List of works - Massimo Bietti

A kinetic study of the electron-transfer reaction of the phthalimide-N-oxyl radical (PINO) with ferrocenes

scientific article

A reassessment of the association between azulene and [60]fullerene. Possible pitfalls in the determination of binding constants through fluorescence spectroscopy.

scientific article published in September 2008

Absolute rate constants for hydrogen atom transfer from tertiary amides to the cumyloxyl radical: evaluating the role of stereoelectronic effects

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Activation and Deactivation Strategies Promoted by Medium Effects for Selective Aliphatic C-H Bond Functionalization

scientific article published on 08 November 2018

Aerobic Oxidation of 4-Alkyl-N,N-dimethylbenzylamines Catalyzed by N-Hydroxyphthalimide: Protonation-Driven Control over Regioselectivity

scientific article

Aliphatic C–H Bond Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes: Directing Selectivity through Torsional Effects

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Binding to Redox-Inactive Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Ions Strongly Deactivates the C-H Bonds of Tertiary Amides toward Hydrogen Atom Transfer to Reactive Oxygen Centered Radicals.

scientific article published on 31 August 2015

Characterization and Fate of Hydrogen-Bonded Free-Radical Intermediates and Their Coupling Products from the Hydrogen Atom Transfer Agent 1,8-Naphthalenediol

scientific article published on 06 April 2018

Chemoselective Aliphatic C-H Bond Oxidation Enabled by Polarity Reversal

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Competitive Hydrogen Atom Transfer to Oxyl- and Peroxyl Radicals in the Cu-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of N-Aryl Tetrahydroisoquinolines Using tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide

DFT evidence for a stepwise mechanism in the O-neophyl rearrangement of 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals

scientific article

Diffusion controlled hydrogen atom abstraction from tertiary amines by the benzyloxyl radical. The importance of C-H/N hydrogen bonding

scientific article published on 09 December 2010

Effect of metal ions on the reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with hydrogen atom donors. Fine control on hydrogen abstraction reactivity determined by Lewis acid-base interactions

scientific article published in 2012

Electron transfer properties of alkoxyl radicals. A time-resolved kinetic study of the reactions of the tert-butoxyl, cumyloxyl, and benzyloxyl radicals with alkyl ferrocenes

scientific article published on September 2010

Electron-transfer mechanism in the N-demethylation of N,N-dimethylanilines by the phthalimide-N-oxyl radical

scientific article

Electron-transfer properties of short-lived N-oxyl radicals. Kinetic study of the reactions of benzotriazole-N-oxyl radicals with ferrocenes. Comparison with the phthalimide-N-oxyl radical

scientific article published in August 2009

Electronic and Torsional Effects on Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Aliphatic C-H Bonds: A Kinetic Evaluation via Reaction with the Cumyloxyl Radical

scientific article

Enantioselective C-H Lactonization of Unactivated Methylenes Directed by Carboxylic Acids

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Enantioselective aliphatic C–H bond oxidation catalyzed by bioinspired complexes

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Enhanced Reactivity in Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Tertiary Sites of Cyclohexanes and Decalins via Strain Release: Equatorial C-H Activation vs Axial C-H Deactivation

scientific article published on 14 April 2015

Enhancing Reactivity and Site-Selectivity in Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Amino Acid C-H Bonds via Deprotonation

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Evaluation of Polar Effects in Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions from Activated Phenols

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Fine Control over Site and Substrate Selectivity in Hydrogen Atom Transfer-Based Functionalization of Aliphatic C-H Bonds

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Highly Enantioselective Oxidation of Nonactivated Aliphatic C-H Bonds with Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes

scientific article published on 8 February 2017

Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Alkanols and Alkanediols to the Cumyloxyl Radical: Kinetic Evaluation of the Contribution of α-C-H Activation and β-C-H Deactivation

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Hydrogen abstraction from cyclic amines by the cumyloxyl and benzyloxyl radicals. The role of stereoelectronic effects and of substrate/radical hydrogen bonding

scientific article published on 18 September 2012

Hydrogen atom abstraction reactions from tertiary amines by benzyloxyl and cumyloxyl radicals: influence of structure on the rate-determining formation of a hydrogen-bonded prereaction complex

scientific article published on 07 July 2011

Hydrogen atom abstraction selectivity in the reactions of alkylamines with the benzyloxyl and cumyloxyl radicals. The importance of structure and of substrate radical hydrogen bonding

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Hydrogen atom transfer from 1,2- and 1,3-diols to the cumyloxyl radical. The role of structural effects on metal-ion induced C-H bond deactivation

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Hydrogen atom transfer from 1,n-alkanediamines to the cumyloxyl radical. Modulating C-H deactivation through acid-base interactions and solvent effects

scientific article published on 04 June 2014

Importance of π-stacking interactions in the hydrogen atom transfer reactions from activated phenols to short-lived N-oxyl radicals.

scientific article

Kinetic Study of the Reaction of the Phthalimide-N-oxyl Radical with Amides: Structural and Medium Effects on the Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactivity and Selectivity

scientific article published on 18 November 2016

Kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction from phenol by the cumyloxyl radical. Toward an understanding of the role of protic solvents.

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction reactions from carbon by the cumyloxyl radical. The importance of solvent hydrogen-bond interactions with the substrate and the abstracting radical

scientific article published on 10 May 2011

Kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction reactions from carbon by the cumyloxyl radical. The role of hydrogen bonding

scientific article published on August 2010

Kinetic solvent effects on the reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with tertiary amides. Control over the hydrogen atom transfer reactivity and selectivity through solvent polarity and hydrogen bonding

scientific article published on 6 January 2015

Modeling noncovalent radical-molecule interactions using conventional density-functional theory: beware erroneous charge transfer

scientific article published on 25 January 2013

N-demethylation of N,N-dimethylanilines by the benzotriazole N-oxyl radical: evidence for a two-step electron transfer-proton transfer mechanism

scientific article published in March 2010

One-electron oxidation of 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylpropanoic and 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acids in aqueous solution. the involvement of radical cations and the influence of structural effects and pH on the side-chain fragmentatio

scientific article published on 13 December 2007

One-electron oxidation of ferrocenes by short-lived N-oxyl radicals. The role of structural effects on the intrinsic electron transfer reactivities.

scientific article published on 3 May 2011

Oxygen acidity of ring methoxylated 1,1-diarylalkanol radical cations bearing alpha-cyclopropyl groups. The competition between O-neophyl shift and C-cyclopropyl beta-scission in the intermediate 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals.

scientific article

Phenyl bridging in ring-substituted cumyloxyl radicals. A product and time-resolved kinetic study

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Photolysis of 1-alkylcycloalkanols in the presence of (diacetoxyiodo)benzene and I2. Intramolecular selectivity in the beta-scission reactions of the intermediate 1-alkylcycloalkoxyl radicals

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Reactions of the cumyloxyl and benzyloxyl radicals with strong hydrogen bond acceptors. Large enhancements in hydrogen abstraction reactivity determined by substrate/radical hydrogen bonding

scientific article published on 19 November 2012

Reactions of the cumyloxyl and benzyloxyl radicals with tertiary amides. Hydrogen abstraction selectivity and the role of specific substrate-radical hydrogen bonding

scientific article published on 06 June 2013

Reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with secondary amides. The influence of steric and stereoelectronic effects on the hydrogen atom transfer reactivity and selectivity.

scientific article published on 4 December 2014

Reactivity and acid-base behavior of ring-methoxylated arylalkanoic acid radical cations and radical zwitterions in aqueous solution. Influence of structural effects and pH on the benzylic C-H deprotonation pathway

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Reactivity and selectivity patterns in hydrogen atom transfer from amino acid C-H bonds to the cumyloxyl radical: polar effects as a rationale for the preferential reaction at proline residues.

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Solvent effects on the O-neophyl rearrangement of 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals. A laser flash photolysis study

scientific article

Spectral properties and reactivity of diarylmethanol radical cations in aqueous solution. Evidence for intramolecular charge resonance

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Spectroscopic detection, reactivity, and acid-base behavior of ring-dimethoxylated phenylethanoic acid radical cations and radical zwitterions in aqueous solution

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Structural and medium effects on the reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with intramolecular hydrogen bonded phenols. The interplay between hydrogen-bonding and acid-base interactions on the hydrogen atom transfer reactivity and selectivity

scientific article published on 12 June 2014

Structural effects on the OH-promoted fragmentation of methoxy-substituted 1-arylalkanol radical cations in aqueous solution: the role of oxygen acidity

scientific article published in April 2001

Structural effects on the beta-scission reaction of alkoxyl radicals. Direct measurement of the absolute rate constants for ring opening of benzocycloalken-1-oxyl radicals.

scientific article

Structural effects on the beta-scission reaction of tertiary arylcarbinyloxyl radicals. The role of alpha-cyclopropyl and alpha-cyclobutyl groups

scientific article published in August 2005

The Quest for Selectivity in Hydrogen Atom Transfer Based Aliphatic C–H Bond Oxygenation

scientific article published on 06 August 2018

The deprotonation of benzyl alcohol radical cations: a mechanistic dichotomy in the gas phase as in solution

scientific article published in January 2002

The effect of ring substitution on the O-neophyl rearrangement of 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals. A product and time-resolved kinetic study

scientific article published in May 2005

The mediation of veratryl alcohol in oxidations promoted by lignin peroxidase: the lifetime of veratryl alcohol radical cation

scientific article

The role of aromatic radical cations and benzylic cations in the 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate photosensitized oxidation of ring-methoxylated benzyl alcohols in CH2Cl2 solution.

scientific article

The role of structural effects on the reactions of alkoxyl radicals with trialkyl and triaryl phosphites. A time-resolved kinetic study

scientific article published in July 2010

Threefold exTTF-based Buckycatcher

Time-resolved kinetic study of the electron-transfer reactions between ring-substituted cumyloxyl radicals and alkylferrocenes. Evidence for an inner-sphere mechanism

scientific article published on 24 February 2011

Tuning Selectivity in Aliphatic C–H Bond Oxidation of N-Alkylamides and Phthalimides Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes

Tuning reactivity and selectivity in hydrogen atom transfer from aliphatic C-H bonds to alkoxyl radicals: role of structural and medium effects.

scientific article published on 6 November 2015

Uncovering the Complexity of the Simplest Atom Transfer Reaction

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Understanding kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction reactions from carbon by the cumyloxyl radical

scientific article published on 25 October 2011

Weighting non-covalent forces in the molecular recognition of C60. Relevance of concave–convex complementarity

scientific article published on 12 August 2008

List of works by Massimo Bietti

A kinetic study of the electron-transfer reaction of the phthalimide-N-oxyl radical (PINO) with ferrocenes

A reassessment of the association between azulene and [60]fullerene. Possible pitfalls in the determination of binding constants through fluorescence spectroscopy.

Absolute rate constants for hydrogen atom transfer from tertiary amides to the cumyloxyl radical: evaluating the role of stereoelectronic effects

Activation and Deactivation Strategies Promoted by Medium Effects for Selective Aliphatic C-H Bond Functionalization

Aerobic Oxidation of 4-Alkyl-N,N-dimethylbenzylamines Catalyzed by N-Hydroxyphthalimide: Protonation-Driven Control over Regioselectivity

Aliphatic C–H Bond Oxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes: Directing Selectivity through Torsional Effects

Binding to Redox-Inactive Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Ions Strongly Deactivates the C-H Bonds of Tertiary Amides toward Hydrogen Atom Transfer to Reactive Oxygen Centered Radicals.

Characterization and Fate of Hydrogen-Bonded Free-Radical Intermediates and Their Coupling Products from the Hydrogen Atom Transfer Agent 1,8-Naphthalenediol

Chemoselective Aliphatic C-H Bond Oxidation Enabled by Polarity Reversal

Competitive Hydrogen Atom Transfer to Oxyl- and Peroxyl Radicals in the Cu-Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of N-Aryl Tetrahydroisoquinolines Using tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide

DFT evidence for a stepwise mechanism in the O-neophyl rearrangement of 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals

Diffusion controlled hydrogen atom abstraction from tertiary amines by the benzyloxyl radical. The importance of C-H/N hydrogen bonding

Effect of metal ions on the reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with hydrogen atom donors. Fine control on hydrogen abstraction reactivity determined by Lewis acid-base interactions

Electron transfer properties of alkoxyl radicals. A time-resolved kinetic study of the reactions of the tert-butoxyl, cumyloxyl, and benzyloxyl radicals with alkyl ferrocenes

Electron-transfer mechanism in the N-demethylation of N,N-dimethylanilines by the phthalimide-N-oxyl radical

Electron-transfer properties of short-lived N-oxyl radicals. Kinetic study of the reactions of benzotriazole-N-oxyl radicals with ferrocenes. Comparison with the phthalimide-N-oxyl radical

Electronic and Torsional Effects on Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Aliphatic C-H Bonds: A Kinetic Evaluation via Reaction with the Cumyloxyl Radical

Enantioselective C-H Lactonization of Unactivated Methylenes Directed by Carboxylic Acids

Enantioselective aliphatic C–H bond oxidation catalyzed by bioinspired complexes

Enhanced Reactivity in Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Tertiary Sites of Cyclohexanes and Decalins via Strain Release: Equatorial C-H Activation vs Axial C-H Deactivation

Enhancing Reactivity and Site-Selectivity in Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Amino Acid C-H Bonds via Deprotonation

Evaluation of Polar Effects in Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions from Activated Phenols

Fine Control over Site and Substrate Selectivity in Hydrogen Atom Transfer-Based Functionalization of Aliphatic C-H Bonds

Highly Enantioselective Oxidation of Nonactivated Aliphatic C-H Bonds with Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes

Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Alkanols and Alkanediols to the Cumyloxyl Radical: Kinetic Evaluation of the Contribution of α-C-H Activation and β-C-H Deactivation

Hydrogen abstraction from cyclic amines by the cumyloxyl and benzyloxyl radicals. The role of stereoelectronic effects and of substrate/radical hydrogen bonding

Hydrogen atom abstraction reactions from tertiary amines by benzyloxyl and cumyloxyl radicals: influence of structure on the rate-determining formation of a hydrogen-bonded prereaction complex

Hydrogen atom abstraction selectivity in the reactions of alkylamines with the benzyloxyl and cumyloxyl radicals. The importance of structure and of substrate radical hydrogen bonding

Hydrogen atom transfer from 1,2- and 1,3-diols to the cumyloxyl radical. The role of structural effects on metal-ion induced C-H bond deactivation

Hydrogen atom transfer from 1,n-alkanediamines to the cumyloxyl radical. Modulating C-H deactivation through acid-base interactions and solvent effects

Importance of π-stacking interactions in the hydrogen atom transfer reactions from activated phenols to short-lived N-oxyl radicals.

Kinetic Study of the Reaction of the Phthalimide-N-oxyl Radical with Amides: Structural and Medium Effects on the Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactivity and Selectivity

Kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction from phenol by the cumyloxyl radical. Toward an understanding of the role of protic solvents.

Kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction reactions from carbon by the cumyloxyl radical. The importance of solvent hydrogen-bond interactions with the substrate and the abstracting radical

Kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction reactions from carbon by the cumyloxyl radical. The role of hydrogen bonding

Kinetic solvent effects on the reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with tertiary amides. Control over the hydrogen atom transfer reactivity and selectivity through solvent polarity and hydrogen bonding

Modeling noncovalent radical-molecule interactions using conventional density-functional theory: beware erroneous charge transfer

N-demethylation of N,N-dimethylanilines by the benzotriazole N-oxyl radical: evidence for a two-step electron transfer-proton transfer mechanism

One-electron oxidation of 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylpropanoic and 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acids in aqueous solution. the involvement of radical cations and the influence of structural effects and pH on the side-chain fragmentatio

One-electron oxidation of ferrocenes by short-lived N-oxyl radicals. The role of structural effects on the intrinsic electron transfer reactivities.

Oxygen acidity of ring methoxylated 1,1-diarylalkanol radical cations bearing alpha-cyclopropyl groups. The competition between O-neophyl shift and C-cyclopropyl beta-scission in the intermediate 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals.

Phenyl bridging in ring-substituted cumyloxyl radicals. A product and time-resolved kinetic study

Photolysis of 1-alkylcycloalkanols in the presence of (diacetoxyiodo)benzene and I2. Intramolecular selectivity in the beta-scission reactions of the intermediate 1-alkylcycloalkoxyl radicals

Reactions of the cumyloxyl and benzyloxyl radicals with strong hydrogen bond acceptors. Large enhancements in hydrogen abstraction reactivity determined by substrate/radical hydrogen bonding

Reactions of the cumyloxyl and benzyloxyl radicals with tertiary amides. Hydrogen abstraction selectivity and the role of specific substrate-radical hydrogen bonding

Reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with secondary amides. The influence of steric and stereoelectronic effects on the hydrogen atom transfer reactivity and selectivity.

Reactivity and acid-base behavior of ring-methoxylated arylalkanoic acid radical cations and radical zwitterions in aqueous solution. Influence of structural effects and pH on the benzylic C-H deprotonation pathway

Reactivity and selectivity patterns in hydrogen atom transfer from amino acid C-H bonds to the cumyloxyl radical: polar effects as a rationale for the preferential reaction at proline residues.

Solvent effects on the O-neophyl rearrangement of 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals. A laser flash photolysis study

Spectral properties and reactivity of diarylmethanol radical cations in aqueous solution. Evidence for intramolecular charge resonance

Spectroscopic detection, reactivity, and acid-base behavior of ring-dimethoxylated phenylethanoic acid radical cations and radical zwitterions in aqueous solution

Structural and medium effects on the reactions of the cumyloxyl radical with intramolecular hydrogen bonded phenols. The interplay between hydrogen-bonding and acid-base interactions on the hydrogen atom transfer reactivity and selectivity

Structural effects on the OH-promoted fragmentation of methoxy-substituted 1-arylalkanol radical cations in aqueous solution: the role of oxygen acidity

Structural effects on the beta-scission reaction of alkoxyl radicals. Direct measurement of the absolute rate constants for ring opening of benzocycloalken-1-oxyl radicals.

Structural effects on the beta-scission reaction of tertiary arylcarbinyloxyl radicals. The role of alpha-cyclopropyl and alpha-cyclobutyl groups

The Quest for Selectivity in Hydrogen Atom Transfer Based Aliphatic C–H Bond Oxygenation

The deprotonation of benzyl alcohol radical cations: a mechanistic dichotomy in the gas phase as in solution

The effect of ring substitution on the O-neophyl rearrangement of 1,1-diarylalkoxyl radicals. A product and time-resolved kinetic study

The mediation of veratryl alcohol in oxidations promoted by lignin peroxidase: the lifetime of veratryl alcohol radical cation

The role of aromatic radical cations and benzylic cations in the 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium tetrafluoroborate photosensitized oxidation of ring-methoxylated benzyl alcohols in CH2Cl2 solution.

The role of structural effects on the reactions of alkoxyl radicals with trialkyl and triaryl phosphites. A time-resolved kinetic study

Threefold exTTF-based Buckycatcher

Time-resolved kinetic study of the electron-transfer reactions between ring-substituted cumyloxyl radicals and alkylferrocenes. Evidence for an inner-sphere mechanism

Tuning Selectivity in Aliphatic C–H Bond Oxidation of N-Alkylamides and Phthalimides Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes

Tuning reactivity and selectivity in hydrogen atom transfer from aliphatic C-H bonds to alkoxyl radicals: role of structural and medium effects.

Uncovering the Complexity of the Simplest Atom Transfer Reaction

Understanding kinetic solvent effects on hydrogen abstraction reactions from carbon by the cumyloxyl radical

Weighting non-covalent forces in the molecular recognition of C60. Relevance of concave–convex complementarity