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2025
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L. Raineri, V. Morlacci, A. M. Constantin, A. Voronov, G. Maestri, N. Della Ca’, L. Capaldo "Aliphatic Aldehydes as CO Surrogates via Photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer" Green Chem. 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5GC03981A
E. Cassera, V. Martini, V. Morlacci, S. Abrami, N. Della Ca’, D Ravelli, M. Fagnoni, L. Capaldo “A Decarbonylative Strategy to Enhance Efficiency and Regioselectivity in Photocatalyzed Hydrogen-Atom Transfer” JACS Au 2025, 5, 3491-3499. DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.5c00530
J. Djossou, L. Capaldo, D. Snabilie, M. Regnier, A. Monopoli, B. de Bruin, T. Noël "Rapid Methylation of Aryl Bromides Using Air-Stable DABCO-Bis(Trimethylaluminum) via Nickel Metallaphotoredox Catalysis" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202508710, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202508710
F. Sacchelli, E. Quadri, L. Raineri, A. Jorea, M. Pessina, A. Lo Presti, N. Della Ca’, D. Ravelli, L. Capaldo “A Telescoped Strategy for the Preparation of Five-Membered Hetero- and Carbocycles via Hydrogen Atom Transfer Photocatalysis in Flow” ChemSusChem 2025, 18, e202501012 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202501012
A. M. Constantin, F. Mele, M. Lanzi, G. Maestri, R. Maggi, N. Della Ca’, L. Capaldo “Mechanochemical Aerobic Activation of Metallic Copper for the Synthesis of 1,4-Allenynes” ChemSusChem 2025, 18, e202500211, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202500211
F. Mele, A. Aquilini, A. M. Constantin, F. Pancrazzi, L. Righi, A. Porcheddu, R. Maggi, D. A. Cauzzi, G. Maestri, E. Motti, L. Capaldo, N. Della Ca' “Mechanochemical Activation of NaHCO3: A Solid CO2 Surrogate in Carboxylation Reactions” ChemSusChem 2025, 18, e202500461, DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202500461
F. Mele, A. M Constantin, A. Porcheddu, R. Maggi, G. Maestri, N. Della Ca’, L. Capaldo “Photomechanochemistry: harnessing mechanical forces to enhance photochemical reactions” Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 458-472, DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.21.33
D. Schiroli, A. Voronov, F. Pancrazzi, N. Iraci, S. V. Giofrè, B. Macchi, V. Stefanizzi, R. Mancuso, B. Gabriele, P. P. Mazzeo, L. Capaldo, N. Della Ca' “Direct Access to α,β-Unsaturated γ-Lactams via Palladium-Catalysed Carbonylation of Propargylic Ureas” Adv. Synth. Cat. 2024, 367, e202401183, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202401183
2024
F. Mele, A. M. Constantin, F. Sacchelli, D. Schiroli, P. P. Mazzeo, G. Maestri, E. Motti, R. Maggi, R. Mancuso, B. Gabriele, F. Pancrazzi, N. Della Ca’ "Sequential Glaser reaction - diastereoselective cyclocarboxylation of propargylamines with CO2: a green catalytic access to bis-oxazolidinonedienes and their topochemical polymerization" Green Chem. 2024, 26, 6429-6435, DOI: 10.1039/D4GC00818A
S. Bonciolini, A. Pulcinella, M. Leone, D. Schiroli, A. Luguera Ruiz, A. Sorato, M. A. J. Dubois, R. Gopalakrishnan, G. Masson, N. Della Ca’, S. Protti, M. Fagnoni, E. Zysman-Colman, M. Johansson, T. Noël "Metal-free photocatalytic cross-electrophile coupling enables C1 homologation and alkylation of carboxylic acids with aldehydes" Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 1509, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45804-z
A. Capucciati, L. Baraglia, E. Cassera, D. Merli, L. Capaldo, D. Ravelli “Selective Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyls under Decatungstate‐Mediated Photoelectrochemical Conditions” Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202402986, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202402986
L. Capaldo, T. Wan, R. Mulder, J. Djossou, T. Noël “Visible Light-Induced Halogen-Atom Transfer by N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Ligated Boryl Radicals for Diastereoselective C (sp3)–C (sp2) Bond Formation” Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 14844-14850, DOI: 10.1039/D4SC02962C
T. Wan, L. Ciszenski, D. Ravelli, L. Capaldo “Photoinduced Intermolecular Radical Hydroalkylation of Olefins via Ligated Boryl Radicals-Mediated Halogen Atom Transfer” Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 5839-5843, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02034
A. Voronov, A. Casnati, M. Hoch, F. Pancrazzi, P. P. Mazzeo, D. Merli, G. Maestri, P. P. Fehér, A. Stirling, L. Capaldo, N. Della Ca'
“Photocatalyzed Aerobic Dearomatization of Naphthylamines under Visible-Light Irradiation” Adv. Synth. Cat. 2024, 366, 4187-4193, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202400281
T. Wan, L. Capaldo, J. Djossou, A. Staffa, F. de Zwart, B. de Bruin, T. Noël “Rapid and Scalable Photocatalytic C(sp2)–C(sp3) Suzuki−Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Aryl Bromides with Alkyl Boranes” Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4028, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48212-5
A. Brion, V. Martini, M. Lombard, P. Retailleau, N. Della Ca’, L. Neuville, G. Masson "Phenolic Dienes as Highly Selective Dienophiles in the Asymmetric Organocatalyzed Three-Component Vinylogous Povarov Reaction" J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 12298-12306, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01239
K. Anwar, L. Capaldo, T. Wan, T. Noël, A. Gómez-Suárez “Modular synthesis of congested β2,2-amino acids via the merger of photocatalysis and oxidative functionalisations” Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 1456-1459, DOI: 10.1039/D3CC06172H
D. Olivieri, M. Verboni, R. Tarroni, S. Zacchini, S. Lucarini, N. Della Ca', R. Mancuso, B. Gabriele, C. Carfagna "Versatile stereoselective oxidative alkoxycarbonylation of styrenes at room-temperature" J. Catal. 2024, 432, 115397, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115397
2023
A. Voronov, L. Capaldo “Merging photoinduced protic HAT and radical-polar crossover for olefin difunctionalization” Chem Catal. 2023, 3, 100847, DOI: 10.1016/j.checat.2023.100847
V. Botla, M. Fontana, A. Voronov, R. Maggi, E. Motti, G. Maestri, N. Della Ca' "Closing the Cycle as It Begins: Synthesis of ortho-Iodobiaryls via Catellani Reaction" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202218928, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218928
D. I. Ioannou, L. Capaldo, J. Sanramat, J. N. H. Reek, T. Noël “Accelerated Electrophotocatalytic C(sp3)−H Heteroarylation Enabled by an Efficient Continuous-Flow Reactor” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 52, e202315881, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315881
R. Costa e Silva, C. Vega, M. Regnier, L. Capaldo, L. Wesenberg, G. Lowe, K. Thiago de Oliveira, T. Noël “Electrosynthesis of Aryliminophosphoranes in Continuous Flow” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 366, 955–960, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202300635
L. Capaldo, Z. Wen, T. Noël “A field guide to flow chemistry for synthetic organic chemists” Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 4230–4247, DOI: 10.1039/D3SC00992K
T. Wan, L. Capaldo, D. Ravelli, W. Vitullo, F. J. de Zwart, B. de Bruin, T. Noël “Photoinduced Halogen-Atom Transfer by N-heterocyclic carbene-ligated boryl radicals for C(sp3)−C(sp3) bond formation” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 991–999, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10444
A. Voronov, F. Pancrazzi, A. M. Constantin, R. Maggi, R. Mancuso, B. Gabriele, D. Olivieri, C. Carfagna, A. Casnati, F. Rispoli, L. Baldini, N. Della Ca' "Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Multifunctionalized Substituted Alkynes to Quinolinone Derivatives under Mild Conditions" Chin. J. Chem. 2023, 41, 3223-3228, DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300337
R. Mancuso, A. De Salvo, P. Russo, A. Falcicchio, N. Della Ca’, L. Pantoja Munoz, B. Gabriele "Palladium Iodide-Catalyzed Selective Carbonylative Double Cyclization of 4-(2-Aminophenyl)-3-yn-1-ols to Dihydrofuroquinolinone Derivatives" Chin. J. Chem. 2023, 41, 2801-2809, DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300277
B. Gabriele, N. Della Ca', R. Mancuso, L. Veltri, I. Ziccarelli "Amidine‒ and guanidine‒based synthetic methods for CO2 capture and utilization" Curr. Opin. Green Sus. Chem. 2023, 41, 100793, DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100793
A. Voronov, A. Casnati, P. P. Mazzeo, P. Pelagatti, A. Bacchi, R. Mancuso, B. Gabriele, E. Motti, G. Maestri, P. Pál Fehér, A. Stirling, N. Della Ca' "Unexpected Stereoselective Access to 2-Aminooxazolines from Propargyl Ureas by Silver Salts under Mild Conditions" Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365, 1646-1653, DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202200950
D. Olivieri, R. Tarroni, S. Zacchini, N. Della Ca', R. Mancuso, B. Gabriele, G. Spadoni, C. Carfagna "Regioselective one-step alkoxy-aryloxycarbonylation of alkenes" J. Catal. 2024, 432, 115397, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2023.03.008