GREEN CHEMISTRY and Sustainability
Advanced catalytic technologies
Heterogeneous catalysts, mainly based on non-noble and non-toxic metals are designed for the synthesis of small molecules of interest for the pharmaceutical, fine chemicals, agrochemical or food sectors in order to substitute the traditional stoichiometric reagents.
The new catalysts are submitted to a deep structural characterization to understand the relationships between morphology and activity.
Catalytic processes are developed by finely tuning the reaction conditions to optimize the product yield and minimize waste.