Author Archives: mmaamarq

Working and relaxing…

… both are compatible and necessary to enjoy life 😉  

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Just accepted, congratulations!

Asymmetric organocatalyzed aza‐Henry reaction of hydrazones: experimental and computational studies, Sonsona, I. G.; Alegre-Requena, J. V.; Marqués-López, E.; Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Chem. Eur. J. 2020, DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000232   Abstract. The first asymmetric catalyzed aza‐Henry reaction of hydrazones … Continue reading

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Approaching dangerously the ENZYMES…

Dr. Juan Mangas-Sanchez, visited us and gave an interesting talk about New enzymes for the preparation of amines. Discovery, directed evolution and synthetic applications. Juan is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, integrated … Continue reading

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First fruit of a very interesting collaboration…

… with Dr. Santiago Uriel. Thank you and congratulations! Simple iodoalkyne-based organocatalysts for the activation of carbonyl compounds, Alegre-Requena, J. V.; Valero-Tena, A.; Sonsona, I. G.; Uriel, S.; Herrera, R. P. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, DOI: 10.1039/c9ob02688f Abstract. A novel … Continue reading

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Hot paper Chem. Eur. J. – Congratulations!

Thiolate Bridged Gold(I)–NHC Catalysts: New Approach for Catalyst Design and its Application to Trapping Catalytic Intermediates Renso Visbal, Raquel P. Herrera* and M. Concepción Gimeno* Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 15837–15845. More info (in Spanish).

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Santa Claus is coming to HOCA town!

We said hello to Christmas and goodbye to Manel and Athar. Thank you for coming to work with us. Safe trip back home and good luck! Merry Christmas everyone!       

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Drugs: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

True to its commitment to scientific dissemination, last week, Raquel told to a general public, both, adults (December 12): Ámbito cultural (El Corte Inglés), and young people (December 13): IES Goya (Zaragoza), about the different properties that can show the two … Continue reading

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Anabel got her PhD!

Last November 29, Anabel Izaga presented her PhD thesis: “Study of the synergistic effect between metal complexes and organocatalysts”. A very emotive defense… This work has been supervised by Dr. Herrera and Prof. Gimeno. Congratulations!!

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Metals… more and more present in the HOCA group, SOS!

Last week (14-15 November 2019), Raquel attended to the 1st International Workshop on Metals in Medicine hold at Chimie ParisTech, PSL University. She presented the poster entitle Synthesis of group 11 metal complexes with thiourea or squaramide ligands: study of … Continue reading

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Isaac, we will miss you a lot!

Isaac is now in Bologna (Dipartimento di Chimica industriale “Toso Montanari”, Università di Bologna) as a postdoctoral researcher, working with Dr. Luca Bernardi. Last week, we said goodbye to him having a drink and laughing with his jokes! Enjoy and … Continue reading

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