Corey R. J. Stephenson

世界著名化学家

Corey R. J. Stephenson

本文作者：石油醚

概要

Corey R. J. Stephenson（出生于加拿大），美国密歇根大学化学系教授。有机化学家课题组主页：https://www.thestephensongroup.org/

经历

1998年滑铁卢大学获得学士学位
2005年匹兹堡大学获得博士学位（Professor Peter Wipf）
1998.9-2005.2 匹兹堡大学研究生助理（Professor Peter Wipf）
2005.3-2007.8 苏黎世联邦理工学院博士后研究员（Professor Erick M. Carreira）
2007.9-2013.2 波士顿大学化学系助理教授
2013.2-2013.6 波士顿大学化学系副教授
2014.12 明斯特大学客座教授
2013.7-2015.8 密歇根大学化学系副教授
2016.6 以色列理工学院客座教授
2015.9- 密歇根大学化学系副教授

获奖经历

Thomson-Reuters Highly Cited Researcher, 2015, 2016
Pfizer Green Chemistry Award, 2015
EROS Best Reagent Award, 2014
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2013–2018
Eli Lilly Grantee Award, 2013–2015
Novartis Early Career Award in Organic Chemistry, 2012–2015
Amgen Young Investigator Award, 2011
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2011–2013
NSF Career Award, 2011–2016
Boehringer–Ingelheim New Investigator Award, 2010
Thieme Synthesis/Synlett Journal Award, 2009
ACS Petroleum Research Foundation Type G Award, 2008

研究方向

1. 光氧化还原技术

光敏电子转移催化剂为自由基中间体提供了独特的化学合成途径、拓宽了自由基中间体的应用范围以及为小分子催化领域提供了新的合成方法。该方法的优势在于温和的反应条件下，具有敏感官能团的化合物能发生化学选择性反应得到新化学分子。Stephenson课题组创造性地设计和应用自由基反应^1-9促进不可持续反应的发生，从而推动光氧化还原催化领域的发展(图 1)。

图 1 光氧化还原技术

2. 复杂分子的合成

Stephenson课题组的研究重点是创造性的实现自由基中间体向复杂的生物活性分子的转化，同时致力于有机化学可持续性和可扩展性。目前，Stephenson课题组致力于应用光氧化还原催化，电化学和仿生持久性产生自由基前体¹⁰的策略来获得天然产物和与临床相关的骨架，且已经取得了不错的进展^11-18。这些方法在战略层面上的优势以及课题组与行业的牢固联系为大规模合成天然产物提供了独特的机会¹⁹（图 2）。

图 2 复杂分子的合成

3. 生物质降解

生物质（尤其是木质素）可用于合成有用的商业化学品以及燃料，具有重要的合成价值。Stephenson课题组致力于应用光和电化学的氧化还原催化来开发实用和可扩展的技术²⁰并在温和有效的条件下促进生物质降解，为我们的美好生活提供有用的商业化学品。同时，Stephenson教授相信生物质降解领域的不断发展将为获取碳原料提供一种新的途径，从而降低化石燃料对环境的影响（图 3）。

图 3 生物质降解

4. 流态合成

Stephenson教授对流态化学在光氧化还原催化中的应用感兴趣。课题组的目标是使用连续流态技术：（i）通过提高光透过率来有效扩大与工业相关的光氧化还原反应得应用²¹（ii）设计用于药物和生物质转化应用的连续多步反应²²，以及（iii）开发微流体自动优化光氧化还原反应的技术（图 4）。

图 4 流态合成

参考文献

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