Professor Enrico SAPPA

Università degli Studi del PIEMONTE ORIENTALE "Amedeo Avogadro"

Facoltà di SCIENZE MATEMATICHE FISICHE e NATURALI

Dipartimento di SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE AVANZATE


Phone: 0039 0131 360217

Fax: 0039 0131 360250

Email: enrico.sappa@mfn.unipmn.it

Brief CV

Enrico Sappa graduated at 23 years on july 1964 at the University of Torino. He started his career in this University as Research Assitant, then as  Associated Professor and, finally, as Full Professor.
He then moved to the University of  Piemonte Orientale (since now UPO) where occupies a Full Professor position.
His scientific interests include the study of the synthesis and reactivity of organometallic compounds in particular towards alkynic and other organic ligands with the aim at obtaining new complexes showing homogeneous catalytic activity (e.g. in hydrogenation and hydroformylation reactions). He is also interested to the coordination of organic ligands to metals as models of organic and organometallic surface reacitions. More recently he has shifted part of  his research interest to inorganic-organometallic sol-gel materials.
He has authored about 190 papers, mostly on qualified international scientific journals, not including collaborations to encyclopaedic publications and scientific popularisation.
Projects:
E.Sappa belongs to the groups of the UPO involved in the COFIN 2003 (and 2005?) programs. He also also collaborations with Novamont (Novara) and FN (Alessandria).
He has also been involved into the MICROCELL research group directed by prof.L.Marchese.
 
Scientific Collaborations

- G. Huttner, University of Heidelberg.
- M.J. Mays, University of Cambridge, Great Britain.
- L. Markò, University of Veszprem.
- Profs. Castiglioni, Gervasio (University of Torino)
- Prof. Sironi (University of Milano)
- Profs. Albanesi and Moggi (Industrial Chemistry, University of Milano and Parma)
- Profs Chiusoli and Costa (Organic Chemistry, University of Parma)
- Profs Casoli and Mangia (General Chemistry, University of Parma)
- Profs Predrieri, Tiripicchio, Pellinghelli, Manotti Lanfredi (University of Parma)
- Profs S. Bigi, A. Armigliato (University of Modena and Bologna)
- Prof. Ragaini (University of Milano)

Actually he still maintains loose collaborations (mostly based on personal friendship) with:
- Pierre Braunstein (Universitè Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg).
- Louis Oro (Univerisidad Zaragoza) ex-former scientific adviser of the Spain Prime Minister (Gonzales)-
- Selby Knox (vice-rector, University of Bristol, U.K.)
- Arthur Carty, (University of Ottawa) scientific adviser of the Prime Minister, Canada.
Selected Publications (2005)

G. Gervasio, D. Marabello, E. Sappa, A. Secco, The reaction of  Ru3(CO)12 with 1,4-dichloro-but-2-yne in basic methanolic solution. Synthesis and crystal  structure of (μ-H)2Ru3(CO)9{μ3-η2-[H2C=C(H)C≡CC(=O)OCH3]}. J. Organomet. Chem., 690 (2005) 1594.

G. Gervasio, D. Marabello, E. Sappa, A. Secco, Reactions of Ru3(CO)12 with 2-pentynal-diethyl-acetal. The crystal structure of Ru2(CO)6[μ-η4-{EtC2C(H)(OEt)2}CO{EtC2C(H)(OEt)2}] and its reactivity towards tetraethyl-orthosilicate. J. Organomet. Chem., 690 (2005) 3730.

G. Gervasio, D. Marabello, E. Sappa, A. Secco, Reaction of Fe3(CO)12 with but-2-yn-1,4-diol, 1,4-dichloro-but-2-yne, propargyl alcohol and propargyl chloride. The X-ray structures of Fe2(CO)6{H2CCCCH2}, Fe2(CO)6{H2CCC(H)C(OCH3)O} and Fe3(CO)10{H2CCC(H)C(O)C[CH2(O)CH3]CCH3}. J. Organomet. Chem., 690 (2005) 3755.

G. Gervasio, D. Marabello, E. Sappa, A. Secco, Reactions of Fe3(CO)12 and Fe(CO)5 with functionalized alkynes in CH3OH/KOH solution. The crystal structure of Fe2(CO)6(PPh3)[H2CCCH2]. Can. J. Chem., in press.
Click here for the complete list of selected publications from 1966 to 2005
Research Group

Dr. Andrea Secco