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June 27, 2016
The research group of Prof. Pau Ballester has developed a series of dimeric capsules whose equilibrium can be controlled by light irradiation leading to the total or partial release of the guest molecule. The switching between the two states can be repeated multiple times with no detectable photodegradation. Molecular containers are chemical structures capable of […]
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June 27, 2016
A paper publisehd by Prof. Echavarren research group in the Journal of the American chemical Society has been highlighted in Synfacts, vol 12, issue 6 (562). Synfacts selects the most significant results on synthetic organic chemistry that appear in the literature considered as the future trends in synthetic chemistry. The paper describes the total synthesis […]
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June 23, 2016
Ana García Herraiz, PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Marcos G. Suero, has received the Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry poster Prize at the XXVI Biennial Meeting in Organic Chemistry for her poster entitled ‘Diastereoconvergent Alkene Cyclopropanation via Photoredox Catalysis’. The poster describes a diastereoconvergent alkene cyclopropanation reaction by means of photoredox catalysis. The process […]
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June 20, 2016
Ignacio Funes and Pablo Garrido, PhD students at ICIQ, showed their best skills to engage people in science during the weekend of June 18-19 in Parc de la Ciutadella. On Saturday they contributed to the Barcelona Science Fair with a hand-in-hand talk on “How to split water”. The audience was astonished to learn that hydrogen […]
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June 17, 2016
Laura Rovira González, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Anton Vidal, has defended her PhD Thesis entitled ‘Design and Application of Bisphosphite Ligands with a Distal Regulation Site for Asymmetric Catalysis’ (assigned to the Organic and Analytical Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 17th at the ICIQ auditorium. The members […]
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June 13, 2016
On June 6-7 ICIQ group leaders, area managers and members from most of the ICIQ units got together in Falset (Priorat) to examine and make proposals to map out our institute’s needs to position itself in the coming years. Several parallel sessions were held to discuss ICIQ’s identity and strategy to strengthen the institute. The […]
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May 31, 2016
The research group of Prof. Arjan W. Kleij has developed an effective one-pot three-component reaction strategy for the coupling of oxetanes, amines and CO2 to afford a variety of functionalized carbamates with excellent chemoselectivity and good yields. Carbamates are organic compounds with substantial synthetic potential illustrated by their wide use in insecticides, agrochemicals, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, among […]