July 15, 2016
Dr. Jesús González Cobos, Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Galán-Mascarós group, has received the SECAT (Sociedad Española de Catálisis) Thesis Award 2015 for his Thesis entitled ‘Electrochemical promotion of novel catalysts with alkaline conductors for hydrogen production from methanol’ developed in Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha under the supervision of professors José Luis Valverde Palomino and Antonio de […]
July 13, 2016
Molecular Basis for the Recognition of Higher Fullerenes into Ureidopyrimidinone-Cyclotriveratrylene Self-Assembled Capsules E. Huerta, S. A. Serapian, E. Santos, E. Cequier, C. Bo, J. de Mendoza Chem. Eur. J., 2016, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601690 Fullerenes C60, C70, and C84 may be readily encaged within a hydrogen-bonded dimeric capsule, based on two concave cyclotriveratrylene (CTV) scaffolds, each containing three […]
July 13, 2016
An Improved Catalyst for Iodine(I/III)-Catalysed Intermolecular C-H Amination N. Lucchetti, M. Scalone, S. Fantasia, K. Muñiz Adv. Synth. Catal., 2016, 358, 2093-2099 1,2-Diiodobenzene is presented as an efficient catalyst precursor for the intermolecular amination of arenes under homogeneous conditions. N-Troc- and N-phthalimido-substituted methoxyamines serve as suitable nitrogen sources providing the corresponding aniline derivatives in up […]
July 13, 2016
Regioselective Organocatalytic Formation of Carbamates from Substituted Cyclic Carbonates S. Sopeña, V. Laserna, W. Guo, E. Martin, E. C. Escudero-Adán, A. W. Kleij Adv. Synth. Catal., 2016, 358, 2172-2178 A highly regioselective catalytic approach has been developed towards carbamates derived from cyclic organic carbonates by reaction of the latter with amine reagents under organocatalytic […]
July 12, 2016
A paper published by Prof. Martin group in the Journal of the American Chemical Society has been included in the Editors’ Choice section in Science. The paper, that has also been one of the most read articles on J. Am. Chem. Soc. in June, describes a catalytic carboxylation of unactivated primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl chlorides […]
June 29, 2016
The Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) plays a fundamental role in recruiting and retaining excellent researchers for the Catalan research system. In its 15 years, the ICREA programme has offered permanent, tenured positions to 255 researchers from all over the world that have joined universities and research centers in Catalonia. “ICREA researchers […]
June 28, 2016
The board of trustees of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), a joint interdisciplinary scientific initiative comprising six of the most important research centres of Catalonia (CRG, IRB Barcelona, ICN2, IFAE, ICFO and ICIQ) agreed to nominate Andreu Mas-Colell, Professor of Economics at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, as president of the board of […]