Olga Bortolini received a Laurea degree in Chemistry from the University of Padova in 1979. 1980-1981 Accademia dei Lincei research fellow, Padua University. Researcher of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) since 1982. 1983 post-doctoral research fellow at CNRS Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Toulouse (France) in Prof. B. Meunier's group working on metallo-porphyrins oxidation systems. 1987-2003 Associate Professor of Organic chemistry at the University of Ferrara. 2004-2010 Full Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Calabria and since 2011 at University of Ferrara. Currently, Dean of the Chemistry Board of Studies at the University of Ferrara, and Vice-Dean of the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
1989, 1992, 1994 (periods) visiting professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, USA, in Prof. R.G. Cooks's group.
2015 visiting at University of Zaragoza (Spain).
Author of 170 papers in international journals, several reviews and a book of Introduction to Organic Chemistry. Primary responsibility of many National Research Programs (COFIN-PRIN) and a PON 2007. Memberships: Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS). H index 31, IF av. 3.8
Major scientific interests: metal-catalyzed oxidations, oxidations with purely organic systems, bio-oxidations (enzymes and microorganisms). Regio-, diastereo- and enantioselective oxidations using economical bulk oxidants like H2O2, KHSO5 and perborate. Homogeneous catalysis mediated by transition metals as Vanadium, Molibdenum, Tungsten and Titanium of organic substrates using peroxo derivatives. Use of mass spectrometry for the characterization of fleeting intermediates involved in the crucial steps of the oxyfunctionalization process and N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis. Organocatalysis in oxidation reactions and new C-C bond formation. Bile acids as chiral inducers in both oxidation processes and host-guest racemate resolutions. New synthetic strategies for the synthesis of nucleosides and bisphosphonates, including the related biological activity. Ionic liquids as valuable green substitutes of common organic solvents.
International collaborations in the different fields of research: University of Southern California LA (USA), Prof. C. McKenna; Purdue University, West Lafayette IN (USA), Prof. R. G. Cooks; University of Zaragoza (SP), Prof. P. Merino. National collaborations: University of Rome Tor Vergata, Padua, Pisa, Perugia, University of Calabria and CNR Padua
1989, 1992, 1994 (periods) visiting professor at Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, USA, in Prof. R.G. Cooks's group.
2015 visiting at University of Zaragoza (Spain).
Author of 170 papers in international journals, several reviews and a book of Introduction to Organic Chemistry. Primary responsibility of many National Research Programs (COFIN-PRIN) and a PON 2007. Memberships: Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS). H index 31, IF av. 3.8
Major scientific interests: metal-catalyzed oxidations, oxidations with purely organic systems, bio-oxidations (enzymes and microorganisms). Regio-, diastereo- and enantioselective oxidations using economical bulk oxidants like H2O2, KHSO5 and perborate. Homogeneous catalysis mediated by transition metals as Vanadium, Molibdenum, Tungsten and Titanium of organic substrates using peroxo derivatives. Use of mass spectrometry for the characterization of fleeting intermediates involved in the crucial steps of the oxyfunctionalization process and N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis. Organocatalysis in oxidation reactions and new C-C bond formation. Bile acids as chiral inducers in both oxidation processes and host-guest racemate resolutions. New synthetic strategies for the synthesis of nucleosides and bisphosphonates, including the related biological activity. Ionic liquids as valuable green substitutes of common organic solvents.
International collaborations in the different fields of research: University of Southern California LA (USA), Prof. C. McKenna; Purdue University, West Lafayette IN (USA), Prof. R. G. Cooks; University of Zaragoza (SP), Prof. P. Merino. National collaborations: University of Rome Tor Vergata, Padua, Pisa, Perugia, University of Calabria and CNR Padua
