Carola TORTORA
ESR9: Organocatalysts and Enzymes for Racemization
Host institution: Friedrich - Alexander University Erlangen - Nürnberg, Germany (FAU)
Supervisor: Prof Svetlana TSOGOEVA
Industrial toolbox research group: WP4 Hybrid Resolution
Individual project research objective: To find new general racemization methods for chiral pharmaceutical compounds.
Committee membership: Supervisory Board
Visits/Secondments: RUN, UM, MERCK
Background
She obtained both her Bachelor and Master Degree at the University of Rome La Sapienza, respectively in 2013 and 2015. For the Bachelor Degree in Chemistry she focused on organocatalytic methods to perform Friedel-Crafts reaction, while for the Master Degree in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry she studied new uses for Liposomes employed in organic reactions. She is now working at Friedrich Alexander Universität (FAU) in Erlangen, under the supervision of Prof. Svetlana Tsogoeva, studying racemization methods for continuous resolution.
Research Interests
She is interested in organic synthesis, in particular organocatalysis, asymmetric synthesis and racemization methods.
Contact details
carola.tortora@fau.de
+49 15175308003
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Dissemination
2020
Journal
Tortora, Carola , Franesca Cascella, Christina Mai, Michael Mauksch, Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern, Heike Lorenz and Svetlana B. Tsogoeva (2020)Speeding up Viedma Deracemization through Water catalyzed and Reactant Self‐catalyzed Racemization
ChemPhysChem
https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000493 Publication date (Web): 9 June 2020
Journal cover profiles
Tortora, Carola , F. Cascella, C. Mai, M. Mauksch, A. Seidel‐Morgenstern, H. Lorenz and S. B. Tsogoeva (2020)Cover Feature: Speeding up Viedma Deracemization through Water‐catalyzed and Reactant Self‐catalyzed Racemization
ChemPhysChem
https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202000675 Publication Date (web): 24th August 2020
2019
Journal
Tortora, Carola , G. Belletti, I. Mellema, P. Tinnemans, H. Meekes, F. Rutjes, S. Tsogoeva, E. Vlieg (2019)Photoracemization‐based Viedma ripening of a BINOL derivative
Chemistry: A European Journal
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201904382 Publication Date (Web): 30 October 2019
Journal cover profiles
Tortora, Carola , G. Belletti, I. D. Mellema, P. Tinnemans, H. Meekes, F. P. J. T. Rutjes, S. B. Tsogoeva and E. Vlieg (2019)Cover Feature: Photoracemization‐Based Viedma Ripening of a BINOL Derivative
Chemistry: A European Journal
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201905370 Publication Date (web): 11th December 2019
2018
Poster
Tortora, Carola , Christina Mai, Svetlana B. Tsogoeva (2018)Speeding up Conglomerate Deracemization through Faster Racemization
[Poster and flash presentation] 1st Women Symposium in the Friedrich-Alexander Universität of Erlangen, Germany, 9-11 December 2018
Tortora, Carola , Svetlana B. Tsogoeva (2018)
Speeding up conglomerate deracemization through faster racemization
25th International Workshop on Industrial Crystallization (BIWIC), 6-7 September 2018, University of Rouen, France
Public engagement
Tortora, Carola , Shashank Bhandari, Giuseppe Belletti, Francesca Cascella, Lina Harfouche, Aliou Mbodji, Ghufran ur Rehman, Giulio Valenti, Raghunath Venkatramanan (2018)CORE Crystal Growth Competition with Local High Schools
CORE Crystal Growth competition with local high schools (2018) France, Germany, The Netherlands, UK
2017
Blog
Tortora, Carola , Jan-Joris Devogelaer (2017)A taste of industry: interacting with the network’s partners
CORE Blog
CORE Blog post, 12 December 2017