In the field of diagnostics for cultural heritage the identification of natural lakes in paint micro samples is a real analytical challenge. The combination of efficient chromatographic separation procedures coupled with ...

Negli ultimi vent’anni, l’industria del biodiesel ha co-generato enormi quantità di glicerolo come sotto-prodotto. Questa circostanza ha comportato due importanti conseguenze: i) con la crescita costante della produzione ...

This work involved the development and characterization of metal-based heterogeneous catalysts for tandem reactions, comprising the selective oxidation of biomass-derived aromatic alcohols towards the respective aldehydes, ...

Photocatalysis is emerging as a powerful synthetic tool that aims to use solar light to promote organic transformations by mimicking what plants do with photosynthesis. Over the last century, huge efforts have been made ...

In the present project, we studied the design of an appropriate strategy for the preparation of cyclobutenes by means of Lewis acid catalysis. In particular the Ficini stepwise [2+2] cycloaddition of ynamides with lactones ...

The aim of the work described in this thesis was the valorisation of fishery waste biomass to obtain chitin with a sustainable and green approach using Ionic Liquids (ILs). In particular, attention was focused on the ...

Benzocyclotrimers are polycyclic compounds which can be obtained through self-coupling reactions of bicyclic olefins. This work presents the optimization of a new method for the synthesis of cyclotrimers using a feasible ...

This Thesis work was aimed at studying the catalytic upgrading of an important biomass derived platform chemical such as levulinic acid (LA). In particular, the hydrogenation/dehydration of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone ...

Il 5-HMF è un promettente Bio-Based Platform Chemical da cui si possono ottenere molti prodotti di interesse, tuttavia la sua intrinseca reattività e la difficoltà nell'isolarlo rendono la sua sintesi dal D-fruttosio ancora ...