FRONCAT GROUP

The FRONCAT group, led by Prof. José Alemán, is located in the Faculty of Sciences of the Autonomous University of Madrid. 

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In recent years, the FRONCAT research group has directed its research towards photocatalysis, both homogeneous and heterogeneous. Within the heterogeneous catalysis, molecular organic frameworks (MOF) and mesoporous silica materials are being prepared. These materials present in their structure both organic and metal complexes units that can act as photocatalysts, which allow catalyzing the photochemical reactions and can be recovered at the end of the process. This is very important because it allows carrying out sustainable processes in which, in addition to using light as a source of clean energy, no waste is generated from the catalysts used, especially when they are derived from metals.

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HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS:

- Expansion of cyclopropane rings (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 7826).

- Photoalylation reaction (Nature Commun., 2019, 10, 2634).

-Development of new photocatalysts (ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 5335).

- Synthesis of photocatalytic covalent organic frameworks (Appl. Catal. B Environ. 2020, 272, 119027).