{{Short description|Italian chemist}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Giuseppe Resnati | honorific_suffix = | birth_name = | image = | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1955|8|26}} | birth_place = Monza, Italy | other_names = | citizenship = | module = {{Infobox scientist | embed = yes | fields = {{Plainlist| * Supramolecular chemistry * Crystal Engineering * Fluorine chemistry}} | workplaces = {{Plainlist| * Politecnico di Milano * National Research Council (Italy)}} | alma_mater = University of Milan | thesis_title = Asymmetric Synthesis Via Chiral Sulfoxides | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 1988 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = Pierangelo Metrangolo | notable_students = | known_for = halogen bond, chalcogen bond, and pnictogen bond | influences = | influenced = | awards = {{Plainlist| * RSC/SCI Lectureship<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org/images/June%202011_tcm18-204254.pdf|title=RCS News, June 2011, pag. 30: RCS-SCI Award to Giuseppe Resnati}}</ref> (2010)}} van der Waals Prize<ref> S. D. Zarić ''III International Conference on Noncovalent Interactions (ICNI-III)'' Chemistry—A European Journal 2025, 31, e202500428 (DOI: org/10.1002/chem.202500428)</ref> (2021)}} }}
'''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,<ref>''Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications'' Metrangolo, P. and Resnati, G. Eds.; 2008; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. {{ISBN|978-3-540-74329-3}}</ref> chalcogen bonds,<ref>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)</ref> and pnictogen bonds.<ref>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)</ref> 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.<ref>G. Resnati et al. ''Naming Interactions from the Electrophilic Site'' Cryst. Growth & Des. 2014, 96, 135-145 (DOI: org/0.1021/cg5001717)</ref>
==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.
==Research interests== His research interests cover/have covered the following topics: * enantioselective synthesis of mono- and polyfluorinated compounds<ref>G. Resnati ''Synthesis of Chiral and Bioactive Fluoroorganic Compounds'' Tetrahedron 1993, 49, 9385-9445 (DOI:10.1016/S00404020(01)80212-X)</ref> and synthesis via perfluorinated reagents (perfluorinated oxaziridines as powerful yet selective oxidizing agents)<ref>G. Resnati et al. ''Perfluorinated Oxaziridines: Synthesis and Reactivity'' Chemical Reviews 1996, 96, 1809-1824 (DOI: 10.1021/cr941146h)</ref> * fluorinated contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging<ref>G. 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)</ref> * intermolecular forces and their use in crystal engineering,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iupac.org/project/2016-001-2-300/|title=Resnati coordinated an IUPAC project on crystal engineering}}</ref> supramolecular chemistry,<ref>G. Resnati et al. ''Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry'' Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6114-6127 ( DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800128 )</ref> Borromean rings,<ref>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 )</ref> and self-assembly processes<ref>G. 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 )</ref> in the design and preparation of functional materials<ref>G. 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 )</ref><ref>G. Resnati et al. ''Halogen-bonding-triggered supramolecular gel formation'' Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 42-47 ( DOI:10.1038/nchem.1496 )</ref> * halogen bond<ref>''Halogen Bonding I - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences'' Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2014; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. {{ISBN|978-3-319-14056-8}}</ref><ref>''Halogen Bonding II - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences'' Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2015; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. {{ISBN|978-3-319-15731-3}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://icni3.bio.bg.ac.rs/van-der-waals-prize|title=ICNI-2022, The van der Waals Prize}}</ref> * ''RSC-SCI Award Lectureship in the Chemical Sciences''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org/images/June%202011_tcm18-204254.pdf|title=RCS News, June 2011, pag. 30: ''RCS-SCI Award to Giuseppe Resnati''}}</ref> (awarded in 2010 by Royal Society of Chemistry/Società Chimica Italiana) * ''Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry Award''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.soc.chim.it/sites/default/files/users/div_organica/Albo%20Premi%20alla%20Ricerca%202014.pdf|title=Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry awards}}</ref> (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<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Resnati_Giuseppe|title=Academy of Europe: Resnati Giuseppe}}</ref> (since 2012) * Member of the International Advisory Board of the ''Journal of Fluorine Chemistry'' (Elsevier,<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-fluorine-chemistry/editorial-board|title=Journal of Fluorine Chemistry: Editorial Board}}</ref> 2001-2023); of ''Crystals'' (MDPI, 2015 onwards); of ''Sustainable Chemistry & Pharmacy'' (Elsevier, 2017-2019) * Topic Editor of ''Crystal Growth & Design'' (ACS)<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Crystal Growth & Design Around the World in 2012, DOI:10.1021/cg201654d|journal=Crystal Growth & Design|volume=12|pages=1–2|doi=10.1021/cg201654d|year = 2012|last1 = Rogers|first1 = Robin D.|doi-access=free}}</ref> (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 * 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)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org/events/detail/11194/isxb1-1st-international-symposium-on-halogen-bonding|title=ISXB-1}}</ref> * 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<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org/events/detail/20585/halogen-bonding-in-supramolecular-and-solid-state-chemistry-faraday-discussion|title=Official Web-site of the Faraday Discussion}}</ref> * 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)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rcmorimondoabbazia.wordpress.com/|title=Rotary Club Morimondo Abbazia}}</ref> * Knight of Magistral Grace of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ordinedimaltaitalia.org/sites/malta/malta/files/article/files/orma_marzo_22.pdf|title=L'Orma, anno XL, N.1, Marzo 2022}}</ref> * Knight Commander with Star of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2025)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/institutions_connected/oessh/index_en.htm|title=Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem}}</ref> * Knight of Merit with Silver Star of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (2020);<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ordinecostantinianoitalia.org/lombardia|title=Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (Spain)}}</ref> Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (2022); Knight of the Order of Prince Danilo I (2022).
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