Contacts:
Supervisor(s):
Prof. Fabio Marchetti and Dr. Lorenzo Biancalana
Title of the PhD project:
Exploring reactivity pathways on a diiron framework to access new organometallic complexes for aqueous applications.
Abstract of the PhD project:
Sara’s PhD project focuses on the chemistry of diiron complexes based on the [Fe2Cp2] skeleton. The cooperative effects between the two iron centres enable unusual reactivity patterns, offering much scope for the functionalization of bridging hydrocarbyl ligands and leading to a variety of organometallic structures. One of the main goals of Sara’s project is to synthetise new water soluble bis-cationic complexes for potential medicinal and catalytic applications.
Publications:
• Benetti, S., Dalla Pozza, M., Biancalana, L., Zacchini, S., Gasser, G., Marchetti, F., The beneficial effect of cyclohexyl substituent on the in vitro anticancer activity of diiron vinyliminium complexes, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 5724. DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00186e
Oral communications at conferences
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Poster communications at conferences:
• “The Beneficial Effect of Cyclohexyl Substituent on the In Vitro Anticancer Activity of Diiron Vinyliminium Complexes”, S. Benetti, M. Dalla Pozza, L. Biancalana, S. Zacchini, G. Gasser, F. Marchetti. XLIX Congresso Nazionale di Chimica Inorganica (Italian National Convention of Inorganic Chemistry), organized by the Italian Chemical Society, Perugia, 12-15 September 2023.
• “A New Class of Ferrabenzenes Obtained from Diiron precursors”, S. Benetti, L. Biancalana, F. Marchetti, G. Pampaloni, S. Zacchini. XIV International School of Organometallic Chemistry 2023, University of Camerino, 7-11 September 2023.
• “Fe-coordinated Functionalized Ferrabenzenes from Diiron Precursors”, S. Benetti, L. Biancalana, M. Bortoluzzi, F. Marchetti, G. Pampaloni, S. Zacchini. Chemistry for the Future 2023, Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, 28-30 June 2023.
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