Biography
John C. WALTON听joined the faculty of Dundee University in 1967 and moved to St. Andrews University in 1970, rising to full professor in 1997 and becoming Research Professor in 2007.听 He has worked on the application of physical organic methods to organic mechanisms and is known for EPR spectroscopic studies of many kind of radicals.听听 Recently he has been developing radical-mediated synthetic protocols including those based around: 鈥減ro-aromatic鈥� cyclohexadienyl reagents, oxime derivatives, photoredox methods employing titanium dioxide and for research on radical enhancement of heterolysis. 听He has published over 300 articles in learned journals as well as 3 books.听听 He was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry silver medal for Organic Reaction Mechanisms in 1994 and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1995.听
Research areas
My main interest is in free radicals and the development of organic syntheses and novel materials based on these species. Early work was concerned with the addition of free radicals to alkenes. Currently, my research centres in (i) the development of free radical synthetic methods based on derivatives of oximes (ii)听 photoredox methods with carboxylic acids (iii) boron-containing radicals (iv) the enhancement of acidity and promotion of heterolytic dissociation by radicals.听 These methods show promise for environmentally friendly organic preparations. Studies of radical structures and reactions by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy and computational methods are being successfully applied to aid in understanding radical mechanisms.
Selected publications
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Dai, W., McFadden, T. R., Curran, D. P., Fr眉chtl, H. A. & Walton, J. C., 21 Nov 2018, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140, 46, p. 15868-15875 8 p.
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Walton, J. C., 8 Feb 2018, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122, 5, p. 1422-1431 10 p.
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Walton, J. C., McFadden, T. R. & Curran, D. P., 22 Nov 2017, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139, 46, p. 16514-16517
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Walton, J. C., 12 Oct 2017, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121, 40, p. 7761-7767 7 p.
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Buehl, M., DaBell, P., Manley, D., McCaughan, R. & Walton, J. C., 30 Dec 2015, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137, 51, p. 16153鈥�16162 10 p.
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Walton, J. C., Mar 2014, In: Accounts of Chemical Research. 47, 4, p. 1406-1416
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McBurney, R. T. & Walton, J. C., 13 May 2013, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135, 19, p. 7349鈥�7354 6 p.
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Manley, D., McBurney, R. T., Miller, P., Howe, R. F., Rhydderch, S. & Walton, J. C., 22 Aug 2012, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134, 33, p. 13580-13583 4 p.
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Walton, J. C., Brahmi, M. M., Fensterbank, L., Lacote, E., Malacria, M., Chu, Q., Ueng, S.-H., Solovyev, A. & Curran, D. P., 24 Feb 2010, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132, 7, p. 2350-2358 9 p.
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