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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry |
| Keywords | DFT calculations, noncovalent interactions, crystal engineering, supramolecular chemistry, molecular recognition |
Current contact address
| Country | Spain |
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| City | Palma de Mallorca |
| Institution | Universitat de Les Illes Balears |
| Institute | Departament de Quimica |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Rainer Streubel | Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2023 |
Programme(s)
| 2022 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Frontera, an international leading authority in applied theoretical chemistry, is developing new bonding concepts at the borderline of molecular and supramolecular main group and transition metal chemistry. He has made inspiring contributions in various fields such as reactive intermediates, catalysis, carbohydrates, anion recognition in enzyme chemistry, crystal engineering, battery research and weak interactions between metals. He has developed the concepts of “tetrel-bonding”, “σ-hole-π interactions“ as well as „spodium bonds“ which have enabled to gain further insight into new modes of weak interactions. In Germany, he will continue his work on catalysis and supramolecular chemistry with special emphasis on weak interactions |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2023 | Andrey S. Smirnov, Mikhail A. Kinzhalov, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera, Nadezhda A. Bokach and Vadim Yu. Kukushkin: Isocyanide π-Hole Interactions Supported by Aurophilic Forces. In: Crystals, 13, 2023, 1177 |
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| 2023 | Guillermo Romo-Islas, Rosa Gomila, Antonio Frontera and Laura Rodríguez: Supramolecular luminescent Pt(II) tweezers. Aggregation studies and 1O2 production. In: Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, |
| 2023 | David Biskup, Tom Bergmann, Gregor Schnakenburg, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera and Rainer Streubel: Synthesis of a 1-aza-2-phospha-acenaphthene complex profiting from coordination enabled chloromethane elimination. In: RSC Advances 13, 2023, 21313 |