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Former IQCC member awarded for best PhD thesis 2014

This October, our former member of IQCC Eloy Ramos-Córdoba was awarded the Premi Extraordinari for the best PhD thesis in 2014 from the University of Girona. Last year, he defended with success his PhD thesis on “Development of new tools for local electron distribution analysis”, supervised by Pedro Salvador. Now, Eloy is continuing his research as a postdoc

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Cover Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. on the mechanism of CO2 fixation by Ir-X bonds

Today a new paper was published in Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. on the mechanism of CO2 fixation by Ir-X bonds. S.V.C. Vummaleti, G. Talarico, S.P. Nolan, L. Cavallo, and A. Poater “Mechanism of CO2 Fixation by IrI -X Bonds (X = OH, OR, N, C)” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 2015, 4653-4657 DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201500905 It

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Cover ChemistryOpen on phosphanylthiolato platinum(II) complexes

Today a new paper was published in ChemistryOpen on phosphanylthiolato platinum(II) complexes. J. Duran, A. Polo, J. Real, J. Benet-Buchholz, M. Solà, and A. Poater “Structural Preferences in Phosphanylthiolato Platinum(II) Complexes” ChemistryOpen 2016, 5, 51-59 DOI: 10.1002/open.201500136 It was a collaboration of Albert Poater and Miquel Solà with Prof. Polo, and featured on the cover of

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Cover Chem. Eur. J. on fullerenes

Today a new paper was published in Chem. Eur. J. on understanding fullerenes’ reactivity. F.M. Bickelhaupt, M. Solà, and I. Fernández “Understanding the Reactivity of Endohedral Metallofullerenes: C78 versus Sc3 N@C78 ” Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 5760-5768 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201500067 It was a collaboration of Miquel Solà with Prof. Bickelhaupt, and featured on the Cover

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Former IQCC member awarded for best PhD thesis 2013

This October, our former member of IQCC Irene Prat was awarded the Premi Extraordinari for the best PhD thesis in 2017 from the University of Girona. Last year, she defended with success her PhD thesis on “Bioinspired non-heme iron catalysts for challenging oxidative transformations: mechanistic studies and catalytic applications on selective alkane hydroxylation and alkene cis-dihydroxilation”, supervised by

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Cover Chem. Eur. J. on potential energy surfaces of E2P4 inverse sandwiches

Today a new paper was published in Chem. Eur. J. on the energy surfaces for a range of clusters of E2P4 (E=group 13 element). A.C. Castro, E. Osorio, J.L. Cabellos, E. Cerpa, E. Matito, M. Solà, M. Swart, and G. Merino “Exploring the Potential Energy Surface of E2 P4 Clusters (E=Group?13 Element): The Quest for Inverse

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Back-cover Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. on aromaticity of fullerenes

Today a new paper was published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. on the aromaticity of fullerenes. M. Garcia-Borràs, S. Osuna, M. Swart, J.M. Luis, and M. Solà “Maximum Aromaticity as a Guiding Principle for the Most Suitable Hosting Cages in Endohedral Metallofullerenes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9275-9278 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303636 It also featured on

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Cover J. Am. Chem. Soc. on palladium-mediated generation of hydrogen from formic acid

Today a new paper was published in J. Am. Chem. Soc. on palladium-mediated generation of hydrogen from formic acid. J. Broggi, V. Jur?ík, O. Songis, A. Poater, L. Cavallo, A.M.Z. Slawin, and C.S.J. Cazin “The Isolation of [Pd{OC(O)H}(H)(NHC)(PR3 )] (NHC = N-Heterocyclic Carbene) and Its Role in Alkene and Alkyne Reductions Using Formic Acid” J. Am.

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Back cover Chem. Eur. J. on hydrocarbon and boron hydride chemistry

Today a new paper was published in Chem. Eur. J. on hydrocarbon and boron hydride chemistry. J. Poater, M. Solà, C. Viñas, and F. Teixidor “A Simple Link between Hydrocarbon and Borohydride Chemistries” Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 4169-4175 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201204397 It was a collaboration of Miquel Solà with Prof. Teixidor, and featured on the back

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Cover on Int. J. Quant. Chem. on spin states

Today a new paper was published in Int. J. Quant. Chem. because of the Perspective paper by Marcel Swart. M. Swart “Spin states of (bio)inorganic systems: Successes and pitfalls” Int. J. Quantum Chem. 2013, 113, 2-7 DOI: 10.1002/qua.24255 It also featured on the Cover of the journal!  

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