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Asymmetric copper-catalyzed alkylations and autocatalysis Pellegrini, Tilde
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Aknowledgements
The last, but not the least important chapter of this thesis is dedicated to people that were part of my life in these four years in Groningen.
Syuzi, thank you for making me come to the Netherlands! I am grateful for this opportunity and for your wise and critical guidance. You are truly a good chemist and you have reached many important goals in your life. I wish you all the best.
I also want to thank Wesley for being so caring towards all the people in Stratingh Institute.
Prof. Adri Minnaard, Prof. Jan van Maarseveen and Prof. Mauro Pineschi, many thanks for accepting to be in the assessment committee of this thesis, giving your feedback and approving it.
This thesis would not have been written without the precious help of Pieter and Johan for what concerns the NMR measurements, Theodora for HRMS and Monique for HPLC and GC analysis. Thank you very much.
Annette, your work goes beyond the secretarial support. Thank you for the help with the most disparate issues. Tineke, I would also like to thank you for all the good words and your assistance.
During my PhD, I was very lucky to be part of a group where very different people were perfectly matching together. Few months after we met, we became very good friends and, as a sort of magic, the Sublime Group was assembled.
I would start by thanking my paranymphs, Simone and Ciccio for being on my side during these years, one in the lab and the other in the office: you have really colored my life! Simo, I really miss you scaring me with the heat gun and improvising new tools and decorations for the lab. Ciccione, thanks for always being there to help and for finding always the right words… to make me laugh.
Pablo, during our PhDs, you have worked very hard both to write an excellent thesis and to build strong relationships. A big thank for all the initiatives you had and for the constant enthusiasm in enjoying life together. Ravi, during these years you became my guide, or even a sort of older brother. I will always be grateful for your support and I know you will realize all your dreams. Johnny, for how you keep changing a lot, you never lose your originality. Thank you for your friendship that goes beyond the long distance. Mamen, my fellow sublime girl, thank you for fighting with me for women’s right during lunchtime and for fitness during pilates, yoga and African dance classes. Juan Fer, thank you for being the cool grandfather of the group. With your joyfulness and knowledge, you have motivated me a lot.
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Moreover, I would like to thank Juani for looking after anyone in the lab, Kirill for the very interesting talks and Russian poem and Marieke, for introducing our group to the Dutch life. Then all the people met in the group: Xingchen, Yafei, Manas, Paula, Ilayda, Luo, Daan, Danijel, Eduarda, Sofiya, Hovo, Filip, Emilio, Johanan, Joost, Natasha and Dima (to whom I acknowledge the idea of autocatalysis in CBS reduction). I would like to especially thank my two students, Renske and Bouke.
At this point, I would like to mention an unofficial member of our group: Giulia, you had a very big impact on my life in Groningen and you really made me love this city. You are a very powerful person and I hope we will keep on discovering new things and places together in the coming years. I would also like to thank you for the beautiful picture that you took during our travel to Cuba and that is now on the cover of this thesis.
When moving to a new country, you risk to lose some old friends. But fortunately, some of my friends from Pisa moved to Groningen few months later than I. My dear Varsha, you feel like a sister to me. Dhanyawad for being sweet and supportive. In Pisa, I also met a special boy with a lot of crazy ideas. I am happy that one of these was coming for his PhD in Groningen, just six months later than I. Marcotti, these were definitely “the ten best years of your life” and also of mine!
Patrizio, thanks for the thousands of running jokes and for being an awesome salsa partner. Alessandra, even if the last year of PhD is the most critical, meeting you at this point really cheered me up. Milocco, thank you for your friendship and also for always being up for a drink. Matea, you are an explosion of energy and creativity. Thank you for involving me in all kinds of crazy activity and surprising me every time we meet. I wish all the best to you and to your lovely family. Gerda, I have really enjoyed the girls talks and the cultural trips together. I hope we will organize many more in the next years! I would alse like to say thank to all the Italians in Groningen for the dinners, discussions and the beautiful moments spent together.
Since I arrived in the Stratingh Institute, there were many good and bad weeks, but fortunately they all ended with a Friday borrel. I would like to thank all the people that crushed on those dusty sofas and animated the Friday evenings. I would also like to thank all the members of the Stratingh Institute and biochemistry group for the friendly working atmosphere.
After the positive experience at the Stratingh, I was very lucky to end up at Fontys in Eindhoven, where I have met new nice colleagues and friends. Bedankt voor een warm welkom en voor de gezelligheid!
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155 I would like to express my love for Giulia and Marialaura, who kept being my good friends from Italy and thank Prof. Anna Iuliano for preparing me to this PhD and for her affection.
Thanks also to Sara, Moira and my uncles and aunts for their love and the regular delivery of jams and chocolate.
Stefano, thank you for the help with the stellingen. Your English sounds very elegant! At my arrival in Groningen, I was welcomed by two precious boys, Guy and Arjen. Hartelijk dank voor de twee jaar samen in Rivierenhof! I also want to express my gratitude to Koos and Hetty to be always available to help. Van harte bedankt, jullie waren erbij in een moment van nood, zonder dat jullie mij kenden. Jullie zijn een geweldige familie!
Ina, Bert en Mark, thank you for welcoming me in your family. Ik ben blij dat we elkaar via Rik hebben gevonden. En bovenal, bedankt dat jullie mij hebben gered elke keer dat ik door NS in de steek werd gelaten!
Rik, even if we met at the beginning of my PhD, we have lived these four years in two different countries. All the difficulties of the long distance were worth it, to finally be together. Bedankt voor jouw geloof in onze relatie gedurende deze jaren en dat jij me blij maakt. Ti amo tanto.
I feel allowed to be emotional thanking my family. Babbo e Mamma, grazie per avermi sempre incoraggiato a fare quello che mi rendeva felice. Il vostro amore incondizionato mi ha supportato in tutti questi anni e mi ha fatto arrivare fino a questo punto. Finché
dura fa verdura. Vi voglio tanto bene. E ne voglio anche a te, Giangi. Anche se non te
lo dico mai, hai contribuito enormemente nel rendermi la persona che sono e te ne sono molto grata.
