Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase
Center for Colloid and Surface Science

Personal information

Position: Permanent Staff

Email: porcheddu@unica.it

Phone: +39 070 6754410

Location: Cagliari


1) Fields of Interest and Expertise

- Design of novel strategies for using cyanuric chloride (TCT) in friendly organic processes

- Synthesis of quinuclidine derivatives

- Synthesis of chimera molecules possessing complex molecular architecture

- Green Chemistry

- Borrowing Hydrogen and Transfer Hydrogenation

- C-H bond activation

- Mechanochemistry

2) Teaching:

- Organic Chemistry II

- Green Chemistry

- The Chemistry of Heterocycles

3) Curriculum Vitae

1995: Degree in Chemistry at the University of Sassari with first-class honours. Thesis on

“Synthesis of piperazic acid derivatives as CPP analogues”.

1999: PhD in Chemistry at the University of Sassari. Thesis on “Designing novel strategies

to use cyanuric chloride (TCT) in friendly organic processes ”

2000: post-doctoral studies at the Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg, France) working

on the synthesis of quinuclidine derivatives

2001: Researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of Sassari.

2015: Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University

of Cagliari.

2021: Full Professor at the Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of

Cagliari.

Unit

Publications

Green metrics in mechanochemistry

- Fantozzi N. - Volle J.N. - Andrea Porcheddu - Virieux D. - García F. - Colacino E.
Chemical Society Reviews

Ammonia Synthesis by Mechanochemistry

- Cuccu F. - Browne D.L. - Andrea Porcheddu
ChemCatChem

Oxidovanadium(IV) sulfate catalyses light-driven C–N bond formation

- Gaspa S. - Sciortino G. - Andrea Porcheddu - Dell'Osa C. - Satta G. - Azzena U. - Pisano L. - Carraro M. - Sanna D. - Garribba E. - Maseras F. - De Luca L.
Molecular Catalysis

A Visible-Light Driven Esterification of Aldehydes Catalyzed by VOSO4

- Gaspa S. - Ledda L. - d'Atri D. - Andrea Porcheddu - Pisano L. - Carraro M. - De Luca L.
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis

Benign synthesis of therapeutic agents: domino synthesis of unsymmetrical 1,4-diaryl-1,4-dihydropyridines in the ball-mill

- Blazquez-Barbadillo C. - González J.F. - Andrea Porcheddu - Virieux D. - Menéndez J.C. - Colacino E.
Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews

A trustworthy mechanochemical route to isocyanides

- Basoccu F. - Cuccu F. - Casti F. - Rita Mocci - Fattuoni C. - Andrea Porcheddu
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

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