Group Members

New Chiral Au(I) and Au(III)  gold complexes for asymemtric synthesis

1) "Site-selective Synthesis of 1,3-Dioxin-3-ones via a Gold(I) Catalyzed Cascade Reaction ", J. An, R. Pedrazzani, M. Monari, M. Marin-Luna, C. Silva Lopez,* M. Bandini*
Chem.Commun. 2020, 56, 7734-7737.CHEMCOMMUN HOT [link]

2) "New Chiral Binol-based Phosphates for Enantioselective [Au(I)]-catalyzed Dearomatization of b-Naphthols with Allenamides", R. Pedrazzani, J. An, M. Monari, M. Bandini*
Eur.J.Org.Chem 2021, 1732-1736. [link]

3) "Enantioselective Tandem Heck-Coupling/CO₂ Carboxylation Catalyzed by Nickel"
A. Cerveri, R. Giovanelli, D. Sella, R. Pedrazzani, M. Monari, O. Nieto Faza, C. Silva López,^* M. Bandini*
Chem.Eur.J. 2021, 27, 7657-7662. [link]

4) "Merging C-C s-Bond Activation of Cyclobutanones with CO₂ Fixation via Ni-Catalysis"
L. Lombardi, A. Cerveri, L. Ceccon, R. Pedrazzani, M. Monari, G. Bertuzzi,* M. Bandini*
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 4071-4074. [link]

5) "Visible Light-Driven, Gold(I) Catalyzed Preparation of Symmetrical (Hetero)biaryls by Homocoupling of Arylazo Sulfones"
L. Di Terlizzi, S. Scaringi, C. Raviola, R. Pedrazzani, M. Bandini, M. Fagnoni, S. Protti*
J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 4863–4872. [link]

6) "New Fine-Tunable P_n/T_n-ImPy gold complexes: synthesis, characterization and application in dearomatization reactions"
R. Pedrazzani, A. Pintus, R. De Ventura, M. Marchini, P. Ceroni, M. Monari* and M. Bandini*
ACS Org. Inorg. Au, 2022, 2, 229-235. [link]

7) "Convenient synthesis of polycyclic N(1)-C(2)-fused oxazino-indolones via [Au(I)] catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of allenes"
R. Pedrazzani, E. Pinosa, G. Bertuzzi, M. Monari,* S. Lauzon, T. Ollevier,* M. Bandini*
Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 8698-8701[link]

Nickel catalyzed CO2 valorization strategies

Catalytic carboxylation reactions with CO₂

 1) "Enantioselective Tandem Heck-Coupling/CO₂ Carboxylation Catalyzed by Nickel", A. Cerveri, R. Giovanelli, D. Sella, R. Pedrazzani, M. Monari, O. Nieto Faza, C. Silva López,^* M. Bandini*
Chem.Eur.J. 2021, 27, 7657-7662. [link]

2) "Direct Synthesis of α-Aryl-α-Trifluoromethyl Alcohols via Nickel Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling", Lombardi, L., Cerveri, A., Giovanelli, R., Castiñeira Reis, M., Silva-Lopez, C., Beertuzzi, G. and Bandini, M.*,  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022. Accepted Author Manuscript. [link]

eChem mediated carboxylation reactions with CO₂

1) Graphene-Oxide Mediated Chemodivergent Ring-Opening of Cyclobutanols"
A. Brunetti,  A. Pintus, L. Lombardi, A. Kovtun, F. Mascietti, F. Bruno, E. Ravera, M. Melucci, G. Bertuzzi, M. Bandini
Chin. J. Chem. early view.

"Catalyst and Additive-free Electrochemical CO₂ Fixation into Morita-Baylis-Hillman Acetates"
A. Brunetti,  G. Bertuzzi, M. Bandini
Synthesis, early view.

New light based technologies for water purification

(in collaboration with Dr. Manuela Melucci - ISOF, CNR Bologna)

eChem mediated catalytic organic transformations

Covalent functionalization of graphene oxide and application in organic transformations

In collaboration with Dr. Manuela Melucci (ISOF - CNR, Bologna)