Category Archives: Highlight

One of our recent works has been highlighted in Synfacts

Posted on October 24, 2016 by mmaamarq

Our Asymmetric Organocatalysis (H-OCA) research group has developed a new enantioselective process for carrying out the Henry reaction. This reaction produces β-nitro alcohols, a group of compounds of highest interest, as they are frequently found in the structure of certain … Continue reading →

Posted in Henry, Highlight, Research, Squaramide | Tagged 2016, beta-nitro alcohols, Eugenia Marqués-López, Henry reaction, Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Organocatalysis, Raquel P. Herrera, Squaramide, Synfacts, Trifunctional activation | Leave a comment

Wanna know what happens if you consider MOFs and HBC together? Take a look to this highlight, just published in CrystEngComm

Posted on January 18, 2016 by mmaamarq

The highlight entitled “Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) bring new life to hydrogen-bonding organocatalysts in confined spaces” has just been published at CrystEngComm. In this work, together with Prof. David Díaz (Universität Regensburg), we have compiled and studied the literature which involves the intriguing idea of … Continue reading →