Departament de Química Inorgànica i Orgànica: Recent submissions
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Multiproperty materials: luminescent and/or magnetic coordination compounds containing f-block elements. Chirality
[eng] The main goal of this Thesis work is the obtention of new lanthanide(III) coordination compounds presenting luminescence and magnetic properties, hence presenting multiproperty behavior. Moreover, by inducing chirality ...
Triplet harvesting of gold(I) supramolecular complexes and their applications
[eng] This thesis has been done under the supervision of Prof. Laura Rodríguez (Inorganic Chemistry Section, Universitat de Barcelona) and Prof. João Carlos Lima (LAQV REQUIMTE, Universidade Nova de Lisboa). Over these ...
Síntesi d’un pèptid terapèutic: Un estudi metodològic vers la producció a escala de planta pilot
[cat] Tradicionalment, els fàrmacs de baix pes molecular (PM < 500 Da), coneguts com “molècules petites”, han predominat en el tractament de les malalties humanes, encara que en les últimes dècades els productes biològics ...
Self-assembled molecules as efficient selective contacts in translucent quantum-dot light emitting diodes
[eng] Since the last two decades, nanotechnology has been revolutionary for representing small solutions to the big problems. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology spread from the area of Electronics, Energy and Environment to ...
Computational insights into carbohydrate epimerase mechanisms
[eng] Carbohydrates, as the most abundant biomolecules, play a myriad of roles and functions in biological systems. Unlike the building blocks of proteins, amino acids, whose chemical structure can vary significantly, ...
Fighting bacteria. Synthesis and study of Polymyxin derivates to improve their therapeutic properties
[eng] Multidrug resistant bacteria have grown to be a significant medical concern as a result of decades of excessive antibiotic usage and overuse in human medicine, agriculture, and the animal industry. In this context, ...
Advances in Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions: Novel Methodologies and Synthetic Applications
[eng] This doctoral thesis aims to explore various synthetic methodologies and their corresponding applications in the field of asymmetric catalysis. More specifically, we have focused on the preparation of prochiral ...
Synthesis and Magnetic Studies of Quasi-Isotropic Coordination Compounds with 3d and 4f cations
[eng] The present Thesis is entitled “Synthesis and Magnetic Studies of Quasi-Isotropic Coordination Compounds with 3d and 4f cations”. The topic of the Thesis is to prepare coordination compounds of paramagnetic metal ...
Design of Catalytic Systems based on Halogen Bonding Interactions: Synthesis and Application in Catalytic Reactions
[eng] The use of supramolecular interactions in catalysis has been widely studied and exploited for the straightforward preparation of the backbones of an array of structurally diverse stereoselective catalysts. In addition ...
Exploring the heavy atom effect and supramolecular assemblies of Au(I) and Pt(II) complexes
[eng] This thesis is mainly focused on studying the photophysical properties of Au(I), Ag(I), Cu(I), and Pt(II) coordinated compounds. This work can be divided into two parts: on the one hand, the compounds of the group ...
Synthesis and characterization of multinary group 10-11 metal-based nanocrystals
[eng] Nanostructured semiconductors have gained significant importance due to their size- and morphology-tunable physical properties, and their ability to play a critical role in various fields such as energy conversion ...
Cyclometallated platinum compounds: optical and biological applications
[eng] This Doctoral Thesis is focused on the synthesis of cyclometallated platinum compounds with different structural modifications rationally designed specifically for biological or optical applications. Specifically, ...
Síntesis industrializable de fármacos: de la búsqueda de procesos al estudio básico de reacciones
[spa] En la industria farmacéutica es común buscar procesos alternativos de producción de fármacos comerciales o a punto de entrar en el mercado. En este trabajo, y en colaboración con Esteve Química S.A., se han buscado ...
COUPY coumarins as privileged scaffolds for the development of novel targeted fluorophores and metalbased PDT anticancer agents
[eng] In this Thesis, we have explored the applications in cancer diagnosis and therapy of COUPY fluorophores, a new family of compounds based on the coumarin structure and operating in the far-red to near infrared region ...
Synthesis and Study of Functionalized Porphyrins as Organophotoredox Catalysts
[eng] Visible-light photocatalysis is currently one of the hottest research areas in organic chemistry, due to the possibility that offers to form C-C and C-Het bonds in a green, non-toxic and efficient way. Although ...
Development of novel nanomedicines based on polyurethane-polyurea hybrid nanocapsules for cancer theragnosis
[eng] Nanomedicine is one of the cutting-edge fields in most of medical applications, specially, in oncology. The possibility to selectively vehiculize and specifically release a wide range of anticancer compounds gained ...
New organic semiconductors based on the carbazole core: synthesis and application in optoelectronic devices
[eng] The increasing demand on next-generation displays encourages an exhaustive research on the development of new and enhanced semiconductors. Apart from the conventional inorganic materials, organic-based semiconductors ...
P-Stereogenic ligands: synthesis and application to asymmetric hydrogenation
[eng] P-Stereogenic ligands have demonstrated to be highly efficient for asymmetric catalysis, especially in metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation reactions. Among them, those bearing bulky substituents at phosphorus ...
Optimización de etapas claves en la síntesis de Palmerolidas. Síntesis de la Palmerolida
[spa] En el primer bloque de la tesis describimos nuestra aproximación a la síntesis total de la Palmerolida D, un compuesto de gran interés, tanto por sus propiedades antitumorales como por la diversidad de reacciones ...
Understanding the physical origin, topology and strength of noncovalent interactions by means of computational tools
The structure and stability of molecules, the formation of supramolecular aggregates in the solid state or in solution and, therefore, many chemical and biological processes in which they participate depend heavily on ...
