Multicomponent Reactions. R. P. Herrera; E. Marques-López (Eds.). Wiley, 2015
Topical Collection “Recent Advances in Organocatalysis”
CATALYSTS: Special Issue “Hydrogen Bonding Activation”
CATALYSTS: Special Issue “Hydrogen Transfer Reactions”
Category Archives: Hydrogen-bonding
A little tribute to (THIO)UREAS. Improving their organocatalytic activity…
Hydrogen bonding and Internal or External Lewis or Brønsted Acid Assisted (Thio)urea Catalysts, Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 10.1002/ejoc.201901344 Abstract. The obtainment of more active organocatalysts has promoted the search for new modes of activation … Continue reading
Urea Activation by an External Brønsted Acid: Breaking Self-Association and Tuning Catalytic Performance
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
Posted in Collaboration, Eugenia Marqués-López, Gel, Hydrogen-bonding, Organocatalysis, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera, Urea
Tagged 2018, Brønsted acids, David Díaz Díaz, Eugenia Marqués-López, Friedel-Crafts, Isaac G. Sonsona, Organocatalysis, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera, Self-association, Synergy, Urea
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Just accepted! New article about making more efficient enatioselective organocatalytic reactions
Juanvi has worked hard in this project and now the first results have just come out. The central idea is to generate in situ, the carbonyl compound, via oxidation of an alcohol, which is involved in a subsequent asymmetric organocatalytic … Continue reading
Posted in Catalysis, Henry, Hydrogen-bonding, Organocatalysis, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera, Research, Squaramide
Tagged 2017, Adv. Synth. Catal., Alcohol, Aldehydes, Aldol reaction, Asymmetric organocatalysis, Eugenia Marqués-López, Henry reaction, Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Organocatalysis, Raquel P. Herrera, Squaramide
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A further step towards understanding one of our best “friends”: aminoindanol-based thiourea
Hydrogen bonding networks in chiral thiourea organocatalysts. Evidence on the importance of the aminoindanol moiety. Gimeno, M. C.; Herrera, R. P. Cryst. Growth Des., 2016, 16, 5091–5099. Abstract. The crystal structures of four chiral thioureas, which are normally used as organocatalysts, are reported by … Continue reading
Enhancing the activity of a squaramide as organocatalyst through the novel concept of trifunctionality
It is well known the lower activity of organocatalysts as compared to most metal catalysts. As a result, developing new and more potent organocatalysts focuses a great deal of interest both for science and chemical industry. Herein, we present our … Continue reading
Posted in Hydrogen-bonding, Organocatalysis, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera, Research, Squaramide
Tagged 2016, Adv. Synth. Catal., Aldehydes, Anion-π effect, Asymmetric organocatalysis, Computational calculations, Eugenia Marqués-López, Henry reaction, Juan V. Alegre-Requena, Low catalyst loading, Mechanism, Nitroalkanes, Organocatalysis, Publication, Raquel P. Herrera, Squaramide, Trifunctional catalyst
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Wanna know what happens if you consider MOFs and HBC together? Take a look to this highlight, just published in CrystEngComm
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
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