Giuseppe Resnati (born 26 August 1955) is an Italian chemist with interests in supramolecular chemistry and fluorine chemistry. He has a particular focus on self-assembly processes driven by halogen bonds,[3] chalcogen bonds,[4] and pnictogen bonds.[5] His results on the attractive non-covalent interactions wherein atoms act as electrophiles thanks to the anisotropic distribution of the electron density typical for bonded atoms, prompted a systematic rationalization and categorization of many different weak bonds formed by many elements of the p- and d-blocks of the periodic table.[6]
Giuseppe Resnati | |
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| Born | 26 August 1955 Monza, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Milan |
| Known for | halogen bond, chalcogen bond, and pnictogen bond |
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| Thesis | Asymmetric Synthesis Via Chiral Sulfoxides (1988) |
| Doctoral students | Pierangelo Metrangolo |
Education and professional positions
editResnati was born in Monza, Italy. He obtained his PhD in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Milan in 1988 with Prof. Carlo Scolastico and a thesis on asymmetric synthesis via chiral sulfoxides. After a period of activity at the Italian National Research Council, in 2001 he became professor of chemistry for materials at the Politecnico di Milano.
Research interests
editHis research interests cover/have covered the following topics:
- enantioselective synthesis of mono- and polyfluorinated compounds[7] and synthesis via perfluorinated reagents (perfluorinated oxaziridines as powerful yet selective oxidizing agents)[8]
- fluorinated contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging[9]
- intermolecular forces and their use in crystal engineering,[10] supramolecular chemistry,[11] Borromean rings,[12] and self-assembly processes[13] in the design and preparation of functional materials[14][15]
- halogen bond[16][17] and iodine chemistry; chalcogen bond.
- green chemistry
Honors and awards
edit- van der Waals Prize 2021 (awarded in 2022 by the 2nd International Conference on Noncovalent Interactions, ICNI-2022)[18]
- RSC-SCI Award Lectureship in the Chemical Sciences[19] (awarded in 2010 by Royal Society of Chemistry/Società Chimica Italiana)
- Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry Award[20] (awarded in 2008 by Società Chimica Italiana)
- Corrado Fuortes award (awarded in 1986 by Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere)
- Member of the Academia Europaea[21] (since 2012)
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (Elsevier,[22] 2001-2023); of Crystals (MDPI, 2015 onwards); of Sustainable Chemistry & Pharmacy (Elsevier, 2017-2019)
- Topic Editor of Crystal Growth & Design (ACS)[23] (2012 onwards)
- Member of the International Steering Committee of the: -International Conference on Noncovalent Intereactions (ICNI) from ICNI-1 (Lisbon, Portugal; 2019) onwards; -International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (ISFC) from ISFC-15 (Vancouver, Canada; 1997) to ISFC-23 (Quebec, Canada; 2023); -International Meeting on Halogen Chemistry (HalChem) from Halchem-V (Cagliari, Italy; 2010) onwards; -European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (ESFC) from ESFC-11 (Bled, Slovenia; 1995) onwards
- Chair of the: -21st International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (23-28 August 2015, Como, Italy); -1st International Symposium on Halogen Bonding (ISXB-1)(18-22 June 2014, Porto Cesareo, Lecce, Italy)[24]
- Member of the National Organizing Committee of the 6th International IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry (4-8 September 2016, Venice, Italy); member of the International Scientific Committee of the 2nd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference, 14–17 May 2017, Berlin, Germany; member of the Committee of the Faraday Discussion "Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular and Solid State Chemistry", 10–12 July 2017, Ottawa, Canada[25]
- Coordinator of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network “GREENOMIcS - Green Chemistry Excellence from the Baltic See to the Mediterranean See and Beyond” (2017 onwards)
- President of the Rotary Club Rozzano Parco Sud in the rotarian year 2006-'07; assistant of the Governor of the District 2050 (south Lombardy) from 2009 to 2013; advisor of District 2050 Governor for starting Rotary Club Morimondo Abbazia (2012), Club charter member (2013) and president (2015–16)[26]
- Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2022)[27]
- Knight Commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2020)[28]
- Knight of Merit with Silver Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (SMOCSG) (2020).[29]
References
edit- ^ "RCS News, June 2011, pag. 30: RCS-SCI Award to Giuseppe Resnati" (PDF).
- ^ "ICNI-2022, The van der Waals Prize".
- ^ Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications Metrangolo, P. and Resnati, G. Eds.; 2008; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-540-74329-3
- ^ G. Resnati et al. The Chalcogen Bond in Crystalline Solids: A World Parallel to Halogen Bond Accounts of Chemical Research 2019, 52, 1311-1324 (DOI: org/10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00037)
- ^ G. Resnati et al. Definition of the pnictogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2023) Pure and Applied Chemistry 2024, 96, 135-145 (DOI: org/10.1515/pac-2020-1002)
- ^ G. Resnati et al. Naming Interactions from the Electrophilic Site Cryst. Growth & Des. 2014, 96, 135-145 (DOI: org/0.1021/cg5001717)
- ^ G. Resnati Synthesis of Chiral and Bioactive Fluoroorganic Compounds Tetrahedron 1993, 49, 9385-9445 (DOI:10.1016/S00404020(01)80212-X)
- ^ G. Resnati et al. Perfluorinated Oxaziridines: Synthesis and Reactivity Chemical Reviews 1996, 96, 1809-1824 (DOI: 10.1021/cr941146h)
- ^ G. Resnati et al. 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): From Design of Materials to Clinical Applications Chemical Reviews 2015, 115, 1106−1129 (DOI: org/10.1021/cr500286d)
- ^ "Resnati coordinated an IUPAC project on crystal engineering".
- ^ G. Resnati et al. Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6114-6127 ( DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800128 )
- ^ G. Resnati et al. Halogen bonded Borromean networks by design: topology invariance and metric tuning in a library of multi-component systems Chemical Sci. 2017 ( DOI: 10.1039/C6SC04478F )
- ^ G. Resnati et al. Halogen Bonding Based Recognition Processes: A World Parallel to Hydrogen Bonding Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 386-395 (DOI: 10.1021/ar0400995 )
- ^ G. Resnati et al. An Adaptable and Dynamically Porous Organic Salt Traps Unique Tetrahalide Dianions Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13444-13448 ( DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307552 )
- ^ G. Resnati et al. Halogen-bonding-triggered supramolecular gel formation Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 42-47 ( DOI:10.1038/nchem.1496 )
- ^ Halogen Bonding I - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2014; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-319-14056-8
- ^ Halogen Bonding II - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2015; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-319-15731-3
- ^ "ICNI-2022, The van der Waals Prize".
- ^ "RCS News, June 2011, pag. 30: RCS-SCI Award to Giuseppe Resnati" (PDF).
- ^ "Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry awards" (PDF).
- ^ "Academy of Europe: Resnati Giuseppe".
- ^ Journal of Fluorine Chemistry: Editorial Board.
- ^ Rogers, Robin D. (2012). "Crystal Growth & Design Around the World in 2012, DOI:10.1021/cg201654d". Crystal Growth & Design. 12: 1–2. doi:10.1021/cg201654d.
- ^ "ISXB-1".
- ^ "Official Web-site of the Faraday Discussion".
- ^ "Rotary Club Morimondo Abbazia".
- ^ "L'Orma, anno XL, N.1, Marzo 2022" (PDF).
- ^ "Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem".
- ^ "Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (Spain)".