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Marcus Reitti is this year's Sigrid Arrhenius fellow
- The Faculty of Science at Stockholm University has appointed the recipient of the 2018 scholarship from the Sigrid Arrhenius fund. The scholarship rewards an outstanding research project leading to a doctorate. The recipient of the scholarship is awarded SEK 46,000.
- The winner of this year's scholarship is Marcus Reitti from the Department of Organic Chemistry. Reitti is expected to complete his doctorate by the end of 2018. His research project focuses on development of efficient synthetic methodology under metal-free conditions, and mechanistic studies of reactions with hypervalent iodine reagents. Sigrid Arrhenius fellow
Kungligt stipendium till kemist
- Maxim Galkin, forskare vid Institutionen för organisk kemi i Joseph Samecs forskargrupp, får ett kungligt stipendium på 85 000 kronor för sin forskning kring bomull och plast från rester av svenskt skogsbruk.
- Stiftelsen Konung Carl XVI Gustafs 50-årsfond för vetenskap, teknik och miljö tillkom i samband med kungens 50-årsdag. Det skedde på initiativ av Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien, Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien, Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien och Sveriges Industriförbund (nuv. Svenskt Näringsliv) med ändamål att främja forskning, teknisk utveckling och företagande, som bidrar till uthålligt nyttjande av naturresurserna och bevarande av biologisk mångfald.
- Stiftelsens styrelse har beslutat dela ut 15 stipendier, varav ett går till Maxim Galkin vid Institutionen för organisk kemi, Stockholms universitet. Kung Carl XVI Gustaf delar ut stipendierna vid en mottagning på Kungliga Slottet den 25 maj.
Framtidens förnyelsebara resurser
- Belén Martín-Matute, Institutionen för organkemi, får Göran Gustafssonpriset i kemi 2018 för "utveckling av nya metoder för metallorganisk katalys."
- Belén Martín-Matute riktar in sig mot utveckling av nya katalytiska processer för att skapa kol-kol och kol-heteroatombindningar. Det handlar bland annat om att omvandla vatten och koldioxid till kemiska produkter utan att behöva hantera farliga mellanled. Heteroatomer, som syre, kväve och halogener (fluor, klor, brom och jod) är vanligt förekommande i läkemedel och jordbrukskemikalier. De bindningarna är därför extra intressanta att skapa.
- Huvuddelen i Belén Martín-Matutes forskning är att prioritera hållbarhet i metoderna som utvecklas av hennes forskargrupp. Hon använder miljövänliga lösningsmedel och mångsidiga, stabila och strukturellt simpla, men fortfarande effektiva, katalysatorer. Belén Martín-Matutes metoder ger högt utbyte vid milda temperaturer. Hennes forskning fokuserar även på förädling av biomassa och koldioxid för att undvika bildandet av avfall och för att kunna hitta nya förnybara resurser för kemiindustrin.
- The Japan Research Foundation for Optically Active Compounds
announces the recipient of The Yamada-Koda Prize 2017
Jan-E. Bäckvall- The Yamada-Koga Prize, consisting of a medal, a plaque, 500,000 Japanese yen and travel expenses to Japan, is awarded every year to a scientist whose research has had a major impact in the fields of the synthesis of optically active compounds. The Prize was founded in 1995 to commemorate the great contributions to the science in this field by the late Professor Shun-ichi Yamada and the late Professor Kenji Koda. The Yamada-Koga Prize will be awarded to Professor Jan-E. Bäckvall on December 15, 2017, at the 27th Symposium on Optically Active Compounds held in Tokyo, Japan.
Pris till metallorganisk kemist
- Uppsala universitet har utsett 2017 års mottagare av Ulla och Stig Holmquists vetenskapliga pris i organisk kemi.
Priset går till Kálmán J. Szabó, professor i organisk kemi med inriktning mot metallorganisk kemi vid Stockholms universitet.
Motiveringen lyder:
Professor Kálmán J. Szabó får priset för sin skicklighet att syntetisera metallorganiska föreningar vilka till exempel kan innehålla bor eller kisel och som kan användas för framställning av olika typer av bioaktiva föreningar.
Szabó blandar skickligt användningen av teoretiska metoder och modelleringar som kvantmekanik med experiment för att belysa och förstå kemiska reaktionsförlopp. Detta har lagt grunden till hans utveckling av kemin kring så kallade pincer-komplex för katalys, vilket är vissa typer av metaller som kan binda hårt till organiska molekyler och fungera som katalysatorer.
Read article (swedish): Kemivärlden BiotechBelén Martín-Matute berättar om vägen till att bli professor
- Med hjälp av rätt lärare och rätt forskningsstöd vid rätt tidpunkt blev karriärresan verklighet för Belén Martín-Matute, professor inom organisk kemi vid Stockholms universitet.
More effective and environmentally-friendly methods for chemical synthesis
- Chemical synthesis of everything from pharmaceuticals to new materials often requires the use of toxic solvents and metals. Wallenberg Academy Fellow Abraham Mendoza will expand the chemists' toolbox with more sustainable methods. Inspired by nature, he uses the energy of light to control and catalyse environmentally friendly chemical reactions.
Twentieth century developments in chemical synthesis have been necessary for our modern world; they have been fundamental to the manufacture of effective pharmaceuticals, material for roads and illuminated molecules for mobile displays, to name a few things. The benefits for mankind are reflected in how 58 of 108 Nobel Prizes in Chemistry have been awarded to discoveries related to the development of new synthesis methods.
However, one problem in chemical synthesis is that reactions are often based upon toxic solvents and expensive metals. Some substances also require synthesis to be carried out in many steps, which increases waste and is expensive. Dr. Abraham Mendoza from Stockholm University is therefore working on the development of more effective and environmentally friendly tools for chemists. Using light energy and cheap elements such as aluminium, lithium and iron, he wakes chemical molecules to life and facilitates chemical reactions. He will also develop chemical catalysts that can enable the re-use of waste from the petrochemical industry.
- We are developing methods for a faster and more effective manufacture of chemicals using reagents that are already in the labs. But we make them behave differently by using LED-light chains such as the ones you may have at home, Abraham Mendoza says.
The reactions that Abraham Mendoza is rationalizing are foundational for chemists and may thus contribute to more sustainable chemistry in many different industries.
- I am very happy for Wallenberg Academy Fellowship giving me and my research group the stability needed to reach such ambitious goal, he says.
Knut och Alice Wallenberg Project Grant for Prof. Belén Martín-Matute
- Professor Belén Martín-Matute, Department of Organic Chemistry, got 35.785 million kronor for her project "Catalytic Composites for Sustainable Synthesis."
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The world has an abundance of water and carbon dioxide, but they are too stable to be of interest to industry. However, with one oxygen atom removed, they become hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide respectively. Both of these are extremely useful in plastics, agricultural chemicals and lubricants. The problem is that hydrogen gas is extremely flammable when mixed with air and that carbon monoxide is deadly when breathed. But, if you could use them as soon as they're made you could sidestep that dangerous middle stage.
‐ By using a porous composite material, hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide can be used in the next chemical process immediately. So we can use renewable resources without needing complicated experimental setup while also minimising the risk to people who work with the chemicals, says Belén Martín-Matute.
Belén Martín-Matute.
Foto: Anneli Larsson.
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Department of Organic Chemistry
The research activities at the department cover many areas of experimental and theoretical organic chemistry, including selective synthesis, transition metal-catalyzed organic transformations, hypervalent iodine chemistry, green chemistry, PET chemistry and bioorganic chemistry as well as medicinal chemistry at the DDD platform at SciLifeLab.
The education offered at the department includes several courses at the bachelor level, and a master program in organic chemistry. In addition, we offer practical projects in the research front, which regularly attract exchange students to the department. We have a comprehensive research education program, with about 40 PhD students, in organic chemistry.
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