Directory – Department of Chemistry

Office: Chemistry C311

Phone: (000) 000-0000

Website: http://patonlab.colostate.edu

Curriculum Vitae: https://patonlab.com/robert-paton/

Google Scholar: https://col.st/m3tqg

Education

PhD, University of Cambridge

About

THE PATON RESEARCH GROUP

Predictive Computational Chemistry

Research in the Paton group is focussed on the development and application of computational tools to accelerate chemical discovery. Quantum chemistry, open source software and statistical modeling tools are used to explore organic reactivity and selectivity aided by extensive collaborations with experimentalists.

Publications

Fluorochemicals from fluorspar with a phosphate-enabled mechanochemical process bypassing HFPatel, C.; André-Joyaux, E.; Leitch, J. A.; Martínez de Irujo-Labalde, J.; Ibba, F.; Struijs, J.; Ellwanger, M. A.; Paton, R. S.; Browne, D. L.; Pupo, G.; Aldridge, S.; Hayward, M. A.; Gouverneur, V.Science, 381, 302-306, 2023
Control of stereogenic oxygen in a helically chiral oxonium ionSmith, O.; Popescu, M. V.; Hindson, M. J.; Paton, R. S.; Burton, J. W.; Smith, M. D.Nature, 615, 430–435, 2023
Halogenation of the 3-position of pyridines through Zincke imine intermediatesBoyle, B. T.; Levy, J. N; de Lescure, L.; Paton. R. S.; McNally, A. Science 378, 773–779, 2022
[18F]Difluorocarbene for Positron Emission TomographySap, J. B. S.; Meyer, C. F.; Ford, J.; Straathof, N. J. W.; Dürr, A. B.; Lelos, M. J.; Paisey, S. J.; Mollner, T. A.; Hell, S. A.; Trabanco, A.; Genicot, C.; am Ende, C. W.; Paton, R. S.; Tredwell, M.Nature 606, 102–108., 2022
Phosphorus-Mediated sp2-sp3 Couplings for Selective C–H Fluoroalkylation of Complex AzinesZhang, X.; Nottingham, K. G.; Patel, C.; Alegre-Requena, J. V.; Levy, J. N.; Paton, R. S.; McNally, A.Nature 594, 217–222., 2021

Colorado State University

College of Natural Sciences

Publications