Research Lines

Design and Development of Catalytic Synthetic Methodoogies.....

 

Key-wordsGold Catalysis, Nickel, CO2 valorization, Electrosynthesis, Carbocatalysis, Graphene Oxide

 

We have recently opened new research lines in the fields of electrosynthesis and electrocatalyzed synthetic methodologies, succesfully achieving the firsts risults.

  • Electrosynthesis: employment of electrogenerated radicals of different philicity for multiple synthetically relevant tranformations.  

Suggested paper about the topic: Synthetic Organic Electrochemical Methods Since 2000: On the Verge of a Renaissance; Ming Yan,Yu Kawamata, and Phil S. Baran. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00397

 

Two well established research lines in our group are focused toward the development of new Au(I) and Ni(II) catalytic asymmetric methodologies, thus approaching both the noble and earth abundant metal catalysis fields.

  • Au(I): development of new carbene and phosphine lingands for catalytic intramolecular cyclization reactions.
  • Ni(II): development of Nickel catalyzed CO2 activations as carbon centered electrophile or as a second electrophilic partner in cross electrophile coupling reactions.

Suggested paper about the topic: Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carboxylation Reactions with Carbon Dioxide; Andreu Tortajada, Dr. Francisco Juliá-Hernández, Marino Börjesson, Dr. Toni Moragas, Prof. Ruben Martin. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.201803186

 

In our group, along with pubblic and private partners the catalytic properties of graphene oxide and its derivatives are currently under investigation.

  • Graphene oxide (GO): activation of CO2 for the preparation of cyclic carbonates.

 

 

The identification of unprecedented synthetic routes or the replacement of existing but obsolete chemical synthetic protocols with modern and more Simple, Selective and Sustainable alternatives is our ultimate goal......

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