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Cover Nat. Synth. on Biocatalytic desymmetrization for synthesis of chiral enones using flavoenzymes

The Nature Synthesis journal  features on its front cover of the November 2024 issue the research article “Biocatalytic desymmetrization for synthesis of chiral enones using flavoenzymes” by Dr. Garcia-Borràs in collaboration with Prof. Zhen Liu’s group. Chiral enones are produced, using flavin-dependent ene-reductases, through a desymmetrization approach. Enzymatic desaturation and reduction processes enable the synthesis of

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Cover Nat. Synth. on Engineering non-haem iron enzymes for enantioselective C(sp3)–F bond formation via radical fluorine transfer

The Nature Synthesis journal  features on its front cover of the August 2024 issue the research article “Engineering non-haem iron enzymes for enantioselective C(sp3)–F bond formation via radical fluorine transfer” by Dr. Garcia-Borràs in collaboration with Prof. Xiongyi Huang’s group. Enantioselective C(sp 3)–F bond formation is reported using an engineered non-haem iron enzyme. The process proceeds

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Cover Chem. Eur. J. on Exohedral Diels-Alder Reactivity of Endohedral Metallofullerene C36

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

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Cover ChemistryEurope Introducing Weakly Ligated Tris(trifluoromethyl)copper(III)

The ChemistryEurope journal features on its front cover the recently published research article “Introducing Weakly Ligated Tris(trifluoromethyl)copper(III)” by Prof. Xavi Ribas of the QBISCAT group and Dr. Pedro Salvador of the TCBioSys group at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of the University of Girona, also in collaboration with Dr. Petr Beier and Dr. Vladimir Motornov (Institute of Organic

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Cover Chem. Eur. J. on a voyage into chemical bonds and aromaticity

The Chem. Eur. J. journal features on its front cover the recently published research article “a voyage into chemical bonds and aromaticity” by Dr. Antony Stasyuk of the DIMOCAT group at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of the University of Girona, also in collaboration with Prof. Jordi Poater (IQTCUB-University of Barcelona) and Prof. Henrik Ottosson (Uppsala University). This cover is dedicated

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Cover ChemBioChem on efficient transferase engineering for SAM analog synthesis from iodoalkanes

The ChemBioChem journal features on its front cover the recently published research article “Efficient Transferase Engineering for SAM Analog Synthesis from Iodoalkanes” by Dr. Marc Garcia-Borràs of the DIMOCAT group at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of the University of Girona, also in collaboration with Dr. Stephan C. Hammer (Bielefeld University). The cover image depicts snapshots of an enzyme?s dynamic

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Cover RSC Medical Chemistry on EU-OPENSCREEN fragment library

The RSC Medical Chemistry journal features on its cover the recently published research article “Design, quality and validation of the EU-OPENSCREEN fragment library poised to a high-throughput screening collection” by Dr. Jordi Mestres of the DIMOCAT group at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of the University of Girona, also in collaboration with Dr. Harald Schwalbe (Goethe University),

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Cover JACS on supramolecular masks

The JACS journal features on its inside inner cover the recently published research article “Regioswitchable Bingel Bis-Functionalization of Fullerene C70 via Supramolecular Masks” by Valentina Iannace, Clara Sabrià and Prof. Xavi Ribas of the QBIS-CAT group and Dr. Ferran Feixas of the TCBioSys group at the Institute of Computational Chemistry and Catalysis (IQCC) of the University of Girona, also in collaboration with

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Cover Nanoscale on carbon nanobelts

The Nanoscale journal features on its inside front cover the recently published research article “A step towards rational design of carbon nanobelts with tunable electronic properties” by Gibu George, Dr. Olga A. Stasyuk, Prof. Miquel Solà, Dr. Anton J. Stasyuk. Can you see Sant Feliu church and the Cathedral of our beloved Girona?. The cover was

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Cover JACS on Single-Not Double-3D-Aromaticity in an Oxidized Closo Icosahedral Dodecaiodo-Dodecaborate Cluster

Journal of the American Chemical Society features on its supplementary cover the recently published research article “Single-Not Double-3D-Aromaticity in an Oxidized Closo Icosahedral Dodecaiodo-Dodecaborate Cluster”. 3D-aromatic molecules with (distorted) tetrahedral, octahedral, or spherical structures are much less common than typical 2D-aromatic species or even 2D-aromatic-in-3D systems. Closo boranes, [BnHn]2– (5 < n < 14) and carboranes are examples of compounds

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