Month: April 2025

Quantum dynamics through a handful of semiclassical trajectories

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Chiara Aieta, Marco Cazzaniga, Davide Moscato, Cecilia Lanzi, Lorenzo Bocchi, Matteo Michele Costanza, Michele Ceotto, Riccardo Conte Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei (2025) An accurate description of quantum dynamics is challenging from both a theoretical and computational point of view. We illustrate some representative calculations based on a handful of trajectories whereby the semiclassical initial value … Read more

A Biocompatible Cinchonine-Based Catalyst for the CO2 Valorization into Oxazolidin-2-ones Under Ambient Conditions

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L. Invernizzi, C. Damiano, E. Gallo Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 0, e202500473 A metal-free, biocompatible catalyst for the cycloaddition of CO2 to N-alkyl aziridines was easily obtained by protonating the natural and nontoxic alkaloid (+)-cinchonine. This bifunctional catalytic system promoted the synthesis of the desired products under very mild experimental conditions (room temperature and atmospheric CO2 pressure) … Read more