Manuel Nappi

PhD Student

FPU PhD fellow (AP2010-1963)

Title of the Thesis: “Novel Organocatalytic and Photochemical Processes”, Defense: 17-Oct-2014

Publications at ICIQ

• Victor M. Fernández-Alvarez, Manuel Nappi, Paolo Melchiorre, and Feliu Maseras, “Computational Study with DFT and Kinetic Models on the Mechanism of Photoinitiated Aromatic Perfluoroalkylation” Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 2676−2679
• G. Filippini, M. Nappi, and P. Melchiorre, “Photochemical direct perfluoroalkylation of phenols”  Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 4535–4542
• Manuel Nappi, Giulia Bergonzini, and Paolo Melchiorre, “Metal-free Photochemical Aromatic Perfluoroalkylation of α-Cyano Arylacetates”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 4921–4925
• Yankai Liu, Manuel Nappi, Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán, and Paolo Melchiorre, “Multicatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Complex Tetrahydrocarbazoles via a Diels–Alder/Benzoin Reaction Sequence”, Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 1310–1313
• Y. Liu, M. Nappi, E. Arceo, S. Vera, and P. Melchiorre, “Asymmetric Catalysis of Diels–Alder Reactions with in Situ Generated Heterocyclic ortho–       Quinodimethanes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 15212–15218