Prof.ssa Lidia De Luca, Università degli Studi di Sassari
EMAIL: ldeluca@uniss.it
September 16– October 31, 2025
6 h, 1 CFU
Photocatalysis has been one of the success stories in chemistry. Catalysis based on ruthenium(II) and iridium(III) complexes has given a great impulse to the development of modern photochemistry. However, the intrinsic high cost of these noble metals, their scarceness and high toxicity profiles are clearly suboptimal and many efforts are directed to grow new photocatalysts based on Earth-abundant metals.
The course will give an overview of the principal applications of Earth-abundant metal-based photocatalysts to organic synthesis, in particular containing Cu, Zn, Ni, V, Zr, W, Mo, Co and Fe.