Saturday March 28– News from Units Chair Prof Fabio Ragaini 9.15-9.30 Carlo Nervi University of Torino Recent activities from Torino Research Units 9:30-9:40 Alceo Macchioni University of Perugia Iridium water oxidation catalysts immobilized onto titania 9:40-9:50 Ferdinando Costantino University of Perugia Layered inorgano-organic materials, based on phosphonates and hydrotalcites, for catalytic applications in sustainalble processes 9.50-10.05 Claudio Pellecchia University of Salerno Recent activities from Salerno Research Units 10.05-10.20 Francesco Ruffo University of Napoli Homogeneous catalysis for the production of biobiofuels and biochemicals 10.20-10.35 Michele Aresta University of Bari Recent activities from Bari Research Units 10.35-11.50 CIRCC Assembly Meeting: Future activities 12.00 Closing XII PhD Day BARI Villa Larocca, via Celso Ulpiani 27 70126 Bari, Italy 27-28 March 2015 Sede Legale: Università di Pisa, Via Risorgimento 35, 56126 Pisa Sede amministrativa ed operativa: Università di Bari, Via Celso Ulpiani 27, 70126 Bari Tel.: +39 080 5442428 - Fax: +39 080 5442429 Posta elettronica: [email protected], [email protected] Sito web: http://www.circc.uniba.it Friday March 27—PhD Day 9.00-9.05 Michele Aresta CIRCC 9.05-9.25 Introduction to CSCT and catalysis activities at the Janet Scott University of Bath, UK University of Bath Opening and Chair Angela Dibenedetto CIRCC CIRCC activities Chair Dr Davide Mattia Ilaria Corbucci University of Perugia Substantial improvement of pyridine-carbene iridium water oxidation catalysts by a simple Methyl-to-Octyl substitution Mattia Bartoli 10.05-10.25 University of Firenze Efficient disposal of waste polycarbonates: degradation through microwave assisted hydrolyisis 9.25-9.45 9.45-10.05 Bill Cunnigham 10:25-10.45 A catalytic flow synthesis of paracetamol from limonene University of Bath, UK Marc Renom-Carrasco New chiral (cyclopentadienone)iron complexes 10:45-11.05 University of Milano catalysts for ketone asymmetric hydrogenation as 12.45-13.05 Cristiana Cesari 13.05-15.05 Lunch Synthesis of novel Ru N-Heterocyclic carbene com- Chair Prof Osvaldo Lanzalunga 15.05-15.25 Federico Franco University of Torino Recent developments in Group VI and VII transition metal homogeneous catalysts for CO2 electroand photoreduction 15.25-15.45 Gold-doped ceria catalysts for pollution remediaShawn Rood University of Bath, UK tion 15.45-16.05 Sara Durini University of Insubria Synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties of d10-metals luminescent compounds 16.05-16.25 Antonella Angelini University of Bari Synthesis of diethylcarbonate by ethanolysis urea 16.25-16.45 Break of News from Research Units 11.05-11.25 Break 11.25-11.45 Chair Prof Claudio Pellecchia Alessia Barbieri University of Roma Role of electron transfer processes in the Ndemethylation of N,N dimethylanilines and S-Oxidation of aromatic sulfides promoted by the Nonheme Iron Complex [FeII(N4Py)](OTf)2 Towards a new bifunctional catalyst for tandem reactions 11:45-12.05 Claudia Miceli University of Padova 12.05-12.25 Paul McKeown Sustainable polymerisation in scCO2 University of Bath, UK 12:25-12.45 Gabriele Agonigi University of Pisa Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of new ruthenium and osmium complexes with ethacrynic acid derived ligands Chair Prof Giulia Licini 16.45-17.00 Laura Torrente Catalysis and process integration University of Bath, UK 17.00-17.15 Matthew Davidson Catalysis for renewable polymers University of Bath, UK 17.15-17.30 Homogenous catalysis and chemical transformaChris Frost University of Bath, UK tions 17.30-17.45 Stefano Brenna University of Insubria Recent activities from Insubria Research Units 17:45-18.00 Luca Rosi University of Firenze Recent activities from Firenze Research Units