Degree: University of Bristol, MSci (Hons) 2004

Current Work: Pd(II) cataytic functionalisation of alkenes.

Experience: 2X3 months, GSK - Stevenage, 2002-2003
                      12 months Argenta - Harlow, 2004-2005
                      3 months AZ (Macclesfield), 2007

Hobbies: Football, Running.

Publications: A chemo- and regio- selective three-component dihydropyrimidinone synthesis. Chem. Commun. 2007, 2932-2934  (DOI)

Distinct Reactivity of Pd(OTs)2: The Intermolecular Pd(II) Catalyzed 1,2-carboamination of Dienes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10066-10067 (DOI)

Room-Temperature Palladium Catalyzed C-H Activation: ortho-carbonylation of Aniline Derivatives, Angewandte Chemie. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1830-1833 (DOI)

Hindered Ureas as Masked Isocyanates: Facile Carbamoylation of
Nucleophiles under Neutral Conditions, Angewandte Chemie. Int. Ed. 2009, 48 8721-8724. (DOI)

Facile Double-Lithiation of a Transient Urea: Vicarious ortho-Metalation of Aniline Derviatives, Org. Lett, 2010, 12, 3090-3092. (DOI)



Email: chris.houlden@bristol.ac.uk