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,Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications Metrangolo, P. and Resnati, G. Eds.; 2008; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. chalcogen bonds,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) and pnictogen bonds.G. Resnati et al. Definition of the pnictogen bond (IUPAC Recommendations 2023) Pure and Applied Chemistry 2024, 96, 135-145 (DOI: org/10.1515/pac-2020-1002) His results on the attractive non-covalent interactions wherein atoms act as electrophiles thanks to the anisotropic distribution of the electron density typical for bonded atoms, prompted a systematic rationalization and categorization of many different weak bonds formed by many elements of the p- and d-blocks of the periodic table.G. Resnati et al. Naming Interactions from the Electrophilic Site Cryst. Growth & Des. 2014, 96, 135-145 (DOI: org/0.1021/cg5001717)
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. Since 2025 he is Emeritus Professor of Chemical Bases for Technologies at the same university.
Research interests His research interests cover/have covered the following topics: enantioselective synthesis of mono- and polyfluorinated compoundsG. Resnati Synthesis of Chiral and Bioactive Fluoroorganic Compounds Tetrahedron 1993, 49, 9385-9445 (DOI:10.1016/S00404020(01)80212-X) and synthesis via perfluorinated reagents (perfluorinated oxaziridines as powerful yet selective oxidizing agents)G. Resnati et al. Perfluorinated Oxaziridines: Synthesis and Reactivity Chemical Reviews 1996, 96, 1809-1824 (DOI: 10.1021/cr941146h) fluorinated contrast agents for magnetic resonance imagingG. 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) intermolecular forces and their use in crystal engineering, supramolecular chemistry,G. Resnati et al. Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6114-6127 ( DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800128 ) Borromean rings,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 ) and self-assembly processesG. 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 ) in the design and preparation of functional materialsG. 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 )G. Resnati et al. Halogen-bonding-triggered supramolecular gel formation Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 42-47 ( DOI:10.1038/nchem.1496 ) halogen bondHalogen Bonding I - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2014; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. Halogen Bonding II - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2015; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. and iodine chemistry; chalcogen bond. green chemistry
Honors and awards van der Waals Prize 2021 (awarded in 2022 by the 2nd International Conference on Noncovalent Interactions, ICNI-2022) RSC-SCI Award Lectureship in the Chemical Sciences (awarded in 2010 by Royal Society of Chemistry/Società Chimica Italiana) Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry Award (awarded in 2008 by Società Chimica Italiana) Corrado Fuortes award (awarded in 1986 by Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere) Invited professor at the University of Strasbourg (2012, Strasbourg, France) Invited professor at the Nagoya University (2001, Nagoya, Japan) Invited professor at the Paris-Sud University (1996, Châtenay-Malabry, France) Senior NATO Fellowship (1989-1990, Clemson University, SC, USA) Member of the Academia Europaea (since 2012) Member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (Elsevier, 2001-2023); of Crystals (MDPI, 2015 onwards); of Sustainable Chemistry & Pharmacy (Elsevier, 2017-2019) Topic Editor of Crystal Growth & Design (ACS) (2012 onwards) Member of the International Steering Committee of the: -International Conference on Noncovalent Intereactions (ICNI) from ICNI-1 (Lisbon, Portugal; 2019) onwards; -International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (ISFC) from ISFC-15 (Vancouver, Canada; 1997) to ISFC-24 (Shanghai, China; 2024); -International Meeting on Halogen Chemistry (HalChem) from Halchem-V (Cagliari, Italy; 2010) onwards; -European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (ESFC) from ESFC-11 (Bled, Slovenia; 1995) onwards; -International Symposium on Halogen Bonding (ISXB) from ISXB-1 (Porto Cesareo, Lecce, Italy; 2014) onwards Chair of the: -21st International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (23-28 August 2015, Como, Italy); -1st International Symposium on Halogen Bonding (ISXB-1)(18-22 June 2014, Porto Cesareo, Lecce, Italy) 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 Coordinator of the UNESCO UNITWIN Network “GREENOMIcS - Green Chemistry Excellence from the Baltic See to the Mediterranean See and Beyond” (2017–2021) President of the Rotary Club Rozzano Parco Sud in the rotarian year 2006-'07; assistant of the Governor of the District 2050 (south Lombardy) from 2009 to 2013; advisor of District 2050 Governor for starting Rotary Club Morimondo Abbazia (2012), Club charter member (2013) and president (2015–16) Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2022) Knight Commander with Star of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2025) Knight of Merit with Silver Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (2020); Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (2022); Knight of the Order of Prince Danilo I (2022).
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