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Controlling selectivity, from metal catalysts to confined spaces<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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One question drives both lines: what decides which product a catalyst makes, and how fast? We answer it both in bulk solution and in confined spaces. Then we turn the answer into predictions that guide new catalysts in the lab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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J. Am. Chem. Soc.<\/em> 2024 \u00b7 Synergistic Cu\/Pd borylative coupling<\/p>\n\n

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Chem. Commun.<\/em> 2023 \u00b7 Ni\/Cu cooperative asymmetric propargylation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Ujaque \u00b7 Sciortino<\/p>\n\n

Homogeneous catalysis<\/h3>\n\n

Homogeneous catalysis is the group\u2019s founding expertise, built over more than two decades with leading experimental groups. Our mechanistic studies of Pd-catalysed cross-coupling, including the role of the base in the Suzuki\u2013Miyaura reaction, are widely cited references in the field, and the group was among the first in Spain to study gold catalysis computationally.<\/p>\n\n

Today we move from explaining catalysts to designing them. Computation guided the most selective catalyst reported to date for the asymmetric hydrogenation of imines, and showed how two metals cooperate to reach selectivities that no single-metal catalyst achieves.<\/p>\n\n