Giuseppe Resnati

Giuseppe Resnati (born 26 August 1955) is an Italian chemist with interests in supramolecular chemistry and fluorine chemistry. He has a particular focus on self-assembly processes driven by halogen bonds[2] and chalcogen bonds.[3]

Giuseppe Resnati
Born	(1955-08-26) 26 August 1955 Monza, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Spouse(s)	Maria Antonia Civati
Children	Chiara and Claudia
Alma mater	University of Milan
Known for	halogen bond and chalcogen bond
Awards	RSC/SCI Lectureship[1] (2010)
Scientific career
Fields	Supramolecular chemistry Crystal Engineering Fluorine chemistry
Institutions	Politecnico di Milano National Research Council (Italy)
Thesis	Asymmetric Synthesis Via Chiral Sulfoxides (1988)
Doctoral students	Pierangelo Metrangolo
Website	www.chem.polimi.it/people/faculty/giuseppe-resnati/

Education and professional positions

Resnati was born in Monza, Italy. He obtained his PhD in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Milan in 1988 with Prof. Carlo Scolastico and a thesis on asymmetric synthesis via chiral sulfoxides. After a period of activity at the Italian National Research Council, in 2001 he became professor of chemistry for materials at the Politecnico di Milano.

Research interests

His research interests cover/have covered the following topics:

• enantioselective synthesis of mono- and polyfluorinated compounds[4] and synthesis via perfluorinated reagents (perfluorinated oxaziridines as powerful yet selective oxidizing agents)[5]
• fluorinated contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging[6]
• intermolecular forces and their use in crystal engineering;[7] supramolecular chemistry,[8] Borromean rings,[9] and self-assembly processes[10] in the design and preparation of functional materials[11][12]
• halogen bond[13][14] and iodine chemistry; chalcogen bond.
• green chemistry

Honors and awards

• Corrado Fuortes award (1986, awarded by Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere)
• Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry award[15] (2008, awarded by Società Chimica Italiana)
• RSC-SCI Award Lectureship in the Chemical Sciences[16] (2010, awarded by Royal Society of Chemistry/Società Chimica Italiana)
• Member of the Academia Europaea[17] (since 2012)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (Elsevier)[18] (2001 onwards); of Crystals (MDPI)[19] (2015 onwards); of Sustainable Chemistry & Pharmacy (Elsevier)[20] (2017 onwards)
• Topic Editor of Crystal Growth & Design (ACS)[21] (2012 onwards)
• Member of the International Steering Committee of the European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry from the symposium in Bled (1995) and onwards; of the International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry from the symposium in Vancouver (1997) and onwards; of the International Meeting on Halogen Chemistry from the meeting in Bangalore (2012) and onwards
• Chair of the 21st International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (23-28 August 2015, Como, Italy)[22]; chair of the First International Symposium on Halogen Bonding (ISXB-1)(18-22 June 2014, Porto Cesareo, Lecce, Italy)[23]
• Member of the National Organizing Committee of the 6th International IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry (4-8 September 2016, Venice, Italy); member of the International Scientific Committee of the 2nd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference, 14–17 May 2017, Berlin, Germany; member of the Committee of the Faraday Discussion "Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular and Solid State Chemistry", 10–12 July 2017, Ottawa, Canada[24]
• Coordinator of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network “GREENOMIcS - Green Chemistry Excellence from the Baltic See to the Mediterranean See and Beyond” (2017 onwards)
• Advisor of District 2050 Governor for starting Rotary Club Morimondo Abbazia (2012), Club charter member (2013) and president (2015–16)[25]
• Knight of Merit with Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (SMOCSG) (2016).[26]
• Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2017).[27]

References

1. "RCS News, June 2011, pag. 30: RCS-SCI Award to Giuseppe Resnati" (PDF).
2. Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications Metrangolo, P. and Resnati, G. Eds.; 2008; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-540-74329-3
3. G. Resnati et al. The Chalcogen Bond in Crystalline Solids: A World Parallel to Halogen Bond Accounts of Chemical Research 2019, 52, 1311-1324 (DOI: org/10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00037)
4. G. Resnati Synthesis of Chiral and Bioactive Fluoroorganic Compounds Tetrahedron 1993, 49, 9385-9445 (DOI:10.1016/S00404020(01)80212-X)
5. G. Resnati et al. Perfluorinated Oxaziridines: Synthesis and Reactivity Chemical Reviews 1996, 96, 1809-1824 (DOI: 10.1021/cr941146h)
6. G. Resnati et al. 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): From Design of Materials to Clinical Applications Chemical Reviews 2015, 115, 1106−1129 (DOI: org/10.1021/cr500286d)
7. "Resnati coordinated an IUPAC project on crystal engineering".
8. G. Resnati et al. Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6114-6127 ( DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800128 )
9. G. Resnati et al. Halogen bonded Borromean networks by design: topology invariance and metric tuning in a library of multi-component systems Chemical Sci. 2017 ( DOI: 10.1039/C6SC04478F )
10. G. Resnati et al. Halogen Bonding Based Recognition Processes: A World Parallel to Hydrogen Bonding Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 386-395 (DOI: 10.1021/ar0400995 )
11. G. Resnati et al. An Adaptable and Dynamically Porous Organic Salt Traps Unique Tetrahalide Dianions Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13444-13448 ( DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307552 )
12. G. Resnati et al. Halogen-bonding-triggered supramolecular gel formation Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 42-47 ( DOI:10.1038/nchem.1496 )
13. Halogen Bonding I - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2014; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-319-14056-8
14. Halogen Bonding II - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2015; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-319-15731-3
15. "Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry awards" (PDF).
16. "RCS News, June 2011, pag. 30: RCS-SCI Award to Giuseppe Resnati" (PDF).
17. "Academy of Europe: Resnati Giuseppe".
18. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry: Editorial Board.
19. "Crystals: Editorial Board".
20. Sustainable Chemistry & Pharmacy: Editorial Board.
21. Rogers, Robin D. (2012). "Crystal Growth & Design Around the World in 2012, DOI:10.1021/cg201654d". Crystal Growth & Design. 12: 1–2. doi:10.1021/cg201654d.
22. "International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry, info on symposia".
23. "ISXB-1".
24. "Official Web-site of the Faraday Discussion".
25. "Rotary Club Morimondo Abbazia".
26. "Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (Spain)".
27. "Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem".