Author Archives: mmaamarq

Sandra and Juan Carlos, excellent students

Sandra and Juan Carlos received their awards for best academic record, last Monday during the San Alberto Magno ceremony, at the Faculty of Sciences. Well done!! Congratulations!!

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Awakening scientific vocations in children

CSIC organices this week an interesting event dedicated to children from schools of Aragon and surprise them with Science (“Semana de la Ciencia”). Sandra, Christian, Guillermo and Fanny from HOCA lab, have been awakening scientific vocations. Maybe some of them … Continue reading

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Sandra makes HOCA is present in the IV NanoOncology Workshop

Last Tuesday, Sandra Ardevines, PhD student in our group, gave her talk about the “Synthesis of 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives and the study of their biological properties” during the first session of the IV NanoOncology Workshop (October, 19-20th) celebrated in Zaragoza.Well done!!

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Tschüss Devan!

Today we said goodbye to Devan, a student from the TUM who got a DAAD internship and joined the HOCA lab for 6 weeks working very hard. We hope you learnt with us and you had enjoyed. Good luck and … Continue reading

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Bachelor and Master Thesis defended successfully!

Congratulations guys! Bachelor Theses: Miryam Garcés Marín. “Searching for more sustainable and effective methods for the synthesis of chiral chromenes of biological importance” Supervisors: Dr. Eugenia Marqués-López and Dr. Raquel P. Herrera. Juan Carlos Pérez Sánchez. “Synthesis and study of … Continue reading

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New paper published. Congratullations!!

Single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformation and catalytic properties of new organically template perhalidometallates, Rayes, A.; Zárate-Roldán, S.; Ara, I.; Moncer, M.; Dege, N.; Gimeno, M. C.; Ayed, B.; Herrera, R. P. Catalysts 2021, 11, 758. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11070758. Abstract. Two new organic–inorganic salts of perhalidometallates with … Continue reading

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Propargylamines paper, just published!

Effort has reward… congrats!! 😉 Unconventional Gold-Catalyzed One-Pot/Multicomponent Synthesis of Propargylamines Starting from Benzyl Alcohols, Zárate-Roldán, S.; Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Catalysts 2021, 11, 513. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal11040513. Abstract. A formal homogeneous gold-catalyzed A3-coupling, starting from benzyl alcohols, is reported for … Continue reading

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Happy birthday Dr. Herrera!!!

Kisses from all current and former HOCA’s members and Gimeno’s group!!

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Stepping strong!!

Our young Sandra Ardevines has received the award “Casañal Poza” for the best academic record of the Degree in Chemistry 2019-20. Congratulations!!!!

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Chemical reviews just published!

Main Avenues in Gold Coordination Chemistry, Herrera, R. P.; Gimeno, M. C. Chem. Rev. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00930. Hard, but gratifying work! Congratulations!! Abstract. In this contribution, we provide an overview of the main avenues that have emerged in gold coordination chemistry during … Continue reading

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