The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

Small organic compounds that replicate the actions of enzymes and inorganic catalysts are
known as organocatalysts. They have the benefit of being inexpensive, less toxic, and …

Among the deep eutectic solvents (DES), natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) formed by
D-glucose and racemic malic acid are suitable media to perform the enantioselective L …

In the last decades many efforts have been devoted to design supramolecular
organocatalysts able to work in water as the reaction medium. The use of water as solvent …

The unique conformational properties, functionality, low toxicity, and low cost make
calixarene-based compounds a valuable candidate against cancer. The aim of the present …

Aminopropyl-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles (AP-MSN) catalyze aldol
condensations. The activity of AP-MSN decreases with increasing solvent polarity due to the …

We present two approaches to low-molecular-weight supramolecular gels bearing
hydrophobic cavities based on calixarene-containing building blocks. Gels are formed by a …

The aldol reaction is an excellent synthetic tool to construct β-hydroxy carbonyl skeletons.
The asymmetric version of this reaction has been developed for the synthesis of …

An efficient catalytic system for the synthesis of bisindolylmethanes (BIMs) using Water
Extract of Onion Peel (WEOP) is described in this study. The advantages of this protocol …

An example of calixarene-mediated catalysis under “on-water” conditions is here reported.
In the presence of thioureido-calixarenes a rate acceleration for the Vinylogous Mukaiyama …