June 26, 2015
A paper published by Prof. Melchiorre research group in Journal of the American Chemical Society has been highlighted in Synfacts, Vol 11, Issue 7, 765. Synfacts selects the most significants results on synthetic organic chemistry that appear in the literature considered as the future trends in synthetic chemistry. The paper deals with a photo-organocatalytic enantioselective α- […]
June 23, 2015
ICIQ participates in the organisation of the 18th IUPAC International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Towards Organic Synthesis (OMCOS). The symposium, that will gather around 850 participants from more than 40 countries, will take place next week (June 28 to July 2) in Sitges (Barcelona). “Now, for the first time, OMCOS is organised in Spain, […]
June 18, 2015
The renewal of the collaboration agreement with Bayer MaterialScience this year is an example of a fertile partnership between a research institution and industry towards solving a relevant industrial need. “Basic research is essential, but I think we also have to use our knowledge to solve real challenges in today’s chemical industry. For this reason, […]
June 17, 2015
ICIQ opens four calls for different programmes of PhD Fellowships. We encourage highly talented students to apply for one o these grants to pursue doctoral studies at ICIQ, one of the world-leading centres in chemical research. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to join one of ICIQ’s research groups and will follow an individual […]
June 15, 2015
Álvaro Gutiérrez, PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Ruben Martin, is one of the 45 finalists of the 2015 Reaxys PhD Prize. The prizes recognizes young chemists conducting original and innovative research in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry. The finalists have been selected from over 450 submissions and will present their research to a […]
June 8, 2015
Prof. Ruben Martin has been interviewed in a news report on young and talented scientists in Catalonia. The report, entitled ‘Científicos de Champions’, was published yesterday on El Periódico. Ruben joined ICIQ as a group leader in September 2008 and in October 2013 he became ICREA Research Professor. His current research interests concern the discovery […]
June 4, 2015
Cayetana Zárate, PhD student from Prof. Rubén Martin group, has received the SusChem award Predoc – Mestrelab for the paper “A Mild Ni/Cu-Catalyzed Silylation via C-O Cleavage” published on the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The paper describes a new method that uses two catalysts that work cooperatively to activate and functionalize phenol derivatives. Those compounds […]