October 27, 2017
Pericàs’ group developed an enantioselective [8+2] cycloaddition triggered by a sustainable and highly recyclable catalyst. Cycloadditions are a useful tool in synthetic chemistry, quite appreciated for their atom economy and high selectivity. However, so far very few chemists have achieved enantioselective high order cycloadditions – reactions that involve more than six π electrons. Now, […]
October 26, 2017
Marta Blasco, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. José Ramón Galán-Mascarós (ICIQ), has defended her PhD Thesis entitled “Earth Abundant Materials for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation: Enhancing Efficiency and Robust Performance in Acidic, Neutral and Alkaline Media” (assigned to the Physical and Inorganic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on October 26th […]
October 25, 2017
Víctor Laserna, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Arjan W. Kleij (ICIQ), has defended his PhD Thesis entitled “Small Molecule Activation for the Formation of Heterocyclic Compounds” (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on October 25th at the ICIQ Auditorium. The members of the evaluation […]
October 25, 2017
Soon after receiving the Marcial Moreno Lectureship and the OMCOS Award, Prof. Rubén Martín, ICIQ Group Leader and ICREA Professor has received three prestigious international awards in the United States and Canada. The awards are the Genentech Lectureship in Organic Chemistry, awarded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the prestigious Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lectureship awarded by the […]
October 23, 2017
Łukasz Wozniak, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Melchiorre (ICIQ), has defended his PhD Thesis entitled “New Strategies for Enantioselective Catalysis of Photochemical Reactions” (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on October 23rd at the ICIQ Auditorium. The members of the evaluation committee were: […]
October 20, 2017
Prof. Melchiorre’s lab develops a new photocatalytic process for the formation of carbon–carbon bonds. 1,4-dihydroxipyridine derivatives (DHPs) are light-sensitive compounds and can be transformed into strong photo-reductants. Hence, Prof. Melchiorre and his team wondered if their structural analogues alkyl-DHPs would have a similar behaviour. In their last paper, they demonstrate this can actually be done, […]
October 19, 2017
Madrid, October 18th – The 25 centres and 16 research units accredited with the “Severo Ochoa” and “María de Maeztu” excellence distinctions, among them the ICIQ, formally established the Severo Ochoa and María de Maeztu Alliance (SOMMa) in their first official meeting. Chaired by the Secretary of State for R&D+i, Carmen Vela, the gathering was […]