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Francesco Mele
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PhD student in Chemical Sciences, focus on mechanochemistry 🔨 and organic chemistry 🧪 at @SynCatLab. Bass player 🎸 Rocker and Science Lover
Excited to share the project I worked on in Vienna — online on ChemRxiv! It’s been a great experience where I learned a lot about the complexity of sugar chemistry. Huge thanks to the team for making it possible!
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
#mechanochemistry #sugar
@johannatempl.bsky.social
Mechanochemistry Enables Rapid and Solvent-Free Wittig Reactions on Sugars
The development of efficient olefination methods for carbohydrates is of strategic relevance, as sugars are chiral and naturally abundant. They serve as valuable scaffolds in drug discovery and asymme...
chemrxiv.org
July 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
It’s been a long journey, but I'm excited to share our latest article on @wiley.com! Big thanks to all the reviewers for their feedback that improved the quality of the work, and to my amazing team for their support. Stay tuned for more!
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Mechanochemical Activation of NaHCO3: a Solid CO2 Surrogate in Carboxylation Reactions
Carbon dioxide, a primary driver of global warming, offers a promising feedstock for valuable chemical synthesis. Nonetheless, the reliance on highly pressurized canisters and specialized equipment l...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In a copper of hours! If you are interested in using metallic copper for C–C bond formation, check out the @syncatlab.bsky.social new mechanochemical method for synthesizing 1,4-allenynes using copper(0)!

Full article at the link:
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Mechanochemical Aerobic Activation of Metallic Copper for the Synthesis of 1,4‐Allenynes
Mechanical activation of zero-valent metals is emerging as a new paradigm in sustainable synthesis, opening up a broad swath of chemical space under more practical conditions than solution-phase meth...
chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m very happy to be participating in the
@rsc.org
Poster Conference #RSCPoster on LinkedIn! If you’re interested in my contribution, I’d love for you to leave a comment under my poster (link: linkedin.com/posts/france...) or my #PosterPitch in the same profile.
Francesco Mele on LinkedIn: #rscposter #rscorg #rsccat #greenchemistry #mechanochemistry…
🚀 Turning Baking Soda into a CO₂ Powerhouse! 🌿🔬 Excited to share my contribution to #RSCPoster Royal Society of Chemistry: 🧪 Mechanochemical Activation of…
linkedin.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thrilled to share that our latest article on photomechanochemistry has just been published in BJOC!
We hope this Perspective will inspire researchers in exploring and expanding this emerging field.
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/article...

#Mechanochemistry #Photochemistry #EnablingTechnology
Photomechanochemistry: harnessing mechanical forces to enhance photochemical reactions
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
www.beilstein-journals.org
March 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I've spent three years in this corner of the lab. For the first time, I'm leaving it to go abroad.

It's hard to put into words the feelings I'm experiencing.

Auf Wiedersehen
@syncatlab.bsky.social #organic #chemistry #mechanochemistry
January 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM