Ioannis Lykakis

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi have been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for the development of a new type of molecular architecture. In 1989, chemistry laureate Richard Robson tested utilising the inherent properties of atoms in a new way. He combined positively charged copper ions with a four-armed molecule; this had a chemical group that was attracted to copper ions at the end of each arm. When they were combined, they bonded to form a well-ordered, spacious crystal. It was like a diamond filled with innumerable cavities.

@zografos_alex @MiquelCostas Congratulations for this great collaborative works.!!

Cracking one of synthesis’s toughest nuts: dioxygen activation! In collaboration with the Costas Lab @MiquelCostas , our DKP-Mn combo hits selective C–H oxidation of alkanes with sharp chemoselectivity under aerobic conditions. Many congrats Kiki! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

@kneochor @EuChemS_DOC @UOC_gr @NeochoritisLab Congratulations Dinos.!!

Happy to be invited to CSC Organic and Bioorganic Young Investigator Workshop in Ottawa, Canada!! Proud to represent EuChemS! Chalk talk presentations!! @EuChemS_DOC @UOC_gr @NeochoritisLab

Photo- and Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidation of Benzylic C(sp3)–H Bonds | Journal of the American Chemical Society @TotalSyntheses pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

@NatureCatalysis Thanks a great study. Congratulations.!!

Chiral cyclopropanes with light in confined space bit.ly/43BYslO

@kurtilaszlo Congratulations.!

Honored to be named a 2025 Ross M. Brown Investigator! browninstitute.caltech.edu We’re taking on a grand challenge: building stable, neutral allotropes of nitrogen (N₄) as clean, ultra energy-dense fuels. No combustion & emissions. Just on-demand decomposition to pure hot N₂ gas.

🚀 Cyclopropanes go metal-free! A highly enantioselective cyclopropanation of olefins using diazoalkanes via #ACPC @NatureCatalysis No metals, just radical cations & serious selectivity #organocatalysis #asymmetricsynthesis #chemtwitter nature.com/articles/s4192…

Highlighting Organic Chemistry in Greece!! Excellent presentations, demonstrating the excellent quality of organic chemistry today in Greece! A big thanks to @ILykakis Prof. P. Guiry, Prof. A. Minnaard,@EuChemS_DOC, Prof N. Papadopoulos (Association of Greek Chemists)

Next in the series Highlighting Organic Chemistry, May 9th at 10am CET: Greece eventbrite.ie/e/highlighting…

Highlighting Organic Chemistry in Greece !!! Sign up in the link below and see the research developments in organic chemistry in Greece! (Friday 9th, 10.00am, CET). eventbrite.ie/e/highlighting…

#CoverFeature Nitrocyclopropanes as Valuable Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis and Biology: Exploring the Origin of the Nitro Group (ChemEurJ 20/2025) (@ILykakis, @MTerzidis and co-workers at @Aristoteleio) doi.org/10.1002/chem.2… • onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch…

It is great to see our Cover page on line.! lnkd.in/dSy696Cx A big thank to Assoc. Prof. @MTerzidis and Andriani Chaidali (PhD candidate), for their valuable contribution and great scientific collaboration! Thanks also @ChemEurope for such opportunity.!

Please check out our new achievement led by Dr. Jo: Size‐Programmable Matteson‐Type Annulation: Construction of Spirocycles from Simple Cyclic Ketones - Jo - Angewandte Chemie International Edition - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Enantioselective C–H annulations enabled by either nickel- or cobalt-electrocatalysed C–H activation for catalyst-controlled chemodivergence bit.ly/3QOwbCf

@GeorgakilasAlex @MTerzidis @ChemEurope Thanks Alex.!

@ILykakis @MTerzidis @ChemEurope Συγχαρητήρια Γιάννη!

Nitrocyclopropanes (NCPs) Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis and their Applications, appears in @ChemEurope! A big thank to A. Chaidali (PhD candidate) and my colleague @MTerzidis (Assist. Prof.) for their valuable contribution to this excellent work! doi.org/10.1002/chem.2…

@GeorgiadisLab @ScienceAdvances Congratulations Dimitris.! Great study.!

Do you know what TACAP is and how is it related with a meprin β selective phosphinic inhibitor? Learn about this exciting development, resulting from a collaboration with Prof Becker-Pauly, published today in @ScienceAdvances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Excited to share our latest work in @angew_chem! We developed an efficient Ni-catalyzed electrochemical cyclopropanation in continuous flow—broad scope, ambient conditions, and scalable! ⚡ 🔗: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an… Fun fact: This marks the 20th ACIE paper from our group!