Istruzioni per la presentazione della Ricerca del Gruppo afferente al

Research Group n. 1
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA
Molecular Catalysts for Water Oxidation and Olefin Polymerization
Gianfranco Bellachioma, Alberto Bucci, Ilaria Corbucci, Lucia Fagiolari, Alceo Macchioni,
Gabriele Pastori, Luca Rocchigiani, Renzo Ruzziconi, Cristiano Zuccaccia
Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, via Elce di Sotto 8, I-06123 Perugia; Email: [email protected]
The activity of our research group mainly focuses on synthesizing, investigating and testing in
catalysis of two classes of compounds: i) molecules [1] and materials [2] for water oxidation to
molecular oxygen, and ii) metallocene [3] and post-metallocene [4-5] complexes for olefin
polymerization
As far as point i) is concerned, water oxidation is an essential process for constructing
an artificial photosynthetic apparatus aimed at the splitting of H2O into H2 and O2, whose
realization would contribute to solve the worldwide energetic problem in a green and
sustainable way [6]. We recently entered in such a fascinating research area synthesizing new
iridium(III) catalysts that showed remarkable catalytic activity [7-10].
Coming to point ii), our main aim is to rationalize the effects of ion pairing [11] and, in
general, of co-catalyst/catalysts interactions on the performances of catalysts. Investigation of
the intermolecular structure of aggregates in solution is carried out taking advantages of the
NMR methodologies developed during the last years [12-13].
Other important research lines of our team concern with iii) the investigation of FLPs
[14] and halogen-bonded [15] adducts by NMR and iv) the synthesis of gold(I) cationic olefin
and alkyne complexes [16-17].
References
[1] A. Bucci, et al., Organometallics 2012, 31, 8071.
[2] A. Savini, et al., ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 264.
[3] L. Rocchigiani, et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 11752.
[4] L. Rocchigiani, et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2157.
[5]
G. Li, et NMR
al., Chem.
Eur. J. 2014,
20, 232.
Keywords:
methodologies;
organometallic
catalysts; ion pairs structure; weak interactions
[6] V. Balzani, A. Credi, M. Venturi, ChemSusChem 2008, 1, 26.
[7] A. Savini, et al., Chem Commun. 2010, 46, 9218.
[8] A. Savini, et al., Green Chem. 2011, 13, 3360.
[9] C. Zuccaccia, et al., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2012, 1462.
[10] C. Zuccaccia, et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 3446.
[11] A. Macchioni, Chem. Rev., 2005, 105, 2039.
[12] A. Macchioni, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2003, 195.
[13] A. Macchioni, et al., Chem. Soc. Rev. 2008, 37, 479.
[14] G. Ciancaleoni, et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 440.
[15] L. Rocchigiani, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 112.
[16] L. Biasolo, et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 14594, 131, 3170.
[17] G. Ciancaleoni, et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 1.
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Detailed list of the components of the research groups
Name
Surname
Position * Affiliation
Gianfranco
Bellachioma
PA
University of Perugia
Alberto
Bucci
PhD
University of Perugia
Ilaria
Corbucci
PhD
University of Perugia
Lucia
Fagiolari
PhD
University of Perugia
Alceo
Macchioni
PO
University of Perugia
Gabriele
Pastori
PoD
University of Perugia
Luca
Rocchigiani
PoD
University of Perugia
Renzo
Ruzziconi
PO
University of Perugia
Cristiano
Zuccaccia
RU
University of Perugia
*: PO = full professor; PA = associated professor; RU = university researcher; PhD = graduated
student; PoD = postdoctoral fellows; RC = CNR staff; T = technician
Apparatus
Type
Producer
NMR Spectrometer Bruker Avance 3 400
NMR Spectrometer Bruker DRX 400
NMR Spectrometer Bruker DPX 200
Spectrophotometer FT IR 1725X
Polarimeter JASCO DIP-360
Gas-chromatographs
GC-MS
HPLC
Bruker
Bruker
Bruker
Perkin-Elmer
JASCO
Fisons, Agilent
Agilent
Hewlett Packard, Agilent
Technical skills
•
•
•
•
•
Advanced NMR methodologies
Synthesis and characterization of organometallic catalysts
Radical Chemistry by monoelectronic metal oxidants
Organometal catalyzed stereoselective syntheses
Synthesis of fluorinated organic compounds of pharmacologic interest
Year of
acquisition
2014
1998
1997
1990
1990
1990, 2003
2002
2000