Month: October 2025

Cover ACS Catalysis on Million-Fold Activation of C–H Bonds by Fluorinated Nonheme FeIV=O Complexes via Second Sphere Equatorial Substitution and Catalytic Epoxidation to Boot

The ACS Catalysis journal features on its front cover of the October 2025 issue the research article “Million-Fold Activation of C–H Bonds by Fluorinated Nonheme FeIV=O Complexes via Second Sphere Equatorial Substitution and Catalytic Epoxidation to Boot” by Prof. Marcel Swart in collaboration with Prof. Lawrence Que Jr group. Replacing the methyl groups of a tetramethylcyclam N4-macrocyclic ligand by polyfluorinated arenes

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IQCC networking: October 2025

Since 2023 every two months, the IQCC is organizing some sessions of IQCC networking. This activity is trying to promote networking between the people of the all Institute (PIs, postdocs, PhD students, master students and staff) and it is a chemistry-free event, On Thursday October 2nd took place a new session of IQCC networking, we did a soccer match, trival and a

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Seven IQCC researchers have been included in Stanford University global list of 2% top scientists

The standardized citation metric analysis published by Ioaniddis (popularized as Stanford University global list of 2% top scientists) has become a world-recognized rank of scientific output performance based on scientific publications. The newest version 2025 includes 7 IQCC researchers (Miquel Solà, Miquel Costas, Marcel Swart, Albert Poater, Sílvia Osuna , Lluís Blancafort, Jordi Mestres (visiting professor)).   Congratulations!   Girona, October 9th 2025 For more info:

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European Researchers’ Night 2025 at IQCC

Every year in September since 2008, the IQCC is organizing together with the Scientific Culture and Digital Communication (C4D) unit of the UdG, the Diputació de Girona and the Girona City Council the European Researchers’ Night with the aim to bring science closer to the Girona general public. The European Researchers’ Night is a coordianted

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Francesco Zaccaria, new MSCA-PF postdoc fellow at IQCC

Dr. Francesco Zaccaria has recently become a new member of the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC). Dr. Zaccaria did his PhD at the Federico II University of Naples on the “molecular olefin polymerization catalysts: applications of molecular design for properties modulation” under the supervision of Prof. Vincenzo Busico. After graduating in 2018, he moved to University of

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IQCC-UdG Leads Green Chemistry Breakthrough in BBVA Foundation’s Fundamentos Program

The IQCC from the Universitat de Girona is at the forefront of one of twelve pioneering research projects selected by the BBVA Foundation’s Fundamentos Program, which supports bold, fundamental science across key disciplines. The Fundamentos Program reinforces the BBVA Foundation’s long-standing commitment to advancing basic science as a cornerstone for addressing the complex challenges of

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