ICIQ has been granted AEI / European Union – NextGeneration funds for three new R+D+i Projects. These grants are intended to promote the culture of transfer and the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of research groups, as well as contribute to strengthening the strategies for transferring knowledge and results of the beneficiary institutions of said projects. The […]

Nature is a role model when it comes to recycling waste. The TRIPyr project has the same vision. Uniting a force of seven partner organisations across the Pyrenees, the project focuses on the recovery of industrial waste related to the agri-food and pesticide industries. The seven partners of the TRIPyr consortium have met on the […]

In a move toward sustainable chemistry, Prof. Arjan Kleij, group leader at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ-CERCA) has launched the NEMESIS project, aiming to revolutionize the synthesis of highly substituted allylic amines using nickel-based catalysts. This innovative project, officially titled “Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted Allylic Amines”, promises to […]

Bruna Sánchez, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Feliu Maseras (ICIQ), has defended her PhD thesis entitled “Beyond Conventional DFT Catalysis: Mechanochemistry and Solid Reductants” (assigned to the Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on November 19th. The members of the evaluation committee were Prof. Miquel Solà […]

Last Sunday, November 14, 2021, representatives from ICIQ, the Catalan Society of Chemistry (SCQ) and the Altafulla city council unveiled a plaque in “Recognition of historical sites representative of chemistry in the Catalan-speaking territory” to honour the chemist Antoni de Martí i Franquès. The idea behind the SCQ’s call is that there are locations across Europe […]

Effective and swift action is essential to face any crisis decisively. And, if it’s a global one like the COVID-19 pandemic, these actions need to be efficiently coordinated to increase their impact while lessening the initial threat. This is exactly what the PRACE COVID-19 Fast Track Call set out to achieve, by allocating thousands of […]

Researchers from the Echavarren group have published in Chemical Science the paper “Rhodium-Catalysed ortho-Alkynylation of Nitroarenes,” where they present for the first time the nitro-directed C-H alkynylation of arenes catalysed by rhodium. The work has been highlighted as ChemSci’s Pick of the Week. This new publication expands on the group’s research focused on the selective […]