Network Activities


PICT0001.JPG (268381 byte)  Kickoff Meeting, Area di Ricerca di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, February 12-13, 2004.

lisbon.jpg (401183 byte)  First Year Meeting, Istituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, February 4-5, 2005.

Mid Term Review and Second Year Meetings, Universidad de Almeria, Spain, December 20-21, 2005. 

Third Year Meeting, University of Debrecen, Hungary, January 12-13, 2007. 

toulouse.JPG   Fourth Year and Final Meeting, LCC-CNRS, Toulouse France, November 30- December 1, 20007 - together with CIAM Workshop

 

 

Secondment Activities

Who Where When To do what
V. Landaeta (CNR) INEOS 10-24/4/2005 Low T infrared studies on water soluble Ir hydride complexes. Operation of Specord M82 IR spectrometer. Variable temperature IR measurements in Carl Zeiss Jena cryostat (training by Dr Evgenii Gutsul)
P. Servin (LCC/a) CNR 1-28/5/2005 Catalytic tests using dendrimer-supported PTA complexes, use of autoclaves and GC (training by Dr L Gonsalvi)
Y. Karabach (IST) UD 16-26/6/2005 Use of a few copper complexes he had prepared in Lisbon as catalysts for the hydrogenation of 1-octen-3-ol to 1-octane-3-ol
C. Dinoi (LCC/b) UEN  

Training in 17O NMR spectroscopy  (10 h, training by Dr. Achim Zahl).
Training in UV-visible spectrophotometry (6h, training by Joo-Eun Jee). Operations of several UV-visible spectrophotometer: Shimadzu UV-2100, Hewlett-Packard 8542A, Varian Cary 1G

Operations of a SX 18.MV (Applied Photophysics) stopped-flow apparatus ( 12 h, training by Joo-Eun Jee)

Training in the Origin Computer Program (6 h, training by Joo-Eun Jee).

I. Mallqui (UAL) CNR 1/6-15/7/2005

Study of  catalytic hydrogenation of ketones and imines under biphasic aqueous conditions with complexes made at UAL.

Basic operations of Gas Chromatography (GC): 4 h (training by L. Gonsalvi)

High pressure reactions ("autoclave"): 6 h (training by L Gonsalvi)

A. Rossin (UAB) CNR 1/10-1/11/2005 Trained in setting up a laboratory for the synthesis and manipulation of organometallics compounds. (12 h training by Dr Gonsalvi, Mr Zanobini).
W. Wojtkow (UD) UAL 18/4-18/5/2006 Study of catalytic applications of new water soluble ruthenium complexes
C. Dinoi (LCC/b) HUJI 1/7-1/8/2006 Electrochemical and CV studies
N. Reddig (YoK) HUJI 7/2-124/2/2006 Electrochemical and CV studies
P. Servin (LCC/a) IST 17/6-16/7/2006  
P. Servin (LCC/a) UAL 11/11-10/12/2006  
M. Tristany (LCC/a) UD 12/11-10/12/2006 Application of water-soluble dendrimer-based catalysts fro the hydrogenation of phospholipid model membranes.

 

Visits excluding secondments

Who Where When To do what
R. Poli (LCC) UAB 20-21/1/2004 Research seminar, draft of joint publication, discussion of research plans
A. Romerosa (UAL) CNR 8-27/2/2004 Scientific discussions, draft of joint publications with CNR scientists
R. Poli (LCC) INEOS 29/05-08/06/2004  Conference: “Modern trends in organoelement and polymer chemistry. International conference dedicated to 50th anniversary of A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds”, Moscow, 30/05-4/06/2004; preparation of a first draft of a joint manuscript with INEOS scientists
L. Gonsalvi (CNR) UAL 10-20/6/2004 Scientific discussions, draft of joint publications with UAL scientists
A. Romerosa (UAL) INEOS 29/05-08/06/2004 Scientific discussions with INEOS scientists for collaborative research
M. Peruzzini (CNR) INEOS 29/05-08/06/2004  Conference: “Modern trends in organoelement and polymer chemistry. International conference dedicated to 50th anniversary of A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds”, Moscow, 30/05-4/06/2004

A.M. Caminade, J.P. Majoral (LCC)

UAB

19-21/09/04

Research seminar, discussion of research plans, attendance of bilateral (Midi-Pyrénées – Catalogne) scientific event.

R. Poli (LCC) UAB 19-21/09/04 Research seminar, discussion of results and research plans, attendance of bilateral (Midi-Pyrénées – Catalogne) scientific event.

M. Peruzzini, L. Gonsalvi (CNR
S. Duckett (YORK
A. Lledos, G. Ujaque (UAB)
E. Shubina, N. Belkova (INEOS)

LCC 1-2/10/04 Mid Term review and 2nd annual meeting of HYDROCHEM; planning of research activities within the framework of the AQUACHEM project.
E. Shubina (INEOS) LCC 25/09-03/10/04 Visit (guest professor): discussions, planning for the continuation of the collaboration
T. Campos (UAL) UD 23/09-08/11/04 Scientific collaboration. Study of the HCO3- , 1-octen-3-ol and 1-propen-3-ol hydrogenation and isomerisation promoted by water soluble ruthenium complexes
C. Ciardi (UAL) CNR 1/10-31/12/04 Scientific collaboration: Synthesis of functionalised phosphines. Shared thesis co-direction between UAL and CNR
A. Romerosa (UAL) CNR 20-27/11/2004 Research seminar, scientific discussions, draft of joint publications with CNR scientists
C. LIDRISSI (UAL) CNR

30/01-28/02/2005

Collaborative research: study of water soluble iron complexes
R. PERUTZ (YoK) CNRS

28/2/05–21/03/05

Collaborative research and scientific discussion
C. CIARDI (UAL) CNR

01/06-01/08/2005

Scientific collaboration: Synthesis of Rh and Ir complexes with new hydrosoluble phosphines. Shared thesis co-direction between UAL and CNR
E. GUTSUL (INEOS) CNR 15/06-15/11/2005 Collaborative research: Synthesis of hydrides and macrocyclic complexes
S. MAÑAS (UAL) CNR

26/07-05/09/2005

Scientific collaboration: Synthesis of water soluble PTA complexes
A. J. L. POMBEIRO (IST) INEOS

28-31/08/2005

Visit to discuss on-going research and plan future work.
N. BELKOVA (INEOS) CNR

05/09-16/09/2005

Visit: discussions, planning for the continuation of the collaboration, preparation of a manuscript.
M. BAYA (LCC/b) INEOS 02/10-30/10/2005 Collaborative research: Study of hydrogen-bonding and proton transfer involving diamagnetic and paramagnetic hydride complexes
M. SAOUD (UAL) CNR 15/10-17/12/2005 Visit; discussions, preparation of PhDThesis
M. PERUZZINI (CNR) UAL 16-17/12/2005 Visit; discussions, planning of future collaboration
N. BELKOVA (INEOS) UAB

15-18/12/2005

Discussion and draft of joint publications
G. KOVACS (UD) UAB 1/03/05-30/05/05 Visit: Three months research stay. Training in computational techniques and collaborative work
A. Romerosa (UAL) CNR 11-14/7/2006 Research seminar, scientific discussions, draft of joint publications with CNR scientists

 

 

Joint presentations at International Meetings (ER/ESR names bold underlined)

1.       (CNR-UAL) Bolaño, S.; Gonsalvi, L.; Zanobini, F.; Vizza, F.; Bertolasi, V.; Romerosa, A.; Peruzzini, M.

Regioselective hydrogenation of benzylidene acetone and cinnamaldehyde catalysed by water soluble ruthenium complexes. 

Summer School on Green Chemistry – 7th Edition, Venezia, Italy,  5-11 September 2004. (abstract)

 

2.       (CNR-UAL) Romerosa, A.; Campos, T.; Lidrissi, C. Saoud, M.; Serrano, M.;  Gonsalvi, L.; Bolaño, S.;Peruzzini, M.

New water soluble vinylidene and allenylidene ruthenium complexes containing hydrosoluble phosphines and cyclopentadiene derivatives. 

Green Solvents for Synthesis – Bruchsal, Germany,  3-6 October 2004. (abstract)