Category Archives: Eugenia Marqués-López

Synthesis and supramolecular self-assembly of glutamic acid-based squaramides

Posted on September 4, 2018 by mmaamarq

Synthesis and supramolecular self-assembly of glutamic acid-based squaramides Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Marleen Häring, Isaac G. Sonsona, Alex Abramov, Eugenia Marqués-López, Raquel P. Herrera and David Díaz Díaz Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2065–2073. Abstract: We describe the preparation and characterization of two … Continue reading →

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Urea Activation by an External Brønsted Acid: Breaking Self-Association and Tuning Catalytic Performance

Posted on September 4, 2018 by mmaamarq

Urea Activation by an External Brønsted Acid: Breaking Self-Association and Tuning Catalytic Performance Isaac G. Sonsona, Eugenia Marqués-López, Marleen Häring, David Díaz Díaz  and Raquel P. Herrera Catalysts 2018, 8(8), 305; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8080305 Abstract: In this work, we hypothesize that Brønsted acids can activate urea-based catalysts by diminishing its … Continue reading →

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Surprising Maru for her birthday!

Posted on June 24, 2018 by mmaamarq

Happy birthday, Maru! THANKS GUYS!

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Maru’s Birthday

Posted on June 6, 2018 by mmaamarq

Happy birthday 😉

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Trapping carbocations…

Posted on February 12, 2018 by mmaamarq

A new article has just been published. Thank you to everyone, and congratulations! Functionalization of π-activated alcohols by trapping carbocations in pure water under smooth conditions, Ortiz, R.; Koukouras, A.; Marqués-López, E.; Herrera, R. P. Arab. J. Chem. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2018.01.022 Abstract. Acetic acid as catalyst … Continue reading →

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A new article has been accepted for publication, CONGRATULATIONS!!

Posted on February 1, 2018 by mmaamarq

“Functionalization of π-activated alcohols by trapping carbocations in pure water under smooth conditions”, R. Ortiz, A. Koukouras, E. Marqués-López, R. P. Herrera, Arab. J. Chem. 2018, accepted. Abstract: Acetic acid as catalyst in pure water was found to be an excellent reaction medium … Continue reading →

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Alfonso Jr. has been born!

Posted on January 12, 2018 by mmaamarq

All the best for you, my little angel. I love you.

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Maru joined the EAIE, hold this year in Seville

Posted on September 25, 2017 by mmaamarq

Maru attended to the 29th Annual EAIE Conference and Exhibition which took place from 12–15 September 2017 at the Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES). It was an amazing event with 6000 participants from 95 countries! She represented the Escuela … Continue reading →

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Deepening the knowledge of Henry reaction catalyzed by squaramides

Posted on August 19, 2017 by mmaamarq

We have just published very interesting studies about the Henry reaction, which allow understanding more in detail the activation of the substrates by a very effective squaramide. Enjoy them… Congratulations Juanvi! “Push−Pull π+/π−” (PPππ) Systems in Catalysis, Alegre Requena J. … Continue reading →

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Celebrating our last publication!

Posted on June 7, 2017 by mmaamarq

Asymmetric Organocatalytic Synthesis of Substituted Chiral 1,4-Dihydropyridine Derivatives. Fernando Auria-Luna, Eugenia Marqués-López, M. Concepción Gimeno, Roghayeh Heiran, Somayeh Mohammadi, and Raquel P. Herrera, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 5516–5523. Abstract. The first cinchona-alkaloid-organocatalyzed enantioselective synthesis of chiral 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives is described. Bis-cinchona catalyst 3b … Continue reading →

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