May 14, 2010
The Real Sociedad Española de Química has given the 2010 Research Award to Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren, and the Young Researchers Award to Dr. Rubén Martín.The research carried out by Prof. Echavarren centers on the development of new reactions based on the use of transition metal complexes as catalysts, and in the application of these […]
May 6, 2010
The article Light Switches the Ligand! Photochromic Azobenzene-Phosphanes (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 14, 2075-2078), authored by Maria Dolores Segarra-Maset, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen and Zoraida Freixa, has been highlighted on the Cover of European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. The authors report the synthesis of three phosphanes containing azobenzene groups, and the photochemical […]
May 5, 2010
The article Metal-Arene Interactions in Dialkylbiarylphosphane Complexes of Copper, Silver and Gold (Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 5324-5332), authored by Patricia Pérez-Galán, Nicolas Delpont, Elena Herrero-Gómez, Feliu Maseras and Antonio M. Echavarren, has been highlighted on the Cover of Chemistry – A European Journal. The authors report that Au(I) complexes containing dialkylbiphenylphosphane ligands show weak […]
April 30, 2010
Mónica García-Mota, PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Núria López, defended her PhD Thesis entitled Theoretical studies of selective processes in heterogeneous catalysis (assigned to the Physical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly at the ICIQ auditorium. The members of her evaluation committee were: Prof. Javier Pérez-Ramírez (ETH […]
April 15, 2010
Paula de Mendoza, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren, defended her PhD Thesis entitled Design and Synthesis of New Polyaromatic Scaffolds for Nano-Scale Applications (assigned to the Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly at the ICIQ auditorium. The members of her evaluation committee were: […]
April 13, 2010
Sílvia Subirats, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Miquel A. Pericàs, defended her PhD Thesis entitled Lligands catalítics modulars derivats d’èpoxids enantiopurs: Aminoalcohols, aminotiols i isòsters peptídics (assigned to the Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly at the ICIQ auditorium. The members of her evaluation committee were: […]
April 9, 2010
The article Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Carboxylation of Aryl Bromides with Carbon Dioxide, coauthored by Ruben Martín and Arkaitz Correa, and published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 15974-15975, has been selected by the Editorial Board of SYNFACTS for its important insights. In this work, the authors report a direct carboxylation process which proceeds with a […]