Dr. Gambarotta's research in organometallic chemistry and catalysis focuses on design and discovery of new active catalysts for olefin selective and non-selective oligomerization. Given the industrial relevance of these catalysts, we carry the preliminary screening in the lab and the final testing in cooperation with industry. A particular focus is on the understanding of the mechanistic aspects of the selectivity of the oligomerization reaction. This is in the view of extracting crucial information for the tailoring of new and more competitive catalysts.

Dr. Gambarotta's research in organometallic chemistry and catalysis focuses on design and discovery of new active catalysts for olefin selective and non-selective oligomerization. Given the industrial relevance of these catalysts, we carry the preliminary screening in the lab and the final testing in cooperation with industry. A particular focus is on the understanding of the mechanistic aspects of the selectivity of the oligomerization reaction. This is in the view of extracting crucial information for the tailoring of new and more competitive catalysts.

Licciulli, S., Thapa, I., AlBahily, K., Korobkov, I., Gambarotta, S., Duchateau, R., Chevalier, R., Schuhen, K. Towards selective catalytic ethylene tetranerization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 2010 Korobkov, I., Gorelsky, S., Gambarotta, S. Reduced uranium complexes: synthetic and DFT study on the role of p-ligation in the stabilization of uranium species in a formal low-valent state. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 131, 10406, 2009 Vidyaratne, I., Nikiforov, G.B., Gorelsky, S.I., Gambarotta, S., Duchateau, R., Korobkov, I. Isolation of a self-activating ethylene trimerization catalyst. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 48, 6552, 2009 Nikiforov, G.B., Vidyaratne, I., Gambarotta, S., Korobkov, I. Titanium-promoted dinitrogen cleavage partial hydrogenation and silylation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 48, 7415, 2009 Horvath, S., Gorelsky, S.I., Gambarotta, S., Korobkov, I. Breaking the 1.80 Å barrier of the Cr-Cr multiple bond between Cr(II) atoms. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 47, 9937, 2008