodine alkylating agents.

For more information, see: https://oduillgroup.com/research/

  • FITZGERALD, LIAM S. and O'DUILL, MIRIAM L., 2021. A Guide to Directing Group Removal: 8-Aminoquinoline CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL. 27(33), 8411-8436
  • HAIDER, TOBIAS, SURAEVA, OKSANA, O'DUILL, MIRIAM L., MARS, JULIAN, MEZGER, MARKUS, LIEBERWIRTH, INGO and WURM, FREDERIK R., 2020. Controlling the crystal structure of precisely spaced polyethylene-like polyphosphoesters POLYMER CHEMISTRY. 11(20), 3404-3415
  • DEROSA, JOSEPH, O'DUILL, MIRIAM L., HOLCOMB, MATTHEW, BOULOUS, MARK N., PATMAN, RYAN L., WANG, FEN, TRAN-DUBE, MICHELLE, MCALPINE, INDRAWAN and ENGLE, KEARY M., 2018. Copper-Catalyzed Chan-Lam Cyclopropylation of Phenols and Azaheterocycles JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 83(7), 3417-3425
  • O'DUILL, MIRIAM L. and ENGLE, KEARY M., 2018. Protodepalladation as a Strategic Elementary Step in Catalysis SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART. 50(24), 4699-4714
  • DEROSA, JOSEPH, CANTU, ANNABELLE L., BOULOUS, MARK N., O'DUILL, MIRIAM L., TURNBULL, JOSHUA L., LIU, ZHEN, DE LA TORRE, DAIZY M. and ENGLE, KEARY M., 2017. Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Directed anti-Hydrochlorination of Unactivated Alkynes with HCl JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 139(14), 5183-5193
  • O'DUILL, MIRIAM, 2017. Tuning the regioselectivity of alkene/alkyne functionalization via a directing group strategy ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 253,
  • O'DUILL, MIRIAM L., MATSUURA, REI, WANG, YANYAN, TURNBULL, JOSHUA L., GURAK, JOHN A., JR., GAO, DE-WEI, LU, GANG, LIU, PENG and ENGLE, KEARY M., 2017. Tridentate Directing Groups Stabilize 6-Membered Palladacycles in Catalytic Alkene Hydrofunctionalization JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 139(44), 15576-15579
  • YANG, GUANG, O'DUILL, MIRIAM, GOUVERNEUR, VERONIQUE and KRAFFT, MARIE PIERRE, 2015. Recruitment and Immobilization of a Fluorinated Biomarker Across an Interfacial Phospholipid Film using a Fluorocarbon Gas ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION. 54(29), 8402-8406
  • O'DUILL, MIRIAM, DUBOST, EMMANUELLE, PFEIFER, LUKAS and GOUVERNEUR, VERONIQUE, 2015. Cross-Coupling of [2-Aryl-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl](trimethyl)silanes with Aryl Halides ORGANIC LETTERS. 17(14), 3466-3469
  • MIZUTA, SATOSHI, VERHOOG, STEFAN, ENGLE, KEARY M., KHOTAVIVATTANA, TANATORN, O'DUILL, MIRIAM, WHEELHOUSE, KATHERINE, RASSIAS, GERASIMOS, MEDEBIELLE, MAURICE and GOUVERNEUR, VERONIQUE, 2013. Catalytic Hydrotrifluoromethylation of Unactivated Alkenes JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. 135(7), 2505-2508
  • MIZUTA, SATOSHI, ENGLE, KEARY M., VERHOOG, STEFAN, GALICIA-LOPEZ, OSCAR, O'DUILL, MIRIAM, MEDEBIELLE, MAURICE, WHEELHOUSE, KATHERINE, RASSIAS, GERASIMOS, THOMPSON, AMBER L. and GOUVERNEUR, VERONIQUE, 2013. Trifluoromethylation of Allylsilanes under Photoredox Catalysis ORGANIC LETTERS. 15(6), 1250-1253
  • MIZUTA, SATOSHI, STENHAGEN, IDA S. R., O'DUILL, MIRIAM, WOLSTENHULME, JAMIE, KIRJAVAINEN, ANNA K., FORSBACK, SARITA J., TREDWELL, MATTHEW, SANDFORD, GRAHAM, MOORE, PETER R., HUIBAN, MICKAEL, LUTHRA, SAJINDER K., PASSCHIER, JAN, SOLIN, OLOF and GOUVERNEUR, VERONIQUE, 2013. Catalytic Decarboxylative Fluorination for the Synthesis of Tri- and Difluoromethyl Arenes ORGANIC LETTERS. 15(11), 2648-2651

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