Main research themes: a) Heteroaromatic functional compounds: molecular design, synthesis and reactivity study of systems endowed with special properties; molecular functional electroactive materials in which the stereogenic element responsible for chirality and the structural unit responsible for the specific properties coincide (inherently chiral materials) b) Organic Stereochemistry: synthesis and study of chiral structures devoid of rigid stereogenic elements with the shape of three-bladed propellers and configurationally stable (residual enantiomers).
Four main research lines: 1) Organic materials, achiral, chiral tradional and inherently chiral, characterized by peculiar electric and optoelectronic properties with high enantiorecognition ability (Materials and devices); 2) Homogeneous stereoselective catalysis mediated by biheteroaromatic ligands , 3) C3 symmetric tris-arylphosphanes in which chirality results from residual stereoisomerism, 4) Inherently Chiral ionic liquids
PROJECTS
Contractor in Cariplo project entitled ‘Inherently Chiral Multifunctional Conducting Polymers’, (Grant no. 2011-0417).
Partner on the project entitled ‘Inherently Chiral Ionic Liquids’, awarded by Fondazione Cariplo for frontier research in the 2011 Edition (Grant no. 2011-1851).
Responsible for the organic synthesis development of the project ‘SusChem Lombardia’ finantial supported by Regione Lombardia (2013-2015).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Chiral ionic liquids, Materials and Devices, Chiral catalysts, Homogeneous stereoselective catalysis, Residual stereoisomerism
SCIENTIFIC SKILLS
Organic synthesis, Stereoselective catalysis
RESEARCH AREA
