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Acknowledgements.
I wish to thank Prof. G. Uccello Barretta, Dr F. Balzano, Dr F. Aiello and Dr A.
Manariti for the NMR and IR measurements, respectively.
I also want to thank Dr. A Mandoli for his priceless patience and his endless will to teach new things to the students and, above all, for all the time and effort he spent supervising me and my labmates. A cheerful greeting goes to Prof D. Pini and Prof A.
Iuliano for their continuous willingness and liveliness.
Special thanks to all my labmates that spent so much time working together Ravi, Varsha, Eleonora, Grazia, Tilde, Nicola, Alberto, Philipp, Alessio and, especially, Anila, who was always next to me, both laughing and complaining, always ready to support me.
“Thank you” to all my friends for all the joyful moments spent together.
I sincerely want to thank my parents, who are always ready to help and support me.
Last, but not least, thanks to Laura, who is next to me.