Emeritus Professor James Coxon
Position
Emeritus Professor
Field of Study
Organic reaction mechanisms, molecular modelling and calpain inhibition
Qualifications
B.Sc. 1962 University of New Zealand; M.Sc.(1st class) 1963; Ph.D. 1965, University of Canterbury. Post Doctoral Fellow University of Southampton, 1966. FNZIC FRSNZ
Room
539
Contact Details
Telephone: +64 3 364 2100 extn: 7455
Fax: +64 3 364 2110
Email: jim.coxon@canterbury.ac.nz
Research Interests
Abstract
My research concerns:
understanding organic reactions particularly those of value in synthesis. Many of our studies have involved the timing of molecular events and the difference in energy of competing processes including:
- strained small ring opening and molecular rearrangement
- factors responsible for facial selection in cycloaddition reactions and reactions at carbonyls
- use of chiral templates in inducing selection
Molecular Modelling Studies
- ab initio studies of strained ring rearrangements
- carbohydrate solution properties
- macrocyclic conformational problems
- protein structure
cataract research: A joint project with A/Professor Andrew Abell and colleagues at Lincoln focuses in development of calpain inhibitors.
Representative Publications