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Contact data |
Full Professor
of Industrial Chemistry |
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Biography |
Born in 1941, he attained his degree in Chemistry at the University of Milan in 1966. After a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the same University, he worked for some years as Research Assistant at the Italian National Research Council. In 1983, he was appointed Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Milan. At the present, he is Full Professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Insubria. | |
Qualifications and awards |
Member of the Società
Chimica Italiana. Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professional qualification as Chemist. Member of the “Peer Reviewers List” of the Italian Department of Education and Research. Co-author of more than 150 scientific publications. Co-author of a two-volume textbook entitled “Chimica degli eterocicli” |
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Research interests |
The research activity has been mainly directed to the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds of potential interest in the pharmaceutical field. More recent research interests are: synthesis of novel colorants, macromolecular chemistry, structural modifications of textile fibers. |
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Teaching experience and appointments |
The research activity has been mainly directed to the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds of potential interest in the pharmaceutical field. More recent research interests are: synthesis of novel colourants, macromolecular chemistry, structural modifications of textile fibres. Teaching experience and appointments In the past, for several years, teacher of courses of both theory and practice in Organic Chemistry. At the present, teacher of the courses of Advanced Organic Chemistry, Industrial Organic Chemistry, Chemistry and Technology of Polymers. Chairman of the Teaching Staff of Chemistry at the University of Insubria . |
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Representative publications |
1. G. Zecchi - The chemistry of C-Azidohydrazones: Developments and Perspectives - Synlett, 859 (1992). 2. G. Broggini, G. Molteni, G. Zecchi - The Intramolecular Azide Cycloaddition Route to Triazolam Analogues - Synthesis, 6, 647 (1995). 3. G. Broggini, C. La Rosa, G. Zecchi - 5-Heterosubstituted 4-Methylene-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles: Ready Accessibility and Versatile Reactivity - Synlett, 1208 (1995). 4. G. Broggini, F. Folcio, N. Sardone, M. Sonzogni, G. Zecchi - Synthesis of Enantiopure 3-Hydroxymethylchromanes via Intramolecular Nitrone Cycloaddition - Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 7, 797 (1996). 5. G. Broggini, G. Zecchi - 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions to Allenes - Gazz. Chim. Ital., 126, 479 (1996). 6. G. Broggini, G. Zecchi - Peracid Oxidation of Chiral Isoxazolidines: Developments and Perspectives - Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 8, 1431 (1997). 7. G. Broggini, L. Garanti, G. Molteni, G. Zecchi - Synthesis of Bis-(3,5)pyrazolophanes by Sequential Intermolecular-Intramolecular Nitrilimine Cycloadditions - Tetrahedron, 54, 2843 (1998). 8. Arnone, G. Broggini, D. Passarella, A. Terraneo, G. Zecchi - Intramolecular Cycloadditions of Nitrones Derived from 1-Allyl-2-pyrrolecarbaldehyde as a Route to Racemic and Enantiopure Pyrrolizidines and Indolizidines - J. Org. Chem., 63, 9279 (1998). 9. G. Broggini, G. Zecchi – Pyrrolizidine and Indolizidine Syntheses Involving 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions - Synthesis, 905 (1999). 10. G. Broggini, G. Molteni, A. Terraneo, G. Zecchi - A Facile Synthesis of Flumazenil Analogues – Tetrahedron, 55, 14803 (1999). 11. E. M. Beccalli, G. Broggini, C. La Rosa, D. Passarella, T. Pilati, A. Terraneo, G. Zecchi – Access to Pyrrolo- and Pyrido[1,2-a]indole Derivatives by Intramolecular Nitrone Cycloadditions. Effect of Steric Factors on the Regioselective Product Formation - J. Org. Chem., 65, 8924 (2000). 12. D. Basso, G. Broggini, D. Passarella, T. Pilati, A. Terraneo, G. Zecchi - Synthetic Approach to Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine Derivatives by the Intramolecular Nitrone Cycloaddition Methodology - Tetrahedron, 58, 4445 (2002). 13. E. M. Beccalli, G. Broggini, A. Farina, L. Malpezzi, A. Terraneo, G. Zecchi – A Valuable Approach to Enantiopure Partially Saturated Pyrrolo- and Indolo[1,2-a]indoles by Intramolecular Nitrone Cycloadditions to the Cyclohexene Ring – Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2080 (2002). 14. G. Broggini, G. Molteni, A. Terraneo, G. Zecchi - Transition Metal Complexation in 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions - Heterocycles, 59, 823 (2003). 15. E. M. Beccalli, G. Broggini, A. Contini, I. De Marchi, G.Zecchi, C. Zoni – Intramolecular cycloadditions of nitrones derived from optically active 1-alkenyl-2-imidazolecarbaldehydes. Regio- and diastereoselectivity –Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 15, 3181 (2004). 16. E. Polo, S. Losio, G. Zecchi, F. Bertini, M. C. Sacchi – Effect of Titanium on Fluxional Behavior of Unbridged Metallocene Catalysts – Macromol. Rapid Commun., 25, 1845(2004). 17. G. Broggini, K. Chiesa, I. De Marchi, M. Martinelli, T. Pilati, G. Zecchi – Efficient approach to the unknown isoxazolo[3,4-d]thieno[2,3-b]pyridine system by regioselective intramolecular nitrone cycloadditions –Tetrahedron, 61, 3525 (2005). 18. S. Losio, G. Zecchi, F. Bertini, M. C. Sacchi, V. Bertolasi, E. Polo – Unbridged Zirconium and Titanium Metallocenes with Seven- or Eight-Saturated Fused-Ring Ligands: a Route for the Synthesis of Stereoblock Polypropene – Macromolecules, 38,7231 (2005). |
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