Prat Casellas, Irene (Date of defense: 2013-06-14)
The functionalization of hydrocarbons in a sustainable manner is one of the main challenges for chemists. Their abundance in nature as natural gas or crude oil makes them the most convenient chemical ...
Company Casadevall, Anna (Date of defense: 2008-12-16)
L'activació d'oxigen que té lloc en els éssers vius constitueix una font d'inspiració pel desenvolupament d'alternatives als oxidants tradicionals, considerats altament tòxics i nocius. En aquesta treball ...
Serrano Plana, Joan (Date of defense: 2016-07-26)
The oxidation of hydrocarbons is one of the most important processes in the chemical industry, and it is often related to highly toxic reagents that generate a big amount of undesired residues. In sharp ...
Font Molins, Marc (Date of defense: 2015-02-13)
Aryl-Cu(III) species have been often implicated as the intermediate species that operate Ullmann-type couplings. However, such species have long remained elusive and the fundamental pathways that govern ...
Cianfanelli, Marco (Date of defense: 2021-12-03)
In this thesis we developed a protocol for the intramolecular oxidation of prochiral secondary C-H bonds in which carboxylic acids, acting as directing groups for the oxidant species, promoted a highly ...
Clarasó Petit, Carlota (Date of defense: 2019-02-08)
Metalloenzymes are a fundamental source of inspiration for synthetic chemists. Oxidation metalloenzymes catalyze oxidation reactions with high efficiency under very mild experimental conditions exhibiting ...
Borrell Recasens, Margarida (Date of defense: 2021-11-05)
Oxidations are an important kind of reactions which are traditionally performed using stoichiometric oxidants that generate a large amount of waste. Syn-dihydroxylation of alkenes is a paradigmatic ...
Milan, Michela (Date of defense: 2018-10-30)
The oxidation of aliphatic C-H bonds is a very powerful reaction because it allows the functionalization of inert C-H bonds, converting them into a suitable sites for further chemical elaboration. It ...
Vicens Serra, Laia (Date of defense: 2023-07-18)
Most of the organic molecules used in chemical industry (and their synthetic precursors) contain oxygen atoms in their structure. One of the most convenient methods for the preparation of oxygenated ...