Dr. Alexander Swoboda has recently become a new member of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC). Dr. Swoboda did his PhD at the austrian center of industrial biotechnology (acib) University of Graz (Austria) on Unspecific peroxygenases: Stereo-Chemo and Regioselective Oxidation Using H2O2 as an Oxidant under the supervision of Prof. Wolfgang Kroutil in 2024. At this
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In a new study led by Prof. Andrew Buller (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA) in collaboration with Dr. Marc Garcia-Borràs’s group at the IQCC, researchers have tackled the mechanistic limitations of aldolase biocatalysis. Through detailed mechanistic analysis, the team was able to overcome these limitations, enabling efficient C–C bond formation in the synthesis of new amino
The Z-alkene geometry is prevalent in various chemical compounds, including numerous building blocks, fine chemicals, and natural products. Unfortunately, established Mo, W, and Ru Z-selective catalysts lose their selectivity at high temperatures required for industrial processes like reactive distillation, which limits their synthetic applications. To address this issue, we develop a catalyst capable of providing Z-alkenes with high
Next Monday will be the defense of the doctoral thesis of Artur Brotons Rufes, titled “Predictive catalysis towards the transformation of C-C bonds”, supervised by Dr. Albert Poater and Dr. Sergio Posada-Pérez from IQCC. The jury members will be Prof. Gregori Ujaque (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Prof. Sílvia Osuna (Universitat de Girona) and Dr. Massimo Christian D’Alterio (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) Place: Aula Magna
The Chemistry A European journal features on its front cover the recently published research article “Exohedral Diels-Alder Reactivity of Endohedral Metallofullerene C36” by Prof. Sílvia Osuna and Prof. Marcel Swart of the TCBioSys group at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of the University of Girona. The Diels–Alder reactivity of the C36 fullerene and endohedral metallofullerene results in various regiospecific