Novel Photocatalytic Strategies for Organoboron Chemistry - 2026_IDR_DCMC_22

The project aims to develop innovative photocatalytic strategies for the sustainable synthesis of organoboron compounds (OBCs), fundamental in organic chemistry and crucial for the pharmaceutical and materials sectors. Since traditional methods based on carbanion chemistry are poorly sustainable, an efficient and eco-compatible approach driven by visible light is proposed. Photocatalysis grants access to open-shell intermediates under mild conditions, a reactivity suited to boron substrates, whose vacant p orbital favours radical stabilisation. Its core is the biomimetic design of the photocatalyst: natural photoactive cofactors will serve as templates for synthetic catalysts reproducing their light absorption, excited-state redox potentials and recognition elements outside the protein scaffold. Photoinduced radical mechanisms will form C–C and C–N bonds, yielding a sustainable platform for the stereoselective synthesis of chiral OBCs.

Selection process

In order to participate in the selection, please read the call ("bando") available at the following website: https://www.polimi.it/en/bandi-incarichidiricerca Oral test aimed at ascertaining candidates’ aptitude and suitability to carry out the research activity covered by the Fellowship, as well as at assessing their knowledge of English and/or other languages relevant to the research activities to be performed (up to 50 points) Relevance and pertinence of the publications, theses and scientific products attached to the research programme covered by the Fellowship (up to 20 points) Relevance and pertinence of previous research activities and work experience, if any, in relation to the research activity covered by the Fellowship (up to 20 points) Relevance and pertinence of their study programme to the research programme covered by the Fellowship (up to 10 points)

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