June 27, 2014
The paper “Towards full one-pass conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol and methanol-derived products” , that was highlighted in Science and other media sources in Spain, has been the most downloaded Journal of Catalysis article from Science Direct in the last 90 days. Towards full one-pass conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol and methanol-derived […]
June 27, 2014
Professor Antonio M. Echavarren is included in the Highly Cited Researchers 2014 list. Highly Cited Researchers 2014 represents some of world’s leading scientific minds. Over three thousand researchers earned the distinction by writing the greatest numbers of reports officially designated by Essential Science IndicatorsSM as Highly Cited Papers-ranking among the top 1% most cited for their subject field […]
June 27, 2014
The paper by Ruben Martin and Arkaitz Correa describes a novel Ni-catalyzed reductive amidation of C(sp2)-O and C(sp3)-O electrophiles with isocyanates. This umpolung reaction allows for an unconventional preparation of benzamides using simple starting materials and easy-to-handle Ni catalyst. Ni-Catalyzed Direct Reductive Amidation via C-O Bond Cleavage Arkaitz Correa and Ruben Martin J. Am. Chem. […]
June 6, 2014
This paper deals with the catalytic activity of metal hexacyanometallates (Prussian blue-type coordination polymers) that was tested in photoactivated water oxidation by [Ru(2-2′-bpy)3]2+/persulfate system at pH close to neutrality. This screening shows that manganese and cobalt N-coordinated compounds are able to catalyze the oxygen evolution reaction. Mn hexacyanometalates show low activity. Co hexacyanometalates, in contrast, […]
June 6, 2014
Takashi Ono, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Antoni Llobet defended his PhD Thesis entitled “Second-Row Transition-Metal Complexes Relevant to CO2 Reduction and Water Oxidation” (assigned to the Analytical and Organic Chemistry Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili) publicly on June 3rd at the ICIQ auditorium. The members of his evaluation committee were: Prof. […]
May 29, 2014
Themed issue: Catalytic Conversion and Use of Carbon Dioxide for Value-Added Organics
May 28, 2014
ICIQ congratulates Avelino Corma who has been bestowed with the 2014 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. Corma, the Founding Director of the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ), a joint initiative of the Polytechnic University of Valencia and CSIC, was member of the ICIQ Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) between 2002 and 2011. […]