March 28, 2011
The article Access to Multinuclear Salen Complexes Using Olefin Metathesis (Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 3352-3364), authored Robert H. Haak, Ana M. Castilla, Marta Martínez Belmonte, Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán, Jordi Benet-Buchholz, and Arjan W. Kleij has been highlighted on the cover of Dalton Transactions. The authors explain the use of olefin metathesis as a construction tool for […]
March 28, 2011
Pre-inscription for ICIQ/URV Master degree in Synthesis and Catalysis is open until April 30th, in its first call. This Master teaches students about he design of chemical processes in industry and the laboratory, environmental and economic factors; the design of new methods of synthesis using catalysts; the drawing up of applied research proposals; and the […]
March 25, 2011
The article “Nitrogen Acyclic Gold(I) Carbenes: Excellent and Easily Accessible Catalysts in Reactions of 1,6-Enynes“ (Organometallics, 2010, 29, 951-956), authored by Bartolomé, C; Ramiro, Z; García-Cuadrado, D; Pérez-Galán, P; Raducan, M; Bour,C; ,Echavarren, A.M.; Espinet, P. is among the 20 mos-cited papers from Organometallics in the last 3 years.
March 17, 2011
The article “Unlikeliness of Pd-Free Gold(I)-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling Reactions” (Org. Lett., 2010, 12 (13), 3006-3009), authored by Thorsten Lauterbach, Madeleine Livendahl, Antonio Rosellón, Pablo Espinet and Antonio M. Echavarren, is among the 10 most accessed papers from Organic Letters in 2010. Abstract: The Sonogashira coupling reaction is not catalyzed by AuI/dppe in the absence of […]
March 14, 2011
The article Nickel-Catalyzed Reduction of Inert C-O Bonds: A New Strategy for Using Aryl Ethers as Easily Removable Directing Groups , authored by Drs. Rubén Martín and Paula álvarez-Bercedo and published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17352-17353, has been selected by the Editorial Board of SYNFACTS for its important insights. This article has […]
February 19, 2011
The speakers programme for the ICIQ Summer School (July 18th through the 22nd) is already set. This year we’ll count with the presence of Prof. Amos B. Smith III (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia), Prof. John F. Hartwig (University of Illinois, Urbana), Prof. Prof. F. Dean Toste (University of California, Berkeley), Prof. Oliver Baudoin (Université Claude […]
February 10, 2011
Next February 15th-17th, the ATG (Advanced Technology Group), a technology platform of Henkel adhesive division, will meet at ICIQ to celebrate its 2nd Global Conference. ATG annual meetings are set to exchange update technologies and to encourage internal technology collaborations. ATG is a global platform with 5 satellite teams around the world, Düsseldorf, Bridgewater (USA), […]