Paolo Melchiorre
@Melchiorre_P
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Chemist, Professor @Unibo, Group Leader @MelchiorreGroup, Associate Editor @ChemicalScience, dad of 2, husband, Italian, wine-lover, and much more
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Joined February 2016
Pleased that, as of today, I am joining my Alma Mater the University of Bologna @unibo as Professor of #Chemistry. I will work at the Industrial Chemistry Dept, in brand new facilities at #PoloNavile – exciting times ahead, looking forward to contribute #backtoItaly
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Pleased to share our latest work in @Nature. This paper wraps up our research at @ICIQchem , and I’m grateful for their incredible support! Looking forward to continuing the journey with the @MelchiorreGroup @Unibo !.
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Our latest work on .asymmetric cross-couplings enabled by photoexcitation of an iridium complex is out @NatureChemistry - congrats everyone @MelchiorreGroup
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Our latest work has just been published in @J_A_C_S - congrats @MelchiorreGroup #EDAcomplex #photochemistry Tetrachlorophthalimides as Organocatalytic Acceptors for Electron Donor–Acceptor Complex Photoactivation
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Finally out! special issue @ACSChemRev on Photochemical Catalytic Processes. I thank all the colleagues and friends, who contributed spectacular reviews .Chemical Reviews
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Curious to know how it’s possible to stitch together two olefins with just two simple catalysts? Check out this paper just published @J_A_C_S Kudos to Wei, Igor and the entire team @MelchiorreGroup #openaccess
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Good news today – a real honour receiving the 2021 Pedler Award from @RoySocChem Many thanks to my dear @LornaPiazzi for her continuous support and to all past and present members @MelchiorreGroup, who share this recognition with me. #RSCPrizes
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Very pleased to embark on the PHOTOZYME #ERCAdg project, blending #enzymes & #light to craft useful molecules. Grateful to @ERC_research —it's a testament to the work and creativity of past & present young researchers at @MelchiorreGroup Exciting times ahead! @Unibo.
📣 Good news today for 255 outstanding research leaders who have been offered ERC Advanced Grants. The new funding, worth nearly €652 million, is part of the 🇪🇺EU’s #HorizonEurope programme. Read more 👉 #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch @EUScienceInnov
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Today is particular day for me, which requires a special wine - the last one I shared with Kilian. Toast my Friend
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Today Kilian would have turned 50. Toast my friend, wherever you are
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the day when your son leaves home, heading to @VUamsterdam, and you are happy for him enjoying youth and independence, and you smile at him – but damn you know you’ll miss him @LornaPiazzi
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Our latest study is out @angew_chem - congrats to the entire @MelchiorreGroup and to Shuo, an incredibly talented young chemist. Photochemical Synthesis of Thioesters from Aryl Halides and Carboxylic Acids -
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During the lab move at @unibo plesso Navile, my very first lab notebook was found – I ran this rx exactly 25 years ago… #Nozaki-Hiyama #chromium-salen #asymmetric_catalysis – thanks @M_BANDINI_GROUP for the ‘re-discovery’
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Our first journey in biocatalysis - free to read in @angew_chem My thanks to @tseliouvas and the entire @MelchiorreGroup.
Check out this article from @angew_chem titled "Enantioselective Biocascade Catalysis with a Single Multifunctional Enzyme.". Read here: #Free to access for a limited time. (Melchiorre) @Melchiorre_P, @MelchiorreGroup
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Ready for the tomorrow event on ‘Dream Reactions’ in the beautiful #Münster with @GloriusFrank and @ChemistryKoenig
"Dream Reactions" for a sustainable future.Tomorrow/Thursday, get ready for: .great science🧑🔬⚗️🍃, a castle🏰, free food/drinks, a lovely community😀, (horses outside). @uni_muenster @GloriusGroup .Attached the final schedule. Last minute registration (free) still possible.
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So proud of these two great chemists @dmac68 and @ben_list #organocatalysis #nobel #chemistry - congrats extended to their teams @MacMillan_Lab @ListLaboratory
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Check out the latest work from @MelchiorreGroup on catalytic donors for photoactive EDA complex - congrats to Edu, Wei, @DavideSpinnato2.
Modular class of organic catalysts that as donors can readily form photoactive electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes with a variety of radical precursors @MelchiorreGroup @Melchiorre_P
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Great first day at @ChemicalScience symposium on #Sustainability - great talks by @dmac68 @danithechemist @LeonoriLab @MatthewGaunt8; great to help organising with @MayCopsey @andrei_yudin
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Interested in what catalysis can do for a sustainable future? Join us and our keynote speaker @dmac68 at #ChemSciSymposium in London next November 10-11, 2022. @ChemicalScience .Full details here (hybrid meeting): .Learn more:
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A real honour and pleasure to join @ChemicalScience .Looking forward to receiving your best chemistry work!.
We are excited to announce that Professor Paolo Melchiorre @Pamelck has joined the Chemical Science team as an Associate Editor. Paolo will be handling submissions in the areas of organic chemistry, photochemistry, asymmetric catalysis and organocatalysis:
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Check out our latest paper on the design of a new strong photoreductant - open access in @angew_chem - congrats to @MelchiorreGroup @FlorianSchiel @Unibo @ICIQchem -
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9/9/09 - 9/9/19.10 years ago I joined @ICIQchem and @icreacommunity (time flies) - extremely pleased to be back again full time to my scientific home. We will keep having fun @MelchiorreGroup !!
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Great time in #Tarragona @ICIQchem with friends @samilakhdar1 @ben_list @CasadevallCarla @JorgensenGroup @TortosaLab @rmartinICIQ #JoseManuel and 2 freshly minted PhD students @emilien_ls @Georgiou__Eleni
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Giacomo & @DanieleMazzare are making chiral molecules using toluene and visible light. Congrats guys!! @MelchiorreGroup Read how in @J_A_C_S #ASAP Asymmetric Photocatalytic C–H Functionalization of Toluene and Derivatives
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our Perspective on the Photoactivity of Electron-Donor Acceptor Complexes is out in @J_A_C_S - great job @MelchiorreGroup @GEMCrisenza & @DMZ_MazDa
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Our last scientific effort of 2022 @MelchiorreGroup - enjoy the Holiday season.
Photochemical Organocatalytic Functionalization of Pyridines via Pyridinyl Radicals @Unibo @MelchiorreGroup @TotalSyntheses #Photochemical #Organocatalytic #Functionalization #Pyridines #PyridinylRadical
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For many reasons, this will remain one of my favorite publications (the only one with #Kilian). @GroupMuniz started the project and it was an honor to conclude it with @DavideSpinnato2 and Eleni - @ChemicalScience @MelchiorreGroup .
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After 13 years @ICIQchem it is time for a change. I thank all ICIQers and wish all the very best - I really had a great time. Many thanks also for allowing part of @Melchiorregroup to finish their research in #Tarragona.
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Our efforts to highlight the importance of Mechanistic Studies in Photocatalysis is online @angew_chem My big thank you to @Luca_Buzzetti @GEMCrisenza - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library
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Great to meet good friends @GordonConf on Organic Reactions & Processes @ChristmannGroup @Silicon_Martin
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#IASOC22 Great line-up of speakers and unique location @iasoc_sci Ischia 23-26 Sept 2022, with @dmac68 @Schoenebeck_Lab @MatthewGaunt8 @rmartinICIQ @HoveydaLab @anatmilo @bode_lab @CarreiraGroup @stuartcantrill @MarcellaBonchio - info
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🚀 Exciting Opportunity! 🚀.Join @MelchiorreGroup as a Project Manager for @ERC_Research AdG #PHOTOZYME project @Unibo!.Requirements: Italian & English proficiency; proactive; problem-solving skills.Apply now: #ProjectManagement #JobOpening #Bologna.
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Intramolecular EDA complex and asymmetric photocatalysis - check it out @NatureComms congrats to Zhong-Yan & Tamal @MelchiorreGroup
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Also a thought to Karl Anker, a real giant of amino catalysis #organocatalysis, and his team @JorgensenGroup.
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The periodic table according to RM - Vladimir Gevorgyan introducing @rmartinICIQ .Great fun and great chemistry at #BOS18 in #Tallinn @thiemechemistry @ICIQchem @MartinLab_ICIQ
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@KarlGademann Thrilled to join the #Bürgenstock2025 team as Vice-President for 2025! It is an honor to contribute to this iconic event. I’ll do my best to deliver on the weather! 🌤️ #Bürgenstock2025 #GreatScience.
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Great time in #Canada visiting @McGillChemistry @uOttawaCHM and #universitedeMontreal and meeting giants of organic (photo)chemistry - a big thank you to all my hosts!
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We were lucky to have you with us at @MelchiorreGroup for 3 years - many thanks for everything @GEMCrisenza - Now time for a new adventure @GroupProcter - the best of luck!.
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And freely available to read #authorchoice.
Photoexcitation of electron-donor acceptor (EDA) complexes kindles the synthetic potential of radical photochemistry. A Perspective by the @MelchiorreGroup outlines milestones and future directions.
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We are kicking off the ICIQ virtual seminar series next Friday May 22, at 12:00 (CET), with a talk from our @AntonioMEchavar (@Echavarren_Lab) You can join us via ZOOM – free registration at
#dontmiss our first ICIQ online #seminar by @AntonioMEchavar (@Echavarren_Lab) He'll talk about "Gold Carbenes: Applications and Complications" (via ZOOM) #chemistry #ICIQGroupLeadersSeries.Register here:
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Our latest work on photochemical cascade catalysis is out in @angew_chem - congrats Lukasz and Giandomenico! Now time to relax
Enantioselective Photochemical Organocascade Catalysis (Melchiorre)
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Last effort before of summer break - congrats to Pablo, Yannick and @chemistrytime. Photo‐Organocatalytic Enantioselective Radical Cascade Reactions of Unactivated Olefins - Bonilla - - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library
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The last effort of @MelchiorreGroup to facilitate photoinduced redox processes using a #nickel complex as an electron mediator just published in @angew_chem. Many thanks to Luca, Thomas and @Luca_Buzzetti for the great job.
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Progetto Photozyme: con enzimi e luce solare la sintesi chimica delle molecole diventa sostenibile @Unibo @ERC_Research
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Congrats @MargheritaZani2 & @emilien_ls Ana all @MelchiorreGroup - great way to start the year! Photochemical Organocatalytic Benzylation of Allylic C–H Bonds
Our first paper of the year is now out in @J_A_C_S ! 🥳🍾 Check out how a single thiol catalyst allows direct benzylation of C-H allylic bonds through sequential EDA complex and HAT activations 👉
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And here the full-text access to a view-only version of the paper. Congrats @MelchiorreGroup !.
'Photochemical generation of radicals from alkyl electrophiles using a nucleophilic organic catalyst' is now online! @NatureChemistry @ICIQchem .. #MindTheBalrog
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Our review is online @nature - How to have synthetic fun by throwing light on organocatalysis.
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Thank you for the invitation and the great scientific discussions @Bach_Lab @ChemistryKoenig - a real pleasure (and relief) to give a talk in person and see friends/colleagues/students after 20 months.
Finally, our lecture series started again in person. Our first speaker @Melchiorre_P (@MelchiorreGroup) from the @ICIQchem introduced us to his exciting💡 research. It was a pleasure having you here with us in Munich. #bach_lab #crc325 #chemistry #photochemistry #photoredox
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A beautiful piece of chemistry to kick off your independent career Mattia - but I am not surprised at all. Congratulations!.
Our first paper is online on @NatureChemistry. Merging photoredox catalysis with the Wittig reaction for a conjunctive olefination. Check it out on
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Now time to celebrate (even if from distance!) - thanks to the entire @MelchiorreGroup in particular Laura, Vasilis, Martin & Florian
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Our study on the Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 1,4‐Dicarbonyl Compounds by Photochemical Organocatalytic Acyl Radical Addition to Enals is out in @angew_chem - huge effort from Bartosz, @Giulio93508238, @avegap_p -
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It is great when you see outstanding young scientists properly recognized. Keep up the great work, Mattia, and enjoy!.
Delighted to share that I am one of the 2022 ERC Starting Grant recipients. Thanks @ERC_Research for this wonderful opportunity. More info below and stay tuned for open positions in our lab! #EUfunded #HorizonEurope #ERCStG @ChemistryUoN.
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Enjoying the 2nd Japanese-Spanish Symposium in #Kyoto with @TortosaLab @felixfreirelab @AntonioMEchavar @OoiLab_NU and many other friends - a great thank you to Maruoka sensei, an exceptional host!
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This guy @MattBerrettini is not bad at all: ‘I’m Italian so I’m always complaining, but I cannot complain now’ #Berrettini @QueensTennis
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Huge effort by @Luca_Buzzetti and in particular @GEMCrisenza with the cover #JoyDivision #UnknownMechanisticPleasures @angew_chem
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Beautiful interplay of method development and mechanistic studies - great work and congrats @samilakhdar1 @LeonoriLab and everyone involved!.
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Enjoying a unique atmosphere with @LornaPiazzi in a superb restaurant @it_Magnolia / many thanks to chef @FaccaniAlberto #Cesenatico / #Italy
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@MelchiorreGroup we value very much diversity and internationality - this is a rare project where all members are Italians 🇮🇹 congrats!@adriana_faraone @GEMCrisenza @DMZ_MazDa & @EugenioGandolfo.
Our latest work on .asymmetric cross-couplings enabled by photoexcitation of an iridium complex is out @NatureChemistry - congrats everyone @MelchiorreGroup
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Thank you all again – my little contribution here.Introduction: Photochemical Catalytic Processes
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@stuartcantrill @sciam We @MelchiorreGroup also like it - here our recent ‘Unknown Pleasure’-inspired cover with @Luca_Buzzetti @GEMCrisenza
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Thanks for hosting me and for sharing your beautiful chemistry!
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And that was exactly our hope - glad that the review in @angew_chem was useful @GraingerRichard.
For those like me who are late to the photoredox/photocatalysis party, this new review is incredibly useful in containing practical details (e.g. how to determine oxidation/reduction potentials of photoexcited states). Already saved me hours "in the library".
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Read it in #openaccess thanks to @ERC_Research here
Check out the latest work from @MelchiorreGroup on catalytic donors for photoactive EDA complex - congrats to Edu, Wei, @DavideSpinnato2.
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@dmac68 and @MacMillan_Lab offer their view on .Metallaphotoredox: The Merger of Photoredox and Transition Metal Catalysis
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@Bach_Lab discuss stereocontrolled catalytic processes enabled by triplet energy transfer.Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions Enabled by Triplet Energy Transfer
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Panettone filled with pistacchio ice cream. when you miss Italy.
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how it looks an NMR insight - a book signed by George Olah - Great time in Budapest. Thanks Tibor!
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Thanks @TehshikYoon and @uwyoongroup for discussing the chiral catalyst structures available to perform enantioselective photochemistry.Chiral Photocatalyst Structures in Asymmetric Photochemical Synthesis
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Kilian exuded a special energy – during the past 11 years, I could grasp a bit of his energy, and I will jealously bring it with me.
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Mechanistic Studies in Photocatalysis - Buzzetti - - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library
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Great move from #MarioDraghi to pick a Scientist to promote the Italian transition towards the European Green Deal - looking forward to seeing @LDO_CTIO in action #Cingolani.
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Ciao Maurizio.
With Maurizio Botta, Professor and Medicinal Chemist at the University of Siena, the world lost a great scientist and human being, and all of us lost a good friend. In our memories he will continue to smile.
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Kilian was a man of deep culture and passions – he loved life, Japan, collecting original chemistry signed books and thesis, science, literature, art, wine, food – impossible to contain all his passions here.
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Memories from a nice day with great colleagues. And Congrats to Ana for her #PhD defense - well-deserved relaxing time here
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I took this pic in Kilian’s place 6 years ago, while celebrating his birthday – as wine-lover, he opened bottles of very fine wines, including one from 1912, which we coupled with the same from 1982 - Unique memories with @AtsushiUrakawa and @JRGM_ICIQ
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This pic was taken at @vittoriale Garda lake, where G. D’Annunzio lived his last years – Kilian loved D’Annunzio (he also had a signed copy of one of his books). We got together a guided tour in Italian (!), which I mainly needed to translate for him – it was a lot of fun.
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