BISi-sacpe (Main group elements as springboard for chemical discovery)

Main group elements as springboard for chemical discovery: potent emerging reactivity concepts and new molecular architectures.

This project focuses on developing new chemical tools and techniques to address major societal challenges such as clean energy, advanced materials, sustainable manufacturing, and drug discovery. The team will build on its expertise in designing chemical reactions and processes to create innovative ways to form chemical bonds and develop unique molecular structures. A key focus is on elements like boron, silicon, and iodine, particularly iodine-based compounds, to enable new carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions.
The research explores rare and complex chemical mechanisms, including long-distance bond formations and molecular rearrangements, to produce novel aromatic building blocks. These molecules will be designed for flexibility and diverse applications. The team will also design new iodine-based molecular structures, such as nanobelts and cages, with unique properties for tagging and modifying biological molecules like proteins and peptides.
Additionally, the project will advance boron-nitrogen chemistry, creating methods to replace carbon-carbon bonds with boron-nitrogen units. This could open new possibilities in material science, electronics, and medicine by altering molecular structures for improved functionality. Overall, the work aims to provide versatile tools and innovative pathways that can drive progress in various scientific and industrial fields.
This project is presented with Dr. Ana Belen Cuenca (IQS) as co-IP but is managed and presented by CSIC, and was granted 204,000€ which they manage and justify during the duration of the project.