Fides Benfatti

About

Specialties: Lead Generation, chemical design, discovery of agrochemicals, hit to lead optimization, molecular modeling, organic reactions and methods, analytical methods for separation and characterization of small molecules, retrosynthetic analysis.

Experience

• Syngenta (13 yrs 11 mos)
  • Head Digital Chemical Design
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Head of Insect Control and Disease Control Research Chemistry
    May 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Group Leader Research Chemistry
    Jun 2020 - Apr 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Computer-Assisted Molecular Modeling (CAMM) Group Leader

• postdoc at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  Apr 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  Development of methodologies for the synthesis of heterocycles, using donor-acceptor (D-A) aminocyclopropanes as reactive intermediates. - Iron-catalysed [3+2] annulation between D-A aminocyclopropanes and aldehydes. - First enantiospecific [3+2] annulation between D-A aminocyclopropanes and ketones. (Prof. J. Waser's group)

• postdoc at University of Bologna
  Jan 2008 - Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  Organometallic chemistry- Asymmetric catalysis: - New protocols for the use of dialkyl zinc in asymmetric Reformatsky and aldol-type reactions. Enantioselective organocatalysis: -Development of methodologies for the organocatalytic enantioselective alpha-alkylation of aldehydes via Sn1-type reactions. (Prof. P. G. Cozzi's group)