Vidal
Research group
Abstract
Our past and current objectives encompass developing efficient and reliable catalytic asymmetric tools for organic transformations of interest, and studying their use to prepare relevant products in the industrial sector. Crucial aspects of this work include the modular design of catalysts; using versatile synthetic procedures (organic transformations, or supramolecular processes); incorporating regulation mechanisms for their active site geometry and the computational study of their catalytic cycles (through collaborations). Our research interests are also shifting from noble metal-based to earth abundant metal-based catalysts. We are also endeavoring to expand the scope of the catalysts developed to include the enantioselective catalytic synthesis of precursors of bioactive compounds or the valorization of small unsaturated hydrocarbons (i.e., alkenes, alkynes, allenes or dienes) via catalytic functionalization transformations.
Topics addressed
- New types of hydrogenative transformations
- Design and development of new small organic molecules as hole transport materials for solar cells.
- Catalysis of industrial targets
Articles
“Syntheses, Characterisation and Solid-state Study of Alkali and Ammonium BArF Salts”
RSC Advances (2017) 7, 32833-32841
L. Carreras, L. Rovira, M. Vaquero, I. Mon, E. Martin, J. Benet-Buchholz, A. Vidal-Ferran