Organic chemistry
About
Organic substances are everywhere: they are the basis of all life forms and central to our heath and wellbeing. Organic chemistry is the study of the structure, properties and syntheses of carbon-containing compounds, and includes both compounds produced by living organisms as well as designed molecules. The range of application of organic compounds is enormous. The very foundations of biochemistry, biotechnology, and medicine are built on organic compounds and their role in life processes. Most modern, high-tech materials are at least partially composed of organic compounds. Organic chemists at all levels are employed by pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, consumer product, food and petroleum industries.
Groups
Our work covers organometallic chemistry with a particular focus include unsaturated ligands involving metal–carbon multiple bonding.
Our research uses synthesis, spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and computational chemistry to generate new molecular materials with unusual optical properties.
The Malins group develops synthetic tools for small molecule, peptide and protein synthesis, including for applications in chemical biology and drug discovery.
The McLeod group employs a wide range of techniques to study drug metabolism.
We develop chemical tools to target, manipulate and study peptides and proteins related to infectious diseases.
The Norcott group research interest centres on using organic synthesis and reactivity to design new, functional molecules with important purposes.
Our research program involves the design of sequences of cycloaddition reactions, free radical reactions and transition metal-mediated reactions
Our research focuses on supramolecular chemistry – the chemistry of non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding, halogen bonding and coordination bonds.
Facilities
Providing synthetic and separative solutions to the RSC
Projects
Members
Emeritus and Honorary
Honorary Lecturer
Honorary Professor
Emeritus Professor
Academic staff
Professor
Professor
Professor
Westpac Research Fellow
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
ARC Future Fellow
Associate Director (Education)
Professor
Associate Professor
Australian Research Council Future Fellow
Articles
Congratulations to Dr Nick White who has been awarded an ARC Future Fellowship. This is fantastic news, and a tribute to all of Nick’s hard work and achievements in supramolecular chemistry.
Fighting antibiotic resistance takes guts. Dr Lara Malins discusses her research into antibiotic resistance.