Sintmol Lab – News Report

Projects from SINTMOL-BIOTECH were qualified in the first round of the SEBRAE CATALISA ICT Challenge

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Two research projects from SINTMOL-BIOTECH were qualified in the first round of the SEBRAE CATALISA ICT Challenge. Let’s learn with SEBRAE TEAM how to change our academic research into innovative businesses for Brazil! Congratulations to our students Willian Ayala (new cephalosporins) and Selma Rodrigues (bioplastics).     Willian Ayala Correa, PhD student   Selma Rodrigues […]


Rafael’s Paper is Selected for the Cover of The Journal of Organic Chemistry

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The work entitled “Synthesis of Densely Substituted Sulfonylfurans and Dihydrofurans via Cascade Reactions of α-Functionalized Nitroalkenes with β-Ketosulfones“ was selected for the cover of The Journal of Organic Chemistry! Congratulations to all the authors from Brazil and India!  About the Cover: Meeting of two molecules, α-functionalized nitroalkene and β-ketosulfone, to form a new product, densely […]




Congratulations to Vinicius Cristani on a new paper published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

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Congratulations to Vinicius Cristani (Ph.D. student) and others authors from India and Brazil on a new paper published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry entitled “Strategies towards potent trypanocidal drugs: Application of Rh-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions, sulfonyl phthalide annulation and nitroalkene reactions for the synthesis of substituted quinones and their evaluation against Trypanosoma cruzi“. Collaboration between continents: […]


Collaboration between continents: Congratulations to Rafael Santana on a new paper accepted in The Jornal of Organic Chemistry

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Congratulations to Rafael Santana (Ph.D. student) and others authors from India and Brazil on a new paper published in The Jornal of Organic Chemistry entitled “Synthesis of Densely Substituted Sulfonylfurans and Dihydrofurans via Cascade Reactions of α-Functionalized Nitroalkenes with β-Ketosulfones“. Collaboration between continents: Namboothiri’s group ( IIT Bombay in India), da Silva Jr’s group (UFMG, […]



Former PhD student from the Sintmol Lab becomes a professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) – USA

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Dr. Nathalia Rodrigues de Almeida Nathalia Rodrigues de Almeida (photo) graduated from Dom Bosco Catholic University (Campo Grande, MS) with a pharmacy degree. In 2011, she started a master’s program in chemistry (INQUI-UFMS), working with ozonolysis of vegetable oils under guidance of Professor Adilson Beatriz. Nathalia stood out during her graduate studies, winning several awards […]


Sintmol Lab research advisor publishes with Nobel Prize

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Professor Roberto da Silva Gomes has just published a scientific paper in collaboration to the 1990 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Professor E. J. Corey. The paper “Synthesis of Chiral Cyclic Alcohols from Chiral Epoxides by H or N Substitution with Frontside Displacement“ was published in the Organic Letters journal of ACS, one of the most […]


Professor Dênis will present a lecture during the 17th BMOS

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Professor Dênis Pires de Lima from SINTMOL-INQUI (UFMS) will present a lecture during the 17th BMOS Brazilian Meeting of Organic Synthesis (BMOS): “SIMPLE APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE SOME SPECIAL BIOACTIVE PHENOLIC DERIVATIVES”. The lecture focuses on how the SINTMOL research group applies simple procedures to synthesize derivatives of Phenolic Lipids, Combretastatin A4 and Phenstatin showing many kind of biological activities.     […]