Staff profile
Overview
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Dr Matthew O. Kitching
Assistant Professor and Royal Society University Research Fellow

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Assistant Professor and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Department of Chemistry | CG133L | +44 (0) 191 33 42127 |
Member of the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Processes | ||
Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing | +44 (0) 191 33 42127 |
Biography
Kitching Group Summary

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Research interests
- Synthetic Chemistry
- Supramolecular Chemistry & Functional Molecules
- Chemical Patterning, Soft Materials, and Interfaces
Research groups
- Bioactive Chemistry and Synthesis
- Physical Organic and Assembly
Awarded Grants
- 2020: A novel flexible format for departmental seminars improving inclusion at Durham University(£3800.00 from Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund)
- 2019: Enantioselective Synethesis of Chiral Ammonium Centers: An Unresolved Problem in Organic Chemistry(£19680.00 from )
- 2018: Animal Free Liposomes for Autonomous Vehicle and Drug Delivery(£1940.00 from )
- 2017: Dancing Droplets and Intelligent Chemistry(£534688.11 from The Royal Society)
- 2017: Smart Droplets Synthesis separation and selection through chemically controlled droplet fusion fission for temporal and spatial patterning of reactivity(£116423.00 from )
Publications
Journal Article
- Walsh, Mark P., Barclay, James A., Begg, Callum S., Xuan, Jinyi & Kitching, Matthew O. (2023). Conglomerate Crystallization in the Cambridge Structural Database (2020–2021). Crystal Growth & Design 23(4): 2837-2837.
- Walsh, Mark P., Barclay, James A., Begg, Callum S., Xuan, Jinyi, Johnson, Natalie T., Cole, Jason C. & Kitching, Matthew O. (2022). Identifying a Hidden Conglomerate Chiral Pool in the CSD. JACS Au 2(10): 2235-2250.
- Snieckus, Victor, Patel, Jignesh, Kitching, Matthew, Dalziel, Michael, Cosman, Jennifer & Kaye, Meagan (2019). Regioselective Functionalization of 7‐Azaindole by Controlled Annular Isomerism: The Directed Metalation‐Group Dance. Angewandte Chemie 131(22): 7391-7395.
- Patel, Jignesh J., Laars, Marju, Gan, Wei, Board, Johnathan, Kitching, Matthew O. & Snieckus, Victor (2018). Directed Remote Lateral Metalation: Highly Substituted 2-Naphthols and BINOLs by In Situ Generation of a Directing Group. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 57(30): 9425-9429.
- Snieckus, Victor, Kitching, Matthew, Laars, Marju, Board, Johnathan, Patel, Jignesh & Gan, Wei (2018). Directed Remote Lateral Metalation: Highly Substituted 2-Naphthols and BINOLs by in situ Directing Group Generation. Angewandte Chemie 130(30): 9569-9573.
- Kitching, Matthew O., Dixon, Olivia E., Baumann, Marcus & Baxendale, Ian R. (2017). Flow-Assisted Synthesis: A Key Fragment of SR 142948A. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2017(44): 6540-6553.
- De Bo, Guillaume, Gall, Malcolm A. Y., Kitching, Matthew O., Kuschel, Sonja, Leigh, David A., Tetlow, Daniel J. & Ward, John W. (2017). Sequence-Specific β-Peptide Synthesis by a Rotaxane-Based Molecular Machine. Journal of the American Chemical Society 139(31): 10875-10879.
- Gil-Ramirez, Guzman, Hoekman, Steven, Kitching, Matthew O., Leigh, David A., Vitorica-Yrezabal, Inigo J. & Zhang, Gen (2016). Tying a Molecular Overhand Knot of Single Handedness and Asymmetric Catalysis with the Corresponding Pseudo-D-3-Symmetric Trefoil Knot. Journal of the American Chemical Society 138(40): 13159-13162.
- Hurst, Timothy E., Kitching, Matthew O., da Frota, Livia C. R. M., Guimaraes, Keller G., Dalziel, Michael E. & Snieckus, Victor (2015). Metal-Free Synthesis of Dibenzoxazepinones via a One-Pot SNAr and Smiles Rearrangement Process: Orthogonality with Copper-Catalyzed Cyclizations. Synlett 26(11): 1455-1460.
- Hoekman, Steven, Kitching, Matthew O., Leigh, David A., Papmeyer, Marcus & Roke, Diederik (2015). Goldberg Active Template Synthesis of a [2]Rotaxane Ligand for Asymmetric Transition-Metal Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society 137(24): 7656-7659.
- Baxendale, I. R., Cheung, S., Kitching, M. O., Ley, S. V. & Shearman, J. W. (2013). The synthesis of neurotensin antagonist SR 48692 for prostate cancer research. Biorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 21(14): 4378-4387.
- Battilocchio, Claudio, Deadman, Benjamin J., Nikbin, Nikzad, Kitching, Matthew O., Baxendale, Ian R. & Ley, Steven V. (2013). A Machine-Assisted Flow Synthesis of SR48692: A Probe for the Investigation of Neurotensin Receptor-1. Chemistry - A European Journal 19(24): 7917-7930.
- Battilocchio, Claudio, Baxendale, Ian R., Biava, Mariangela, Kitching, Matthew O. & Ley, Steven V. (2012). A Flow-Based Synthesis of 2-Aminoadamantane-2-carboxylic Acid. Organic Process Research & Development 16(5): 798-810.
- Battilocchio, Claudio, Baumann, Marcus, Baxendale, Ian R., Biava, Mariangela, Kitching, Matthew O., Ley, Steven V., Martin, Rainer E., Ohnmacht, Stephan A. & Tappin, Nicholas D. C. (2012). Scale-Up of Flow-Assisted Synthesis of C-2-Symmetric Chiral PyBox Ligands. Synthesis 44(4): 635-647.
- Kitching, Matthew O. & Snieckus, Victor (2012). Organic chemistry - Directors extend their reach. Nature 486(7404): 478-479.
- Kitching, Matthew O., Hurst, Timothy E. & Snieckus, Victor (2012). Copper-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Interrupted by an Opportunistic Smiles Rearrangement: An Efficient Domino Approach to Dibenzoxazepinones. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 51(12): 2925-2929.
- Seechurn, Carin C. C. Johansson, Kitching, Matthew O., Colacot, Thomas J. & Snieckus, Victor (2012). Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling: A Historical Contextual Perspective to the 2010 Nobel Prize. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 51(21): 5062-5085.
- Tozzi, Francesco, Ley, Steven V., Kitching, Matthew O. & Baxendale, Ian R. (2010). Enzymatic Oxidative Cyclisation Reactions Leading to Dibenzoazocanes. Synlett 2010(13): 1919-1922.
- Myers, Rebecca M., Shearman, James W., Kitching, Matthew O., Ramos-Montoya, Antonio, Neal, David E. & Ley, Steven V. (2009). Cancer, Chemistry, and the Cell: Molecules that Interact with the Neurotensin Receptors. ACS Chemical Biology 4(7): 503-525.
- Baumann, Marcus, Baxendale, Ian R., Hayward, John J., Hopkin, Mark D., Jin, Jane, Kitching, Matthew O., Lanners, Steve, Ley, Steven V., Nikbin-Roudsari, Nikzad, Smith, Christopher D., Smith, Catherine J. & Tamborini, Lucia (2008). New opportunities for advanced organic synthesis-flow-based chemical processing. Journal Of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals 51(5-6): 252-253.
- Aureggi, V., Franckevičius, V., Kitching, M.O., Ley, S.V., Longbottom, D.A., Oelke, A.J. & Sedelmeier, G. (2008). (S)-5-PYRROLIDIN-2-YL-1H-TETRAZOLE. Organic Syntheses 85: 72.
Supervision students
Mr Callum Begg
Research Postgraduate
Mr. Diego Alvarez-bustos
Research Postgraduate
Ms Eilish Bonner
Research Postgraduate
Miss Emanuella Fiandra
Research Postgraduate
Miss Haijing Wang
Research Postgraduate
Mr James Barclay
Research Postgraduate
Mr Jamie Hunter
Research Postgraduate
Miss Jinyi Xuan
Research Postgraduate
Mr. Maximilian Freebairn
Research Postgraduate
Mr Promeet Saha
Research Postgraduate
Mr Riccardo Parolin
Miss Yingfeng Zhang
Research Postgraduate
Miss Yuzhen Wen
Research Postgraduate