University Assistant Professor
Positions available
2 x Funded PhD Studentships available for October 2025 (home fees). See the group website and contact Pawel directly by email if interested.
Research
The Dydio group is researching new ways to improve the efficiency and capacity of organic synthesis.
Areas of interest include:
- Complex Networks of Reactions
- Mechanism-based design of new transformations
- Advancing key industrial processes driven by elucidating their mechanistic features
Watch Dr Dydio discuss his research
Publications
Abiological catalysis by artificial haem proteins containing noble metals in place of iron
– Nature
(2016)
534,
534
(doi: 10.1038/nature17968)
Cofactor-Controlled Chirality of Tropoisomeric Ligand
– Organometallics
(2016)
35,
1956
A hybrid macrocyclic anion receptor exploiting the pyrrole-2,5-diacetamide unit
– RSC Advances
(2016)
6,
41568
(doi: 10.1039/c6ra05804c)
Beyond Classical Reactivity Patterns: Hydroformylation of Vinyl and Allyl Arenes to Valuable β- and γ-Aldehyde Intermediates Using Supramolecular Catalysis
– Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2014)
136,
8418
(doi: 10.1021/ja503033q)
Scalable and chromatography-free synthesis of 2-(2-formylalkyl)arenecarboxylic acid derivatives through the supramolecularly controlled hydroformylation of vinylarene-2-carboxylic acids.
– Nature protocols
(2014)
9,
1183
(doi: 10.1038/nprot.2014.077)
Supramolecular control of selectivity in transition-metal catalysis through substrate preorganization
– Chemical Science
(2014)
5,
2135
(doi: 10.1039/c3sc53505c)
Selective Isomerization–Hydroformylation Sequence: A Strategy to Valuable α‑Methyl-Branched Aldehydes from Terminal Olefins
– ACS Catalysis
(2013)
3,
2939
(doi: 10.1021/cs400872a)
Precise supramolecular control of selectivity in the Rh-catalyzed hydroformylation of terminal and internal alkenes.
– Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2013)
135,
10817
(doi: 10.1021/ja4046235)
Supramolecular Control of Selectivity in Hydroformylation of Vinyl Arenes: Easy Access to Valuable β‐Aldehyde Intermediates
– Angewandte Chemie
(2013)
125,
3970
(doi: 10.1002/ange.201209582)
Supramolecular control of selectivity in hydroformylation of vinyl arenes: easy access to valuable β-aldehyde intermediates.
– Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
(2013)
52,
3878
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201209582)
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