Luke Odell
Senior Lecturer
Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Uppsala Biomedical Centre
Sweden
Biography
Luke Odell was born in Tamworth, Australia in 1981. He graduated with an Honours BSc. in Forensic Science from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 2002. He completed his PhD studies at the same university under the guidance of Professor Adam McCluskey in 2006 working on the synthesis of enzyme inhibitors. In 2006, he took up a postdoctoral position with Professor Mats Larhed at Uppsala University. Since 2011, he has been an Associate Professor at Uppsala University and in 2016 he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer. His research interests include microwave-assisted chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, PET chemistry and medicinal chemistry.
Research Interest
Microwave-assisted chemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, PET chemistry and medicinal chemistry.
Publications
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Sawant RT, Stevens MY, Sköld C, Odell LR. Microwave-Assisted Branching Cascades: A Route to Diverse 3, 4-Dihydroquinazolinone-Embedded Polyheterocyclic Scaffolds. Organic letters. 2016 Oct 11;18(20):5392-5.
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Chow SY, Stevens MY, Odell LR. Sulfonyl Azides as Precursors in Ligand-Free Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Sulfonyl Carbamates and Sulfonyl Ureas and Synthesis of Sulfonamides. The Journal of organic chemistry. 2016 Mar 18;81(7):2681-91.
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Sawant RT, Stevens MY, Odell LR. Acetic acid-promoted cascade N-acyliminium ion/aza-Prins cyclization: stereoselective synthesis of functionalized fused tricyclic piperidines. Chemical Communications. 2017;53(13):2110-3.
