Polyssena Renzi
(RTDb) Assistant Professor
- Department of Chemistry
- SSD: CHIM/06 - organic chemistry
- ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-8183

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- Department of Chemistry
Dipartimento di Chimica
Via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino - https://www.chemistry.unito.it/persone/polyssena.renzi
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- Department of Chemistry
- Dipartimento di Chimica
- Corso di laurea in Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche
- Corso di laurea magistrale in Chimica
- PhD Programme in Innovation for the Circular Economy
Curriculum vitae

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Carboranes meet photochemistry: Recent progresses in light-mediated cage functionalisation
2023-01-01 Lanfranco A.; Renzi P.; Rusconi M.; Deagostino A. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1937050
Photoinduced Chloroamination Cyclization Cascade with N-Chlorosuccinimide: From N-(Allenyl)sulfonylamides to 2-(1-Chlorovinyl)pyrrolidines
2023-01-01 Azzi, Emanuele; Ghigo, Giovanni; Sarasino, Lorenzo; Parisotto, Stefano; Moro, Riccardo; Renzi, Polyssena; Deagostino, Annamaria https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1879885
Electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction promoted by titanium-based tetrapyrazinoporphyrazines
2023-01-01 Sordello F.; Prantsidou-Georgiadou P.-N.; Azzi E.; Tschauder Y.; Formenti D.; Pellegrino F.; Renzi P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1906790
Inexpensive and bench stable diarylmethylium tetrafluoroborates as organocatalysts in the light mediated hydrosulfonylation of unactivated alkenes
2023-01-01 Renzi, Polyssena; Azzi, Emanuele; Ascensio, Sylvain; Parisotto, Stefano; Sordello, Fabrizio; Pellegrino, Francesco; Ghigo, Giovanni; Deagostino, Annamaria https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1897412
A novel pH sensitive theranostic PLGA nanoparticle for boron neutron capture therapy in mesothelioma treatment
2023-01-01 Sforzi, Jacopo; Lanfranco, Alberto; Stefania, Rachele; Alberti, Diego; Bitonto, Valeria; Parisotto, Stefano; Renzi, Polyssena; Protti, Nicoletta; Altieri, Saverio; Deagostino, Annamaria; Geninatti Crich, Simonetta https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1887438
Recent Progresses in the Preparation of Chlorinated Molecules: Electrocatalysis and Photoredox Catalysis in the Spotlight
2022-01-01 Stefano Parisotto , Emanuele Azzi, Alberto Lanfranco , Polyssena Renzi, Annamaria Deagostino https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1852481
Biotinylation of a MRI/Gd BNCT theranostic agent to access a novel tumour-targeted delivery system
2022-01-01 Lanfranco, Alberto; Alberti, Diego; Parisotto, Stefano; Renzi, Polyssena; Lecomte, Valentin; Geninatti Crich, Simonetta; Deagostino, Annamaria https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1879877
Blue light enhanced Heck arylation at room temperature applied to allenes
2022-01-01 Polyssena Renzi, Emanuele Azzi, Enrico Bessone, Giovanni Ghigo, Stefano Parisotto, Francesco Pellegrino, Annamaria Deagostino https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1843043
Green Chemistry Meets Asymmetric Organocatalysis: A Critical Overview on Catalysts Synthesis
2021-01-01 Antenucci A.; Dughera S.; Renzi P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1793721
Visible Light Mediated Photocatalytic N-Radical Cascade Reactivity of γ,δ-Unsaturated N-Arylsulfonylhydrazones: A General Approach to Structurally Diverse Tetrahydropyridazines
2021-01-01 Emanuele Azzi, Giovanni Ghigo, Stefano Parisotto, Francesco Pellegrino, Emanuele Priola, Polyssena Renzi, Annamaria Deagostino https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1775011
Unconventional approaches for the introduction of sulfur-based functional groups
2021-01-01 Lanfranco, A; Moro, R; Azzi, E; Deagostino, A; Renzi, P https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1799236
Visible Light as the Key for the Formation of Carbon-Sulfur Bonds in Sulfones, Thioethers, and Sulfonamides: An Update
2021-01-01 Azzi E.; Lanfranco A.; Moro R.; Deagostino A.; Renzi P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1799543
Titanium-Based Tetrakis-2,3-[5,6-di(Substituted)pyrazino]porphyrazine: Synthesis and Characterization
2020-01-01 Renzi P.; Mazzapioda L.; Nardelli F.; Martini F.; Geppi M.; Mancone C.; Assunta Navarra M.; D'Acunzo F.; Gentili P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1742394
Unprecedented Mechanism of an Organocatalytic Route to Conjugated Enynes with a Junction to Cyclic Nitronates
2019-01-01 Streitferdt, Verena; Haindl, Michael H; Hioe, Johnny; Morana, Fabio; Renzi, Polyssena; von Rekowski; Felicitas Zimmermann; A; Nardi, Martina; Zeitler, Kirsten; Gschwind, Ruth Maria https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729051
A Remarkably Large Phase-Transition Effect in a Random Copolymer of Oligo(ethylene glycol) Methyl Ether Methacrylate (OEGMA)500 Induced by the Photochemistry of the 2-(Hydroxyimino)aldehyde Group
2019-01-01 Francesca D’Acunzo; Serena De Santis; Giancarlo Masci; Martina Nardi; Polyssena Renzi; and Anatoly Petrovich Sobolev https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729043
Caesium for perovskite solar cells: an overview
2018-01-01 Federico Bella; Polyssena Renzi; Carmen Cavallo; Claudio Gerbaldi https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729049
Decrypting Transition States by Light: Photoisomerization as a Mechanistic Tool in Broensted Acid Catalysis
2017-01-01 RENZI, POLYSSENA; Hioe, Johnny; Gschwind, Ruth M. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729024
Organocatalytic synthesis of axially chiral atropisomers
2017-01-01 Renzi, P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729112
Design of experiments: a rational approach toward non-covalent asymmetric organocatalysis
2017-01-01 RENZI, POLYSSENA; BELLA, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729027
Enamine/dienamine and brønsted acid catalysis: elusive intermediates, reaction mechanisms, and stereoinduction modes based on in situ NMR spectroscopy and computational studies
2017-01-01 Renzi, Polyssena; Hioe, Johnny; Gschwind, Ruth M. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729052
Organocatalyzed addition to activated C=C bonds
2015-01-01 RENZI, POLYSSENA; MOLITERNO, MAURO; SALVIO, RICCARDO; BELLA, Marco https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729115
Novel strategies in asymmetric synthesis
2014-01-01 Renzi P. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729141
Kinetic Resolution of Oxazinones: Rational Exploration of Chemical Space through the Design of Experiments
2014-01-01 Polyssena Renzi; Christel Kronig; Armando Carlone; Serap Eroksuz; Berkessel Albrecht; Marco Bella https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729030
Enantioselective Aza-Michael Addition of Imides by Using an Integrated Strategy Involving the Synthesis of a Family of Multifunctional Catalysts, Usage of Multiple Catalysis, and Rational Design of Experiment
2013-01-01 Mattia Silvi; Polyssena Renzi; Deborah Rosato; Chiara Margarita; Alessio Vecchioni; Ivan Bordacchini; Diego Morra; Alessandro Nicolosi; Riccardo Cari; Fabio Sciubba; Daniele Maria Scarpino Schietroma; Marco Bella https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729116
Non-asymmetric organocatalysis
2012-01-01 Polyssena Renzi; Marco Bella https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729028
Biomimetic Organocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of 2-Substituted Piperidine-Type Alkaloids and Their Analogues
2011-01-01 Mattia R. Monaco; Polyssena Renzi; Daniele Maria Scarpino Schietroma; Marco Bella https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729033
Multicomponent asymmetric reactions mediated by proline lithium salt
2010-01-01 Polyssena Renzi; Jacob Overgaard; Marco Bella https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729132
Total synthesis of natural products
2009-01-01 Scarpino Schietroma D M; RENZI P; Monaco M R e Bella M. https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729109
Critical survey covering the year 2008: total synthesis of natural products is an art without age
2009-01-01 SCARPINO SCHIETROMA D.M; RENZI P; MONACO M.R; M. BELLA https://iris.unito.it/handle/2318/1729133
Courses
- IDENTIFICAZIONE DI COMPOSTI ORGANICI (CHI0085)
Corso di laurea magistrale in Chimica - LABORATORIO DI SINTESI ORGANICHE (CHI0124)
Corso di laurea in Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche - Processi sostenibili e metodi analitici nel campo dell'economia circolare
PhD Programme in Innovation for the Circular Economy
Research topics
New methodologies for the preparation of highly functionalised molecules catalysed by metal complexes and visible light
Visible light driven transformations mediated by organo-photocatalysts
Synthesis of theranostic antitumoral agents for BNCT/MRI applications (NECTAR project; https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964934/it)
Synthesis and characterization of catalysts based on metal complexes for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in energy applications (COMPORRE project, funded project by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Torino)
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