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Stefano Zacchini

Stefano Zacchini

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
9781
World Ranking
15886
National Ranking
588

Overview

Stefano Zacchini is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on materials science and chemistry.

Their work covers specialized subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, oncology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Main topics in their research repertoire include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications

Stefano Zacchini has contributed to several recent scientific publications such as:

  • "Metal carbonyl clusters of groups 8-10: synthesis and catalysis" (2021) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Exploring the Anticancer Potential of Diiron Bis-cyclopentadienyl Complexes with Bridging Hydrocarbyl Ligands: Behavior in Aqueous Media and In Vitro Cytotoxicity" (2020) appearing in Organometallics
  • "Ruthenium(II)-Tris-pyrazolylmethane Complexes Inhibit Cancer Cell Growth by Disrupting Mitochondrial Calcium Homeostasis" (2022) in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Easily Available, Amphiphilic Diiron Cyclopentadienyl Complexes Exhibit in Vitro Anticancer Activity in 2D and 3D Human Cancer Cells through Redox Modulation Triggered by CO Release" (2021) featured in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • "Antiproliferative and bactericidal activity of diiron and monoiron cyclopentadienyl carbonyl complexes comprising a vinyl-aminoalkylidene unit" (2020) published in Applied Organometallic Chemistry

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Inorganica Chimica Acta
  • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry

Stefano Zacchini has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Cristiana Cesari
  • Maria Carmela Iapalucci
  • Marco Bortoluzzi
  • Fabio Marchetti
  • Guido Pampaloni

Best Publications

  • The possible role of metal carbonyl clusters in nanoscience and nanotechnologies

    Cristina Femoni;M. Carmela Iapalucci;Francesco Kaswalder;Giuliano Longoni

  • From neutral iminophosphoranes to multianionic phosphazenates. The coordination chemistry of imino–aza-P(V) ligands

    Alexander Steiner;Stefano Zacchini;Philip I Richards

  • Characterization and Dynamics of [Pd(L−L)H(solv)]+, [Pd(L−L)(CH2CH3)]+, and [Pd(L−L)(C(O)Et)(THF)]+ (L−L = 1,2-(CH2PBut2)2C6H4): Key Intermediates in the Catalytic Methoxycarbonylation of Ethene to Methylpropanoate

    William Clegg;Graham R. Eastham;Mark R. J. Elsegood;Brian T. Heaton

  • Synthesis and reactivity of palladium hydrido-solvento complexes, including a key intermediate in the catalytic methoxycarbonylation of ethene to methyl propanoate

    William Clegg;Graham R. Eastham;Mark R. J. Elsegood;Brian T. Heaton

  • Synthesis and spectroscopic characterisation of all the intermediates in the Pd-catalysed methoxycarbonylation of ethene

    Graham R. Eastham;Brian T. Heaton;Jonathan A. Iggo;Robert P. Tooze

  • Using Metal Carbonyl Clusters To Develop a Molecular Approach towards Metal Nanoparticles

    Stefano Zacchini

  • Essential role of the ancillary ligand in the color tuning of iridium tetrazolate complexes.

    Stefano Stagni;Silvia Colella;Antonio Palazzi;Giovanni Valenti

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Nanoalloys from Bimetallic Carbonyl Clusters

    Ian Robinson;Stefano Zacchini;Le D. Tung;Shinya Maenosono

  • New tetrazole-based Cu(I) homo- and heteroleptic complexes with various P^P ligands: synthesis, characterization, redox and photophysical properties.

    Cristina Femoni;Sara Muzzioli;Antonio Palazzi;Stefano Stagni

  • Platinum Carbonyl Clusters Chemistry: Four Decades of Challenging Nanoscience

    Iacopo Ciabatti;Cristina Femoni;Maria Carmela Iapalucci;Giuliano Longoni

  • A New Family of Ruthenium (II) Polypyridine Complexes Bearing 5-Aryltetrazolate Ligands as Systems for Electrochemiluminescent Devices

    Stefano Stagni;Antonio Palazzi;Stefano Zacchini;Barbara Ballarin

  • Synthesis of a tetranuclear organooxotin cage by debenzylation reactions: X-ray crystal structure of [(PhCH2)2Sn2O(O2P(OH)-t-Bu)4]2

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Viswanathan Baskar;and Alexander Steiner;Stefano Zacchini

  • A phosphorus supported multisite coordinating tris hydrazone P(S)[N(Me)N=CH-C6H4-o-OH]3 as an efficient ligand for the assembly of trinuclear metal complexes: synthesis, structure, and magnetism.

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Ramachandran Azhakar;Gurusamy Thanagavelu Senthil Andavan;Venkatasubbaiah Krishnan

  • An Organometallic Approach to Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis and X‐Ray Structure of CO‐Protected Au21Fe10, Au22Fe12, Au28Fe14, and Au34Fe14 Clusters

    Cristina Femoni;Maria Carmela Iapalucci;Giuliano Longoni;Cristina Tiozzo

  • Metal carbonyl clusters of groups 8–10: synthesis and catalysis

    Cristiana Cesari;Jong-Hwa Shon;Stefano Zacchini;Louise A. Berben

  • Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of New Ruthenium Complexes with Ethacrynic-Acid-Modified Pyridine and Triphenylphosphine Ligands

    Gabriele Agonigi;Tina Riedel;Stefano Zacchini;Emilia Păunescu

  • Organostannoxane-supported multiferrocenyl assemblies: synthesis, novel supramolecular structures, and electrochemistry.

    Vadapalli Chandrasekhar;Kandasamy Gopal;Selvarajan Nagendran;Puja Singh

  • Diiron μ-vinyliminium complexes from acetylene insertion into a metal-aminocarbyne bond

    Vincenzo G. Albano;Luigi Busetto;Fabio Marchetti;Magda Monari

  • Conductive sub-micrometric wires of platinum-carbonyl clusters fabricated by soft-lithography.

    P Greco;M Cavallini;P Stoliar;Sd Quiroga

  • Design of nano-sized FeOx and Au/FeOx catalysts supported on CeO2 for total oxidation of VOC

    R. Bonelli;S. Albonetti;V. Morandi;L. Ortolani

  • Synthesis and crystal structure of [NBu4]2[Pt24(CO)48]: an infinite 1D stack of {Pt3(CO)6} units morphologically resembling a CO-insulated platinum cable.

    Cristina Femoni;Francesco Kaswalder;Maria Carmela Iapalucci;Giuliano Longoni

  • Structures and Unusual Rearrangements of Coordination Adducts of MX5 (M = Nb, Ta; X = F, Cl) with Simple Diethers. A Crystallographic, Spectroscopic, and Computational Study

    Riccardo Bini;Cinzia Chiappe;Fabio Marchetti;Guido Pampaloni

  • Reactivity of niobium(V) and tantalum(V) halides with carbonyl compounds: Synthesis of simple coordination adducts, C–H bond activation, C O protonation, and halide transfer

    Fabio Marchetti;Guido Pampaloni;Stefano Zacchini

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J. Dyson
Paul J. Dyson École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Alexander Steiner
Alexander Steiner University of Liverpool
Vadapalli Chandrasekhar
Vadapalli Chandrasekhar Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Federica Chiellini
Federica Chiellini University of Pisa
Ferruccio Trifiro
Ferruccio Trifiro University of Bologna
Piero Zanello
Piero Zanello University of Siena
Massimo Marcaccio
Massimo Marcaccio University of Bologna
Francesco Paolucci
Francesco Paolucci University of Bologna
Vittorio Morandi
Vittorio Morandi Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - CNR

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