Luca Buzzetti

Title of the Thesis: “Photochemical Strategies for Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Processes”, Defense: 29-Oct-2018

Publications at ICIQ:

• Verrier, N. Alandini, C. Pezzetta, M. Moliterno, L. Buzzetti, H.B. Hepburn, A. Vega-Peñaloza, M. Silvi, P. Melchiorre, “Direct Stereoselective Installation of Alkyl Fragments at the β-Carbon of Enals via Excited Iminium Ion Catalysis”,  ACS Catal., 2018, 8 (2), pp 1062–1066
• L. Buzzetti, A. Prieto, S.R. Roy, P. Melchiorre, “Radical-based C-C Bond-Forming Processes Enabled by Photoexcitation of 4-Alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15039–15043
• Silvi, C. Verrier, Y.P. Rey, L. Buzzetti, P. Melchiorre., “Visible-light excitation of iminium ions enables the enantioselective catalytic β-alkylation of enals”, Nat.Chem. 2017, 9, 868-873
• L. Buzzetti, G.E.M. Crisenza, P. Melchiorre, “Mechanistic Studies in Photocatalysis” (review), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58 (12) 3730-3747
• T.V. Leeuwen, L. Buzzetti L.A. Perego, P. Melchiorre, “A Redox Active Nickel Complex that Acts as an Electron Mediator in Photochemical Giese Reactions”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019. , 58, 4953-4957