July 13, 2017
Cobalt catalysts are becoming a popular alternative to more expensive metals like rhodium and palladium for the functionalisation of C–H bonds. Recently, Cp*CoIII complexes demonstrated being effective in the formation of carbon-carbon and carbon-halogen bonds. Nevertheless, the lack of understanding of the mechanistic insights of these systems hinders the development of new reactivities. Now, a […]
July 10, 2017
Dr. Fernando Gomollón, ICIQ’s science communicator, received the IX José María Savirón Science Communication Award for his excellent work in conveying scientific information to different audiences using various platforms. Before joining ICIQ in November 2016, Fernando collaborated in initiatives such as “En Ruta con la Ciencia” in Aragón TV, “Pint of Science” in Zaragoza and […]
July 4, 2017
Leticia Peña, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Arjan W. Kleij (ICIQ), has defended her PhD Thesis entitled “Synthesis of Biobased Polymers derived from Terpenes” (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on July 4th at the ICIQ Auditorium. The members of the evaluation committee were: […]
July 3, 2017
Yesterday, Prof. A. M. Echavarren received the prestigious ‘Alder Lecture’ Award during the inauguration session of the 20th European Symposium of Organic Chemistry (ESOC 2017) in Cologne, Germany. This award is given by the University of Cologne and the Kurt Alder Foundation. Kurt Alder is mainly remembered for co-discovering, together with Otto P. H. Diels, the Diels–Alder […]
June 27, 2017
They say they registered for M’agrada la recerca course because they love chemistry. But we think they just finished their school year and couldn’t resist learning even more. Students in 1st and 2nd of ESO are participating in ICIQ’s Casal d’Estiu (summer camp) taking place at the institute’s Learning Laboratory from June 26th to the 30th . Students become acquainted […]
June 26, 2017
Barcelona, June 26, 2017. At its annual meeting held today at the new Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) headquarters (the Escola Industrial), the BIST Board of Trustees, chaired by Andreu Mas-Colell, approved the appointment of Gabriel M. Silberman as the new BIST General Director. In addition, the Board approved the expansion of the […]
June 22, 2017
The Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry (RSEQ) will celebrate its 36th Biennial Meeting in Sitges next week. We are happy that ICIQ is one of the organisers of the meeting and one of the main sponsors. Also, our Academic Vice-director, Prof. A. M. Echavarren, is member of the Scientific Committee. The programme includes several symposia […]