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RESET Principles in Design of Chiral Cyclopentadienyl Ligands with Adjustable Steric Elements

Project ID: NPOO.C3.2.R2-I1.06.0022

Project Description

Chiral cyclopentadienyl (Cp) catalysts are exceptional tools for inducing stereodivergent interactions between achiral molecules. These essential interactions result from the geometrical arrangement of a chiral pocket modeled by a chiral Cp-ligand that surrounds the central metal atom. Any alteration in ligand architecture is reflected in the overall stereoelectronic nature of the chiral Cp-catalyst. Consequently, the efficiency of a chiral catalyst is indivisible from the means of synthesis of a chiral ligand and the level of structural modularity that specific synthetic design allows. 

This project is financed by the European Union - NextGenerationEU through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan 2021-2026. 

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September 6, 2026

Solutions in Chemistry 2026, Rijeka

Our Master’s student Josip Mikulić and PhD student Filip Duplić attended Solutions in Chemistry in Rijeka from 1–5 September 2026. Filip gave an oral presentation entitled “Zr-Mediated Alkyne Cyclization Toward Chiral Multisubstituted Cyclopentadienyl Ligands with Various Backbone Structures,” while Josip presented a poster entitled “Tailoring High Molecular Diversity Through Carbene...
August 28, 2026

ISHC2026 Conference, Shanghai

Marko, Nikola, and other members of the SynMeth Lab attended the ISHC 2026 conference in Shanghai from August 23–28. During the conference, they had the opportunity to attend a series of excellent lectures and scientific talks, exchange ideas with researchers from around the world, and present their own research through...
July 31, 2026

Marko Purić’s MOBDOK stay at the Max Planck Institute

Marko Purić completed a MOBDOK research stay in Dr. Guanqi Qiu’s group at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research from March 31 to July 31. During his stay, he worked on the synthesis of target molecules and the characterization of reaction products, with particular emphasis on monitoring product distributions...
July 10, 2026

BOSS XIX, 19th Belgian Organic Synthesis Symposium

From July 5–10, 2026, Nikola attended BOSS XIX, where he presented a poster entitled Photogenerated Carbenes as a Synthetic Brush: Dearomatization and Non-Covalent Control of Reactivity. ...

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