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ResearchOrganic synthesisAntimicrobials
2019 → 2023

Project Joyous: β-nitrostyrene chemistry

Dopamine oxidising and closing into 5,6-dihydroxyindole, the unit that polymerises into polydopamine

My longest-running project, started at Bradfield Senior College: the chemistry of β-nitrostyrenes, a class of compounds with reported antimicrobial activity, and the synthetic routes they open to scalable dopamine and neuromelanin synthesis.

Work so far