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Publications 2024
An Access to Chiral Phthalides: Enantioselective Synthesis of Escitalopram
Rosaria Schettini, Antonella Dentoni Litta, Arianna Sinibaldi, Assunta D'Amato, Alicja M. Araszczuk, Marina Sicignano, Letizia Pagliarulo, Simone Naddeo, Giovanni Pierri, Francesco De Riccardis, Irene Izzo, Giorgio Della Sala
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2024, 366, 1636; https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.202400007
Organocatalytic Conjugate Hydroazidation and Hydrocyanation: A Metal-Free Approach to Synthetically Versatile Chiral Building Blocks
Rosaria Schettini, Giorgio Della Sala
Symmetry, 2024, 16(2), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym16020199
State Of The Art Of Supported Phase Transfer-Catalysts Onium Salt-Based
Rosaria Schettini, Maria Rosaria Acocella
ChemCatChem, 2024, 16, e202301425; https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301425
Publications 2023
Water-Soluble Chiral Cyclic Peptoids and Their Sodium and Gadolinium Complexes: Study of Conformational and Relaxometric Properties
Assunta D’Amato, Linhai Jiang, Giorgio Della Sala, Kent Kirshenbaum, Chiara Costabile, Chiara Furlan, Eliana Gianolio, Irene Izzo, Francesco De Riccardis
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 11, 6588–6598
High N-H Photoacidity of a Nitrogen-Rich Fused Ring Heteroaromatic Scaffold
Prof. Roberto Centore, Dr. Assunta D'Amato, Prof. Giorgio Della Sala, Dr. Mariangela Di Donato, Dr. Alessandro Landi, Prof. Carla Manfredi, Prof. Andrea Peluso
ChemPhotoChem, 2023, 7, e202200215
The Antimicrobial, Antibiofilm and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of P13#1, a Cathelicidin-like Achiral Peptoid
Valeria Cafaro, Andrea Bosso, Ilaria Di Nardo, Assunta D’Amato, Irene Izzo ,
Francesco De Riccardis, Marialuisa Siepi, Rosanna Culurciello, Nunzia D’Urzo, Emiliano Chiarot, Antonina Torre, Elio Pizzo, Marcello Merola,Eugenio Notomista
Pharmaceuticals 2023, 16(10), 1386
Cytotoxic triterpenoids from the ectomycorrhizal fungus Pisolithus arhizus
Valentina Parisi, Raffaella Nocera, Silvia Franceschelli, Consiglia Tedesco,
Francesco De Riccardis, Alessandra Braca, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Giuliana Donadio
Phytochemistry, 2023, 209, 113635
Heterogeneous phosphonium–carbon based PTC catalyst: From mechanochemical synthesis to SN2 type reaction in water
Aida Kiani, Daniele Coscia, Rosaria Schettini, Maria Rosaria Acocella
Molecular Catalysis, 2023, 550, 113558
Peptidomimetic-Based Asymmetric Catalysts
Ibrahim Khettar, Alicja Malgorzata Araszczuk, Rosaria Schettini
Catalysts 2023, 13, 244
Carbon black intercalation compound as catalyst for unprecedent phase-transfer-catalyzed nucleophilic substitution (SN2) in water
Arianna Melillo, Aida Kiani, Rosaria Schettini, Maria Rosaria Acocella
Molecular Catalysis, 2023, 537, 112951
Advances in MRI: Peptide and peptidomimetic-based contrast agents
Giovanni Pierri, Rosaria Schettini
Journal of Peptide Science, 2023, e3544








Publications 2022
Macrocyclic Triazolopeptoids: A Promising Class of Extended Cyclic Peptoids
Alicja M. Araszczuk, Assunta D'Amato, Rosaria Schettini, Chiara Costabile, Giorgio Della Sala, Giovanni Pierri, Consiglia Tedesco, Francesco De Riccardis, Irene Izzo
ORGANIC LETTERS. Vol. 24. Pag.7752-7756; 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03062
Right- and left-handed PPI helices in cyclic dodecapeptoids
Giovanni, Pierri, Rosaria Schettini, Francesco F. Summa, Francesco De Riccardis, Guglielmo Monaco, Irene Izzo, Consiglia Tedesco
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS. Vol. 58. Pag.5253-5256; 10.1039/d2cc00682k
Publications 2021
Structural dynamism of chiral sodium peraza-macrocycle complexes derived from cyclic peptoids
Rosaria Schettini, Assunta D'Amato, Alicja M. Araszczuk, Giorgio Della Sala, Chiara Costabile, Anna Maria D'Ursi, Manuela Grimaldi, Irene Izzo, Francesco De Riccardis
ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 19, 7420-7431; 10.1039/d1ob00733e
Linhai Jiang, Chunhua Tony Hu, Francesco De Riccardis, Kent Kirshenbaum
CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 21, 3889-3901; 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00209
Assunta D'Amato, Rosaria Schettini, Gioavnni Pierri, Irene Izzo, Fabia Grisi, Consiglia Tedesco, Francesco De Riccardis, Chiara Costabile
NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 45, 5410-5420; 10.1039/d0nj05931e
Role of Lipophilicity in the Activity of Hexameric Cyclic Peptoid Ion Carriers
Rosaria Schettini, Massimo Tosolini, M.; Jawad ur Rehman, Muhammed Raza Shah, Giovanni Pierri, Consiglia Tedesco, Giorgio Della Sala, Francesco De Riccardis, Paolo Tecilla, Irene Izzo,
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 2021, 464-472; 10.1002/ejoc.202001401
Crystal structures and photoluminescence properties of chromium(III) complexes with 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone ligand
Rosaria Schettini, Giovanni Pierri, Amalia Velardo, Cristina Sissa, Andrea Delledonne, Assunta D'Amato, Andrea Peluso, Stefania Pragliola, Consiglia Tedesco, Irene Izzo
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE. 1245, 131023-131023; 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131023
New trends in asymmetric catalysis
Rosaria Schettini, Giorgio Della Sala
CATALYSTS, 11, 1-3; 10.3390/catal11030306
Vinylogous and arylogous stereoselective base-promoted phase-transfer catalysis
Assunta D'Amato, Giorgio Della Sala
CATALYSTS. Vol. 11. Pag.1-41; 10.3390/catal11121545



