June 2, 2015
The two last papers published by R. Martin group in J. Am. Chem. Soc. have been selected as most read articles during the last month. Ni-Catalyzed Divergent Cyclization/Carboxylation of Unactivated Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with CO2 X. Wang, Y. Liu, R. Martin J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 6476-6479 Ipso-Borylation of Aryl Ethers via Ni-Catalyzed […]
June 2, 2015
ICIQ is planning to establish HR policies such as career development training, the implementation of a Gender Equity Plan and the HRS4R recognition by the European Commission. The HR Department has encouraged the creation of the Social Involvement Committee (SIC) to assure the participation of ICIQ staff in the process of defining and implementing these […]
May 29, 2015
A paper published one month ago by Paolo Melchiorre’s research group in J. Am. Chem. Soc. is among the Top 20 most downloaded articles over the last 12 months. The paper describes the visible-light-driven, phase-transfer-catalyzed, enantioselective perfluoroalkylation and trifluoromethylation of cyclic β-ketoesters. The photo-organocatalytic process, which occurs at ambient temperature and under visible light illumination, is […]
May 21, 2015
One of the challenges that today’s society is facing is the development of a real alternative to fossil fuels. With increasing levels of global energy demand, as well as climate changes suggested to be induced by CO2 emission, there is an imminent necessity to find chemical energy carrier alternatives to fossil fuels with a smaller carbon […]
May 11, 2015
One of the problems that we face today in the field of technological development is that, in most cases, the research conducted in centres of excellence does not reach beyond a publication or a patent that has scarce possibilities to be exploited. That is, in most cases, the results won’t be applied to provide real […]
May 6, 2015
A paper published by Prof. Pericas research group in ChemSusChem is one of the most cited among those published in 2012 or 2013. These articles have contributed the most to the journal’s impact factor in 2014. The paper describes how asymmetric aldol reactions catalyzed by a novel polystyrene-immobilized proline derivative occur in short reaction times […]
April 29, 2015
A paper published by Prof. Echavarren research group in Organic Letters has been highlighted in Synfacts, vol 11, issue 4 (351). 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 deals with the first enantioselective total synthesis of (-)-nardoaristolone […]