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<strong>The</strong> Author<br />

<strong>The</strong> Author graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2004 with a first class<br />

Masters degree in Natural Sciences. He completed his Part III research project under<br />

the supervision of Dr. Stuart Warren concerning the asymmetric synthesis of<br />

dihydrofurans using phosphine oxide chemistry. In the penultimate year of his<br />

undergraduate course, the Author attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />

where he gained a 5.0 grade point average, and also <strong>to</strong>ok the opportunity <strong>to</strong> work in the<br />

labora<strong>to</strong>ries of Prof. Stephen Buchwald, studying the copper-catalysed amidation of<br />

aryl halides. Since September 2004 he has been engaged in research with Prof.<br />

<strong>Jonathan</strong> <strong>Clayden</strong> at the University of Manchester, and the results of these<br />

investigations are embodied in this thesis. All being well, the Author looks forward <strong>to</strong><br />

undertaking a Leverhulme Trust postdoc<strong>to</strong>ral research position under the guidance of<br />

Dr Craig Williams at the University of Queensland.<br />

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