In #OrgLett: Capaldo and co-workers (SynCat) show that NHC-ligated boranes are optimal chain carriers for the reductive radical hydroalkylation and hydroarylation of electron-deficient olefins under photochemical conditions. Read it online now ⤵️ go.acs.org/a40

THIS.WAS.CRAZY! Look how big that stage is!! 🤩😨 Thanks 9th EuChemS Chemistry Congress for this amazing opportunity to showcase our photocatalyzed BSMC (nature.com/articles/s4146…). Noel Research Group SynCat #conference #dissemination

Super special night! The summer party of the Department of Chemistry in Parma, organised by Luca Capaldo 🥳 Enjoying this time with Ana M Constantin Filippo Sacchelli and Giulia 🥂🍻🍹

Ever thought of using baking soda from your kitchen as a CO2 surrogate for synthesis? 🧪 Shout out to Francesco Mele for this new adventure into #mechanochemistry! 🔗chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi… Let us know what you think! #paper #preprint

New toy for the group: Prusa MK4 🤩🤩 Let's 3D-print the world! Thank you Prusa3D for realizing such a piece of art! #3Dprint #newtoy

Soaking up the sun and waves with the best crew! #teambuilding #frittomisto

A perfect summer day with the team!

Research will keep us young! Ana M Constantin #Peter #Wendy #mechanochemistry

Thanks to Luca Capaldo, SynCat and Prusa3D for this superb gadget 🤩 #prusa3d #SynCatLab #gadget

This week's Paper-of-the-Week presentations in our weekly group meeting featured some nice work from Qian group, Benjamin Boswell and co-workers Exelixis and Luca Capaldo! #Chemistry #Boron

Rapid and scalable photocatalytic C(sp2)–C(sp3) Suzuki−Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl bromides with alkyl boranes (Bas de Bruin, Timothy Noël - Noel Research Group): nature.com/articles/s4146… (Nature Communications).

Check out our new paper on ligated boryl radicals as photocatalytic XAT mediators, enabling C(sp3)‒C(sp2) bond formation to yield valuable vinyl chlorides with excellent E/Z diastereoselectivity. Out now in Chemical Science: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… #photocatalysis #LBR #boron

My first research paper has been published!!! 🎉 A beautiful collaboration with incredible people but also a journey of learning and growth. Thanks to all: Géraldine Masson Aurélien Brion Masson Group Nicola Della Ca' SynCat 🧪⚗️Check out here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

✨New publication now online on J Org Chem/Org Lett !!!✨Check out here the news on the Asymmetric Povarov reaction, with Phenolic Dienes, using CPA as organocat.!! A great collaboration! Vittoria Martini Nicola Della Ca' Aurélien Brion Géraldine Masson Masson Group 🧪⚗️ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Visible light-induced halogen-atom transfer by N-heterocyclic carbene-ligated boryl radicals for diastereoselective C(sp3)–C(sp2) bond formation by ⁦Noel Research Group⁩ and co-workers at the U. Amsterdam ⁦Chemical Science⁩ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Delegation of SynCat at #SCI2024! Enjoy wine besides science 🫠 Aperitivo in Velodromo Vigorelli 🔝🔝 #aperitivo #team #conference

Check out our work on the photocatalyzed B-alkyl Suzuki-Miyaura X-coupling with alkyl boranes: nature.com/articles/s4146… Just presented it at #SCI2024! #conference #Suzuki

It's a wrap! For this huge congress of Società Chimica Italiana I've explained my latest publication on CO2 valorization. Many questions were about our exotic topochemical polymerization in the solid state! I'm glad that people gave me such positive feedback! doi.org/10.1039/D4GC00… #SCI2024

Just wrapped up my first conference talk! Feeling accomplished and excited about the future of my research 💪🏻 Thanks to SCI Chimica Organica for this opportunity! SynCat AndreaPorcheddu

Just presented my poster at #SCI2024 conference! Excited to have shared my research with all the chemistry community in Milan! Società Chimica Italiana SynCat #flow