Cussó Forest, Olaf (Date of defense: 2016-06-20)
Asymmetric epoxidation is one of the most important reactions in synthetic organic chemistry, because chiral epoxides act as versatile electrophiles which can be converted in a number of interesting and ...
Canta i Roldós, Mercè (Date of defense: 2014-07-29)
Catalytic oxidation reactions of hydrocarbons that occur in the active site of metalloenzymes exhibit high efficiency and exquisite regio- and stereoselectivity under mild experimental conditions. We ...
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 ...