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Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil
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Prof. da Silva Júnior has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2023).
FRSC is an award attributed to scientists who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of chemical sciences.
Featured:
Professors Eufrânio Júnior and Rossimiriam are the chairs of the 18th Brazilian Meeting on Organic Synthesis - October 17-21, 2022
BMOS is the largest scientific event dedicated to Organic Chemistry in Latin America and aims to bring together scientists from all the parts of the world to share the most important findings in the frontier of science. The meeting congregates the best of Brazilian Organic Synthesis and colleagues from all over the world.

Special issue: The Brazilian Meeting on Organic Synthesis
Editors: Prof. Ângelo de Fátima and Prof. Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior
The Chemical Record - Impact factor (2021): 6.935
See our paper on C-H activation
A dedicated guide for students!
Cover at JBCS!!
Our last paper is
Cover at CrystEngComm!!
CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 1873
Our last paper is
Cover at RSC MedChem!!
RSC Med. Chem., 2020, 11, 1145
Our last paper is Cover at EurJOC!!
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 4474
Our last paper is Cover at JOC!!
J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 8825

Our paper on the mechanism of action of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi β-lapachone-derived naphthoimidazoles is now available online.
Free Rad. Biol. Med.,
2019, 130, 408-418
Free Radical Biology & Medicine
January 11, 2019

Our paper on the synthesis of new potent trypanocidal compounds prepared via C-H activation strategy is now available online.
Eur. J. Organic Chemistry
January 07, 2019

Our paper on the synthesis of new potent trypanocidal compounds prepared via C-H activation strategy is now available online.
Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 7398-7411.
ChemComm
October 16, 2018

Our paper on combination of aryl diselenides/hydrogen peroxide and carbon nanotube/rhodium nanohybrids for naphthol oxidation has been selected as front cover in Chemistry A European Journal and also appeared as Hot Paper!!
Hot paper Chem. Eur. J
September 7, 2018

Cover art Chemical Communications!!
Our paper on weakly-coordinating
N-oxide and carbonyl groups for metal-catalyzed C–H activation has been selected as cover art
Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 7386-7386
ChemComm
July 4, 2018

Our paper on machine intelligence to determine the mechanism of action of β-lapachone in tumor cell lines has been selected as cover art in Chemical Science (Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 6899) and also Highlighted in Chemistry World 2018, July 26, 2018 “Artificial intelligence seeks out new anticancer drugs”
Chemical Science
August 30, 2018
Prof. da Silva Júnior has been elected affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (2020).

Project part of the WUN Global Challenge is led by Prof. da Silva Júnior. Union of research forces from Brazil, Ireland, England and China against Trypanosoma cruzi.

Prof. da Silva Júnior was part of the Brazilian Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (BrazMedChem) as a speaker. This meeting is the largest scientific event dedicated to Medicinal Chemistry in Latin America.
Latest News - Awards

CNPq-SBQ-RSC Brazilian Chemistry Certificate of Distinction
Prof. Eufrânio Júnior has been awarded with the CNPq-SBQ-RSC Brazilian Chemistry Certificate of Distinction. The prize will be delived during SBQ meeting in Joinville.
May 28, 2019
2019 CNPq-SBQ-RSC Brazilian Chemistry Certificate of Distinction

Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers.
Prof. Eufrânio Júnior has been awarded with Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers. He will spend a year as Visiting Professor in Göttingen.
August 01, 2018
2018 Capes-Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers

MedChemComm New Talent: Americas
2018 Emerging Investigators.
Prof. Eufrânio Júnior has participated of themed collection MedChemComm New Talent: Americas (This themed issue showcases some of the top research from emerging investigators from the Americas).
2017 MedChemComm New Talent: Americas

2018 Emerging Investigators.
Prof. Eufrânio Júnior has participated of themed collection: 2018 Emerging Investigators in Chemical Society Reviews.
January 18, 2018
2018 Emerging Investigators

21st International Conference on Organic Synthesis, Mumbai, India.
Prof. Eufrânio Júnior has confirmed his presence in 21 st ICOS. He is the only researcher from Latin America who will participate and present a short talk in this conference.
October 18, 2016
2016 International Conference on Organic Synthesis

RSC/BMOS Young Investigator Award 2015.
Prof. Eufrânio Júnior has been awarded with the RSC/BMOS Young Investigator. The prize was delived during the last Brazilian Meeting on Organic Synthesis in Rio de Janeiro.
November 24, 2015
2015 RSC/BMOS Young Investigator
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Once a Humboldtian, always a Humboldtian
Visiting Professor - The Ackermann Group
Universität Göttingen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
From August 2018 to July 2019

Cuxhaven Trip, June 2019
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da Silva Júnior Group Abroad




Guilherme Jardim (UK, 2015)

Eduardo da Cruz (Germany, 2016)

Gleiston and Breno (Germany, 2016)

Daisy Lima (Germany, 2017)

Rafael Santana (India, 2017)

Vinicius Cristani (India, 2017)

Renato de Carvalho (Germany, 2018)

Talita Gontijo (Germany, 2018)

Guilherme Martins (Germany, 2019)

Marieli Rodrigues (Germany, 2022)

Luana Machado (Germany, 2022)

Renato de Carvalho (UK, 2022)

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