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Vito Capriati is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, with a primary focus on organic chemistry. Their research portfolio includes a significant number of publications in areas such as materials chemistry, catalysis, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering.

The main field of study for Capriati is chemistry, with a concentration on organic chemistry. Subfields also prominently include materials chemistry and catalysis. Their work spans a range of specialized topics, notably:

  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Chemical synthesis and reactions
  • Catalytic cross-coupling reactions
  • Asymmetric synthesis and catalysis
  • Coordination chemistry and organometallics
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography

Capriati's research is frequently published in journals such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Molecules, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, ChemSusChem, and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Filippo Maria Perna
  • Paola Vitale
  • Luciana Cicco
  • Joaquín García-Álvarez
  • Angela Altomare

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Capriati include:

  • Advances in deep eutectic solvents and water: applications in metal- and biocatalyzed processes, in the synthesis of APIs, and other biologically active compounds, 2021, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Sustainable Ligand-Free Heterogeneous Palladium-Catalyzed Sonogashira Cross-Coupling Reaction in Deep Eutectic Solvents, 2020, ChemCatChem
  • Deep Eutectic Solvents in Solar Energy Technologies, 2022, Molecules
  • Scalable Negishi Coupling between Organozinc Compounds and (Hetero)Aryl Bromides under Aerobic Conditions when using Bulk Water or Deep Eutectic Solvents with no Additional Ligands, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Addition of Highly Polarized Organometallic Compounds to N-tert-Butanesulfinyl Imines in Deep Eutectic Solvents under Air: Preparation of Chiral Amines of Pharmaceutical Interest, 2020, ChemSusChem

Best Publications

  • Deep eutectic solvents and their applications as green solvents

    Filippo Maria Perna;Paola Vitale;Vito Capriati

  • Anatomy of Long‐Lasting Love Affairs with Lithium Carbenoids: Past and Present Status and Future Prospects

    Vito Capriati;Saverio Florio

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

    Elisabetta Massolo;Silvia Palmieri;Maurizio Benaglia;Vito Capriati

  • 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†‡

    Luciana Cicco;Stefania Sblendorio;Rosmara Mansueto;Filippo M. Perna

  • Bio-inspired choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents as electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries

    Luca Millia;Valentina Dall'Asta;Chiara Ferrara;Vittorio Berbenni

  • Unprecedented Nucleophilic Additions of Highly Polar Organometallic Compounds to Imines and Nitriles Using Water as a Non-Innocent Reaction Medium

    Giuseppe Dilauro;Marzia Dell'Aera;Paola Vitale;Vito Capriati

  • The Future of Polar Organometallic Chemistry Written in Bio‐Based Solvents and Water

    Joaquín García-Álvarez;Eva Hevia;Vito Capriati

  • Advances in deep eutectic solvents and water: applications in metal- and biocatalyzed processes, in the synthesis of APIs, and other biologically active compounds

    Luciana Cicco;Giuseppe Dilauro;Filippo Maria Perna;Paola Vitale

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

    Valentina Mallardo;Ruggiero Rizzi;Francesca C. Sassone;Rosmara Mansueto

  • Lithium compounds in organic synthesis : from fundamentals to applications

    Renzo Luisi;Vito Capriati

  • Programming cascade reactions interfacing biocatalysis with transition-metal catalysis in Deep Eutectic Solvents as biorenewable reaction media

    Luciana Cicco;Nicolás Ríos-Lombardía;María J. Rodríguez-Álvarez;Francisco Morís

  • Reactivity of polar organometallic compounds in unconventional reaction media : challenges and opportunities

    Joaquin García-Álvarez;Eva Hevia;Vito Capriati

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

    Francesca C. Sassone;Filippo M. Perna;Antonio Salomone;Saverio Florio

  • "The Great Beauty" of organolithium chemistry: a land still worth exploring.

    Vito Capriati;Filippo M. Perna;Antonio Salomone

  • Unveiling the Hidden Performance of Whole Cells in the Asymmetric Bioreduction of Aryl-containing Ketones in Aqueous Deep Eutectic Solvents

    Paola Vitale;Vincenzo Mirco Abbinante;Filippo Maria Perna;Antonio Salomone

  • Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells that use an Aqueous Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent as Effective Electrolyte Solution

    Chiara Liliana Boldrini;Norberto Manfredi;Filippo Maria Perna;Vanira Trifiletti

  • α-Substituted α-Lithiated Oxiranes: Useful Reactive Intermediates

    Vito Capriati;Saverio Florio;Renzo Luisi

  • Towards a sustainable synthesis of amides: chemoselective palladium-catalysed aminocarbonylation of aryl iodides in deep eutectic solvents

    Francesco Messa;Serena Perrone;Martina Capua;Francesco Tolomeo

  • One-pot sustainable synthesis of tertiary alcohols by combining ruthenium-catalysed isomerisation of allylic alcohols and chemoselective addition of polar organometallic reagents in deep eutectic solvents

    Luciana Cicco;María J. Rodríguez-Álvarez;Filippo M. Perna;Joaquín García-Álvarez

  • Directed ortho-metalation-nucleophilic acyl substitution strategies in deep eutectic solvents: the organolithium base dictates the chemoselectivity.

    Simone Ghinato;Giuseppe Dilauro;Filippo Maria Perna;Vito Capriati

  • Oxiranyl anion-mediated synthesis of highly enantiomerically enriched styrene oxide derivatives.

    Vito Capriati;Saverio Florio;Renzo Luisi;Antonio Salomone

Frequent Co-Authors

Eva Hevia
Eva Hevia University of Bern
Theodore Cohen
Theodore Cohen University of Pittsburgh
Konstantin Karaghiosoff
Konstantin Karaghiosoff Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
José Barluenga
José Barluenga University of Oviedo
Alan R. Kennedy
Alan R. Kennedy University of Strathclyde
Bartolo Gabriele
Bartolo Gabriele University of Calabria
Maurizio Benaglia
Maurizio Benaglia University of Milan
Michele Solfrizzo
Michele Solfrizzo National Research Council (CNR)
Giuseppe Vasapollo
Giuseppe Vasapollo University of Salento
Sandra M. Cardoso
Sandra M. Cardoso University of Coimbra

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