MY GROUP WORKS ON SYNTHESIS AND CATALYSIS.

Research in the group covers a range of areas including asymmetric catalysis, new synthetic methodology, a little chemical biology, but mostly sustainable synthesis and catalysis.

ASYMMETRIC TRANSFER HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS.

'ATH101' - see the video here for a demonstration of how to run an asymmetric transfer hydrogenation reaction.

Horizon Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry 2022:

Martin Wills, Peter Sadler and former PhD student James Coverdale are part of the team to win a Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize for work on In-Cell Organometallic Redox Catalysis. The project started from a collaboration between Peter Sadler and Martin Wills and grew to involve over 20 national and international contributors. See the excellent RSC video here With thanks to @RoySocChem and use the #RSCPrize for their help and support.

Commercially-available ATH catalysts from group work:

 

Financial Support:

With many thanks to support over the years and now from: EPSRC, BBSRC, Wellcome Trust, Leverhulme Trust, The Royal Society, Daphne Jackson Trust, ICI pharmaceuticals, Fisons, Roche, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Oxford Asymmetry, Rhodia, Dowpharma, Dr Reddys, Johnson Matthey, GoldenKeys High Tech Materials Co. Ltd. and others.

News from June 2022 - Martin Wills and former PhD student James Coverdale are part of the team to win a Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize for work on In-Cell Organometallic Redox Catalysis. The project started from a collaboration between Peter Sadler and Martin Wills and grew to involve over 20 national and international contributors. See the excellent RSC video here! With thanks to @RoySocChem and use the #RSCPrize for their help and support. nb the video may be browser-dependent when you try to run it.

Professor Martin Wills, BSc, D.Phil, DSc. CChem FRSC.

tel 024 7652 3260, fax 024 7652 4112.

Professor of Organic Chemistry

email m.wills(at)warwick.ac.uk

Research Career and Background

• BSc (Imperial College) 1985
• DPhil (Oxford) 1988, Supervisor Prof. S. G. Davies.
• Postdoctoral Research (Geneva) 1988-89, Supervisor Prof. W. Oppolzer.
• Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Bath University, 1989-1995.
• Reader in Organic Chemistry, Warwick University, 1995-2000.
• Professor of Organic Chemistry, Warwick University, since August 2000.