SynCat

Catalysis for industrial applications. PIs: @_lucapaldo, @NicolaDellaCa1

Main topic: #photocatalysis #COchem #mechanochem #FlowChem

Run by students.

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

Congrats to Luna Raineri, Valerio Morlacci, Ana Maria Constantin, Aleksandr Voronov, Giovanni Maestri, Nicola Della Ca' & Luca Capaldo for pushing it through 👏 💪

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

Our paper on the use of aliphatic aldehydes as CO surrogates got selected by the Editorial Board of Green Chemistry as 🔥HOT ARTICLE 2025🔥 💡
🔗 Have a look at the collection: https://t.co/NFSjfR2j3H
📰 link to the original paper: https://t.co/PYVjhmg6zw

@green_rsc

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

Hey y'all, happy holiday season ! ❄️🎄❄️

See you on the other side 😉

#rest

[Francesco Mele @Fra_Mele97]

Interested in sugar modifications?
Our solvent-free Wittig reaction via mechanochemistry is out in @ChemSusChem!
📄 https://t.co/i9zjMe4iVO
Thanks to @Schnuerchlab for hosting and for making me part of it, and to #Nina, #Christoph, @TemplJohanna & #Christian for the support!

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

A huge thanks to our collaborators #AndreaPrati and the #IMPLAb for the ML part and also to @PaoloPMazzeo for the amazing work at the #i11 line at the @DiamondLightSou synchrotron facility.

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

New @chemrvix preprint!

In our work, we resorted to Machine Learning to uncover a more sustainable set of conditions for the #johnsoncoreychaykovsky reaction!

Big thanks to our collaborators 🙌🏻
Link: https://t.co/3pAeAyZkDL

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

Say hello to our new PhD students: #Giulio, #Amy, #Ester and #Nikos (from left) 🎉

Welcome to the group and best of luck for these three years together! ✨

#newbies #PhD

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

Need for a CO surrogate?🫧
In our last work, we introduce aliphatic aldehydes as a new class of CO photosurrogates, activated under photocatalyzed decarbonylative Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) conditions
👉 Paper:https://t.co/gQOI8DmUYt
👉 full story: https://t.co/foFmCDZGq8

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

🎉 Congratulations to our students Sofia, Rocco and Martina that today successfully defended their thesis!

We are so happy for them and for having them in our group🧪

[Francesco Mele @Fra_Mele97]

Oxazolidinones are a class of compounds often used as pharmaceuticals. 💊
At @SynCatLab, we’ve recently published a method to obtain them mechanochemically, using sodium bicarbonate instead of gaseous CO₂!

👉 Check out the article: https://t.co/509bHu1HPk

[ChemLab052 @lab052]

Here we are!! 💡In latest our #OL we present an EnT-Mediated [2+2]-Dearomatization of Heterocyles! Congratulation Maurizio and Carlotta!! https://t.co/6wN9qlTlqx

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

Just wrapped up an energizing Syncat event: paintball match! 💥

We walked away with more clarity, more connection, and more power to build together.

Onward and upward, team !
#TeamWork #Syncat #Momentum

[Dr. Ganesh Sorabad @Honey77S]

Oooohhhh….!
Future chemists 🧑‍🔬 👩‍🔬 mixing up the potions and magic in atoms, hehehy… and Summer vibes at @SynCatLab 🧪 🧪🧪🧪🧪

[Francesco Mele @Fra_Mele97]

Excited to share the project I worked on in Vienna — online on ChemRxiv! It’s been a great experience where I learned a lot about the complexity of sugar chemistry. Huge thanks to the team for making it possible!
https://t.co/XJBFHNYm9A
#mechanochemistry #sugar

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

💥 Check out some decarbonylative strategies from the team!
Today, we propose aliphatic aldehydes as #CO surrogates via photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer! Now on #chemRxiv:

https://t.co/pWpIbuuCAD

👩🏻‍🔬@Lu_Raineri @MorlacciValerio @constantinAnaM

#decarbonylation #HAT

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

@Fil_Sacchelli #elenaquadri @Lu_Raineri #AlexandraJorea #marziapessina #annalopresti, @NicolaDellaCa1 @Davide_Rv @_lucapaldo

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

New paper accepted in @ChemSusChem 📰

"A Telescoped Strategy for the Preparation of Five-Member Hetero- and Carbocycles via Hydrogen Transfer Atom" 🚨

If you're curious about the synthesis of pyrroles, thiophenes, and cyclopentenones, be sure to check⬇️
https://t.co/Bp7fu0cSJ1

[Valerio Morlacci @MorlacciValerio]

Over the moon (literally 😂) to share that the first work I contributed in @SynCatLab, (with @PhotogreenLab) is now online on JacsAu @ACSPublications 🔥
Have a look and see how the longstanding limitations regarding the HAT processes cuold be overcome using this new approach 💡

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

#vittoriamartini #elenacassera @MorlacciValerio #serenaabrami @NicolaDellaCa1 @Davide_Rv #mauriziofagnoni @_lucapaldo

[SynCat @SynCatLab]

🚨New paper!
With @PhotogreenLab , we introduce HAcTive - a strategy that:
✅ Boosts efficiency
✅ Reprograms selectivity
✅ Enables generation of electrophilic radicals

📄 Read more:
https://t.co/HX95ldkCau