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  1. Versatile coordination chemistry of the phosphonoformate anion

    Article • Phosphorus Sulfur and Silicon and the Related Elements, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Vito Capriati, Professor Konstantin Karaghiosoff

  2. Donepezil structure-based hybrids as potential multifunctional anti-Alzheimer’s drug candidates

    Article • Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor M. Amelia Santos, Asha Hiremathad, Vito Capriati

  3. Stereoselective organocatalysed reactions in deep eutectic solvents: highly tunable and biorenewable reaction media for sustainable organic synthesis

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maurizio Benaglia, Vito Capriati

  4. Water opens the door to organolithiums and Grignard reagents: exploring and comparing the reactivity of highly polar organometallic compounds in unconventional reaction media towards the synthesis of tetrahydrofurans

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Vito Capriati

  5. Unexpected lateral-lithiation-induced alkylative ring opening of tetrahydrofurans in deep eutectic solvents: synthesis of functionalised primary alcohols

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Vito Capriati

  6. Organotrifluoroborates as attractive self-assembling systems: the case of bifunctional dipotassium phenylene-1,4-bis(trifluoroborate)

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Vito Capriati

  7. Direct observation of a lithiated oxirane: a synergistic study using spectroscopic, crystallographic, and theoretical methods on the structure and stereodynamics of lithiated ortho-trifluoromethyl styrene oxide

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Vito Capriati

  8. Regioselective desymmetrization of diaryltetrahydrofurans via directed ortho-lithiation: an unexpected help from green chemistry

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Vito Capriati

  9. “The Great Beauty” of organolithium chemistry: a land still worth exploring

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Vito Capriati

  10. Gated access to α-lithiated phenyltetrahydrofuran: functionalisation via direct lithiation of the parent oxygen heterocycle

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Vito Capriati