Emanuele Aresu

Alumni and Former Staff

​Ph.D. Student

Selected Publications

  • Synthesis of gem-diamino acid derivatives by a Hofmann rearrangement 
    E. Aresu, S. Fioravanti, S. Gasbarri, L. Pellacani, F. Ramadori
    Amino Acids 44 (3), 977-982, (2013)
  • Highly stereoselective synthesis of short benzyl malonyl peptides 
    E. Aresu, S. Fioravanti, S. Gasbarri, L. Pellacani, F. Sciubba
    RSC Adv. 3 (32), 13470-13476, (2013)
  • Desymmetrization of α-diimines: synthesis of new 3-(diaziridin-3-yl)oxaziridines 
    E. Aresu, L. Carroccia, S. Fioravanti, L. Pellacani
    Tetrahedron Lett. 54 (34), 4574-4576, (2013)
  • Chiral bidiaziridines by a two-step domino aziridination of meso-α-diimines 
    E. Aresu, L. Carroccia, S. Fioravanti, S. Gasbarri, L. Pellacani, F. Sciubba
    Tetrahedron 69, 9507-9511, (2013)
  • Water-controlled chiral inversion of a nitrogen atom during the synthesis of diaziridines from α-branched N,N'-dial... 
    E. Aresu, S. Fioravanti, L. Pellacani, F. Sciubba, L. Trulli
    New J. Chem. 37 (12), 4125-4129, (2013)

Education

  • B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, 2009
  • M.Sc. Industrial Chemistry, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, 2012

Professional Profile

  • 2014: Internship student, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2014-2015: Ph.D. Student, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Organic chemistry Peptidomimetics Organocatalysis Chiral-Phase Transfer Catalysis